Kathryn Stamoulis, PhD kestamoulis@hotmail.com The first half of the year has flown by and Division 46’s leadership has been busy behind the scenes. We had a productive Winter Board meeting at APA headquarters that left us inspired and looking forward. As we move to the second half of the year there are many exciting opportunities…
June Wilson, PhD, RN junewilsonphd@gmail.com We have experienced quite a year as it relates to media and technology. When I first started as President, a leader from APA said, this is the year of Division 46 because of the information and rhetoric about “fake news.” How right she was. Our media is in a constant…
Kathryn Stamoulis, PhD Kestamoulis@hotmail.com 2019 is around the corner and I’m so excited to serve as the upcoming president of the Society for Media Psychology and Technology. It’s been wonderful being part of the Presidential Trio with our President June Wilson and Past-President Joanne Broder. I’m equally excited to work closely with our amazing President-Elect…
Joanne Broder, PhD joannebrodersumerson@gmail.com I am grateful that my 2017 presidential platform gave me the opportunity to begin my work on Device Management and Intelligence. When I ran for president in 2015, there was less awareness about technology use and social media participation. New technology and applications are regularly launched intended to enrich our lives…
Chris Ferguson, PhD cjfergus@stetson.edu It was something of a whirlwind Council this past August. As expected, the big-ticket items revolved around continuing fallout from the Hoffman report. The first item, often referred to by its number 35B would have changed some of the APA’s policy toward military psychologists working in detention sites such as Guantanamo…
V. Krishna Kumar, PhD kkumar@wcupa.edu The Internet has made it all too easy for anyone to create and administer surveys. In the past several months, I have received surveys from book publishers, hospitals where I have consulted with medical doctors, heating and plumbing companies, students gathering data for their dissertations, professional agencies I belong to,…
V. Krishna Kumar kkumar@wcupa.edu In 2013 we went online using WordPress and retitled our newsletter The Amplifier Magazine with the Fall/Winter issue. Until Fall/Winter 2009, we had the luxury of reading a printed copy at our breakfast or at any time, but then we started distributing a .pdf copy electronically with the Spring/Summer 2009 issue. …
