Eastern Psychological Association
| Abbreviation | EPA |
|---|---|
| Formation | April 27, 1896 |
| Headquarters | Montgomery Village, Maryland[1] |
Region | Eastern United States |
| Fields | Psychology |
President | Bonnie Green |
President-Elect | Roseanne Flores |
Past President | Bernard Beins |
Executive Officer | Paul Schnur |
| Affiliations | American Psychological Association |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Section of Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy of the New York Academy of Science |
The Eastern Psychological Association (abbreviated EPA) is a professional organization for psychologists in the Eastern United States. It holds annual meetings where its members present their research findings to their colleagues. Established in 1896, it is the oldest regional psychological organization in the United States.[2]
History
The Eastern Psychological Association was founded on April 27, 1896 as the Section of Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy of the New York Academy of Science.[3] In 1930, it was renamed as the New York Branch of the American Psychological Association. It was renamed again to the "Eastern Branch" of the American Psychological Association in 1936, and obtained its current name in 1938.[4]
Presidents
The president of the Eastern Psychological Association is Bonnie Green.[5] Notable past presidents of the EPA include:[6]
- Howard C. Warren (1930-1931)
- Margaret Floy Washburn (1931-1932)
- Raymond Dodge (1932-1933)
- James McKeen Cattell (1933-1934)
- Joseph Jastrow (1934-1935)
- Herbert Langfeld (1935-1936)
- Karl Lashley (1937-1938)
- Karl M. Dallenbach (1938-1939)
- Walter Samuel Hunter (1940-1941)
- Gardner Murphy (1941-1942)
- Gordon Allport (1942-1943)
- Anne Anastasi (1946-1947)
- Otto Klineberg (1948-1949)
- Harold H. Schlosberg (1953-1954)
- B. F. Skinner (1954-1955)
- James J. Gibson (1959-1960)
- George A. Miller (1961-1962)
- David McClelland (1964-1965)
- James Deese (1966-1967)
- Eleanor J. Gibson (1967-1968)
- Roger Brown (1971-1972)
- Jerome L. Singer (1973-1974)
- Jerome Kagan (1974-1975)
- Julian Hochberg (1977-1978)
- Mary Henle (1981-1982)
- Judith Rodin (1982-1983)
- Florence Denmark (1985-1986)
- Robert A. Rescorla (1986-1987)
- Ethel Tobach (1987-1988)
- Linda Bartoshuk (1990-1991)
- Kay Deaux (1994-1995)
- Ludy T. Benjamin (1996-1997)
- Carolyn Rovee-Collier (2002-2003)
- Robert J. Sternberg (2007-2008)
- Nora Newcombe (2008-2009)
References
- ^ "Regional Psychological Associations". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ "Home". Eastern Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ "Classics in the History of Psychology -- "Introduction to the Associations" by C.D. Green". psychclassics.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ Lane, Gorham (1961). "The Eastern Psychological Association: 1896-1960". American Psychologist. 16 (5): 249–255. doi:10.1037/h0047014. ISSN 0003-066X.
- ^ "Our People". Eastern Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ "Past Presidents | Eastern Psychological Association". www.easternpsychological.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.