Aviva Ariel-Donges, PhD, MPH As summer swings into full gear, the Student Advisory Council is hard at work on behalf of the Society’s student members. Read below for a brief overview of our current projects and be on the lookout for our newest group of Student Advisory Council committee co-chairs and Campus Representatives, who start in August following the 2019 APA Convention. Emerging Student Leader Travel … Continue reading Student Advisory Council: Winter Updates

By: Danika S. Perry, PsyD In recent years, multiple terms have been used to describe approaches to addressing cultural differences that fuel social injustices. Cultural humility has had the most profound impact on my developing identity and journey as an early career psychologist (ECP). Cultural humility involves a lifelong commitment to reducing power differentials through perpetual self-evaluation and active engagement in respectfully learning from others, … Continue reading Early Career Professionals Corner: Embracing My Identity: A Journey Towards Cultural Humility

Irina Mindlis, MPH Doctoral Student, Health Psychology & Clinical Science Doctoral Program in Psychology, The Graduate Center of CUNY In the New York City area, there are at least five doctoral Psychology programs with a health emphasis. Many other programs are home to students conducting health psychology research. And yet, by the end of my first year of graduate school, I did not know the … Continue reading Big Apple Health Psychology Colloquium