The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced that Dr. Carol D. Goodheart, has been elected as the 2009 president-elect of the Association. Dr. Goodheart will begin her term as president-elect starting January 1, 2009. She will serve as the association's president in 2010.
Dr. Goodheart is a scholar-practitioner in independent practice in Princeton, N.J. Her career integrates practice, research and service to psychology. In addition to her practice, she has served at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in a number of roles.
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organisation representing psychology in the US and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 148,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare.
