APA Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race published “Protecting and Defending our People: Nakni tushka anowa (The Warrior's Path) Final Report.” The Report is a groundbreaking document calling for the decolonization of APA, the field of psychology, and psychology degree programs.
Kristina Mendez, a 2020 graduate of the Clinical Psychology PhD program, is a member of The Warrior’s Path Task Force and contributed to the report.
Mendez had been a member of Division 45 for sev
Ayanna Payne, a fourth-year clinical psychology PhD student, was awarded a Diversity Research Award by the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS).
The American Psychological Association (APA) adopted a resolution to integrate human rights into a framework that will “underpin its decision-making” on February 27, 2021. The resolution grew out of a report by the APA Task Force on Human Rights, chaired by PAU President Maureen O’Connor, PhD, JD.
The APA Task Force was created in 2016.
Dear PAU Community,
It’s been a year since COVID-19 first upended our world in ways few would have imagined. We asked President O’Connor to look back on the last 12 months for which there was no roadmap. Here are excerpts from our recent conversation.
When you reflect on this time a year ago, what comes to mind?
Digital therapy tools have been around for years, but most clients and counselors still opted for therapy in traditional settings.
Jorge Wong, Ph.D., PAU alumnus, Trustee and faculty member was recently named to the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives.
The Council of Representatives (COR) is the legislative body of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is composed of representatives of divisions, states, provinces, and territories, and the members of the Board of Directors. Dr. Wong will represent nearly 17,000 licensed psychologists from the state of California.