2012 Call for Nominations
COMMITTEE ON EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGISTS
The Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) is seeking nominations for two representatives to serve a three-year term (2012-2014):
APA Divisions Representative:
- Represent early career members in the Divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Serve as CECP liaison to the Committee on APA/Division Relations (CODAPAR) and as the point of contact for relationships with the APA divisions and affiliated groups.
- Work closely with the State, Provincial and Territorial Associations Representative to manage and direct activities of the Early Career Psychologist Leadership Network (ECPLN), including collaborations with the ECPLN Steering Committee. The ECPLN is an online forum for early career members to discuss early career priorities, convention programming ideas, strategies for increasing recruitment, retention, and involvement of early career members, and to provide feedback on early career initiatives and activities
- Attend and actively participate in CODAPAR’s annual Division Leadership Conference
- Develop initiatives and programs focused on the needs of early career members in divisions
- Promote and support activities, projects, and programs that foster joint membership and participation between early career members and divisions
- Serve as a liaison to the Membership Board and help advise the board on successful recruitment, retention, and engagement efforts aimed at early career professionals
- Responsible for contributing to CODAPAR’s online newsletter re CECP activities and highlighting division’s best practices in early career member involvement
- Write a report of activities for the Fall consolidated meeting for distribution to the committee and inclusion in CECP’s annual report
Science Representative:
- The Science Representative must have work experience as a psychological scientist and have leadership experience.
- Also must have the ability to develop and support projects focused the needs of early career members in psychological science and research,
- Assist in scientific activities to advance psychological science and promote early career relations, contributions, and approaches in scientific psychology with other APA groups and scientific bodies.
- In addition, this individual will be required to attend and actively participate in APA’s annual Science Leadership Conference.
- Applicants for the science slate will be evaluated on scientific activities and leadership experience.
Candidates must be an APA member within seven years’ receipt of their doctorate degree on January 1, 2012.
In addition, you must be able to attend mandatory committee meetings; one in the spring, and two in the fall. Some committee members may be asked to attend additional meetings depending on their position. Meeting expenses are reimbursed by APA.
Although not reimbursed, committee members are highly encouraged to attend APA’s annual convention and participate in developing early career programming for the convention. The committee works extensively through listserv and email. Applicants should expect to spend a minimum of five hours per week engaged in committee activities.
All candidates should include:
1. Statement of Interest from the nominee
2. Current Curriculum Vitae
3. One Letter of Recommendation
Nomination materials must be received by March 15, 2011. Applicants will be notified in July 2011.
Send nominations via email, mail, or fax to: Kraig Ronald Scott
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Fax: (202) 216-7628
Email: kscott@apa.org
CECP seeks to represent the interests and concerns of early career psychologists throughout APA. For more information about the committee and other early career resources, please visit the APA early career website at www.apa.org/earlycareer.
If you have any questions, please contact the current Chair, Oksana Yakushko, PhD at oyakushko@gmail.com.
