See below! This is a wonderful opportunity for Early Career Psychologists.
Carolyn
Carolyn M. Aldwin, Ph.D.
APA Division 20 President
Professor & Director, Gerontology Program
Dept. of Human Development & Family Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
541 737-2024; 541 737-1076 (fax)
2011 Call for Nominations
COMMITTEE ON EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGISTS
The Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) is seeking nominations for a representative to serve a three-year term (2012-2014):
CECP Governance and Membership Representative:
- Serve as CECP liaison to the Membership Board and help advise the board on successful recruitment, retention, and engagement efforts aimed at early career professionals
- Serve as the point of contact for the membership representatives on all boards and committees within the APA governance structure.
- Work closely with the CECP staff liaison to develop activities focused on early career membership and strategies for increasing recruitment, retention, and involvement of early career members, and provide feedback on early career initiatives and activities
- Work with CECP staff liaison to provide suggestions for social media initiatives and other electronic initiatives focused on the needs of early career members
- Promote and support activities, projects, and programs that foster early career membership and engagement in APA
- Responsible for submitting information for the monthly news box in the Monitor re CECP activities and highlighting best practices in early career member involvement
- Responsible for monitoring early career outreach communications via listservs, social media, and other electronic outlets and actively stimulating topics of discussions and conversations.
- Write a report of activities for the consolidated meeting for distribution to the committee and inclusion in CECP’s annual report
- Membership and or governance experience at the division or SPTA level is a plus.
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 5 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 October 31, 2011. Applicants will be notified in December 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.
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