For Eduardo Salas, it’s all about teamwork
June 3, 2024
Salas has developed many best practices for getting people to work together for a common goal
Shinobu Kitayama works to effectively globalize psychology
April 17, 2024
Psychologist is expanding the theory and practice of psychology to make it more reflective of and useful for non-Western societies
Danielle King explores the nuances of resilience
February 20, 2024
Danielle King, PhD, at Rice University researches resilience, the human capacity to adapt to difficult experiences.
Lauri Pasch helps patients deal with the mental health aspects of infertility treatment
January 11, 2024
Lauri Pasch, PhD, has spent her career counseling men and women undergoing infertility treatments and researching how best to help them.
Jennifer Cheavens wants to put hope to work for people who could use a lift
October 20, 2023
Jennifer Cheavens, PhD, sees a connection between her work on mood disorders and studying individuals who are flourishing in life.
Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia teaches counselors-in-training the basics of cultural competence
August 30, 2023
Ahluwalia believes that advocating for social justice is an imperative for counselors and psychologists working with clients who deal with discrimination in their daily lives.
Alvin Thomas researches Black men and their role in family and community development
July 19, 2023
Alvin Thomas, PhD, researches Black families, and especially the development of Black men and their role in their families and communities.
David Rapp explores how best to combat misinformation
June 1, 2023
David Rapp, PhD, professor of psychology and learning sciences at Northwestern University, has been a pioneer in the study of misinformation.
Susanne Bruyère contributes to building more workplaces committed to neurodiversity
April 13, 2023
Susanne Bruyère, PhD, has spent her career researching and advocating for policy change around inclusive hiring.
Scott Goldman supports mental health in elite sports
March 3, 2023
An elite athlete is a valuable performer, but also a human being like any other, says sports psychologist Scott Goldman, PhD.
Brad Klontz is concerned with how experiences affect our relationship with money
January 19, 2023
Brad Klontz, PsyD, CFP, thinks all clinical psychologists should be much more intentional about helping patients deal with their feelings and belief systems around money, because money is one of the top stressors in the lives of Americans.
Iva GreyWolf creates a safe space for indigenous patients and therapists
November 29, 2022
Iva GreyWolf, PhD, is a Native American licensed clinical psychologist with more than 40 years’ experience in the field of behavioral health.
Gary Burlingame studies outcomes and group therapy
September 26, 2022
Two threads run through the work and career of Gary Burlingame PhD—measuring the progress and outcomes of various therapeutic strategies, and identifying elements that contribute to effective group therapy.
Dorothy Espelage has helped frame the national discussion of bullying in schools
July 28, 2022
Dorothy Espelage, PhD, a pioneering researcher of aggression among schoolchildren, has done foundational studies on “bullying”—distress or injury one individual or group repeatedly inflicts on others who are less powerful.
Laura Dryjanska wants to end human trafficking
June 14, 2022
Social psychologist Laura Dryjanska, PhD, works to stop the trafficking of human beings for sex, labor, and other exploitation.
Jane Delgado advocates for personalized health care
April 11, 2022
Research is key to attaining an individual approach to health, says Jane Delgado, and that research needs to include as many different types of people as possible.
Michael Campbell provides psychological first aid to Caribbean residents
March 4, 2022
Michael Campbell, PhD, teaches clinical behavioral science to residents and medical students at The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill in Barbados.
Nicholas Grant advocates for equitable care for the LGBTQ community
January 3, 2022
Lt. Grant has helped organize gender-affirming care for transgender service people within the US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Army, in addition to his duties as the group psychologist for the Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.
Jennifer Joy Freyd researches sexual violence
October 26, 2021
Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD, has spent her career exploring what happens when powerful people and institutions abuse their charges.
Phillip Atiba Goff explores the science of racial bias
August 26, 2021
Social psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff, PhD, believes that science can fight racism, one of our society's most intractable problems.
Tiffany Yip wants Asian Americans to be seen and treated with respect
July 31, 2021
Tiffany Yip, PhD, is one of the guest editors of the first-ever special issue of American Psychologist to focus on Asian and Pacific Island psychology.
Craig Haney advocates for criminal justice reform
April 19, 2021
Craig Haney, PhD, has researched solitary confinement extensively as part of the larger project of his career, which is using psychology to effect meaningful, humane reform of the criminal justice system.
Mana Ali Carter wants to help eliminate health disparities
March 5, 2021
Rehabilitation psychologist Mana Ali Carter, PhD, works with adults with debilitating medical conditions, some congenital and others caused by disorders like Guillain-Barré Syndrome or traumas like gunshot wounds.
Aline Zoldbrod is an enthusiastic advocate of sexual intimacy
February 4, 2021
Aline Zoldbrod, PhD, is an enthusiastic advocate of sexual intimacy, which she notes is available to many people even with the present public health constraints.
Paul Slovic observes the ‘psychic numbing’ of COVID-19
November 30, 2020
“Psychic numbing” is an indifference that sets in when we are confronted with overwhelming calamity.
Janet Helms studies the mechanisms of inequality
October 26, 2020
Janet Helms, PhD, helped forge the language we use today to talk about race, and has also studied how we relate to one another in this country across our racial differences.
Jonathan Comer studies family life during COVID-19
August 20, 2020
Jonathan Comer, PhD, and several collaborators in the United States and Canada are studying how families are handling the disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrés Consoli pushes for bilingual training of psychologists
June 16, 2020
APA Fellow Andrés Consoli wants to elevate the training protocols for psychologists who plan to treat Spanish speakers in the United States.
Clair Reynolds Kueny researches rural health care during COVID-19
May 26, 2020
Clair Reynolds Kueny had some structures in place before COVID-19 appeared on the scene that have made her jobs easier during the crisis, both as a teacher and as a researcher in industrial/organizational psychology.
Sally Augustin can make you feel at home
March 24, 2020
Sally Augustin PhD, helps guide design choices for built environments.
Eric Willmarth uses hypnosis in pain management
February 7, 2020
Eric Willmarth, PhD, teaches hypnosis and co-chairs the department of psychophysiology, the science behind the mind-body connection, at Saybrook University.
Marisa Reddy Randazzo specializes in threat assessment
January 3, 2020
Marisa Reddy Randazzo has built a career helping the United States Secret Service, schools, colleges, businesses, law enforcement agencies and communities stop people with violent intentions from carrying them out.
Study of human intelligence at center of Michael Gardner’s career
November 14, 2019
Michael Gardner, PhD, says he's always been intrigued by what makes people different, as well as the ways in which they're the same.
Lisa A. Marsch develops digital interventions for the treatment of opioid addiction
October 7, 2019
Lisa A. Marsch, PhD, explores how to use technology to connect evidence-based behavioral treatments with people whose lives may depend on their getting effective help.
Ellen Littman brings attention to women with ADHD
July 30, 2019
Littman has been instrumental in increasing the public's understanding of ADHD — and the chances that girls and women with this often debilitating condition will get help.
Christopher Liang wants to understand how discrimination shapes identity
July 1, 2019
Liang researches not only masculinity, but also how perceived ethnic discrimination affects outcomes for people of color; the intersections of gender, culture and perceived discrimination for both men and women.
For OCD expert Dean McKay, no two cases are the same
April 24, 2019
Dean McKay, PhD, an expert in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), says he has never seen two people with the condition who had exactly the same constellation of symptoms.
Franci Crepeau-Hobson wants to improve school safety
March 1, 2019
Young people should be safe in their schools, but what is the best way to achieve that? Associate professor and director of clinical training in the School Psychology Program at the University of Colorado Denver is working to find answers.
Trent Petrie works to improve athletes' performance, well-being
February 1, 2019
Participating in sports can have tremendous benefits for an individual's psychological well-being, but the pursuit of athletic excellence carries its own challenges and stressors.
Joy Harden Bradford wants black women to embrace psychology
December 19, 2018
Joy Harden Bradford, PhD, specializes in working with African-American women in her practice, especially around relationships, breakups, divorce and work-life balance.
John Ackerman is focused on preventing pediatric suicide
November 13, 2018
John Ackerman, PhD, is working to change the way we address the menace of pediatric suicide — in schools, treatment centers, public forums and the media.
Taking psychology to the people
October 1, 2018
APA member Guy Winch wants to share effective strategies for managing common, painful conditions like loneliness, rejection, failure and heartbreak with as many people he can reach.
William Chopik wants to help people have happier lives
August 28, 2018
Figuring out what makes humans actually happy is "the Holy Grail" in research psychologist William Chopik’s field. Chopik, an assistant professor and director of the Close Relationships Lab at Michigan State University, studies relationships and, especially, how they change.
Mary Karapetian Alvord’s pursuit of resilience
July 27, 2018
APA Fellow Mary Karapetian Alvord has developed a system for incorporating resiliency training into group therapy for all-age patients who have anxiety and mood disorders, or problems with self-regulation.
Beverly Daniel Tatum wants us to talk about race
July 11, 2018
Helping to facilitate the national conversation on race has been Beverly Daniel Tatum's overarching area of specialization.
Thomas Doherty works at the intersection of psychology and environmental science
June 7, 2018
Clinical psychologist Thomas Doherty has coined a term — "climate hostages" — to describe people who feel the urgency of the climate change crisis but must cope with denial of the phenomenon among segments of the population.
James Garbarino, an advocate for juvenile offenders
May 16, 2018
Garbarino has helped the courts parse the research that shows that teenagers are not able to make decisions in the same way adults can.
Chloe Carmichael runs a thriving practice
May 4, 2018
Early-career psychologists should pay attention to the impression they are making with potential clients wherever they encounter them.
Gabriella Harari uses smartphones to collect behavioral data
April 30, 2018
Gabriella Harari, PhD, is part of a new generation harnessing mobile platforms in methodologically sound ways to develop more advanced personality research methods.
Sigan Hartley wants to help couples with autistic children
March 27, 2018
On average, parents of children with ASD have less marital satisfaction and higher divorce rates than parents of children without disabilities, but many of these parents do stay married and often report that their marriages are 'highly satisfying.'
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