Set your students up for success this semester by helping them master APA Style. By providing a foundation for effective communication, APA Style guidelines enable all writers, both new and experienced, to develop their scholarly writing skills, hone the precision and clarity of their communication, and present their ideas in a clear, precise, and inclusive manner. Style guidelines are also intended to aid readers by making papers easier to read and references easier to locate and ensuring that language shows respect and sensitivity for all people.
Most APA Style guidelines apply to both student papers and professional manuscripts. The seventh edition offers expanded guidance for students and others new to writing academic papers in APA Style. These include adding a student paper title page, descriptions of common types of student papers and assignments, and information on citing classroom, intranet, and audiovisual sources.
Hayley S. Kamin, PhD, is a content development manager with the APA Style team of the American Psychological Association. She started working at APA in 2018 and was part of the team responsible for writing and updating the seventh edition Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and Concise Guide to APA Style, contributing her knowledge of communication, higher education, teaching and instruction, and scholarly research and publishing. She continues to work on developing digital and print resources to facilitate the learning and teaching of APA Style. Prior to working at APA, Hayley received a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Florida, where she researched antecedents and consequences of the biological stress system and published articles examining links of early social and maternal experiences to individual differences in responding to stress.
