Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

The LIWP Program goals include:

1. Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

2. Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

3. Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.

4. Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.

5. Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.

The Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology is a two-pronged project that includes both an education component and a research component. The LIWP education and training component is represented by the highly interactive case-based workshops held twice per year and by the webinars held bimonthly on leadership development topics. The LIWP research component includes the Survey on Leadership Training Needs in Mid-career and Senior Women Psychologists.

View the agendas for the Year Six 2013 Follow-up (PDF, 26KB), Year Six 2013 October Program (PDF, 30KB) and the Year Five 2012-13 Follow-up (PDF, 25KB).

• New events.

• Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology Facebook page.

• 2015 call for applications.

• Frequently asked questions.

Webinars

• "Advancing into Academic Administration"

• "Women in the APA Presidential Pipeline"
  Nadine Kaslow PhD, ABPP, president, American Psychological Association, Suzanne Bennett Johnson PhD, ABPP, 2012 past president and Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP, 2011 past president discussed both the process of making the decision to move yourself further along in the presidential pipeline and the actual initial steps you might take to implement that decision effectively.

• "Ethics from the Leader Perspective"
  Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD, addresses the following topics: the differences between ethical choices and legal obligations, the identification of procedural safeguards, conflicts of interest, compensation and the abuse of power in "Ethics from the Leader Perspective." The webinar aims to outline the issues as well as provide principles and practices that emphasize prevention and decision-making strategies.

• "Becoming an APA Leader"
  Nadine Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, APA president, Board of Directors, LIWP Executive Committee member, and Nancy Moore, PhD, APA Governance Office, led the discussion on the structure, processes and strategies of APA's governing bodies.

• "Women Leaders at the United Nations"
  Merry Bullock, PhD, senior director of the APA International Affairs Office led the discussion on the role of psychology at the United Nations and leadership in the global context.

• "Strategic Planning: Setting the Stage"
  Jay Younger, vice president, McKinley Marketing led the discussion of the importance of strategic planning and presented several effective strategic planning strategies.

• "Working with You is Killing Me"
  Susan McDaniel, PhD, ABPP and Karen F. Wyche, PhD, LIWP faculty, led the presentation on managing difficult relationships within the workplace.

• "Advocacy Training 101"
  Krysta Jones, senior legislative and federal affairs officer for the PI-GRO, led the presentation on public policy process and lobbying.

• "Having Difficult Conversations"
  Mary Casey Jacob, PhD, LIWP Executive Committee member, discusses the inevitability of difficult conversations for leaders and the challenges and opportunities these conversations present.

• "An Overview to Fundraising in Healthcare and the Sciences"
  Dina Plapler, vice president for development in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Connecticut (UConn) Center gave an in-depth overview of fundraising.

Executive Committee

• Acting chair: Sandra L. Shullman, PhD

• Lula A. Beatty, PhD

• Kathleen S. Brown, PhD

• Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD, ABPP

• Ruth E. Fassinger, PhD

• Mary Casey Jacob, PhD

• Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP

• Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, ABPP

• Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP
  

• Karen Fraser Wyche, MSW, PhD

• Shari E. Miles-Cohen, PhD
  staff liaison

Fundraising Committee

• Chair:  Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP

• Dorothy W. Cantor, PsyD

• Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD
  Senior director, APA Women's Programs Office and APA LIWP Executive Committee

• Helen L. Coons, PhD, ABPP
  APA LIWP Executive Committee

• Sandra L. Shullman, PhD
  APA LIWP Executive Committee

• Elisabeth R. Straus
  APF executive vice president, executive director

View the complete list of recent participants and their affiliations

• Kathleen Ashton, PhD
  Cleveland Clinic, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute

• Monica Baskin, PhD
  University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Vanessa Bing
  LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York

• Phyllis Bolling, PhD
  New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jespy House

• Colette Candy, PhD
  Denali Behavioral Health Home and APA Clinical Psychology Internship Program at Madigan

• Kim Case, PhD
  University of Houston-Clear Lake

• Christine Chambers, PhD
  Dalhousie University

• Alette Coble-Temple, PsyD
  John F. Kennedy University

• Theresa Coddington, PhD
  Responsive Centers for Psychology and Learning

• Francine Conway, PhD
  Adelphi University

• Terri Davis, PhD
  University of Denver

• Leanne Embry, PhD
  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

• Jennifer Fredricks, PhD
  Connecticut College

• Michi Fu, PhD
  California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University

• Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD
  The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

• Margot Green, PhD
  The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center

• Nancy Haug, PhD
  Palo Alto University

• Robin Henderson, PsyD
  St Charles Health System

• Marjan Holloway, PhD
  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Brenda Huber, PsyD
  Illinois State University

• Gayle Iwamasa, PhD
  Department of Veterans Affairs

• Antoinette Kavanaugh, PhD
  Independent Practice

• Brigitte Khoury, PhD
  American University of Beirut

• Keely Kolmes, PsyD
  Dr. Keely Kolmes Private Practice

• Melissa  Lamar, PhD
  University of Illinois at Chicago

• Sandra Loo, PhD
  University of Califonia, Los Angeles

• Michelle Meade, PhD
  University of Michigan

• Jennifer Michels, PhD
  Marshfield Clinic

• Michelle Nario-Redmond, PhD
  Hiram College

• Alayne Ormerod, PhD
  Fielding Graduate University

• Keisha Paxton, PhD
  California State University, Dominguez Hills

• Julie Penley, PhD
  El Paso Community College

• Rebecca Porter, PhD
  U.S. Army Health Clinic

• Maria Schultheis, PhD
  Drexel University

• Hideko Sera, PsyD
  Minnesota School of Professional Psychology

• Gemima St. Louis, PhD
  Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

• Laura Stroud, PhD
  The Miriam Hospital, Brown Medical School

• Anita Thomas, PhD
  Loyola University Chicago

• Lori Thomas, PhD
  Self Employed

• Natasha Tokowicz, PhD
  University of Pittsburgh

• Jocelyn Turner-Musa, PhD
  Morgan State University

• Cynthia Wilson, PhD
  West Virginia University School of Medicine

• Oksana Yakushko, PhD
  Pacifica Graduate Institute

The Dorothy W. Cantor APF Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology Fund was formally established with the American Psychological Fund (APF) in January 2011. The Dorothy W. Cantor APF Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology Fund will support the Leadership Institute by providing operating support and also scholarships for a select number of APA LIWP participants who exhibit outstanding leadership qualities.
 
For more information about the Dorothy W. Cantor APF Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology Fund, please contact Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD.

If you would like to make a donation, please download an APF LIWP pledge form (PDF, 429KB).