Welcome

As summer winds down and the oppressive heat experienced all over the northern hemisphere hopefully begins to cool, our collective attention begins to move away from summeradventures and turns to focusing on work and school. I want to highlight our Division’s committees, as we offer an array of opportunities for members to be a part of smaller groups that are concentrated on various interest areas within our organization. 

Many of our committees are currently in flux at the moment, which is likely a direct product of the ways in which Covid has stifled professional organizations’ memberships and volunteer pools. I am hoping that some of you will read this and find a committee that interests you to consider joining. I can tell you from my own experience that the best way to find a home for yourself within the Division is through joining a committee and beginning to be a part of projects and endeavors that speak to both our unique skills and interests as well as offering a chance to form meaningful connections with likeminded colleagues and peers. It is through my early participation with the Early Career Committee that I came to Division leadership and I am so gratefulforhavingdecidedtojoin. 

Wealsohavesomecommitteesthathavebeeninactiveasit has been hard to find individuals interested in chairing them. If you have any interest in one of the committees below listed as inactive, or in joining one of the ones that are active, please reach out to me. Also please feel free to reach out if you are unsure about what a particular committee is doing or if you want to know more about other ways you can be involved in Division governance.

Awards: Dr. Ben Greenberg Candidate Outreach: Dr. Noemi Ford

Continuing Education: Dr. Laura Westmoreland

Couched Podcast: Drs. Almas Merchant and Romy Reading Disability and Neurodivergence (Task Force): Mx. Nicholas DiCarlo Early Career: Drs. Tanya Hess and Alicia MacDougall

Education and Training: Dr. Bhupin Bhutany Ethics: Dr. Alan Levy

Fellows: Dr. Andrew Berry Finance: Dr. GregStevens

Global Majority: Drs. Kritika Dwivedi and Ms. Lucia Flores Graduate Students: Drs. Carli Gurholt and Rebecca Moussa International Relations: Drs. Diana Faydysh and Alex Lupis Marsha McCary Fund for Psychoanalysis: Dr. Dennis Debiak Membership: Ms. Lucia Flores and Dr. Sheera Harrell

Mission and Goals (Task Force): Dr. Marilyn Charles Nominations and Elections: Dr. Marilyn Charles Professional Issues: Dr. Konstantinos Taliouridis

Program (and Site Selection Subcommittee): Mx. Nicholas DiCarlo

Psyche Soma: Drs. Zachary Kramer and Maureen O’Reilly-Landry Psychoanalytic Consortium: Dr. Dennis Debiak

Publications: Dr. William MacGillivray Research: Drs. Steven Huprich and Jim Sexton

Sexualities and Gender Identities: Dr. Elizabeth Clark Scholars Program: Dr. Natalia Baez-Powell and August Clarke Inactive Committees:

Archives of Division 39 Dialogues Across Difference

Psychoanalysis and the Environment Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Wikipedia

Dana Charatan, PsyD

SPPP President