Brien Ashdown
Interim President
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
American University of Sharjah
Department of International Studies (Psychology)
Sharjah, UAE
Research interests: Evidence-based program evaluations for NGOs in Guatemala, adolescent social development in Guatemala, and the interaction of religion and sexuality.
Dan Benyshek
Vice-President
Professor & Chair
Department of Anthropology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003
(702) 895-2070
Research interests: Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), political ecology, cardiometabolic disease, type 2 diabetes, indigenous-complementary-alternative medicine, placentophagy, public health policy, Native North America, community-based participatory research.
Ted Bartholomew
President-Elect
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Ave.
Claremont, CA
Research interests: Culture and mental health, diverse beliefs about psychopathology, culture and psychological treatment, positive and multi cultural psychotherapy processes, refugee and immigrant mental health and well-being, methodology
Brien Ashdown
Past President
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
300 Pulteney St.
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 781-3000
Research interests: Evidence-based program evaluations for NGOs in Guatemala, adolescent social development in Guatemala, and the interaction of religion and sexuality.
Katelyn Poelker
Secretary
Visiting Scholar
Department of Psychology
St. Louis University
Morrissey Hall
3700 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Research interests: Adolescents’ socio-emotional development and how culture shapes developmental processes. She is particularly interested in working with Guatemalan and other Latin American youth, including at-risk children and adolescents.
Ginny Q. Zhan
Treasurer
Professor of Psychology
Kennesaw State University
402 Bartow Ave. NW
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Research interests: Dr. Zhan’s research mainly focuses on comparative studies between East Asian and American college students on developmental topics, for example: mate preference and aging attitudes. She’s also interested in examining Asian American cultural identities.
Casey Roulette
Newsletter Editor
Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-6040
Research interests: Recreational drug use, parasitic and infectious diseases, cultural transmission, and health interventions.
Alyssa Crittenden
Parliamentarian and Archivist
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003
(702) 895-3709
Research interests: Analyses of attributes of personal names; cultural variation; territorial loss, ownership, and natural resources; sympathetic and intellectual empathic choices; rational and emotional choices
Kristen Herlosky
Student & Media Rep
Ph.D. Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Research interests: The intersection of reproductive and maternal health, nutrition, and environmental stressors.
Helen Elizabeth Davis
Webmaster
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Research interests: Transitioning populations; foragers; formal education & environmental learning; spatial cognition & abstract reasoning; pedagogy; evolution of childhood; embodied capital; cognitive development & cognitive aging
AREA REPRESENTATIVES
Psychology
(2/2018-2/2021)
Maria Rosario de Guzman
Associate Professor
Child, Youth & Family Studies
University of Nebraska
135 Mabel Lee Hall
Lincoln, NE, 68588
mguzman2@unl.edu
(402) 472-9154
Social Science
(2/2018-2/2021)
Aileen Garcia
Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling
& Human Development
South Dakota University
1175 Medary Ave
Brookings, SD, 57006
aileen.garcia@sdstate.edu
(650) 688-4121
Anthropology
(2/2020-2/2023)
Jennifer Roulette
Adjunct Professor
Department of Anthropology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-6040
jroulette@sdsu.edu
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