Hasan will serve as APAGS Chair this year and as past chair in the 2008-09 academic year. A doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at the University of Akron, Hasan is currently completing a supplemental practicum experience at the University of Akron’s Counseling, Testing and Career Center. As APAGS Chair, she plans to focus on four initiatives: to celebrate graduate student experiences and promote APAGS’ 20th anniversary in 2008; advocate for graduate students regarding the supply and demand of internships; enhance psychology graduate student leader’s skills; and urge students to incorporate international activities into their careers.

A scholar-activist who is committed to representing graduate students’ diverse needs, Page intends to advocate for student concerns and interests around mentorship, internship availability, increasing the diversity of APAGS membership and encouraging student collaboration and communication.

Van Sickle graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology in September 2006 and recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in rehabilitation psychology at the James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tampa, FL. Van Sickle identified personal/professional balance as a core initiative during her term as APAGS Chair, and is in the process of developing a resource guide for students that addresses these issues.

Karen Kersting
Term: 8/06-8/08

Kersting, who completed her mater’s degree at the University of Minnesota School of Education in May, aims to attract APAGS members by reaching psychology students early in their careers. She plans to boost the APAGS’ Campus Representative Program by offering incentives for students to get involved.

Miller, a graduate student of Spalding University, recently completed his internship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he focused on primary-care psychology. He is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Family Medicine. Miller’s goals for this year include increasing student-relevant content on the APA Practice Organization’s web site and boosting student awareness of the way state and federal policies shape psychology practice.

White is a second-year student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Rhode Island. Her top goal is to ensure that the interests of graduate students continue to be reflected accurately in the publications of APAGS. In addition to participating in her department’s Taskforce on Multicultural Issues, and serving as a senator for her department in the Graduate Student Association, she served as her campus’ APAGS representative, where she made sure to keep the graduate students in the various psychology programs at her university informed of the latest APA and APAGS developments.

Jeong holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology with a concentration in culture, gender and political psychology and a graduate certificate in women’s studies from Northeastern University. She is a fourth-year student on internship at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Jeong plans to bring attention to psychology’s changing demographics as they relate to education and training in the graduate student community.

Mahmood’s top goal is to ensure that every APAGS initiative takes diversity issues into account. This year Mahmood is coordinating the Making Feminism Relevant projects between APAGS and Divison 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) which will help to foster diversity. Another priority for Mahmood is to develop an online “Dialogues on Diversity” section on APAGS website that will cover topics pertaining to multiculturalism and diversity.

Second-year University of Toronto cognitive neuroscience student Constanze Hahn serves at the APAGS Member-at-Large, Science Focus for a second year. In the past, Hahn has acted as APAGS’ liaison to the APA Science Student Council and the Board of Scientific Affairs. She has also developed and promoted activities, projects and programs for research-oriented graduate students.

Field is currently a doctoral student in social-organizational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. As a consultant to APAGS, Field serves as a sounding board for the APAGS officers on various issues, especially those relating to psychological research APAGS strategy. Field previously served as the Chair of the APAGS Convention Committee.