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Artificial intelligence, APA president nominations, and career tips

AI in research and writing, career resources, clinical skills webinars, and more

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American Psychological Association. (2025, January 1). Artificial intelligence, APA president nominations, and career tips. Monitor on Psychology, 56(1). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/01/ai-serve-psychology-careers

Using AI for research and writing

As artificial intelligence tools proliferate, the goals of ethical research and writing remain the same: to be transparent, preserve the integrity of authorship, and verify reported findings. Experts from the APA Style team share the latest insights for both leveraging this rapidly evolving technology for research and writing and providing rigorous human oversight. Read The promise and perils of using AI for research and writing.

Interested in the APA presidency?

Members who want to be nominated to be the next APA president-elect (to serve as president in 2027) are invited to submit a statement of 50 words or fewer by February 14. For more information, contact APA’s Election Office.

Tips for a career in psychology

The new, free resource Explore the Wide Range of Psychological Careers is designed to help psychological scientists consider the myriad careers where they could apply their doctoral training and skills. The guide also features information on what psychological science says about factors that lead to job satisfaction and fulfillment, and detailed information about science jobs in academia, business and industry, nonprofit organizations, and government.

Find it at Becoming and being a psychological scientist. To help your students navigate their careers in psychology, APA’s Psychology Student Network provides fresh insights and best practices for making the right moves as they get started. Subscribe at Psychology Student Network.

Expand your clinical skills

APA’s Office of Continuing Education in Psychology offers the webinar series Compact Clinical—compressed 90-minute workshop webinars featuring leading practitioners and scholars who are working in key areas of professional practice. After the live air date, all webinars are converted to video-on-demand programs with closed captioning.

Williams is president-elect

Wendi Wiliams APA members have elected Wendi S. Williams, PhD, to serve as APA’s 2026 president; she will serve as president-elect throughout 2025. Williams is provost and senior vice president at Fielding Graduate University and a former president of APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women). Williams focuses her work on the inner lives of Black women and girls, blending ideas from liberation psychology and various feminist perspectives to guide her work. Members also elected psychologists Jermaine D. Jones, PhD, and Margaret B. Kovera, PhD, as members-at-large of APA’s Board of Directors.

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