Re: APA Presidential Elections

[Patricia Spiegel]

I agree with Stephen.  Gerry will stand up for what is right, no matter 
what.  Stephen's story is one example of hundreds that I actually know of. 
He is good for science and good for teaching.  I also think the fact that he 
has been consistently active in APA is worthy to consider as well.  He is 
currently APA Treasurer and has turned the organization around financially. 
Plus, for those of us who know him as a person, he is the best.  Even though 
he is well-known, I am always amazed that he has time to help anyone who 
needs some personal attention on matters of ethics or whatever else he can. 
VERY generous with his time and energy.  He has paid his dues for this 
position, and he will be good at it.
Thanks for your consideration.
Tricia

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: APA Presidential Elections


On 27 Oct 2004, Linda Woolf, Ph.D. wrote:
Hi Y'all,
If you are a member of APA, you will shortly be receiving or have just
received your ballot for APA president.  I just wanted to toss in my
personal recommendation for Sharon Brehm for president-elect.
Oh no, not _another_ election. But if we're electioneering, perhaps
the APA members on this list won't mind if an outsider ( a non-APA
member and a Canuck no less) weighs in with another recommendation.
Remember, if Canadians could vote in that other thing that
preoccupies Americans at the moment,  Kerry would win in a landslide.
I understand that Gerald Koocher is also a candidate for the exalted
position of APA president. I believe he is still editor of the
journal _Ethics & Behavior_. As it happens, some time ago I had the
occasion to interact with him concerning an ethical problem of
considerable importance to me. I found him approachable, responsive,
concerned, and effective. I was impressed. I figure if he could be
that helpful for someone like little old me, think what he could do
for the APA. In particular, I'd bet that he wouldn't be one to cave
in, as the APA ignominiously did in the famous Rind case. ("A meta-
analytic examination of assumed properties of child sexual abuse
using college samples, Psychological Bulletin, 1998, 124, 22-53").
That's exactly what it did when the U.S. Senate decided it didn't
like the politically-incorrect conclusion of this peer-reviewed study
published in a respected journal. (See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rind_et_al. for a brief overview of this
case).  I think we need someone in charge of the APA who can stand up
for science. So Dr. Koocher'd get my vote if I had one.
I'm Stephen L. Black and I approve this message
(I know, I used it before, but I like it).
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