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Prof. Rik Carl D’Amato elected as the only non-US member of a top society for the study of school psychology

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Prof. Rik Carl D’Amato has been elected

the only non-US member of SSSP.

Prof. Rik Carl D’Amato, head of the Department of Psychology of the University of Macau (UM) has been elected as the only non-US member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP).

Apart from serving as head of the Department of Psychology, Prof. D’Amato also serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) at UM. He is also a fellow in Clinic Neuropsychology and School Psychology of the American Psychological Association, the largest group of psychologists in the world. Fellowship is the highest status awarded to members. Prof. D’Amato is past editor-in-chief of School Psychology Quarterly, an SSCI journal.

The SSSP leadership is committed to establishing SSSP as an independent voice among existing organizations with a singular and unique mission: promoting research in and about schooling and school psychology.

“Schooling is one of the most important societal functions and it is as or more important in Asia than in America. So it is a great honor to join this grand society as the only non-US member. The University of Macau is a leader in educational change and I am most pleased to help in the process,” says Prof. D’Amato.

The SSSP charter restricts membership to no more than 110 persons world-wide. SSSP members meet twice a year for international collaboration, consultation, and meetings.

SSSP is the direct descendant of the group that established the Journal of School Psychology (JSP) in the early 1960s, one of the top SSCI journals in the field. SSSP provides annually to support school psychology research. SSSP membership is composed of individuals representing some of the most prominent universities in the world. Some of the current members hail from the following: Yale University, University of Virginia, University of Florida, University of Texas-Austin, The College of William and Mary, Vanderbilt University, University of Washington, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Texas A&M University, Michigan State University, University of Utah, California State University-Santa Barbara, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


23/12/2010