June 21, 2007
Addis Elected President of APA Society for Study of Men and Masculinity
Worcester, Mass. - Michael Addis, associate professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Clark University, was recently elected president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51 of the American Psychological Association.
The Society advances knowledge in the psychology of men through research, education, training, public policy, and improved clinical practice. Professor Addis's work as president will involve efforts to enhance awareness of men's well-being and its effects on men, women, children, families, and communities. This will be a direct extension of his research and teaching at Clark, which has focused on the role of masculinity in the way men experience, express, and respond to problems in living. His current research, for example, is funded by the National Institutes of Health and seeks to understand barriers men face to seeking help for behavioral health problems. The Men's Coping Project, which Addis oversees at Clark, was featured in the Feb. 26, 2007 Newsweek magazine cover story, "Men and Depression."
Professor Addis has also conducted research on the process and outcome of psychotherapies for mood and anxiety disorders, and the relationships between clinical research and clinical practice in psychology. In 2003,
Professor Addis received the David Shakow Early Career Award for contributions to the science and practice of clinical psychology from the American Psychological Association, and the Researcher of the Year award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity.
Professor Addis received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1995. He came to Clark in 1995.