Susan Opotow Elected to APA Board for the Advancement Of Psychology in the Public Interest

Susan Opotow Elected to APA Board for the Advancement Of Psychology in the Public Interest

Susan Opotow (PhD Program in Critical Social/Personality Psychology at the Graduate Center and of the Sociology Department at John Jay College) was elected for a three-year term on the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI).

BAPPI oversees the APA Public Interest Directorate, which fulfills APA’s commitment to apply the science and practice of psychology to the fundamental problems of human welfare and to promote the equitable and just treatment of all segments of society through education, training, and public policy.

Professor Opotow, a Fellow of APA, was Editor-in-Chief of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology and was President of APA Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.