News Release
June 19, 2002
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brian Weaver
(202) 783.2077 ext. 3022
bweaver@psychologicalscience.org
Washington University's Roediger Elected APS President
Henry L. Roediger, III, has been elected president of the American Psychological Society (APS). APS is the leading organization of academic psychologists in the United States and is devoted to scientific psychology. The Society has more than 14,000 members, publishes three highly regarded journals, and is recognized as a leading voice in Washington, DC, for psychological science.
Roediger is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of human learning and memory, exploring how knowledge is recovered from memory. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and the chair of the University's Department of Psychology.
Roediger has authored three books, has edited three others, and has published 150 articles and chapters. He was president of the Midwestern Psychological Association, chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and is currently the chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. Roediger is a founding member of APS and previously served on the Society's Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001 and as chair of the Society's Publications Committee.
"The American Psychological Society has played an important role in the last 15 years in American psychology and boosted the case for behavioral research on Capitol Hill," Roediger said. "I look forward to working with leaders of other organizations to advance the national agenda of psychology."
Roediger's three-year term on the Board includes a year each as president-elect, president, and immediate past-president. His term began on June 9, 2002, at the conclusion of the APS Annual Convention in New Orleans.
Also elected to the APS Board of Directors are John T. Cacioppo of The University of Chicago and Denise Park of the University of Michigan.
The American Psychological Society is dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology research and the "giving away" of psychology in the public interest. For more information on the American Psychological Society, go online to www.psychologicalscience.org.