Question 1
According to its Vision Statement, APA aspires to be a "principal leader and global partner promoting psychological knowledge and methods to facilitate the resolution of personal, societal and global challenges in diverse, multicultural and international contexts." How would your presidency and presidential initiatives further this vision?
I'd like your vote—I'm the candidate focused on members. I'm not running to troll APA in its own publication; I'm running to make APA better for members. Let's fix APA's misguided Vision Statement—APA shouldn't focus on APA. My presidency won't focus on making APA a "principal" or "global" anything, we'll further something more important: the vision that our members have for what APA should be. We'll renew a member-focused vision emphasizing service to our members and service to our science. There is no psychology without psychologists. We'll focus on psychologists. APA wasn't formed to advance APA.
Question 2
APA has been grappling with a number of recent challenges. What is the single greatest challenge facing the association and how would you address it during your presidency?
Visit www.toddfinnerty.comopens in new window. Follow @DrFinnerty. APA is its own worst enemy. The single greatest challenge facing APA is APA itself. APA should be serving our members and serving our science, not serving its own fortune and influence at the expense of psychologists and the public. APA has lost focus. Many of the challenges APA is facing were created by APA itself. APA's single greatest challenge has a solution; we'll focus on our members and our science. We'll do the right thing for our members and psychology, not APA's profits. There is no psychology without psychologists. APA wasn't formed to advance APA.