PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (APS) - Key Persons


Aaditi Narayanan

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Aaron Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Chairman / University of California, Berkeley

Adam Putnam

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Teaching Fund Committee
  • Chairman / Furman University

Alison Gopnik

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past President
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member / University of California, Berkeley

Amanda Merner

Job Titles:
  • Member / Harvard Medical School

Amanda Montoya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / University of California, Los Angeles

Amy Criss

Job Titles:
  • Member / Syracuse University

Asa Boy

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Digital and Technical Operations

Ashley Messina

Ashley Messina is a first-year counseling psychology doctoral student at the University of Memphis. Her interests in research and advocacy include race-based traumatic stress, racial inequality, and the promotion of cultural empathy and cultural humanity.

Ayanna Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Member / Tufts University

Becca White

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Publications

BJ Casey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Member / Barnard College of Columbia University

Bria Gresham - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • APSSC President
  • Member / University of Minnesota
Bria Gresham is a fourth-year Developmental Psychology doctoral student in the institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the effects of and precursors to adverse childhood experiences, particularly those taking place within the community context.

Catherine Hartley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / New York University

Christina Shalley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / Georgia Tech

Christine Wilson-Mendenhall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / University of Wisconsin, Madison

Corey Cook

Job Titles:
  • Member / Pacific Lutheran University

Daisy Singla

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Election Committee
  • Member / University of Toronto

David Badcock

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Member / University of Western Australia

David Clark

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / University of Oxford

David Kreiner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Teaching Fund Committee
  • Member / University of Central Missouri

Desirae Bitar

Job Titles:
  • Board and Committee Administrator

Doroteja Rubez

Doroteja Rubez is a third-year doctoral student in the Developmental, Cognitive, and Affective Sciences program at Case Western Reserve University. Her main interests fall in the realm of atypical childhood experience and its effects on higher cortical functions.

E. Tory Higgins

Job Titles:
  • Member / Columbia University

Eiko Fried

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  • Member / Leiden University

Elaine Watson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Meetings

Elizabeth Kensinger

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / Boston College

Ellen Hamaker

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  • Member / Utrecht University

Emily Proppe

Job Titles:
  • AMS Manager

Emma Karras

Emma Karras is an undergraduate senior under the Bachelor of Individualized Studies program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her studies in Art, Psychology, and Developmental Psychology in partnership with an Integrative Neuroscience minor allow pursuits in research that combine these academic concentrations.

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee
  • Chairman / University of Amsterdam

Fei Xu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / University of California, Berkeley

Franco Pestilli

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Election Committee

Gabrielle Lynch

Gabrielle Lynch is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student at University of Central Florida. Her areas of research interest are in application of harm reduction approaches and policy change associated with mental health care and social support systems.

Georgia Tech

Job Titles:
  • Member / Georgia Tech

Geremy Grant

Job Titles:
  • Member / Alfred University

Gerry Leisman

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Haifa

Gianluca Esposito

Job Titles:
  • Member / Nanyang Technological University - Singapore

Hannah Eneix

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Marketing Officer
Hannah Eneix is a third-year industrial/organizational psychology doctoral student at Central Michigan University. Her research is focused on remote work and diversity in the workplace and is interested in selection systems and health outcomes.

Isabel Gauthier

Job Titles:
  • Member / Vanderbilt University

James Jones

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Delaware
The William James Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Recipients must be APS members recognized internationally for their outstanding contributions to scientific psychology. Nominations for the award are due in October, and the committee's work generally takes place over the following four months.

James McKeen Cattell

Job Titles:
  • Fellow Award Committee
The James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recognizes APS members for their outstanding lifetime contributions to the area of applied psychological research. Recipients must be APS members whose research addresses a critical problem in society at large. Nominations for the award are due in October, and the committee's work generally takes place over the following four months.

James Nairne

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  • Member / Purdue University

Jessica McManus

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Teaching Fund Committee
  • Member / Hood College

John T. Jost

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  • Member / New York University

Katherine Ehrlich

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  • Member / University of Georgia

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek

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  • Member / Temple University

Kathy Sexton-Radek

Job Titles:
  • Member / Elmhurst College

Keiko Ishii

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Election Committee
  • Member / Nagoya University

Keith Maddox

Job Titles:
  • Member / Tufts University

Kenneth Steele

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Member / Appalachian State University

Krystina Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Membership Specialist

KU Leuven

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Kunalan Manokara

Kunalan Manokara will be awarded his PhD from the University of Amsterdam in June 2023. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University. Kunalan conducts research at the intersection of affective science and social cognition, examining how multiple positive emotions relate to everyday phenomena.

Kurt Gray

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Janet Taylor Spence Award Committee

Leo Wilton - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Lila Davachi

Job Titles:
  • Member / Columbia University

Lisa Starr

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Rochester

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / Indiana University

Lou Morwood

Job Titles:
  • Digital Content Manager

Lucy Hyde - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing

M. Teresa Bajo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / University of Granada

Margaret Beier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Election Committee
  • Member / Rice University

Marigold Linton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / University of Kansas

Mark Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Election Committee
  • Member / University of Cambridge

Matt Howard

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of South Alabama

Melissa Keith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / Bowling Green State University

Melvin Yap

Job Titles:
  • Member / National University of Singapore

Michele Gelfand

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Co - Chair / Stanford Graduate School of Business

Michelle D. Johnfinn

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Meetings

Miguel Moya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Member / University of Granada

Morton Gernsbacher

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / University of Wisconsin, Madison

Narayanan Srinivasan

Job Titles:
  • Member / Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Nathalie L. Rothert

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Meetings

Nelson Ruble

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Nicholas Antunes

Job Titles:
  • Meetings Manager

Paul Harris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Chairman / Harvard University

Phoebe Ellsworth

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Michigan

Rachael E. Jack

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Chairman / University of Glasgow
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Co - Chair / University of Glasgow

Ramona Bobocel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Janet Taylor Spence Award Committee
  • Member / University of Waterloo

Randi Martin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • President - Elect
  • Member / Rice University

Richard Chang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Member / University of Nevada Las Vegas

Richard Ivry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Chairman / University of California, Berkeley

Robert Gropp - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Executive Director
  • Chief Executive Director ( Ex Officio ) Association
  • Member of Publications Committee

Ruben Ardila

Job Titles:
  • Member / National University of Colombia

Sandra Graham

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of California, Los Angeles

Scott Sleek

Job Titles:
  • Communications Consultant and Interim Editor of Observer

Serena Zadoorian

Job Titles:
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Member / University of California, Riverside

Seth Pollak

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Wisconsin, Madison

Sharda Umanath

Job Titles:
  • Member / Claremont McKenna College

Sheri Mizumori

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / University of Washington

Shihui Han

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / Peking University

Shoshana Jarvis

Job Titles:
  • Scientific and Public Affairs Specialist

Sophia Vinci-Booher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / Peabody College Vanderbilt University

Sotaro Kita

Job Titles:
  • Member / University of Warwick

Stephen Hinshaw - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the APS Mentor Award Committee
  • Treasurer
  • Chairman / University of California, Berkeley
  • Member / University of California, Berkeley

Susan Goldin-Meadow

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / the University of Chicago

Taciano Milfont

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / University of Waikato

Thomas Olino

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / Temple University

Tiffany Shao

Tiffany Shao is a second-year social psychology doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University. Her research primarily focuses on topics at the intersection of law and psychology, specifically how racial stereotypes and prejudice influences decision-making in the criminal justice system.

Tyler Boomershine

Job Titles:
  • Student Programs Manager

Wendy Wood - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • President
  • Member / University of Southern California

William James

Job Titles:
  • Fellow Award Committee
The William James Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Recipients must be APS members recognized internationally for their outstanding contributions to scientific psychology. Nominations for the award are due in October, and the committee's work generally takes place over the following four months.

Xiao Yang

Job Titles:
  • Member / Old Dominion University

Yoshihisa Kashima

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Co - Chair / University of Melbourne

Yukiko Uchida

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Convention Program Committee
  • Member / Kyoto University

Yuri Miyamoto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Fellows Committee
  • Member / Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University