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25 Ways Psychologists Can Work to End Poverty
By Alycia Johnson, MA (Graduate Intern, APA Office of Socioeconomic Status) Today marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the...
Don Jacques
Oct 17, 20186 min read
How Science and Socioeconomics Impacts a Mother’s “Choice” to Breastfeed
By Lauren Montgomery, MA (Program Coordinator, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) I did whatever I thought would provide the best start...
Don Jacques
Aug 27, 20184 min read
Why We Need to Act Now to Address the Harmful Effects of Unemployment on Black Millennial Men
By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment...
Don Jacques
Aug 23, 20183 min read
Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
Don Jacques
Jun 29, 20185 min read
The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World
By Ashley Charest, MSPH (Health Policy Analyst Associate, Maryland Department of Health) If you don’t feel the impacts of climate change...
Don Jacques
Jun 5, 20185 min read
After Fifty Years, Why the Poor People’s Campaign is More Relevant Than Ever
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) The Poor People’s Campaign (May 12, 1968 – June 24, 1968) was a...
Don Jacques
Jun 4, 20184 min read
A Dream Deferred: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) March 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission...
Don Jacques
May 4, 20185 min read
CROSS-POST: 4 Strategies for Success for the Low-Income Grad Student
This is a cross-post from our fellow APA blog, gradPSYCH blog, and is targeted toward graduate students from low-income backgrounds who...
Don Jacques
Jan 24, 20172 min read
For Richer or Poorer: What Works to Reduce Poverty in America?
By Annie Davis (Public Interest Policy Scholar, APA) How can we improve the economic wellbeing of American families? This was one of the...
Don Jacques
Dec 8, 20164 min read
5 Ways to Teach Your Students about World Poverty
Jamie L. Franco-Zamudio, PhD (Associate Professor, Spring Hill College) with assistance from students, Paige E. Guillory and Claire M....
Don Jacques
Oct 17, 20166 min read
Food Stamp Cuts May Put 1 Million More Americans At Risk of Hunger: What We Can Do About It
By Sara Buckingham, MA (Public Interest Policy Scholar, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) How do you decide between...
Don Jacques
Apr 22, 20163 min read
Penalizing the Poor and Homeless: Psychology’s Contribution
Image source: Flickr user ccozzaglia [Astrid Idlewild] on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Maha Khalid (Program Coordinator, Office on...
Don Jacques
Jan 22, 20162 min read
Is the Minimum Wage a Psychological Matter? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)
By Gabriel Twose (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Do you think that the...
Don Jacques
Nov 6, 20153 min read
Adjunct Faculty: Highly Educated, Working Hard for Society, and Struggling To Survive
By Gretchen M. Reevy, PhD (Lecturer, Psychology Department, California State University, East Bay) When we think of people who live below...
Don Jacques
Aug 24, 20155 min read
We Need to Talk about Money: How Ignoring Socioeconomic Status Hurts Research
By Meagan Sweeney, MA (Graduate Intern, APA Office of Socioeconomic Status) There is a social convention to not talk about money. We...
Don Jacques
Aug 12, 20154 min read
Money Talks: Social Class at Convention
2015 APA Annual Convention Some of you may know that I serve on CSES. Just in case you have been inundated with acronyms over the last...
Don Jacques
Aug 11, 20151 min read
The Need for Meaningful Policy Change: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Last year, APA celebrated its Congressional Fellowship Program’s 40 years of success on Capitol Hill. The article below by a former APA...
Don Jacques
May 23, 20153 min read
The Working Sick
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
Don Jacques
Jan 21, 20153 min read
It’s Not Just Us: We Can’t Fight Poverty Without Collaboration
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
Don Jacques
Dec 15, 20144 min read
Ebola, Thomas Duncan’s Death, and the Biopolitics of Disposability
By Akhenaten B.S. Tankwanchi, PhD Although the word Ebola percolated into the American public consciousness over two decades ago owing to...
Don Jacques
Nov 17, 20147 min read
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