The American Psychological Association (APA) Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) is seeking nominees for open seats on the board for a three-year term (2027-2029). Please help BEA continue its important work by self-nominating or nominating colleagues for the open positions and sharing this call for nominations with your networks. Nominations are due January 30, 2026.
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BEA welcomes candidates for the following targeted slates based on the BEA panels:
- Slate 1: Application of Psychology to Schools and Education: This BEA panel focuses on issues, policies, and practices associated with children and adolescents’ learning, development, behavior, and well-being in PK-12 schools. BEA is interested in nominees who have professional or scholarly expertise in any of the following: child development, academic learning, social-emotional learning, assessment, school behavioral health, and/or behavior all in PK-12 school contexts. BEA is especially interested in individuals with expertise in technology and artificial intelligence, with particular attention to how these forces are impacting education, teaching and learning, and creating new opportunities and challenges including AI literacy, ethical awareness, and digital fluency.
- Slate 2: Precollege and Undergraduate Education in Psychology: This BEA panel works with the Office of Precollege and Undergraduate Education (PCUE), whose mission is to advance psychology in secondary schools, community colleges, and undergraduate programs by providing information, linkages, resources, funding, and professional development to faculty members, students, and the public. BEA is especially interested in individuals with expertise in technology and artificial intelligence, with particular attention to how these forces are impacting education, teaching and learning, and creating new opportunities and challenges including AI literacy, ethical awareness, and digital fluency.
- Slate 3: Graduate and Postdoctoral Education: This panel is dedicated to graduate, internship, and postdoctoral education and training. The panel focuses on topics and issues affecting education and training in all disciplines of psychology beyond the baccalaureate level. BEA strongly encourages individuals with expertise in master’s-level training to apply. The Board is especially interested in applicants who bring insight into workforce optimization—developing pathways that help both master’s and doctoral-level psychology students thrive academically and professionally, and that strengthen the overall preparation, utilization, and well-being of the psychology workforce.
- Slate 4: Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) Representative: As required by the APA Association Rules, three members of BEA are elected from slates developed by the Board of Scientific Affairs, the Board of Professional Affairs, and the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, on an alternating basis. The slate for the 2027- 2029 term will be developed by BPA, and nominations of individuals with expertise in all aspects of psychology as a profession are encouraged.
If you have any questions about serving on BEA, please do not hesitate to reach out.