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SPSSI

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Formation	1936
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Membership	approx. 3000 members
Website	http://www.spssi.org/

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) is an independent organization established in 1936, on the basis of psychology and social science. The Society's headquarters are located in Washington, D.C. and is affiliated with the American Psychological Association as APA Division 9. It has approximately 3000 members consisting of psychologists, allied scientists and other social studies interests, who desire to research the psychological aspects of important social issues and actively influence public policy solutions. SPSSI has a long history of organizing psychologists' involvement in social issues within it's own boarders and around the globe. The society played a key role in the preparation of social science briefs in Brown v. Board of Education. It publishes several academic journals, including the quarterly Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy and the triannual Journal of Social Issues.

History of SPSSI

Founding

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) was founded in 1936 by several psychologists including its first president, Dr. Goodwin Watson. The purpose of the organization was to understand social issues and use psychological research to help shape public policy concerning those issues. The organization's interest in both social issues and politics has meant that it is frequently the subject of controversy. In 1942 and subsequently throughout the late 1940s and 1950s members of the SSPI were investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for "subversive activity" based on their political affiliations and areas of research. Following these early difficulties the SPSSI worked to reafim a focus on objective research to help maintain a more neutral approach to integrating social psychological research and public policy.

Important Members

Goodwin Watson

A founding member and first president of the SPSSI, Watson was an American social psychologist who's primary interest was the use of psychological research to address social issues and effect change soociety. In pursuit of that goal, Watson helped found the SPSSI in 1936, served as its first president and remained a contibuting member for the remainder of his career.

Rensis Likert

An American psychologist best known for his work in developing the 5-point Likert Scale.

Kenneth and Mamie Clark

Mamie Clark’s research on how segregation affects the development of children’s personalities was published by her husband Kenneth.

Influential projects, cases, studies.

Government Service During World War II

Many of the founding psychologists of the SPSSI including served in United States government offices during World War II. Through both their positions and connections with the SPSSI these individuals

Desegregation

In the United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, SPSSI members presented research and served as expert witnesses to testify against racial segregation.

SPSSI Presidents Since 1936

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1936 Goodwin Watson

1937 Gardner Murphy

1938 George W. Hartmann

1939 Edward C. Tolman

1940 Floyd Allport

1941 Kurt Lewin

1942 Otto Klineberg

1943 Gordon W. Allport

1944 Ernest R. Hilgard

1945 Theodore Newcomb

1946 Rensis Likert

1947 Hadley Cantril

1948 Ronald O. Lippitt

1949 Daniel Katz

1950 David Krech

1951 Stuart W. Cook

1952 Dorwin Cartwright

1953 Eugene Hartley

1954 S. Stansfeld Sargent

1955 Marie Jahoda

1956 Alvin F. Zander

1957 R. Nevitt Sanford

1958 M. Brewster Smith

1959 Kenneth Clark

1960 Morton Deutsch

1961 Isidor Chein

1962 John R. P. French Jr.

1963 Jerome S. Bruner

1964 Herbert C. Kelman

1965 Jerome D. Frank

1966 Milton Rokeach

1967 Thomas Pettigrew

1968 Martin Deutsch

1969 Robert Chin

1970 Robert L. Kahn

1971 Marcia Guttentag

1972 Harold M. Proshansky

1973 Bertram H. Raven

1974 Albert Pepitone

1975 Harry C. Triandis

1976 Ezra Stotland

1977 Lawrence Wrightsman

1978 June Louin Tapp

1979 Cynthia Deutsch

1980 Leonard Bickman

1981 Clara Weiss Mayo

1982 Martha T. Mednick

1983 Lois W. Hoffman

1984 Marilynn Brewer

1985 Joseph McGrath

1986 Phyllis Katz

1987 Jeffery Z. Rubin

1988 Seymour Feshbach

1989 Jacqueline Goodchilds

1990 Stanley Sue

1991 Faye Crosby

1992 Sally Shumaker

1993 Stuart Oskamp

1994 Virgina O'Leary

1995 Michele Wittig

1996 Dalmas Taylor

1997 Barbara Gutek

1998 Rhoda Unger

1999 John Dovidio

2000 Jenny Crocker

2001 Geoffrey Maruyama

2002 Louis Penner

2003 James M. Jones

2004 Kay Deaux

2005 Marybeth Shinn

2006 Irene Hanson Frieze

2007 Daniel Perlman

2008 Susan Opotow

2009 Eugene Borgida

2010 James Jackson

2011 Maureen O'Connor

2012 Allen Omoto

2013

2014

2015

Membership

Organization

There are four different memberships one can have in SPSSI.

• Full Member
• Student Member
• Life Member
• Sustaining Member

SPSSI also offers Fellow positions. This is a respected title throughout the Society that persons deserving of recognition for excellent improvement of the psychological aspects of social issues and the Society can be elected for. There are three types of Fellows in SPSSI; members who belong to APA, members of SPSSI who are already Fellows of different APA divisions, and members who don't belong to APA. Qualifications include being a SPSSI/APA member for at least one year and example of "unusual or outstanding contributions or performance" in psychology or specified area (for SPSSI). The process to become a SPSSI Fellow begins with a nomination, by an existing member or by self-nominating, followed by an application process. There is a review of nominee's work and at least three supporting letters from current Fellows that evaluate the contributions.

Member Responsibilities and Qualifications

Full member requires doctoral degree in a psychological (or other related field to the society) from an accredited program. Student members extend to both graduate and undergraduate students studying in a discipline related to the organization. Both of these memberships require annual fees; full members vary in price from $40 - $100. The student membership is $25 a year. Life Members are members who have aged to sixty-five while maintaining Full Member status for twenty years. Once approved, they will no longer have dues and maintain all rights of being a full member. Full members under the age of sixty-five can request for Sustaining Member status. This is where they would make a one-time membership fee and retain their status for life. This status and the amount is decided upon by the society’s council.

Member Benefits

For those who become members of SPSSI reap many benefits directly from the group including subscriptions to all journals and newsletters published by SPSSI (Journal of Social Issues, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, & Social Issues and Policy Review). A 25% discount is applied to all books published by them and Wiley. Discounts are also applied to SPSSI conference registration fees for members. Within the society, members are allowed to partake in annual voting and have access to the membership directory. Benefits also include access to participate on the Society's forum, which consistently has open discussions on new topics, review or plans of upcoming events, job postings and other topics.

Awards

Applied Social Issues Internship [1]

The Applied Social Issues Internship is awarded to any undergraduate, graduate, first-year post doctorates that are studying psychology, applied social sciences, and other similar fields

The Clara Mayo Grants[2]

The Clara Mayo Grant awards SPSSI members who are enrolled in graduate programs in psychology, applied social sciences, other similar fields, and who are researching the realm of sexism, racism, or prejudice

Crosby-Spendlove Travel Grant [3]

The Crosby Spendlove Award is given to a graduate student enrolled in either a Master's or Ph.d program that is the first or sole author on a presentation for the SPSSI Biennial Conference. Preference is given to a student who is presenting research coming from a feminist and social justice perspective

Grants-in-Aid Program [4]

The Grants-in-Aid award is given to a graduate student who is proposing to research social problem areas that are not likely to receive support from other traditional sources.

Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize [5]

The Gordon Allport Prize is given to the best paper of that year that focused on intergroup relations )

Innovative Teaching Award [6], Louise Kidder Early Career Award [7], The Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Serivce [8], The Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award [9], SPSSI Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring [10], The Kurt Lewin Award [11], The Social Issues Dissertation Award [12], The Sages Program [13], Small-Scale Events Advancing SPSSI (SEAS) Grants [14], SPSSI Teaching Award [15]

External links

• Official website
• Official page on the American Psychological Association website

Category:American Psychological Association Category:Organizations based in Washington, D.C. Category:Organizations established in 1936 Category:Psychology-related professional associations