• How would you continue and enhance the work of your predecessors relative to multiculturalism/diversity related to education, practice, research, public policy and training?

Diversity, culture and identity are central themes for me (please see http://votekazdinapa.yale.edu). I would: 1.) Continue the excellent progress to increase diversity within APA and provide guidelines to other organizations, agencies and institutions;

2.) Foster increased research attention to understand how diversity, culture and identity operate;

3.) Provide award initiatives to mentor and train young researchers who might not otherwise focus on these areas;

4.) Encourage and feature graduate programs that develop novel diversity courses and practicum experiences; and

5.) Develop joint activities among APA Directorates to place diversity, culture and identity as central to our science and service.

• As the largest psychological organization in the world, APA should take the lead in making psychology an influential presence. How would you go about realizing this goal?

1.) Partner with other organizations (World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontiéres) to help extend our science and service internationally; and

2.) Communicate better with the policy-makers, the public and others how our science and service are broadly relevant to health, work and economic issues.

Our contributions, impact and visibility ought to be on a world stage to serve huge human needs (e.g., malnutrition, trauma from disasters). I have overseen programs and services in 57 countries and have experience to extend our reach. Our international work also can serve diversity and culture and in the process create opportunities within psychology.