A complete listing of the current ISPP leadership

Below are the Editors of ISPP Publications, Staff, Officers, and the at-large Members of the Governing Council. Please feel free to contact the Executive Director or any relevant Officer about any questions you may have about ISPP or about political psychology in general. For journalists and researchers, to obtain listings of experts in political psychology by subject areas, click here.

Interested in serving on ISPP’s Governing Council? The Governing Council is responsible for the decisions that guide the direction of ISPP. Nominations for the Governing Council are sought each year by the Nominating Committee and are announced on the website and in the newsletter. Self-nominations are welcome.

Editors of Political Psychology – Submit

Orla Muldoon (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
University of Limerick
Ireland

James H. Liu (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
Massey University
New Zealand

Editors of Advances in Political Psychology

Stephen P. Nicholson
University of Georgia
USA

Efrén O. Pérez
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
USA

ISPPNews Editor – Newsletter Contact

Elaine Smith
University of Limerick
Ireland

ISPP Central Office

Executive Director – E-mail

Severine Bennett, CMP, PMP
USA
Executive Committee

Executive Administrator- E-mail

Minnie Chappell
USA

President

Catarina Kinnvall
Lund University, Sweden
Executive Committee

President-Elect

Christopher M. Federico
University of Minnesota
USA
Executive Committee

Past President

Roberto González
P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
Executive Committee

Vice-Presidents

Cengiz Erisen (VP – Conferences)
Yeditepe University
Turkey
Executive Committee

Michael E. Morrell (VP – Initiatives)
University of Connecticut
USA
Executive Committee

Tali Mendelberg (VP – Communications)
Princeton University
USA
Executive Committee

Treasurer

David P. Redlawsk
University of Delaware
USA
Executive Committee

Councilor

Leonie Huddy
Stony Brook University
USA
Executive Committee

Early Career Committee Chair

Myrto Pantazi
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium

Governing Council

Starting a third year in 2023:

Antoine Banks
University of Maryland
USA

Ana Figueiredo
Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Chile

Chryl Laird
University of Maryland
USA

Lilliana H. Mason
Johns Hopkins University
USA

Iris Žeželj
University of Belgrade
Serbia

Starting a second year in 2023:

Magdalena Bobowik
University of the Basque Country
Spain

Hector Carvacho
P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile

Elif Erisen
Yeditepe University
Turkey

Agustín Espinosa
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Perú

Mike Quayle
University of Limerick, Ireland/
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Starting a first year in 2023:

Bert Bakker
Amsterdam School of Communication Research
The Netherlands

Allison Harell
Université du Québec a Montréal
Canada

Matthew Hayes
Washington University in St. Louis
United States

Hakeem Jefferson
Stanford University
United States

Mirra Noor Milla
University of Indonesia
Indonesia

View a list of all ISPP officers past and present HERE.

The bio statements for the 2024 election candidates can be viewed HERE. ISPP members, please review them before casting your votes in the 2024 elections, which will open in the first part of 2024.