Open Letter to President Sharon Brehm
American Psychological Association

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Initial Signers

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Stephen Soldz, Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Program Development & Professor, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis; University of Massachusetts, Boston

Brad Olson, Assistant Research Professor, Northwestern University

Steven Reisner, Senior Faculty and Supervisor, International Trauma Studies Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical School

Mike Wessells, Former Member, PENS Task Force; Columbia University

Rhoda Unger, Brandeis University

Uwe Jacobs, Director, Survivors International, San Francisco

Ed Tejirian, New York

Bernice Lott, University of Rhode Island

Jeffrey Kaye, San Francisco

Elliot Mishler, Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ghislaine Boulanger, Steering Committee, withholdapadues.com

Morton Deutsch, E.L. Thorndike Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Director Emeritus of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) Teachers College, Columbia University

Faye J Crosby, Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Marc Pilisuk, Professor Emeritus, the University of California; Professor, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Marybeth Shinn, Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy, New York University

Stephan L. Chorover, Professor of Psychology, MIT

Mary Brydon-Miller, Director, Action Research Center, Associate Professor, Educational Studies and Urban Educational Leadership, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

M. Brinton Lykes, Associate Director, Center for Human Rights & International Justice, Associate Dean, Lynch School of Education, Boston College

Ben Harris, Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire

Barbara Gutek, PrEller Professor of Women and Leadership, Department of Management and Organizations, University of Arizona

Frank Summers, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School

Kevin Lanning, Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University

Alice Shaw, San Francisco

Lila Braine, Professor Emerita, Barnard College, Columbia University

Stuart Oskamp, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University

Linda M. Woolf, Professor of Psychology and International Human Rights, Webster University

Arlene Lu Steinberg, President, Division 39 Section IX, APA: Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility

Lew Aron, Director, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Scot D. Evans, Community Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University

Susan Torres-Harding, Roosevelt University

Allen L. Roland, Sonoma, CA

Emily K. Filardo, Director, Women's Studies, & Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kean University

Maram Hallak, Borough of Manhattan Community College; the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)

Anthony J. Marsella, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii

Barbara Eisold, New York Medical College

Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Department of Psychology, Boston University

Chrysoula K.E. Fantaousakis, Kean University

Karen Rosica, Faculty, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California; Director of Special Projects, SalusWorld.org

Hal S. Bertilson, University of Wisconsin-Superior

Ibrahim Kira, Access Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn, MI

Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical School

Allen M. Omoto, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University

Richard V. Wagner, Psychologists for Social Responsibility

New Signers

 

# First NameLast NameAffiliation? [For identification only.]StateComment:
551 LindaLewisChicago, IlIL
552 BruceHinerAPA Division 12CA
553 MegBondUMass LowellMA
554 LynneRobinsonDalhousie UniversityI am ashamed to be part of an organization that does not speak up against the torture of prisoners.
555 SharleneWolchikArizona State UniversityAZ
556 KhanhDinhUniversity of Massachusetts LowellMA
557 BarbaraMenzelPyschologistNJ
558 DeirdreKramerDept. of Psychology, Rutgers UniversityNJIt is in violation of our APA ethics codes to use our knowledge, skills, and training in a way that knowingly harms others.
559 MarkCostanzoDepartment of Psychology, Claremont McKenna CollegeCA
560 JeffreyAxelbankPsychologist, APA memberNJPlease restore the ethics of psychologists to the highest levels.
561 RichardHeidIndependent practiceI question how I can remain a member of APA if it does not take the strongest action against psychologists who engage in torture. I cannot believe I even have to write this.
562 ROBERTGRABELSKYINDEPENDENTNJI CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY OWN PROF. ORGANIZATION WILL NOT TAKE A STAND AGAINST NAZI PROCEDURES AND ACTIONS BY PSYCHOLOGISTS.
563 ChristopherKeysDePaul UniversityILIt is a sad time in APA's history when the Association condones psychologists providing leadership for tortue and brutality.
564 DavidSuchmanUniversity of FloridaFL
565 AngelaginorioUniversity of WashingtonWA
566 DougSoderstromWharton County Junior College, Wharton, TexasTX
567 amy bmillerclinical psychologist__psy dNYi wouldn't even begin to think what comments i could make-- the facts speak despairingly on their own
568 MikeSoderstromLicensed Professional Counselor &CEO of Pinnacle Pain Management SolutionsTXI believe that it is absolutely inappropriate for mental health professionals to utilize psychological principles in order to harm others! Our purpose, as mental health professionals, is to help others to live life as fully and completely as possible.
569 WendyGrahamAmerican Academy of PsychotherapistsSC
570 WendyWilliamsMarshall UniversityWV
571 MaureenO'ConnorCity University of New YorkNY
572 NancyJohnsonMass Institute of PsychoanalysisMA
573 ElizabethColeUniversity of MichiganMI
574 JudithTeicholzMIPMA
575 JudithRendelyMassachusetts Institute of PsychoanalysisMA
576 CarolynStackMass. Institute for PsychoanalysisMA
577 AnonymousAnonymousMedical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
578 RisaWeinritMIPMA
579 elizabethgattibelmont, maMA
580 SilviaGosnellClinical Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge HospitalMA
581 LeeWhitman-RaymondSimmons CollegeMA
582 HughFoleySkidmore CollegeNY
583 NormanWeissbergRetiredPA
584 SusanRosbrow-ReichFaculry, Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East, Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, Massaxhusetts Institute for PsychoanalysisMAI will withhold my dues or resign from the APA if this continues.
585 HilaryBrackenMassachusetts Institute for PsychoanalysisMA
586 BradleyBrummettFordham UniversityNY
587 RoderickWattsGeorgia State UniversityGA
588 marciculleyGeorgia State UniversityGA
589 GabrielKupermincGeorgia State UniversityGA
590 TracieStewartGeorgia State UniversityGA
591 RachaelPeltzPsychoanalytic Institute of NorthernCA
592 AndreaCousinsWestern Massachusetts & Albany Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (Div 39)MAThis is a matter of the greatest urgency. Think of what is happening as we delay...
593 C.BorshukIndiana University South BendIN
594 RuthTavlinTherapists for Social Responsibility and Physicians for Social ResponsibilityCA
595 Nancy WeissWeissNASWCA
596 NinaAsherPh.D.CA
597 candaceyoungLos Angeles Physicians for Social Responsibility; private practiceCADisgraceful
598 JaniePinteritsUniversity of North DakotaND
599 ShuliLotanLos AngelesCA
600 WendiBornBaker UniversityKS

 



* Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.

Contact:

Stephen Soldz
ssoldz@bgsp.edu

Steven Reisner
SReisner@psychoanalysis.net

Brad Olson
b-olson@northwestern.edu

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