IOtas

Appointment

SIOP Fellow Elizabeth Kolmstetter has been named to the APA Services Advocacy Coordinating Committee, which guides the American Psychological Association’s advocacy priorities each year. See her impressive credentials and meet all the members at https://www.apaservices.org/advocacy/news/2025-coordinating-committee-members

 

 

 

Books

SIOP Member Sue Ann Highland is the author of a newly published book, Reimagining Learning Spaces, which explores how the design of physical learning environments can profoundly impact student engagement, collaboration, and achievement.

 

 

 

 

SIOP Member Iris Kugmeh has published a number of books on a variety of issues of interest to psychologists in just the past few years. These books cover topics such as communication, lying, diversity, poverty, the workplace, achievement, and resilience, among others. See these volumes on Amazon.

 

 

Presentations

SIOP Member Alyssa Birnbaum recently had her TEDx talk on her dissertation work picked up by TED and featured on the TED Radio Hour.  View it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-simple-ways-to-build-stronger-relationships-at-work/id160904630?i=10007295

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SIOP Member Samuel Blacher has published his dissertation, Skip-Level Meetings: Perspectives of Skipped First-Tier U.S. Tech Leaders, as well as “Being Bypassed: Uncovering Skip-Level Meetings from U.S. Frontline Technology Leaders’ Perspectives” in The Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance. Links to his research are available at https://www.managementatwork.com/fslstudy