Editorial & Leadership Positions in Political Psychology

Faculty affiliated with the Center for the Study of Political Psychology have distinguished themselves as editors and editorial board members in key journals and in leadership roles in various organizations in political psychology and in the home disciplines. Below is a sampling of the service roles played by our faculty over the years.

Editorial Positions

• Advances in Political Psychology
  • Editor (2012-2017, Lavine)
  • Member, Editorial Board (2020-present, Federico)
• American Journal of Political Science
  • Co-Editor (1985-1988, Sullivan)
• American Political Science Association Experimental Politics Section Newsletter
  • American Politics Section Editor (2012-2013, Myers)
• American Political Science Review
  • Editorial Board (1996-2001, Sullivan)
• Annual Review of Psychology
  • Editorial Committee (2001-2005, Borgida)
• Health Communication
  • Editor (2020-present, Vraga)
• Journal of Communication
  • Editor (2019-Present, Vraga)
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology/Attitudes and Social Cognition
  • Co-Editor (1990-1993, Borgida)
  • Guest Editor (2016-2017, Borgida)
• Journal of Politics
  • Member, Editorial Board (2009-2011, Federico)
• Law and Human Behavior
  • Member, Editorial Board (1993-2002, Borgida)
• Oxford University Press Series in Political Psychology
  • Member, Editorial Board (2009-present, Federico)
• Policy Insights From the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Member, Editorial Board (2018-present, Borgida)
• Political Psychology (Journal of the International Society of Political Psychology)
  • Associate Editor (2012-present, Federico)
  • Editor (1997-2005, Borgida; 1997-2005 Rahn; 1997-2005, Sullivan; 2005-2010, Lavine) 
  • Member, Co-Editorial Board (2009-2012, Federico)
  • Member, Editorial Board (2003-2005, Lavine)
• Psychology, Public Policy, & Law
  • Member, Editorial Board (1999-2002, Borgida)
• Routledge Studies in Political Psychology
  • Member, ​​​​​Editorial Board (2011-present, Borgida)
  • Series Editor (2013-2019, Lavine)
• Social Psychology and Personality Science
  • Associate Editor (2021-2023, Federico)

Leadership Positions

• American Psychology Association
  • Elected Representative, APA District 8 APA Council of Representatives (2020-2023, Borgida)
  • Member, Advocacy Coordinating Committee (2021-2023, Borgida)
  • Member, Dissertation Award Committee (2019, Borgida)
• American Political Science Association
  • Chair, Political Communication Best Dissertation Award Committee (2023, Toff)
  • Chair and Member, Organized Section on Political Psychology, Professional Issues Panel (2003-2006, Federico)
  • Member, Best Dissertation Award Selection Committee (2006-2007, Federico)
  • Member, Distinguished Junior Scholar Award Committee, Political Psychology Section (2023, Federico)
  • Member, Experimental Research Section Best Paper Award (2012, Myers)
  • Member, Political Communication Best Dissertation Award (2022, Myers)
  • Member, Political Communication Best Paper Award Committee Member (2019, Toff; 2023, Myers)
  • Member, Political Psychology Best Book Award (2016, Myers)
  • Mentor, Diversity and Inclusion Program ( 2022, Toff)
  • President, Democratic Innovations Related Group (2023-2024, Myers)
  • President, Organized Section on Political Psychology (2008-2009, Federico)
  • President, Political Psychology Section (2007-2008, Lavine)
  • Vice President, Organized Section on Political Psychology, (2007-2008, Federico)
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Tankard Book Award Reviewer (2019, Toff)
• Association for Psychological Science
  • Board of Directors (1999-2002, Borgida)
• Caregiver Bias Working Group and Family Responsibility Discrimination (FRD)
  • Class Action Working Group Member, Center for Worklife Law, University of California Hastings College of Law (2005-2010, Borgida)
• Federation for the Advancement of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
  • Board of Directors Elected Member-at-Large (2015-2016, Borgida)
  • Representative for Society of Experimental Social Psychology (2011-2014, Borgida)
  • Vice President (2017-2019, Borgida)
  • Vice President-elect (2016-2017, Borgida)
• International Advisory Board
  • Board Member, European Commission (2009-2012, Borgida)
• International Communication Association
  • Conference Co-Organizer (2023, Toff)
  • Member, Journalism Studies Public Engagement Award Committee (2022-2023, Toff)
• International Society of Political Psychology
  • Member, Conference Awards Committee (2023, Federico) 
  • Member, Governing Council (2005-2008, 2014-2017, Federico)
  • Member, Lifetime Awards Committee (2020-2021, Federico)
  • Member and Chair, Professional Issues Panel (2003-2006, Federico)
  • Member and Chair, Sanford Award Committee (2011-2012, Federico)
  • Member and Chair, Sigel Award Committee (2003-2005, Federico)
  • Member and Co-Chair, ISPP Best Dissertation Award Committee (2007-2008, Federico)
  • President (2024-present, Federico)
  • President-elect (2023-2024, Federico)
  • Program Chair (2015-2016, Federico)
  • Section Chair, Leadership and Political Personality (2017-2018, Federico)
  • Section Chair, Political Decision Making (2010-2011, Federico)
  • Vice President (2018-2021, Federico)
• Routledge Studies in Experimental Political Science
  • Advisory Board (Lavine)
• Social Psychology Program
  • National Science Foundation Advisory Panel (1997-2000, Borgida)
• Social Science Research Council
  • Board of Directors (2000-2006, Borgida)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • President (2009-2010, Borgida)
• Society of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Executive Committee (2009-2011, Borgida)
• Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
  • Associate Principal Investigator (2001-2006, Borgida; 2010-present, Federico)