Fellows

Fellows

Fellows shall be members of the association who are interested in the advancement of psychology as a science and as a profession and who have met the requirements described below.

Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology. Fellow status requires that a person's work has had a national impact on the field of psychology beyond a local, state or regional level.

 

Fellow Spotlights

Thomas Plante

Thomas Plante

Studies various social issues through the prism of ethics.
Suzanne MacDonald

Suzanne MacDonald

Studies memory and cognition in primates and other animals in the wild.
Michael Hendricks

Michael Hendricks

Uses research to advocate for LGBT community.
 

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How to Apply
How to Apply

Instructions for applicants and fellow chairs

Criteria and general information on how to become an APA fellow.
Database of all fellows of APA
Database

Database of all fellows of APA

 

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The American Psychological Association Media Referral Service (MRS) is a computerized database that APA Public Affairs staffers use to direct the nation's news media to psychologists with expertise on a wide variety of timely issues. The MRS database now contains information on more than 1,400 APA members who have agreed to handle press inquiries. Learn more and apply to join MRS.

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Last updated: November 2022Date created: 2018