News and Announcements
Welcome to the D52 Website
Welcome to the website for Division 52 and congrats on finding my President’s message. We expect 2025 to be a very busy year. In addition to our ongoing activities of newsletter, social media and journal outreach, and our continued promotion of a global perspective within APA and beyond, new highlights include:
- Rollout of our name change to Society for Global Psychology, Division 52 of the American Psychological Association
- Continuation of our successful online webinars, including a new series that will highlight diverse psychological perspectives on climate justice
- Introduction of translations of our journal abstracts into a second language of the authors’ choice
- A vibrant APA convention in Denver this August, including a second iteration of the Global Dialogues research presentation program (in Spanish or English)
- Development of a mentoring program (in partnership with Division 17)
We welcome your participation and membership in Division 52, Society for Global Psychology, no matter from where you are connecting. Professionals and students alike can join the Society for Global Psychology (with or without joining APA) here: https://div52.net/members/join/. You may wish to be more engaged, for example to join or lead a committee, submit a newsletter or journal article, or serve as a reviewer for awards or for the journal. Please let us know how you would like to connect by clicking here!
However you decide to become a part, I look forward to meeting and working with you.
Martha S. Zlokovich
2025 Division 52 Society for Global Psychology President
Outreach / Engagement
Student Committee Web Pages / Resources
Awards for which Students are Eligible
- Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award
- Jean Lau Chin Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in International Leadership Contributions
- Rubin/Flores Student Research Award in Psychology and Human Rights
- Student International Research Award
Student Scholarships
ECP Committee
Awards with specific calls for ECPs (note ECPs are eligible for all D52 non-student awards)
Initiatives / Programs
Advocacy Committee
Chairs: Laura Dryjanska
Commitee: Karen Brown, Marzia Giua, Megan Hall, Ira Heilveil, Russell Searight
Chair
Silvia Canetto
International Environmental Justice Committee (IEJC)
Goal: fostering international psychology debate on the environmental justice and challenges that humankind is likely to face in the next and remote future, having an impact on human individual and collective.
Interest Group: Immigration
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Scientific Committee for Cross-Cultural ResearchGoals: advancing and promoting high-quality and inclusive research with indigenous, cultural, cross-national, and cross-cultural samples. The committee is a consulting and educational base for researchers interested in such topics related to international and cross-cultural research.
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Webinar Series
Division 52 Offers informative, timely, hour-long webinars on topics relevant to international psychology. Webinars are open to all. UPCOMING WEBINARS – register here
Webinar Committee Co-Chairs: Tatyana El-Kour, Raffaele Modrugo, Theo Lazarus
Publications / Communications
Division 52 Policy and Procedures Handbook (in progress – draft only)