Gun Violence Essay: Follow-Up

In 2023, EPA announced an essay competition on the topic of Gun Violence.  The winners of that competition, EPA associate members Brittany Vincent, Kaleigh Keenan, Courtney Pisano, Anthony Loiacono and their faculty advisor Thomas DiBlasi, all of St. Joseph’s University (NY), were recognized at the 2024 EPA meeting in Philadelphia.  Their winning essay has now appeared in a special issue on Gun Violence in the journal Psychological Reports, as a letter to the Editor. 

An introduction to the special issue has been written by EPA Fellow Richard Harnish (Penn State University), which you can read here.   And, as a special offer to EPA members, you can read the entire issue of Psychological Reports (including the essay by Vincent et al.) by clicking the link at the bottom of Dr. Harnish’s introduction.

EPA would like to thank Dr. Harnish and Sage Publications, as well as all of the participants in the EPA essay competition, for helping us keep the issue of gun safety on the agenda as an important topic of research in a society awash in guns and their too often tragic aftermath.     

EPA 2025 CONFERENCE PLANNING

The 96th EPA Annual Meeting will take place at the Marriott Marquis Hotel (at Times Square) in New York City on March 6-8, 2025.  The call for submissions will go out on September 3, 2024 and the deadline for submissions of all types will be December 1, 2024.  

You may now make hotel reservations at the Marriott Marquis using the following link.  The EPA negotiated rate at the hotel is $305 (single or double, plus tax).  Since the EPA block of rooms is limited, we recommend booking as early as possible in order to guarantee a room at the EPA rate.  

https://book.passkey.com/go/EPA2025

Additional information about the 2025 meeting can be found under the Annual Meeting tabs above.

Membership dues for 2025-26

The EPA Board of Directors approved a membership fee schedule that will go into effect on June 1, 2024.  

Notes:  EPA members may present one paper, one poster and one symposium as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.  Graduate students may present one paper and one poster as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.   Undergraduates (EPA Associates) may present one poster as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.  There is no limit on the number of presentations an individual may appear on as a co-author.  Graduate students may choose to register as EPA Associates, in which case they my present only one poster as first author.  Submissions of one paper and/or one poster to the annual conference from EPA Fellows will be accepted without peer review when the Fellow is presenting author.

APA Psychology
Graduate School Fair

The APA Education Directorate is pleased to announce that the fall virtual APA Psychology Graduate School Fair is happening on October 30^th from noon-4pm (Eastern)!Registration for all prospective psychology graduate students is FREE, and psychology graduate programs that wish to recruit at this event can register for a modest fee. The goal of the APA Psychology Graduate School Fair is to virtually connect graduate psychology programs with a diverse group of students, including current undergraduates, graduate students seeking to further their education beyond their current degree, and individuals returning for their graduate education. Additionally, APA Education Directorate staff will be on hand from 10am-noon (ET) to answer students’ general applying to graduate school in psychology questions. Programs are also strongly encouraged to do similar sessions in their rooms during the official noon-4pm recruitment hours as students report liking the ability to ask general, not just program specific, questions. The APA Psychology Graduate School Fair is open to all graduate psychology degree (MA/MS/PsyD/PhD/EdD/Other) granting institutions in the U.S. and Canada, and all areas of psychology are encouraged to participate, including health service psychology, scientific and applied psychology, and general psychology programs. Students who register will have the opportunity to meet virtually with recruiters from any of the participating programs. Individuals can come for a short time and meet with a select few recruiters or stay for the whole event and meet with everyone, depending on their schedule and interest. To learn more and register for the event, visit https://www.careereco.com/events/APA