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SCRA Candidates 2010 Blog

SCRA Candidates 2010 Blog

This shared blog is for SCRA members that are running for office in this year's election. Each candidate will post their statements here and the blog format will allow for other SCRA members to use the comments feature to add comments or ask questions.

James Cook

I've been in the Psychology department at UNC Charlotte since 1980, and a member of SCRA since then. During this time I've worked to create university-community partnerships that integrate teaching, research and practice to address the needs of people with disabilities and who are economically or socially disadvantaged. After organizing my own neighborhood, I obtained multiple grants (from ACTION and foundations) to organize low-income neighborhoods, and then headed a HUD-funded Community…

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William Neigher

Craig doesn't have a list for us. Past presidents describe SCRA as "high relevance and high invisibility;" and since 1983 we've lost two thirds of our APA members. SCRA's vision of "…strong, global impact" remains challenging.  All are opportunities for positive change.

It's an incredible honor to be nominated for President-elect.  I'm proud to be an SCRA Fellow, and served on the Finance, Fellow, Program, Cowen and Kalafat award committees, the Advisory Board of GJCPP, and as a member of the…

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Sandra Lewis

The Akan principle, Sankofa, reminds us that, "To return to our history is the first step forward." It is in the spirit of this ideal that I am honored and privileged to accept the nomination for SCRA Secretary. One important role of SCRA's Secretary is documenting organizational history and creating organizational memory. In part, this is accomplished by maintaining records and coordinating policy and procedure development. Since the ability to review our history is essential for forward…

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Chiara Sabina

As a proponent of our values, an active scholar and teacher, and energetic contributor to SCRA, I would appreciate the opportunity to serve my academic home.  I am a tenure-track faculty member at Penn State Harrisburg and teach in the master's program Community Psychology and Social Change.  I became a member of SCRA in 2001 as a graduate student and the division has been instrumental in shaping my scholarly thinking and aspirations.  I also served a 3-year term as a Northeast Regional…

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Regina Langhout

I've been a member of SCRA since 1999, and am honored to be nominated to run for our Regional Network Coordinator position. I have been a Regional Coordinator for the West Region for two years now, and have found this experience to be rewarding and vital for making local connections and for talking with like-minded folks between SCRA biennial meetings, as well as between the international conferences.

I received my PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. After that, I…

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Seema Shah

Colleagues, I am pleased to be nominated for the regional network coordinator position. For the past three years, I've served as a northeast regional coordinator and worked with colleagues in the region to coordinate a day-long program at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. The SCRA program at the EPA meeting typically draws undergrads and graduate students who are exploring the field. Through the one-day program, we aimed to create a comfortable and intellectually…

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Susan McMahon

I am honored to be nominated to run for SCRA Regional Network Coordinator.  As a Professor of Psychology at DePaul University, I have served in many leadership roles, including University IRB Chair and Community Psychology Program Director for the past 6 years.  In addition, I have served on the SCRA Council of Education Programs (CEP) for the past 4 years, and served as Chair of the CEP for 1 term.  In each of these roles, I have led initiatives to promote positive changes.  I have learned…

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Michele Schlehofer

Hello! I consider it an honor to be nominated for the position of Secretary. I am an assistant professor of psychology at Salisbury University, a state university situated on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I have been a SCRA member since joining as a first-year graduate student in 2000. I'm an applied social psychologist whose research and values align with community psychology, and SCRA is my professional home.

Over the past 10 years, I have served SCRA in many ways: as student representative…

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Maurice Elias

This is the place where your candidates for SCRA election will post their election statements AND be available to respond to your questions and comments. It is essential that we have extensive participation in the upcoming election and that you get your questions answered. As President-Elect, President, and now Past President and Chair of the Nominations Committee, I can tell you that many of SCRA's best initiatives are the result of members' questions and comments. So please check back regularly b



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