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EDUCATION DIRECTORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) Mission Statement
The Board of Educational Affairs shall consist of not fewer than twelve members of the Association, who shall serve terms of not less than three years each. It shall have general concern for education and training affairs which transcend more than one Division or group of psychologists. Members of the Board of Educational Affairs shall be selected to represent the range of interest characteristic of psychology in all its aspects.

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2007 Board of Educational Affairs
Linda F. Campbell, PhD, Chair (2005–2007)
600 Kings Peak Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30022-7844

Bernard (Barney) Beins, PhD (2006-2008)
Charles L. Brewer, PhD (2005–2007)
Martha D. Christiansen, PhD (2005–2007)
Y. Barry Chung, PhD (2007–2009)
Jane Close Conoley, PhD (2006-2008)
Louise Douce, PhD (2007–2009)
Cynthia A. Hudley, PhD (2005–2007)
M. Marlyne Kilbey, PhD (2006-2008)
Gilbert H. Newman, PhD (2007–2008)
Pamela T. Reid, PhD (2007– 2009)
Jacquelyn W. White, PhD (2007–2009)

Staff Liaison: Luis Espinoza, (202) 336-5970

Committees Reporting Through the Board of Educational Affairs

Committee on Accreditation
There shall be a Committee on Accreditation that shall evaluate doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral residency programs in professional psychology in accordance with approved accreditation guidelines and procedures. The committee shall consist of not less than twenty-one members, appointed by the Board of Educational Affairs. The structure of the committee, appointment and terms of its members, its functions, authority, and reporting relationship shall conform to the "Policies for Accreditation Governance" adopted by Council.

W. Edward Craighead, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Thomas M DiLorenzo, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Martin Heesacker, Ph.D. (2006-2008)
Karen Maitland Schilling, Ph.D. (2005-2008)
Bob Knight, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Milton E. Strauss, Ph.D. (2005-2007)
Nancy S. Elman, PhD. (2006-2008)
James W. Lichtenberg, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Edward Gaughan, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
William O. Strein, Ed.D. (2007-2009)
Kelly M. Ducheny, Psy.D. 2007-2009)
La Pearl Logan Winfrey, Ph.D. (2005-2007)
Jeffrey M. Baker, Ph.D. (2005-2007)
Joyce Illfelder-Kaye, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Patricia P. Alexander, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Edmund J. Nightingale, Ph.D. (2006-2007)
Norma P. Simon, Ed.D. (2004-2009)
Jeffrey N. Younggren, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Betty Horton, DNSc (2004-2009)
David J. Werner, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Eric VandeVoorde (2007)

Should you need to contact the Committee on Accreditation or any of its members regarding any accreditation issue, that correspondence should be sent directly to the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation. Members of the Committee on Accreditation, as part of their role and their responsibilities to the Committee, are prohibited from consulting with programs during their term of appointment, and for a period of one year thereafter. The email address for the office apaaccred.

Staff Liaison: Susan F. Zlotlow, PhD; (202) 336-5979

Continuing Education Committee
The Continuing Education Committee shall have responsibility for developing policy and program recommendations for the Association's continuing professional education program and for working collaboratively with the APA Office of Continuing Education to implement these policy and program recommendations. The Committee's tasks shall include, but not be limited to (a) developing and delivering continuing professional education programs and products; (b) providing educational and technical assistance to APA Directorates, Divisions, State Associations, and other sponsors; (c) collaborating with organizations that seek to become approved sponsors of continuing professional education; (d) providing review of all APA approved sponsors and organizations seeking APA sponsor approval; and (e) identifying, promoting, implementing and evaluating research, development and innovations in continuing professional education.

Jeffrey M. Rankin, DMH, Chair (1/05-12/07)
Rodney K. Goodyear, PhD (1/05-12/07)
Robert J. Maiden, PhD (1/05-12/07)
Elizabeth Swenson, PhD, JD (1/05-12/07)
John E. Williams, PhD (1/05-12/07)
Sally Oakes Edman, PhD (1/06-1/08)
David S. Glenwick, PhD (1/06-1/08)
Greg J. Neimeyer, PhD (1/06-1/08)
Nadine Revheim, PhD (1/06-1/08)
William A. MacGillivray, PhD (1/07-12/09)
Joanne Peeler, PhD (1/07-12/09)
W. Louise Warren, PhD (1/07-12/09)
Douglas M. Wear, PhD (1/07-12/09)
Mark Zelig, PhD (1/07-12/09)

Staff Liaison: Karen Kanefield 202-336-5988

Education and Training Awards Committee
The Committee selects up to two awards annually-Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology and Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology. The intent of the awards program is to recognize psychologists who make traditional contributions, who provide innovations, or who are involved in developmental phases of programs that influence education and training in psychology.

Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D. - Chair (1/07 – 12/08)
Richard Swinn, Ph.D. (1/07 – 12/08
Michael C. Robertts, Ph.D. (1/07 – 12/08)
Louise Douce, Ph.D. (1/08 – 12/09)
Diane F. Halpern, Ph.D. (1/08 – 12/09)
Asuncion Miteria Austria, PhD (1/08 – 12/09)

Staff Liaison: Sharon Leiss

Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
There shall be an American Psychological Association of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) Committee whose mission shall be to (a) promote the highest standards in teaching of Psychology both as a science and discipline; (b) promote professional development and other means for lifelong learning for high school teachers of psychology; (c) increase professional identity and promote leadership for high school psychology teachers of psychology; (d) facilitate networking, including the formation of both horizontal and vertical linkages, among teachers from all teaching levels of psychology; (e) encourage recruitment and retention of students, particularly minorities, in the field of psychology; (f) enhance visibility and legitamacy of high school psychology within theAmerican Psychological Association; (g) enhance the visibility of legitamacy of high school of high school psychology with other members of the psychological community; (h) recommend the appropriate response advocacy, education policy, and certification issues that impact on the quality or viability of teaching of high school psychology.

Hilary Rosenthal, Chair
Laura Brandt, Past Chair
William Elmhorst, Chair-Elect
Marie T. Smith, PhD, Member-at-Large
Amy House, Member-at-Large
Scott Reed, Member-at-Large
Bill James, Membership Coordinator
Regan Gurung, Ph.D., College Faculty Representative
Diane Halpern, PhD, College Faculty Representative

Staff Liaison: Emily Leary, 202-572-3013

Committee on Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
The Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges was established to: (a) represent community college psychology teachers; (b) promote, within the 2-year college community, the highest professional standards for teaching psychology as a scientific discipline with applications to a wide range of human concerns; (c) cultivate a professional identity with the discipline of psychology among psychology teachers at 2-year colleges; (d) develop leadership qualities among psychology teachers at 2-year colleges and increase their participation and representation in professional psychology activities and organizations; (e) establish and maintain communication with all groups involved in the teaching of psychology and with the greater psychological community; (f) encourage psychological research on teaching and learning at 2-year colleges for the purpose of giving students the best possible educational opportunities.

Susan K. "Skip" Pollock, PhD, Chair (2005-2007)
Ladonna Lewis, PhD (2005-2007)
Vivian Hamilton, MA (2006-2008)
Vincent Granito, PhD (2006-2008)
Nancy Schaab, PhD (2007-2009)
Salvador Macias, III, PhD (2007-2009)

Staff Liaison: Martha Boenau, (202) 336-6140 

APA Task Forces and Working Groups reporting to the Board of Educational Affairs:

  • BEA Steering Committee for the National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology
  • BEA/CIRP Working Group on Internationalizing the Curriculum
  • Task Force on Translating Psychological Science into Classroom Practice
  • National Standards for High School Psychology Working Group
  • BEA/CAPP Task Force to Review the APA Psychopharmacology Curricula and Related Policies
APA Task Forces and Working Groups reporting to the Board of Directors (Staffed by Education)
  • Task Force on Science and Math Education
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    Updated 01.08.08



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