Chair: Donnie Davis, PhD

**Work Affiliation:** Georgia State University
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**Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology:** psychology of humility, gratitude, and forgiveness; cultural humility within psychotherapy.
**Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative for the next two years:** to explore ways to form a stronger network that leverages resources and relationships to engage and support early career psychologists; to promote work on social justice and positive psychology.

Chair Elect: Anica Camela Mulzac, Psy.D.

Work Affiliation: Race (+) Positive, LLC; Resilience Lab Institute

Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology: utilization of character strengths to enhance cross racial relationship and racial dialogue; integration of positive psychology tools in psychotherapeutic practice; psychology of gratitude, hope, and meaning making.

Goals for your work as a section officer for the next two years: (a) support and promote the practical application of positive psychology tools in clinical practice (b) promote the utilization of positive psychology tools to aid social advocacy and systemic change (c) explore ways of expanding access to positive psychology research and learnings, particularly among early career psychologists.

Past Chair: Joel Wong, PhD

**Work Affiliation:** Indiana University
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**Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology:** psychology of encouragement, psychology of gratitude, the intersection of social justice and positive psychology
**Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative for the next two years:** (a) promote the section’s resources; (b) promote the intersection of social justice and positive psychology; (c) recruit new leaders for the section.

Secretary & Featured Member Representative: Anna Brice (A.B.) Taylor, M.S. (Education), B.S. (Psychology)

Contact: anbtaylo@iu.edu

Professional Affiliation: Indiana University

Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology: Gratitude, hope, posttraumatic growth, self-compassion, meaning-making

Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative for the next two years: Help the section stay organized as we continue to grow

Membership Representative: Samantha Gonzalez, M.A.

**Contact**: samantha.s.gonzalez@ttu.edu
**Professional Affiliation**: Texas Tech University (PhD student)
**Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology**: I am interested in the role of personal growth initiative in reducing mental health stigma and increasing treatment seeking among Latine college students.
**Goals for your work as Membership Representative**: I am excited to welcome new members to the section and aim to help connect professionals, students, and community members passionate about positive psychology!

**Treasurer: Ingrid Weigold, PhD**

**Work/School Affiliation:** The University of Akron
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**Areas of Interest related to Positive Psychology:** The influence of human agency on college student academic, career, and personal development; international student wellbeing.
**Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative for the next two years:** I’m excited to spread awareness of and promote the section!

Resource Representative: Jonah Li, PhD

**Work Affiliation:** University of Washington Tacoma
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**Areas of interest related to positive psychology:** advancing the conceptualizations, measurements, and interventions of positive psychological experiences, such as meaning and purpose in life, character strengths, gratitude, well-being, and hope in diverse and marginalized populations
**Goals for your work as a section representative:** Promote positive psychological resources in research and practice

Professional Networking Representative: Shaina Kumar, PhD

Professional Affiliation: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and VA Boston National Center for PTSD

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Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology: Promotion of resiliency and well-being in the aftermath of stressful and traumatic experiences

Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative: I am excited to help foster a sense of connection among folks with an interest in positive psychology!

Publication Editor & Webmaster: Aaron McLaughlin, PhD

**Professional Affiliation:** University of Central Arkansas
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**Areas of interest related to positive psychology:** Studying potential sources of flourishing (e.g., virtues, cultural orientations, and religion/spirituality) in cross-cultural contexts
**Goals for your work as Editor**: To involve members of the subsection in a group energized to collaborate in producing meaningful content in the newsletter, to attract new readers outside of the subsection, and to clarify ways members of the subsection can get involved.
**Goals for your work as Webmaster:** To support engagement among members within the division

Associate Editor of Publication: Jamal Oakes

**Contact:** jamal.oakes@und.edu
**Professional Affiliation:** University of North Dakota (PhD student)
**Areas of Interest Related to Positive Psychology:** My area of interest related to positive psychology is athletes and their resiliency through trauma and stress, and their connection to flow states.
**Goals for your work as Associate Editor:** My goal is to help facilitate the collaboration of producing great content in the newsletter and to explore ways to gather more psychologists to publish content for the newsletter.

Student Representative: Brogan Lommen-Solig, M.A.

**Contact:** **brogan.lommensolig@und.edu**
**Professional Affiliation**: University of North Dakota (PhD student)
**Areas of interest related to positive psychology:** I am interested in positive psychology because it highlights and focuses on the unique strengths of individuals. I am also interested in the concepts of flow state, gratitude, and mindfulness as they relate to achieving fulfilling experiences through life.
**Goals for your work as a Section Representative:** By leading the Student Campus Representative program, I aim to increase the connection between students interested in positive psychology and foster a network where students can feel more supported and connected to peers.

Student Representative: Bronson Snyder, M.S.

**Contact**: bronson.snyder@okstate.edu
**Professional Affiliation:** Oklahoma State University (PhD Student)
**Areas of interest related to positive psychology:** I’m interested in how positive psychology can support underserved rural communities, with a particular interest in male studies and protective factors that reduce suicidality. I’m passionate about exploring how strengths, meaning, and resilience can promote well-being and flourishing in populations often overlooked in traditional mental health research.

**Goals for your work as a Section Representative:** My goal is to support students, especially first-generation doctoral students, by building a strengths-based support system that meets them where they are. I aim to connect students to the core principles of positive psychology and help them cultivate meaning, purpose, and resilience in their academic journeys.

Distinguished Advisor: Rhea Owens, PhD

Work Affiliation: University of Minnesota Duluth

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Areas of Interest related to Positive Psychology: (a) the assessment, development, and use of strengths; (b) the clinical application of positive psychology; and (c) the mental health and well-being of underrepresented, underserved, and economically disadvantaged children and youth.

Goals for your work as a Section Officer/Representative for the next two years: Broaden the awareness of positive psychology within Division 17 and APA’s membership. Provide conference programming related to positive psychology and how it intersects with other fields within psychology.rence.

Distinguished Advisor: Brian P. Cole, PhD

**Professional Affiliation:** University of Kansas
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**Areas of interest related to positive psychology:** Hope, positive psychotherapy and strength-based counseling, positive psychology and masculinities
**Goals for your work as a Section Representative:** To support the growth and sustainability of the section.

Campus Representatives

Tayler Colton - The University of British Columbia
Grazia Acosta - Our Lady of the Lake University
Tasha Thomas - Texas Tech University
Emily Adams - Arizona State University
Theresa Lewis - Saint Elizabeth University
Jennifer Jang - University of Maryland
Ebonie Nelson - Arizona State University
Yejin Lee - Georgia State University
Sandy Shehata - Saint Elizabeth University
Jennifer Brown - National University
Jisu Lee - University of Missouri-Columbia
Sara Conley - Cleveland State University
Avital Miller - Arizona State University
Marco Abdelmaseeh - Ain Shams University
Bronson Snyder - Oklahoma State University (Stillwater)
Brogan Lommen-Solig - University of North Dakota