Diversity
Erica Lee is a full time Assistant Professor in Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Associate Director of Grady Memorial Health System’s Department of Psychiatry Adult Day Services Program. She has experience in the area of psychotherapy as a clinician, supervisor, administrator, and researcher. Her publication and grant activities focus on young adults with serious mental illness from psychosocial and psychotherapy perspectives as well as psychosocial rehabilitative training. Her interests are in the delivery of mental health services to diverse, disenfranchised, and underserved individuals. She is devoted not only to education and training in psychotherapy, but also to enhancing understanding of the benefits and value of psychotherapy in mental health services at local, regional, and national levels. She serves as an advisory board member for a non profit program for survivors of domestic violence and participates in several community outreach and service efforts. As a Domain Diversity Representative she is committed and dedicated to furthering the awareness of and sensitivity to diversity issues as they relate to psychotherapy at all levels and ensure that APA policies are sensitive to issues related to diversity and that all APA initiatives include a diversity perspective.
Dr. Caryn R. R. Rodgers is a faculty member at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Preventive Intervention Research Center. She is a licensed clinical psychologist. Currently, she is conducting research which focuses on the mental health promotion for urban adolescents of color living in low-income communities. She is a member of the American Psychological Association Task Force on Resilience and Strength in Black Children and Adolescents. Dr. Rodgers’ is invested in the role of diversity as it relates to the research, practice and training of psychotherapy. She defines diversity as recognizing and supporting the promotion of commonalities, embracing the importance and value of differences, and creating a space for the multiplicity of voices to be heard. It is through this lens that she serves as the Diversity Domain Representative for Division 29.
