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APA Board of Scientific Affairs - On Behalf of Psychological Science

The Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) is the primary advisory body to the APA Science Directorate. Along with its committees and affiliated groups, BSA is concerned with all aspects of psychology as a science.

It is responsible for liaison with agencies giving financial support to scientific projects, for awards and honors in recognition of scientific achievement, and for seeking new ways in which the Association can assist scientific activities, and it oversees scientific programming at the APA Annual Convention and psychology's relations with other scientific bodies.

Members of the Board of Scientific Affairs are selected to represent the range of interests characteristics of psychology in all its aspects; current BSA members are listed below.

BSA Members

  • Chair, Toni C. Antonucci, PhD, University of Michigan (2007-09)
  • Leona S. Aiken, PhD, Arizona State University (2008-10)
  • Robert Balster, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University (2009-11)
  • Patricia M. Greenfield, PhD, UCLA (2007-09)
  • Frederick T.L. Leong, PhD, Michigan State University (2007-09)
  • Jennifer Manly, PhD, Columbia University (2008-10)
  • Vickie M. Mays, PhD, UCLA (2008-10)
  • Kevin Murphy, PhD, Penn State University (2009-11)  
  • Nora Newcombe, PhD, Temple University (2009-11)

APA Staff Liaison:
Suzanne Wandersman
Director for Governance Affairs
American Psychological Association
750 First St., NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Tel: (202) 336-6000
Fax: (202) 336-5953

Continuing Committees Reporting to BSA
Other Governance Groups Affiliated with BSA

 

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