WPA Past Presidents

Thank you to our esteemed Past Presidents

Delia Saenz

2023
President Affiliation: UC Merced
Site: Arizona State U
Host: Loma Linda U

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Jon Grahe

2022
President Affiliation: Pacific Lutheran U
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Cal Poly Humboldt

Heidi Riggio

2021
President Affiliation: CSU Los Angeles
Site: U Nevada
Host: U Nevada, Las Vegas

Christina Maslach

2020
President Affiliation: University of California
Site: Virtual
Host: SJSU

Laura Freberg

2019
President Affiliation: CA Polytechnic State U
Site: Pasadena, CA
Host: CSU Los Angeles

Terry A. Cronan

2018
President Affiliation: San Diego State U
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Pacific U Oregon

Joan S. Tucker

2017
President Affiliation: ARAND Corporation
Site: Sacramento, CA
Host: CSU Sacramento

Howard S. Friedman

2016
President Affiliation: UC Riverside
Site: Long Beach, CA
Host: CSU Fullerton

Jodie B. Ullman

2015
President Affiliation: CSU San Bernardino
Site: Las Vegas, NV
Host: U Nevada, Las Vegas

Victoria M. Follette

2014
President Affiliation: U. Nevada, Reno
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Western Oregon U.

Robert V. Levine

2013
President Affiliation: CSU Fresno
Site: Reno, NV
Host: U. Nevada, Reno

Delia S. Saenz

2012
President Affiliation: Arizona State U.
Site: Burlingame, CA
Host: Palo Alto U.

Jeffery S. Mio

2011
President Affiliation: Cal Poly Pomona
Site: Los Angeles, CA
Host: CSU Los Angeles & Cal Poly Pomona

Stanley Sue

2010
President Affiliation: UC Davis
Site: Cancun, MX
Host: U. Southern Cal

Ronald E. Riggio

2009
President Affiliation: Claremont McKenna
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Portland State U.

Peter Bentler

2008
President Affiliation: UCLA
Site: Irvine, CA
Host: CSU San Marcos

Robert Pellegrini

2007
President Affiliation: San José State
Site: Vancouver, BC
Host: U. British Columbia

Gordon Bower

2006
President Affiliation: Stanford U.
Site: Palm Springs, CA
Host: CSU San Bernardino

Elizabeth Loftus

2005
President Affiliation: UC Irvine
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Portland State U.

Cheryl L. Spinweber

2004
President Affiliation: Scripps Mercy Sleep Disorders Center
Site: Phoenix, AZ
Host: Arizona State U.

Dale E. Berger

2003
President Affiliation: Claremont Grad U.
Site: Vancouver, BC
Host: U. British Columbia

Leona S. Aiken

2002
President Affiliation: Arizona State
Site: Irvine, CA
Host: UC Irvine

Philip G. Zimbardo

2001
President Affiliation: Stanford U.
Site: Maui, HI
Host: U. Hawaii, Hilo

Diane F. Halpern

2000
President Affiliation: CSU San Bernardino
Site: Portland, OR
Host: Portland State U.

From 1921 to 1999

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YEAR	WPA PRESIDENT	PRES. AFFILIATION	SITE	HOST
1921	Lewis M. Terman	Stanford U.	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1922	Lewis M. Terman	Stanford U.	Stanford, CA	Stanford U.
1923	Edward C. Tolman	UC Berkeley	Los Angeles, CA	USC
1924	Edmund S. Conklin	U. Oregon	Stanford, CA	Stanford U.
1925	Arthur H. Sutherland	L.A. City Schools	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1926	Walter A. Miles	Stanford U.	Oakland, CA	Mills College
1927	Kate Gordon	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
1928	Shepard I. Franz	UCLA	Stanford, CA	Stanford U.
1929	Warner Brown	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1930	John F. Coover	Stanford U.	Los Angeles, CA	USC
1931	Stevenson Smith	U. Washington	Eugene, OR	U. Oregon
1932	Calvin P. Stone	Stanford U.	Stanford, GA	Stanford U.
1933	Edward K. Strong	Stanford U.	Los Angeles, CA	USC
1934	Edwin R. Guthrie	U. Washington	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1935	Harold F. Jones	UC Berkeley	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
1936	Grace M. Fernald	UCLA	Seattle, WA	U. Washington
1937	Milton Metfessel	USC	Claremont, CA	Claremont College
1938	Paul P. Farnsworth	Stanford U.	Eugene, OR	U Oregon
1939	Knight Dunlap	UCLA	Stanford, CA	Stanford U.
1940	Howard R. Taylor	U. Oregon	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
1941	Mary Brooks Eyre	Scripps Collage	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1942	Ernest R. Hilgard	Stanford U.	Seattle, WA	U Washington
1943	Jean W. Macfarlane	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1944	Jean W. Macfarlane	UC Berkeley	Oakland, CA , Los Angeles, CA , & UC Berkeley	Mills College, UCLA & UC Berkeley
1945	Jean W. Macfarlane	UC Berkeley	Seattle, WA , Los Angeles, CA	U Washington & USC
1946	Jean W. Macfarlane	UC Berkeley	Stanford, CA	Stanford U.
1947	Joy P. Guilford	USC	San Diego, CA	San Diego State
1948	Robert C. Tryon	UC Berkeley	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco State
1949	Ralph H. Gundlach	U. Oregon	Eugene, OR	U Oregon
1950	Floyd L. Ruch	USC	Santa Barbara, CA	UC Santa Barbara
1951	Maud Merrill James	Stanford U.	San José, CA	San José State
1952	Robert Leeper	U. Oregon	Fresno, CA	Fresno State
1953	Ruth S. Tolman	VA Mental Hygiene Clinic	Seattle, WA	U Washington
1954	Nancy Bayley	UC Berkeley	Long Beach, CA	UCLA, USC Long Beach State & the VA
1955	Neil D. Warren	USC	San Francisco, CA	Held With APA
1956	Allen L. Edwards	U Washington	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
1957	Joseph A. Gengerelli	UCLA	Eugene, OR	U Oregon
1958	Leona E. Tyler	U. Oregon	Monterey, CA	U.S. Naval Post-grad School
1959	Quinn McNemar	Stanford U.	San Diego, CA	San Diego State
1960	Donald B. Lindsley	UCLA	San José, CA	San José State
1961	David Krech	UC Berkeley	Seattle WA	U Washington
1962	F. Theodore Perkins	Claremont Grad.School	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco State
1963	John P. Seward	UCLA	Santa Monica, CA	Systems Dev. Corp
1964	D.W. MacKinnon	UC Berkeley	Portland, OR	U Oregon Med. School
1965	Robert R. Sears	Stanford U.	Honolulu, HI	U Hawaii
1966	Hugh M. Bell	Chico State Colleqe	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach State
1967	Eliot H. Rodnick	UCLA	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco State
1968	Leo J. Postman	UC Berkeley	San Diego, CA	San Diego State
1969	Frank Beach	UC Berkeley	Vancouver, B.C	U British Columbia, Simon Fraser U. & U Victoria
1971	Howard H. Kendler	UC Santa Barbara	San Francisco, CA	San José State
1972	P. Nevitt Sanford	Wright Institute	Portland, OR	Portland State U
1973	Fred Attneave	U. Oregon	Anaheim, CA	CSU Long Beach & CSU Fullerton
1974	Paul H. Mussen	UC Berkeley	San Francisco, CA	UC Berkeley & CSU Hayward
1975	Eleanor Maccoby	Stanford U	Sacramento, CA	CSU Sacramento
1976	Richard C. Atkinson	Natl Science Fndn	Los Angeles, CA	CSU Northrhdge
1977	Seymour Feshbach	UCLA	Seattle, WA	U Washington
1978	Tracy S. Kendler	UC Santa Barbara	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco State
1979	Irwin G. Sarason	U. Washington	San Diego, CA	San Diego State
1980	Norma D. Feshbach	UCLA	Honolulu, HI	U Hawaii
1981	Albert Bandura	Stanford U	Los Angeles, CA	CSU, Dominguez Hills
1982	Patricia Keith-Spiegel	CSU Northridge	Sacramento, CA	CSU Sacramento
1983	Philip G. Zimbardo	Stanford U	San Francisco, CA	San José State
1984	Elizabeth Loftus	U. Washington	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
1985	Marilynn B. Brewer	UCLA	San José, CA	CSU Chico
1986	M. Brewster Smith	UC Santa Cruz	Seattle, WA	U. Puget Sound
1987	Joseph Matarazzo	Oregon Health Sciences	Long Beach, CA	CSU Long Beach
1988	Dorothy Eichorn	UC Berkeley	Burlingame, CA	Santa Clara U
1989	Christina Maslach	UC Berkeley	Reno, NV	U. Nevada, Reno
1990	Elliot Aronson	UC Santa Cruz	Los Angeles,CA	CSU, San Bernardino
1991	Gordon Bower	Stanford U.	Burlingame, CA	Stanford U. & San José State
1992	John Garcia	UCLA	Portland, OR	Portland State U.
1993	James L. McGaugh	UC Irvine	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona State U.
1994	Shelley E. Taylor	UCLA	Kona, HI	U. of Hawaii, Hilo
1995	Richard F. Thompson	USC	Los Angeles, CA	CSU Dominguez Hills
1996	Nancy Eisenberg	Arizona State U	San José, CA	U. of the Pacific
1997	Claude Steele	Stanford U.	Seattle, WA	U. of Puget Sound
1998	Robert L. Solso	U. Nevada	Albuquerque, NM	U. Nevada, Reno
1999	Robert A. Bjork	UCLA	Irvine, CA	Claremont McKenna