News Release
June 17, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brian Weaver
(202) 783.2077 ext. 3022
bweaver@psychologicalscience.org
ASU's Eisenberg Elected to APS Board of Directors
Nancy Eisenberg has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Society. APS is the leading organization of academic psychologists in the United States devoted to scientific psychology. The Society has more than 13,000 members, publishes three highly regarded journals, and is recognized as a primary voice in Washington, DC, for psychological science.
Eisenberg is a principal theorist in the field of socioemotional and moral development. For much of her career, she has studied empathy and other factors that play a role in children's prosocial behavior and, more recently, aggression. She was one of the first researchers to employ the use of psychophysiological measures to assess the development of emotion and empathy in children, and broke new ground in the use of nonverbal methods to categorize children's emotional reactions. In addition, she has several longitudinal studies examining the role of emotionality, the regulation of emotion, and socialization in children's adjustment and social competence.
Eisenberg is Regents' Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. She has published numerous books, chapters and journal articles on socioemotional development, such as the development of emotion-related regulation, social competence, psychological adjustment, and moral development
In response to her election, Eisenberg commented, "I was involved in the initial organizational meetings that lead to the founding of APS nearly 15 years ago, and am pleased to participate in its governance now that it has matured into a vibrant and effective scientific organization."
Also elected to the APS Board of Directors is John P. Campbell, University of Minnesota, and APS President-elect Robert W. Levenson, University of California, Berkeley.
The American Psychological Society's mission focuses on the advancement of research and science-based psychology in the public interest. For more information about APS, go online to www.psychologicalscience.org.