TOPSS Speakers Bureau

The TOPSS Speakers Bureau provides an opportunity for high school and community college teachers to find and contact local psychologists who are available to visit psychology classrooms to speak with students. Speakers can discuss their careers and various experiences in psychology, including respective areas of research or expertise. The Speakers Bureau helps enable young students to learn more about psychology, and participating psychologists have the satisfaction of sharing their experiences with eager students.

Teachers can directly contact individual speakers in their state or region by clicking the regional area on the map below. If you are a high school teacher and a speaker you contact through the TOPSS Speakers Bureau visits your school, please contact Hilary Rosenthal to share this information, so that we can better track speaker usage.

Psychologists interested in participating the TOPSS Speakers Bureau should send their name, contact information (including institution or affiliation), and area of expertise or experience to Hilary Rosenthal. Please be sure to include your location. Participating speakers should note that this is a volunteer program. Any visit to a school for classroom presentation should be done without seeking compensation.

Questions about the Bureau can be directed to Hilary Rosenthal or Emily Leary.

Other Speakers Bureaus that may be of interest are listed at the bottom of this page.

These faculty and other professionals have volunteered to work collaboratively with local teachers. APA does not necessarily endorse or validate these speakers or the content of their talks. The speakers do not necessarily represent the views of APA.

Please click on a region of the map below to access a list of speakers in each region.

Other Speakers Bureaus

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Speakers Bureau - To request a speaker send a note to Kim Sherman, Speakers Bureau Coordinator.

The Society for Neuroscience also maintains a list of Neuroscientists in all states who have volunteered to come and speak to schools about their involvement in the sciences.

The National Register Legacy of Excellence Speakers Bureau: The National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology developed this list of nationally recognized psychologists to participate in the TOPPS Speakers Bureau program. For contact and biographical information, click here.