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President:
Joseph de
Rivera, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main St.,
Worcester, MA 01610
Dr. de Rivera is interested in emotional
experience and when our feelings and narratives lead us to care for
others and act on their behalf (rather than paralyze us or lead us to be
destructive). He teaches social psychology and peace studies, and his
research has focused on describing the structure and dynamics of emotion
in individuals and collective life. What is the role of positive
emotions such as joy? When does anger lead to political action? Can we
predict emotional climates and influence a culture of peace? How can
love rather than fear govern our imagination and determine our behavior?
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President-Elect:
Julie M.
Levitt, 33 East Princeton Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-2242
President Elect - Elect
Gil
Reyes,
Ph.D. Associate Dean School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University,
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Tel: (805) 898-2907
Fax: (805) 898-4146
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Past-President:
Eduardo I. Diaz, Miami-Dade County Commission on
Human Rights, Miami, FL
Dr. Eduardo I. Diaz serves as the
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Coordinator for Miami-Dade County’s
Commission on Human Rights. He is on the Executive Committee of
the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence as Immediate
Past President. He is a member of Psychologists for Social
Responsibility (PsySR) and serves as a Lead Facilitator for the
Alternatives to Violence Project-Miami (AVP-Miami). He is active
advocating for improved police/community relations and violence
reduction efforts, and is a Past President, and Life Member, of the
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE).
Secretary:
Kathleen Dockett, Department of Psychology and
Counseling, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008
Dr. Kathleen H. Dockett is Professor, Department of Psychology and
Counseling at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).
Currently she is secretary of the Society for the Study of Peace,
Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology and APA Council of
Representatives-elect (2011-2013) for Division 48.
She serves on
the advisory board of Psychologists for Social Responsibility. As a
community psychologist and licensed practitioner, she has conducted
research on Buddhism as a resource for the promotion of personal and
societal well-being; resilience among African American students;
psychological sense of community and citizen participation in
nonviolence protest; and the identification and elimination of risk
factors for HIV/AIDS among HBCU students.
Dr. Dockett is
author of numerous publications and national conference presentations on
these topics. Her books include
Psychology and Buddhism: From
Individual to Global Community, co-edited with Rita Dudley Grant
and Peter Bankart.
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
Research
Interests:
Adolescent Development and
Social Change |
Child Development Across
Cultures |
The Importance of Play in Early
Childhood Education |
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Albert
Valencia, Department of Counseling & Special Education, California
State University, Fresno , CA 93740-8001
Albert's academic and
research interests include university student retention, domestic
violence, multicultural issues in education and counseling, the effects
of violence on children, and the applied perspectives of conflict
resolution, reconciliation, and peace.
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Members-at-Large:
Zoi Andalcio, Men's Health and
Recovery, Boston Public Health Commission, 774 Albany Street, 3rd Floor,
Boston, MA 02118
Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers
College, New York , NY 10019 and
Dr. Judy is a clinical psychologist, popular TV and radio
personality, author and lecturer. Cited as the "best media psychology
can offer" when elected a Fellow to the American Psychological
Association, she graduated from Smith College, earned a masters degree
at Boston University and Ph.D. from N.Y.U. where she taught psychology.
She spent ten years at Columbia Medical Center and London's Maudsley
hospital and has conducted hundreds of workshops and published many
professional journal articles including in the distinguished American
Journal of Psychiatry. Also a certified sex therapist, she is in private
practice, works with the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy, and
is Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology for graduate students at
Columbia University Teachers College.
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Peter Coleman, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
Dr. Peter T. Coleman holds a Ph.D. in Social/Organizational
Psychology
from Columbia University. He is currently Associate Professor of
Psychology and Education at Columbia University where he holds a
joint-appointment at Teachers College and The Earth Institute and
teaches courses in Conflict Resolution, Social Psychology, and Social
Science Research. Dr. Coleman is Director of the International Center
for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Teachers College,
Columbia University, Chair of Columbia University’s Advanced
Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (ACCCC), and a
research affiliate of the International Center for Complexity and
Conflict (ICCC) at The Warsaw School for Social Psychology in Warsaw,
Poland. He has conducted research on ingroup/outgroup formation, the
mediation of inter-ethnic conflict, intractable conflict, complexity
theory and conflict, identity formation, moral emotions, ripeness and
conflict, and on the conditions and processes which foster the
constructive use of social power. In 2003, he became the first
recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Psychological
Association, Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict,
and Violence. Dr. Coleman co-edits The Handbook of Conflict
Resolution: Theory and Practice (2000; 2nd edition 2006), and has
authored over 60 journal articles and chapters. He is also a New York
State certified mediator and experienced consultant.
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Membership
Chair:
Rachel MacNair, Institute for Integrated Social
Analysis, 811 E 47th St, Kansas City , MO 64110-1683
I majored in Peace and
Conflict Studies at Earlham College back in 1978.
After many years out in the field of non-profit advocacy organization
management, I felt a passion for research – the creation of new
knowledge
– and went back to get my doctorate in Psychology with a research
emphasis and a minor in Sociology. Since 1999, I have worked with many
students individually, and I have worked on a wide variety of research
projects. I currently serve part-time as Director of the Institute for
Integrated Social Analysis, a non-profit organization encouraging
research
on the connections of issues of violence
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Student and
Early Career (SEC) Chair:
Rebekah
Phillips DeZalia, Ph.D.
Rebekah Phillips
received her BA in Psychology from Wheaton College, IL and her Ph.D.
from Clark University in 2008. Her research focuses on genocide
survivors in Rwanda. Previous work has included a needs assessment of
child-headed-households in rural Rwanda, analysis of genocide
narratives, and research on unforgiveness and identification. In
addition to her research, Rebekah has taught at WPI, Clark University,
and the College of the Holy Cross and has worked with the journal, “Culture
& Psychology.”
APA
Convention Program Chair:
Rebekah
Phillips DeZalia, Ph.D.
Historian/Archivist:
Linda M. Woolf, Department of Behavioral and Social
Sciences, Webster University, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO
63119-3194
Research Interests:
Peace Psychology
Psychosocial Models of Genocide
Holocaust Studies
Ethnopolitical Conflict
Terrorism
Torture
Hate Groups
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Newsletter
Editor:
Michael R.
Hulsizer, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster
University, 470 E. Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119
Research Interests:
Altruism and Aggression
Hate Groups
International Human Rights
Mass Violence
Peace Psychology
Social Influence and Persuasion
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Internet
Editor/Website/Listserv Moderator:
Caitlin O.
Mahoney, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main St.,
Worcester, MA 01610
I
received my B.A. in psychology from Siena College and my Ph.D. in
Social, Evolutionary & Cultural Psychology from Clark University (with a
concentration in societal peace and conflict). My past
research has broadly focused on the relationship between emotions and
political behaviors.
Most recently, my dissertation focused on
compassion
and altruistic responses to distant others (those we have never met).
Other interests include:
Positive psychology; pro-social behaviors; virtue; psychical distance &
interpersonal closeness; authenticity
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Journal Editor:
Susan Opotow,
Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 899
Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019
My
research concerns the social psychology of conflict and injustice. I am
interested in antecedents and process of moral exclusion,
when people come to see others as outside their scope of justice and
therefore as eligible targets of violence, exploitation, and harm. I
also examine moral inclusion, when rights and resources
are extended to marginalized groups to promote social justice. I study
moral exclusion and inclusion in a variety of contexts: post-war
societal change, environmental degradation and protection, high school
student achievement and disengagement, hating and hate crime, violence,
and the post 9/11 recovery trajectory in NYC. I am the 2008-9 president
of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Division 9
of the American Psychological Association.
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