Joanne Broder Sumerson, PhD joannebrodersumerson@gmail.com No words can express my gratitude for the amazing presidential year. I am proud of what was accomplished which would have been impossible without the talented Executive Board, special interest committees, and fantastic membership. We are off to a great start this year thanks to the leadership of the current…
Kathryn Stamoulis Kestamoulis@hotmail.com There’s no denying that our culture has experienced seismic changes over the past decade brought about by digital innovation. In the early months of 2018 alone, our President tweeted out threats of nuclear war to the world, our Facebook data was stolen and used to manipulate us, and students in Parkland, Florida…
June Wilson, PhD junewilsonphd@gmail.com Over the past weeks we have all witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly of social media leaving many to ponder the role social media has in our lives. The Good On February 14, 2018 a gunman with an AR-15 semi-assault rifle entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) high school and…
Chris Ferguson cjfergus@stetson.edu At the August 2017 meeting of the APA, we had our biannual meeting of the Council of Representatives. What follows is an update on some of the important issues going on in Council. As usual, these highlights popped up for me while I was at the meeting and from ongoing Council listserv…
V. Krishna Kumar, PhD kkumar@wcupa.edu The film industry has produced hundreds of notable films that depict the effects of various horrors (e.g., holocaust, genocide) and social injustices (e.g., racial, ethnic, and gender prejudices) in the “so called” developing and developed societies. Many films also depict how a few courageous individuals have fought hard to bring…
Joanne Broder Sumerson, PhD joannebrodersumerson@gmail.com Time flies when you are having fun! I cannot believe my presidential year is almost over. It has been a great year of change and growth for the division. As President-Elect June Wilson and I transition, the division-as-a-whole is in a fantastic place. Our executive board is stronger than ever,…
June Wilson, PhD, RN junewilsonphd@gmail.com There are three words we one can live without ever hearing, both for our loved ones and ourselves. Those three words: You have cancer. These unwanted words invaded our home this spring when my spouse was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. Apparently the cancer was so aggressive that it grew…
