Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology

President:
Joseph de Rivera

Division Officers

President: Joseph de Rivera, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610
President-Elect: Julie M. Levitt, 33 East Princeton Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-2242
Past-President: Eduardo I. Diaz, Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights, Miami, FL 33128
Secretary: Kathleen Dockett, Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008
Treasurer: John Gruszkos, 4901 Dickens Road, Suite 105, Richmond, VA 23230

APA Council Representatives: Judith Van Hoorn, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, and Albert Valencia, Department of Counseling & Special Education, California State University, Fresno , CA 93740-8001

Members-at-Large: Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019 and Peter Coleman, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, Zoi Andalcio, Men's Health and Recovery, Boston Public Health Commission, 774 Albany Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Membership Chair: Rachel MacNair, Institute for Integrated Social Analysis, 811 E 47th St, Kansas City , MO 64110-1683
Student and Early Career (SEC) Chair: Rebekah Phillips DeZalia
APA Convention Program Chair: Rebekah Phillips DeZalia

Historian/Archivist: Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119-3194
Newsletter Editor: Michael R. Hulsizer, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 E. Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119
Internet Editor/Website/Listserv Moderator: Caitlin O. Mahoney, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610
Journal Editor: Susan Opotow, Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Working Groups (WG) and Task Forces (TF)

There are several working groups in the Peace Division. Their purpose is to further the goals of the division.
Children and Family Peace (WG): Works to advance the understanding and treatment of the damaging psycho-social consequences of war on children and families living in combat zones around the world.
Co-Chair: Kathleen Kostelny, Columbia Group on Children in Adversity
Co-Chair: Petra Hesse, Wheelock College, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215.
Community and Peace (TF)

          Co- Chair: Zoi Andalcio, Men's Health and Recovery, Boston Public Health Commission, 774 Albany Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118

          Co Chair:   Brad Olson

Conflict Resolution (WG): Focuses on the management and resolution of conflict in local and global settings.

          Chair: Steven Stemler, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Wesleyan Station, Middletown, CT 06459

Environmental Protection and Justice (WG): Builds links between peace psychology and a wide range of issues concerning the environment, justice and protection.


Ethnicity and Peace (WG) : works to increase understanding of the links between peace and ethnic conflict and to build ethnic and minority perspectives into the activities of the division.
         Co-chair: Kathleen H. Dockett, EdD, Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008
         Co-Chair: Judith Van Hoorn, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211
Feminism and Peace (WG) : Works to build connections between feminist scholarship and peace psychology and to integrate feminist perspectives into the life and activities of the Division.
Chair: Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119-3194.

Globalization, Structural Violence, and Disarmament (WG) : Monitors defense, disarmament, and conversion programs and prepares legislative updates and policy proposals.

Co-chair: Diane Perlman, Co-chair 1325 18th St. NW #404 Washington, DC 20036;

Co-chair: Marc Pilisuk, Saybrook Institute & University of California-Davis, 94708-1206.

Immigration and the Arizona Law (TF): to draft a statement by December 1 that updates and expands on Division statements and positions. The TF draft will include a general statement regarding how peace psychology perspectives can be used to frame responses to the Arizona law as well as specific recommendations for how the Division, the Society, and individuals, including psychologists in the Division, can respond.
Peace and Education (WG) : Identifies and promotes application of peace psychology in education at all levels.
Chair: Linden Nelson, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407

Peace and Spirituality (WG): Works to identify the values that sustain individuals and societies in their quest for a peaceful and less violent world. The group is interested also in the way that such values inform the practice of psychologists relevant to peacebuilding and violence prevention.
Chair: Steve Handwerker, The International Association for the Advancement of Human Welfare, 7300 W. Camino Real Ste. 229, Boca Raton, FL 33433

Peace Research (WG)
Chair: Daniel M. Mayton II, Department of Psychology, Lewis-Clark State College, 500 Eighth Avenue, Lewiston, ID 83501-2698
Personal Peacefulness (TF)
Chair: Gregory Sims, Unicorn Youth Services, Philo, CA

Psychological and Humanitarian Issues in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (TF): charged with engaging our members and others in thoughtful constructive “action-oriented dialogue” on psychological and humanitarian issues in the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza. It will develop empirically-based conclusions and recommendations to inform our understanding of this violent intractable complex conflict and to inform the development of peace-related policy at various levels.

Committees

Fellows Committee:

Chair: Ethel Tobach, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY, NY.
Finance Committee

        Chair: John Gruszkos, 4901 Dickens Road, Suite 105, Richmond, VA 23230

Nominations and Elections
Chair: Deborah Fish Ragin, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Program Committee

Co-Chair: Steven Nisenbaum, Family Healthy Choices, Inc., 166 Perkins Row, Topsfield, MA 01983-1908

Co-Chair: Julie M. Levitt, 33 East Princeton Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-2242

Publications Committee

Chair: Dan Christie, 351 Hawthorn Blvd., Delaware, Ohio 43015;

Member: Michael R. Hulsizer, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 E. Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119

Member: Susan Opotow, Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Member: Janet Schofield, 517 LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15260- 0001

Strategic Planning Committee:
Chair: Peter Coleman, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027

Special Tasks

Division Handbook: Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119-3194
Listserv Moderator: Caitlin O. Mahoney, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610
Media Consultant: Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019
Peace Psychology Teaching Resource Collection: Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119-3194.

Liaisons

Division 48 maintains a relationship with several associations:
Division 2 (Society for Teaching of Psychology). The contact person for this division is Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119-3194.
Division 17 (Counseling Psychology). The contact person for this division is Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019

Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology). The contact person for this division is Jean Maria Arrigo 110 Oxford Street, Irvine, CA 92612; (949) 854-8841
Division 27 (Community Psychology). The contact person for this committee is Kathleen Dockett, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice). The contact person for this division is Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019
Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology) The contact person for this division is Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019
APA Presidential Task Force on Diversity: Julie Levitt, 33 East Princeton Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-2242
Asian-American Psychological Association: Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, New York , NY 10019

Association for Black Psychologists. Deborah Fish Ragin, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 and Kathleen Dockett, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008.

National Latino/a Psychological Association: Eduardo I. Diaz, Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights, Miami, FL 33128

Society of Indian Psychologists: Daniel M. Mayton II, Department of Psychology, Lewis-Clark State College, 500 Eighth Avenue, Lewiston, ID 83501-2698

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Last Updated: January 6, 2010