Joyce is the Executive Lead Psychologist for Accreditation at APA, where he oversees the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation (OPCA). His works closely with the APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA), which accredits over 1,300 master’s, doctoral, doctoral internship, and postdoctoral residency programs in the United States, by providing consultation to interested parties on accreditation-related matters, executing accreditation and policy decisions made by the CoA, and maintaining the CoA’s recognition as an accreditor by the U.S Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Joyce previously served as a program director for the accredited Southwest Consortium Doctoral Internship Program and three accredited postdoctoral residencies in Clinical Health Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, and Clinical Psychology at the New Mexico VA Healthcare System. Prior to joining APA, he also served a six-year term in various leadership roles as a Commissioner on the CoA, including as Associate Chair for Quality Assurance, Associate Chair for Program Review, and as CoA Chair.
Joyce’s previous professional service also includes terms on the VA Psychology Training Council Clinical Advisory Committee and the Association for Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers Postdoctoral Committee.
Joyce is a board-certified clinical health psychologist, and he received his PhD from Saint Louis University. He completed his doctoral internship at the Southwest Consortium, with rotations at the New Mexico VA Healthcare System and University of New Mexico Hospitals, and his postdoctoral residency in Clinical Health Psychology/Primary Care Mental Health Integration at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.