-  Faculty Experts   -  News by Topic   -  News by School Search News & Info WUSTL in the News   - Powered by Google WUSTL Home Public Affairs Home University News Medical News Sports News Radio Service Business, Law & Econ Culture & Living Science & Technology Contact Information TV/Radio Studio Visiting Our Campuses Campus Images Sports photography Commercial Filming    and Photography Commercial Use of    Names and Symbols Domain Name policy Record (newspaper) Campus Calendars WUSTL News Summary Publications Online Facts, Guides & Maps		University News Contact: Gerry Everding - (314) 935-6375 gerry_everding@aismail.wustl.edu Roediger elected chair of American Psychological Society [St. Louis, MO., 6-14-02] Henry L. "Roddy" Roediger, III Henry L. "Roddy" Roediger, III, chair and professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected president of the American Psychological Society (APS), the leading organization of academic psychologists in the United States. APS has more than 14,000 members and publishes three highly regarded journals. It is recognized in Washington, D.C., as a leading voice in support of psychological science. "The American Psychological Society has played an important role in the last 15 years in American psychology and boosted the case for behavioral research on Capitol Hill," Roediger said. "I look forward to working with leaders of other organizations to advance the national agenda of psychology." Roediger is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University. He is internationally recognized for his research on human learning and memory, especially for studies exploring how knowledge is recovered from memory. Roediger is author of three books, has edited three others, and has published 150 articles and chapters. He was president of the Midwestern Psychological Association, chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and is currently the chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. Roediger is a founding member of APS and previously served on the Society's Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001 and as chair of the Society's Publications Committee. Roediger's three-year term on the Board includes a year each as president-elect, president, and immediate past-president. His term began on June 9, 2002, at the conclusion of the APS Annual Convention in New Orleans. Also elected to the APS Board of Directors are John T. Cacioppo of The University of Chicago and Denise Park of the University of Michigan. The American Psychological Society is dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology research and the "giving away" of psychology in the public interest. For more information, visit the APS Web site: www.psychologicalscience.org. For more on Roediger, visit his homepage (http://psych.wustl.edu/memory/roddy1.html) or read a profile of him in the campus newspaper (http://record.wustl.edu/archive/1998/10-22-98/people.html).
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