Here we have provided a list of our current officers, along with descriptions of their positions and their responsibilities. To learn more about them, please check out our Current Student biographies, which have more information available! Just a reminder, we also have a Facebook group, which we recommend all psychology graduate students join — it’s the best way to get updates and stay in touch with other students.
- Co-Presidents: The co-presidents’ responsibilities include overseeing the duties of GrASP members, managing annual elections, organizing monthly meetings, and communicating with faculty, administration, and psychology graduate students. At least one should be present at all meetings and events as appropriate.
- Secretary: The secretary’s primary duty in GrASP is to keep record of, and help organize, important information during meetings. Those interested in running for this position should be prepared to attend all meetings, and take detailed notes on their content.
- Treasurer: The treasurer is responsible for keeping accurate history of the organization’s expenditures and assisting in the Appropriations process.
- Faculty Liaison: The Faculty Liaison’s duties include attending monthly faculty meetings and report back to GrASP with updates, attending all executive and membership meetings, and representing GrASP and its members at all times.
- UGSA Representative: The University Graduate Student Association (UGSA) representative attends meetings held by the UGSA, informing GrASP of UGSA events and activities. The representative also serves on the Outreach and Leadership subcommittee in the university-wide association. Individuals typically hold this position for two years. Contact Erica O’Brien for more information at elee13@ncsu.edu.
- Applied Social and Community Psychology Representative: The Applied Social and Community Psychology Representative’s responsibility is to communicate and advocate for the needs of students in the program to other GrASP leaders. The SoCo Representative takes minutes at program faculty meetings and assists with planning of program events, including socials and Visiting Day for prospective students.
- Human Factors & Applied Cognition Representative: The representative’s responsibility is to communicate and advocate for the needs of students in the program to other GrASP leaders.
- Industrial/Organizational Representative: The representative’s responsibility is to communicate and advocate for the needs of students in the program to other GrASP leaders.
- Lifespan Developmental Psychology Representative: The representative’s responsibility is to communicate and advocate for the needs of students in the program to other GrASP leaders.
- School Psychology Representative: The representative’s responsibility is to communicate and advocate for the needs of students in the program to other GrASP leaders.
- Webmaster: The Webmaster’s responsibility is to maintain the GrASP webpage and Facebook page, which includes updating member biographies and maintaining a list of resources. If you’re interested in running for this position, you should have some familiarity with web design and site hosting; for more information, contact the current webmaster at adcrowso@ncsu.edu.
