Staff

Rennie T. Georgieva - Head Librarian & Associate Archivist

Rennie graduated with an MA in Library Science from the University of Sofia. She is responsible for the Library daily operations, acquisitions and reference services. Her duties include management of electronic resources and staff instruction. Telephone: (202) 336-5664, Fax (202) 336-5643. E-mail

Dan Hanlon - Associate Librarian

Dan earned an MA in Library Science from Catholic University in 2006. He is responsible for the library's electronic resources and his duties include website content management, database management, licensing negotiation, and digitization. Telephone: (202) 336-5645, Fax (202) 336-5643. E-mail

Wade E. Pickren, Ph.D. -- Consulting Association Historian

Wade Pickren is Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario and the Historian for the American Psychological Association. Wade was Historian and Director of the APA Archives and Library from 1998-2006. His historical work for the association included the conduct of the Past Presidents Oral History Program, two volumes that documented the importance of the NIMH and the VA on the growth of psychological science and practice in the post-war period, and documenting the impact of efforts to make psychology more inclusive of racial and ethnic minorities. His research program at Ryerson University examines human experience at the intersections of culture, history, and identity. Current projects include work on social justice and psychology in New York City since WWII, the impact of African Americans in psychology, and immigrant narratives of cultural strengths. Wade is President-elect of the Society for the History of Psychology, Incoming Editor of History of Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. E-mail

Jay Staton- Administrative Assistant

Jay earned his BA from the University of Maryland College Park in English and Media Communications. He helps maintain the records for the APA archives, process incoming archival materials and to locate documents for staff and outside patrons. He also updates the APA Archives website, including the list of past American Psychologist obituaries. Telephone: (202) 336-5640, Fax: (202) 336-5643. E-mail

Yelena Suprunova -- Associate Librarian

Yelena, who joined the APA library in 2004, earned her MA from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, and MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her duties for the library include managing interlibrary loan/document delivery for staff members, overseeing the library's collection of periodicals and APA’s gray literature, providing reference services, including legal research and literature search in PubMed. Telephone (202) 336-5642, Fax (202) 336-5643. E-mail