How to Get Involved in APAGS

Please note that the following activities are for APAGS members. If you are not an APAGS member and would like to join, please follow this link for more information on joining APAGS.

• Write an Article for the APAGS Web site!
  Here's what we're looking for:
  1. Topics that are current and important to students in all subfields of psychology (see the categories on this Web site)
  2. Opinion pieces, provocative pieces
  3. Cutting-edge "How-To" informational articles
  4. 1000 words or less
  5. Few, if any, references (reference lists will not be published, but made available to readers through the APAGS office)

  Submissions are not guaranteed publication. Edits may be made to your article due to space considerations or content issues. The APAGS Web site is not peer-reviewed publication medium, and all articles are published at APAGS' discretion. Preference is given to articles submitted by APAGS members. Please avoid submitting papers written for courses that are not reworked to appeal to the readership of the APAGS Web site. APAGS does not accept advertisements.
  
  You may submit your article for publication consideration to: Carol Williams-Nickelson, PsyD
  We look forward to reviewing and considering your work!

• Participate in APAGS Governance by:

1) Getting involved in APAGS leadership by running for office or applying to become a subcommittee chair. Elections are held once a year.
More information on APAGS leadership positions available here

2) By voting in the elections.



• Become a Campus Representative or State Advocacy Coordinator on the APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT), one of APAGS' Subcommittees.
  More information on ACT available here
  
  
• Apply to become a member of one of APAGS' other Subcommittees:
  
  
  •  Convention Committee
    Convention Committee Mission Statement
    
    
  • Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs
    CEMA Mission Statement
    
    
  • Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Concerns
    CLGBTC Mission Statement
    
    

  Contact the appropriate Subcommittee chair to see if there are any available openings. Subcommittee chair contact information

• Be an APAGS liaison to other boards/committees in APA.
  Learn more about APAGS liaisonships
  
  
• Sign up to become an APAGS Ambassador for the Annual APA Convention.
  Learn more about being an APAGS Ambassador
  
  
• Submit a proposal to present an APAGS program at the Annual APA Convention.
  More on submitting a proposal to the APA Convention
  
  
• Hold a membership drive on your campus to encourage more students to join APA as student affiliates (thus, automatic members of APAGS).
  Contact APAGS Central Office for materials and instructions.
  


• Become a Student Representative on the APAGS Division Student Representative Network (APAGS-DSRN).
  DSRN Mission Statement
  Get Involved with the DSRN
  DSRN Resource Guide
  
  
• Join an APAGS listserv and participate in the dialogue.
  More information on APAGS listservs
  
  
• Apply for an APAGS scholarship or nominate someone for an APAGS award.
  More information on APAGS Scholarships and Awards
  
  
• Send us story ideas for the APAGS magazine, gradPSYCH (to Carol Williams-Nickelson, PsyD), or write a letter to the editor of gradPSYCH with your reactions to articles and information in the magazine.
  Visit gradPSYCH online
  
  
• Send us your creative ideas for other ways that you might want to get involved that are not listed above.
  Contact APAGS Central Office