ISPP Committees & Officers
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
Executive Committee
James H. Liu (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
Massey University
New Zealand
Executive Committee
Editors of Advances in Political Psychology
Stephen P. Nicholson
University of California, Merced
USA
Efrén O. Pérez
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
USA
ISPPNews Editor/Director of Communications – Newsletter Contact
Ozden Melis Ulug
Clark University
USA
ISPP Central Office
Executive Director – E-mail
Severine Bennett, CMP, PMP
USA
Executive Committee
Executive Administrator – E-mail
President
Felicia Pratto
University of Connecticut
USA
Executive Committee
President-Elect
Tereza Capelos
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Executive Committee
Past President
Nicholas Valentino
University of Michigan
USA
Executive Committee
Vice-Presidents
Christoper Federico (VP – Conferences)
University of Minnesota
USA
Executive Committee
Joanne Miller (VP – Publications)
University of Delaware
USA
Executive Committee
Treasurer
Melinda Jackson
San Jose State University
USA
Executive Committee
Councilor
Leonie Huddy
Stony Brook University
USA
Executive Committee
Early Career Committee Chair
Mukadder Okuyan
Acibadem Üniversitesi
Turkey
Governing Council
Starting a third year in 2020:
Smadar Cohen-Chen
University of Surrey
United Kingdom
Anna Kende
Eötvös Loránd University
Hungary
Nour Kteily
Northwestern University
USA
Hannah Nam
Stonybrook University
USA
Ruthie Pliskin
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Starting a second year in 2020:
Yasemin G. Acar
ISPP Member
Turkey
Rosario Aguilar
Newcastle University
United Kingdom
Monica Gerber
Universidad Diego Portales
Chile
Shelley McKeown Jones
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
Laura K. Taylor
University College Dublin / Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland/Ireland
Starting a first year in 2020:
Eric Groenendyk
University of Memphis
USA
Ying-yi Hong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Maja Kutlaca
Durham University
United Kingdom
Elif Sandal Onal
Bielefeld University
Germany
Elizabeth Suhay
American University
USA
View a list of all ISPP officers past and present HERE.
The bio statements for the 2021 election candidates will be posted here in March of 2021.