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.

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.

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

Wade earned his PhD in the history of psychology with a minor in the history of science under the direction of Don Dewsbury at the University of Florida. He is the Associate Chair of Psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he also leads the Cultural Strengths Research Group. For eight years, Wade was APA Historian and Director of Archives (1998-2006). After moving to Ryerson in 2006, he remains APA Historian and is the chief consultant to the APA Archives. He has two edited books, Evolving Perspectives on the History of Psychology and Psychology and the NIMH. His most recent book, Psychology and the Department of Veterans Affairs: A Historical Analysis of Training, Research, Practice, and Advocacy, was published in 2007. He has served as a guest editor and contributor of several issues of the American Psychologist: “The Contributions of Kenneth and Mamie Clark,” “Psychology and the Nobel Prize,” and “50 years after Brown v Board of Education.” Wade's scholarly interests include the use of narratives in understanding cultural strengths, the history of psychology and health care, the history of efforts to make psychology truly inclusive in both theory and practice, and the history of indigenous psychologies. (APA Books, 2005).wpickren@psych.ryerson.ca

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.

Helen Suprunova -- Associate Librarian

Yelena, who joined the APA library in 2004, earned her MA in foreign languages and literature from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. 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.