Division Benefits to Early Career Psychologists

We surveyed all 54 APA divisions and asked them what they offer to early career psychologists in the way of linking colleagues with similar interests and advancing their professional development. Thirty-seven divisions responded and here is what they had to say:

• First-year faculty may be eligible for a free one-year membership if they hold a position as a teacher of psychology in a high school, community college, or college/ university environment
• Resources for psychology teachers offered through the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
• Mentoring program
• Faculty Development Small Grants program
• Serve on a committee
• Present at the APA convention and the STP hospitality suite
• Attend STP convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the STP social hour and meet your colleagues
• Publish in the STP journal Teaching of Psychology and newsletter Society for the Teaching of Psychology News
• Join STP listservs and Facebook page
• Access teaching and advising materials from the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
• Annual e-Workshops at very low cost to improve teaching skills
• Be nominated for the Early Career Teaching Award (Division 2)

Early Career Representative: Stephanie Afful

• Serve on a committee.
• Attend the Division 3 social hour and meet your colleagues
• Join the Division 3 listserv and Facebook page.
• Compete for one of five Young Investigator Awards presented to the best papers in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.

• First year free membership
• Free membership in the Assessment Section or the Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics Section
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Executive Committee (financially supported involvement with voting privileges)
• Serve on a committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 5 hospitality suite
• Attend Division 5 convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 5 social hour and meet colleagues that share your interests
• Publish in the Division 5 newsletter, The Score, which has a regular column, "Focus on Early Career Psychologists
• Join the Division 5 listserv
• Be nominated for the Anne Anastasi Early Career Award

Early Career Representative: Jonathan Templin

• First year free membership
• Early Career Representative position on the Executive Committee (financially supported involvement with voting privileges)
• Serve on a committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend Division 7 convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 7 social hour and meet colleagues that share your interests
• Publish in the Division 7 newsletter Developmental Psychology
• Join the Division 7 listserv
• Be nominated for the Boyd McCandless Award

• Graduated Dues (based on a sliding scale after year 1)
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Executive Committee (financially supported involvement)
• Serve on a SPSSI committee
• Present at the SPSSI biennial convention, the APA convention and the SPSSI hospitality suite
• Attend SPSSI biennial and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the SPSSI social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in SPSSI’s journals Journal of Social Issues, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, and Social Issues and Social Policy Review as well as the newsletter Forward and the SPSSI webpage
• Join SPSSI’s listserv and social network
• Be nominated for the Louise Kidder Early Career Award and Michele Alexander Early Career Award
• Apply for SPSSi’s Grants-in-Aid Program

Early Career Representative: Kim Case, PhD

• Receive the official Division 10 journal, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts^®

• Present at APA convention

• Attend division business meeting and social hour

• Chance to serve on committees

• Join and participate in the Listserv

• Be eligible for the Daniel E. Berlyne Award (honoring early career contributions), which currently comes with a monetary stipend and an invitation to present an hour-long talk at APA

• Reduced Dues
• Mentoring program
• Sections: Section II: Clinical Geropsychology, Section III: The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Section IV: Clinical Psychology of Women, Section VI: Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities, Section VII: Emergencies and Crises, Section VIII: Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC), Section IX: Assessment and Section X: Graduate Student and Early Psychologists
• Section 10: Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists e-mail Rachel Jacobs. The Section 10 Representative sits on the Division 12 Executive Committee (voting position with financially supported involvement)
• Serve on a Division 12 committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 12 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 12 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in Division 12’s journal Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, newsletter The Clinical Psychologist and on the Division 12 webpage
• Join Division 12’s listserv and Facebook page
• Be nominated for the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Clinical Psychology, David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology and Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology

Early Career Representative: Brian Hall

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Executive Committee (financially supported involvement)
• Serve on a SCP committee
• Present at the SCP mid-winter conference, APA convention and the SCP hospitality suite
• Attend SCP’s mid-winter conference and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the SCP social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Join SCP’s listserv as well as its Facebook and Linked in pages

• Serve on a SIOP committee
• Present at the SIOP and APA conventions
• Attend SIOP convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the SIOP social hour at the APA convention and meet your colleagues
• Publish in SIOP newsletter The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
• Join SIOP’s listserv and Facebook page
• Be nominated for the Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award
• Apply for a SIOP Small Grant

• Serve on a Division 16 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend Division 16 convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 16 social hour and meet your colleagues

• Sections: Advancement of Women, Animal Human Interaction: Research & Practice, Counseling Health Psychology, Ethnic & Racial Diversity, Independent Practice, International, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Positive Psychology, Prevention, Promotion of Psychotherapy Science, Supervision & Training, College & Counseling Centers, and Vocational Psychology
• Early Career Representative position on the SCP Executive Committee
• Serve on the Division 17 ECP Committee and other SCP committees
• Present at the APA convention and the SCP hospitality suite
• Attend the Division 17 ECP social hour to network with other ECPs
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the SCP social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in SCP’s journal The Counseling Psychologist
• Join the Division 17 ECP listserv, join the Counseling Psychology ECP Facebook group or LinkedIn group, and follow the Division 17 ECPs on Twitter
• Be nominated for the Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award or apply for a Division 17 Counseling Psychology Grants

Early Career Representative: Katharine Hahn

• Sections: Community and State Hospital , Criminal Justice, Police and Public Safety, Psychologists in Indian Country, Veterans Affairs and a section in formation on Research Psychologists in Public Service
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 18 Executive Committee
• Serve on a Division 18 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend the Division 18 social hour and meet your colleagues
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 18 journal Psychological Services

Early Career Representative: Anne Klee, PhD

• Mentoring program
• Join the Division 19 listserv
• Serve on a Division 19 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 19 hospitality suite
• Attend the Division 19 social hour and meet your colleagues
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 19 journal Military Psychology

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 20 Executive Committee
• Serve on a Division 20 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 20 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the journal Psychology and Aging
• Apply for the Division 20/RRF Student & Postdoctoral Awards: Completed Research, Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Psychology of Aging or Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging

Early Career Representative: Brian Yochim

• Sections in Pediatric Rehabilitation Psychology and Women in Rehabilitation Psychology
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 22 Executive Committee (with voting privileges and financial support to attend executive committee meetings and convention)
• Serve on a Division 22 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 22 hospitality suite
• Attend Division 22’s Rehabilitation Psychology Conference and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend Division 22 workshops at a reduced rate
• Attend the Division 22 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division newsletter

Early Career Representative: Erica Johnson, PhD

• Mentoring program
• Serve on a SCP committee
• Present at the SCP annual conference and the APA convention
• Attend SCP annual conference and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the SCP social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish on the SCP webpage
• Join SCP on Twitter
• Apply for the SCP Early Career Award

• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 24 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 24 social hour and meet your colleagues
• Publish in the Division journal Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
• Apply for the Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology

Early Career Representative: Sara Hickinbottom

• Serve on a Division 25 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Apply for the B.F. Skinner New Research Award and The Applied Behavior Analysis Dissertation Award

• Interest Groups: Aging, Children & Youth, Community Action, Community Health, Disabilities, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Interest Group, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT), Organization Studies, Prevention & Promotion, Rural, School Interventions, and Self-help/Mutual Support
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the SCRA Executive Committee (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend the executive committee meeting)
• Serve on a SCRA committee
• Present at the SCRA biennial meeting, APA convention and SCRA hospitality suite
• Attend the SCRA biennial meeting and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the SCRA newsletter The Community Psychologist
• Join the SCRA listserv
• Join in SCRA discussions via blogs and Twitter

Early Career Representative: OPEN

• Early Career Representative position on the Division 28 Executive Committee
• Serve on a Division 28 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 28 newsletter Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse News
• Join the Division 28 early career psychologist listserv
• Join Division 28 on Facebook
• Be nominated for the Young Psychopharmacologist Award
• Read the monthly Scientist Spotlight

Early Career Representative: Kelly Dunn or Sarah Tragesser

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Domain Representative position on the Division 29 Board of Directors (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend the board meetings)
• Serve as chair of the Division 29 Early Career committee and on other Division 29 committees
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend the Division 29 annual "Lunch with the Masters" for students and early career psychologists held at the APA Convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 29 newsletter, Psychotherapy Bulletin
• Join in the discussions on the Division 29 listserv and Facebook
• Apply or be nominated for the APF American Psychological Foundation Division 29 Early Career Award

Early Career Representative: Susan Woodhouse

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the executive committee
• Serve on a Division 31 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Join in the discussions on the Division 31 listserv

• First year reduced membership fee
• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 32 committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 32 hospitality suite
• Join in the discussions on the Division 32 listserv and Facebook
• Be nominated for the Carmi Harari Early Career Awards - Division 32 Early Career Awards

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 33 Executive Committee (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend the executive committee meeting)
• Serve on a Division 33 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 33 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 33 newsletter Psychology in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
• Join in the discussions on the Division 33 listserv and social network
• Be nominated for the Early Career Award (Division 33)

Early Career Representative: Eric Butter, PhD

• First year reduced membership fee
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 35 executive committee (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend executive committee meetings)
• Serve on a Division 35 committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 35 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 35 social hour and dance, and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 35 newsletter Feminist Psychologist
• Join in the discussions on the Division 35 listserv
• Be nominated for the Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award

Early Career Representative: Alfiee M. Breland-Noble

• Present at the APA convention and the Division 36 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 36 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 36 newsletter Psychology of Religion
• Join in the discussions on the Division 36 listserv and social network
• Be nominated for the Margaret Gorman Early Career Award
• Apply for Division 36’s Research Seed Grant

• First year free membership
• Section: Section on Child Maltreatment
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 37 Executive Committee (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend the executive committee meeting)
• Serve on a Division 37 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 37 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 37 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 37 newsletter Child and Family Policy and Practice Advocate
• Join in the discussions on the Division 37 listserv

Early Career Representative: Erika Van Buren

• Serve on a Division 38 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 38 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 38 newsletter The Health Psychologist
• Join in the discussions on the Division 38 listserv and Facebook page
• Be nominated for the Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award in Clinical Health Psychology

• $50 reduced fee for early career professionals! Division 39 is committeed to the needs of early career practitioners and early career academics. To that end, practitioners and academics 0-7 years post graduation are invited to join the Division at a reduced annual rate of $50.
• Sections: Psychologists-Psychoanalyst Practitioners, Childhood and Adolescence, Women, Gender, and Psychoanalysis, Local Chapters, Psychologist-Psychoanalysts' Clinicians, Psychoanalytic Research Society, Psychoanalysis and Groups, Section on Family Therapy, Psychoanalysis of Social Responsibility
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position (with financial support to attend the executive committee meeting)
• Serve on a Division 39 committee
• Present at the Division 39 annual meeting, APA convention and the Division 39 hospitality suite
• Attend Division 39 annual meeting and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 39 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 39 journal Psychoanalytic Psychology
• Join in the discussions on the Division 39 listserv

Early Career Representative: Devon King

Division 40 — Clinical Neuropsychology

• First year free membership
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 40 Executive Committee (with financial support to attend the executive committee meeting)
• Serve on a Division 40 committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 40 hospitality suite
• Attend the APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 40 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 40 newsletter Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, Newsletter 40
• Join in the discussions on the Division 40 listserv
• Be nominated for the Early Career Award (Division 40)

Early Career Representative: Lauren Ayr

Division 41 — American Psychology–Law Society

• Mentoring program
• Discounted dues and workshops
• Early career resources 
• Serve on an APLS committee
• Present at the AP-LS convention, APA convention and the APLS hospitality suite
• Attend the AP-LS and APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the AP-LS social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the AP-LS newsletter American Psychology-Law Society Newsletter
• Join in the discussions on the AP-LS listserv
• Apply for AP-LS Early Career Professional Grants-in-Aid

Early Career Representative: Lora Levett

Division 42 — Psychologists in Independent Practice

• Reduced dues
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 42 Board (position includes voting privileges and financial support to attend the Board meeting)
• Serve on a Division 42 committee
• Present at the APA convention and the Division 42 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 42 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 42 newsletter The Independent Practitioner
• Join in the discussions on the Division 42 listserv

Early Career Representative: Michael E. Schwartz, PsyD

Division 44 — Society for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns

• First year free membership
• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 44 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 44 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 44 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 44 newsletter Division 44 Newsletter
• Join in the discussions on the Division 44 listserv

Early Career Representative: Randall Ehrbar

Division 47 — Exercise and Sport Psychology

• Section: Running Psychologists
• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 47 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Take part in the annual Ray’s Race at the APA convention 
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 47 social hour and meet your colleagues
• Join in the discussions on the Division 47 listserv

Division 49 — Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy

• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 49 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 49 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Publish in the Division 49 journal Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, newsletter The Group Psychologist and website
• Join in the discussions on the Division 49 listserv and social network

Division 50 — Society of Addiction Psychology

• First year free membership
• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 50 Executive Committee
• Serve on a Division 50 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 50 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 50 newsletter The Addictions Newsletter
• Join in the discussions on the Division 50 listserv
• Be nominated for the Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions

Early Career Representative: Vani Simmons

Division 51 — Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity

• Mentoring program
• Participation in Midwinter Retreat
• Attendance and participation at executive board meetings
• Participation in Special Interest Groups (forming 2011-2012)
• ECP Member-at-Large (effective 1/1/2013)
• Serve on a Division 51 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 51 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 51 journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity
• Join in the discussions on the Division 51 listserv

Division 53 — Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

• Serve on a Division 53 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 53 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 53 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 53 newsletter InBalance Newsletter
• Join in the discussions on the Division 53 listserv

Division 54 — Society for Pediatric Psychology

• Mentoring program
• Serve on a Division 54 committee
• Present at the APA convention and Division 54 hospitality suite
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 54 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 54 newsletter Progress Notes
• Join in the discussions on the Division 54 listserv and on LinkedIn
• Apply for the Routh Early Career Award in Pediatric Psychology Grant

Division 56 — Trauma Psychology

• Mentoring program
• Early Career Representative position on the Division 56 Executive Committee (position includes voting privileges)
• Serve on a Division 56 committee
• Present at the APA convention
• Attend APA convention sessions designed to meet your needs
• Attend the Division 56 social hour and meet colleagues who share your interests
• Publish in the Division 56 journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy and newsletter Trauma Psychology Newsletter
• Join in the discussions on the Division 56 listserv and Facebook
• Be nominated for the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist

Early Career Representative: Lisa Cromer

View a complete listing of all 54 APA divisions along with information on how to join.