125 Years of the American Psychological Association

Wade E. Pickren, PhD, received his doctorate in psychology and the history of science from the University of Florida. He is a widely respected author or editor of eight books, numerous journal articles and book chapters, and has given conference presentations and invited talks on four continents. His current research interests include the history of culture, health, and resilience and the history of race, ethnicity, and gender in American psychology. Dr. Pickren served as the historian of APA from 998 amp ndash 2 2 and as the editor of History of Psychology from 2 amp ndash 2 5. He has served as president of the Society for General Psychology and the Society for the History of Psychology. Dr. Pickren is a fellow of four APA Divisions. Alexandra Rutherford, PhD, is a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her work focuses on the history of feminist amp ndash scholar activism in psychology and its impact on society. She is the founder and director of the Psychology's Feminist Voices Oral History and Digital Archive Project, which documents, preserves, and promotes the contributions of women and feminism in psychology. She is a fellow of APA and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). In 2 2 she won the Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) for her coedited volume Handbook of International Feminisms: Perspectives on Psychology, Women, Culture, and Rights. She has won feminist mentoring awards from CPA and AWP. Dr. Rutherford has coauthored two textbooks on the history of psychology, is an associate editor of the APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women, and is the advising editor for psychology for the Oxford University Press publication American National Biography. In 2 3, she served as president of the Society for the History of Psychology and is currently a member of the advisory board of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology.

This special 25th anniversary edition describes the unique challenges and triumphs that have marked the APA amp rsquo s early years in the twenty-first century. (Midwest Book Review)

• Contributors Preface: 25 Years if the American Psychological Association Part I. History of the American Psychological AssociationChapter : The Historical Roots of the American Psychological AssociationThomas C. CadwalladerChapter 2: Origins and Early Years of the American Psychological Association: 89 to 9 Michael M. SokalChapter 3: Growing Pains: The American Psychological Association From 9 3 to 92 Rand B. EvansChapter 4: The American Psychological Association and World War I: 9 4 to 9 9Thomas M. CamfieldChapter 5: The American Psychological Association Between the World Wars: 9 8 to 94 Franz SamelsonChapter : The Power of Service: World War II and Professional Reform in the American Psychological AssociationJames H. Capshew and Ernest R. HilgardChapter 7: Rapid Growth and Change at the American Psychological Association: 945 to 97 Meredith P. CrawfordChapter 8: Growth, Conflict, and Public Policy: The American Psychological Association From 97 to 985Michael S. PallakChapter 9: The American Psychological Association: 985 to 992Raymond D. FowlerPart II. Essays on the American Psychological Association at 25Chapter : Challenges to the American Psychological Association and Paths for the FutureWade E. Pickren and Alexandra RutherfordChapter : Women in the American Psychological AssociationElizabeth Scarborough and Alexandra RutherfordChapter 2: The American Psychological Association in Relation to Social Responsibility and Social JusticeM. Brewster Smith and Wade E. PickrenChapter 3: The American Psychological Association Knowledge Dissemination Program: An Overview of 25 YearsGary R. VandenBosAppendix: Presidents of the American Psychological Association Index About the Editors