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Jan. 20, 2016

Beverly J. Vandiver, professor of counseling psychology in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, has been appointed the incoming Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology, a premier journal focused on the psychological issues of Black peoples across various disciplines: African-centered psychology, therapeutic interventions, psychology of Black children, personality, education, and health and social behavior.  

Published six times a year by the Association of Black Psychology (ABPsi), the journal was started in 1974.  ABPsi is the oldest ethnic psychology association in the United States (1968) with a mission of addressing the significant social problems facing and affecting the Black community.   

Professor Vandiver will begin her tenure as editor some time later in 2016.  She received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Ball State University and is nationally known for her research on racial identity, notably the development of the Cross Racial Identity Scale (CRIS), a psychometrically strong scale to measure Black racial identity.  A lifetime member of ABPsi, she has also been an active member of the American Psychological Association.  She is a member of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17), the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45), and Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (Division 5).  She is fellow in Divisions 5 and 17 of the American Psychological Association for her contribution to the empirical literature on racial identity and scale development.  

Professor Vandiver has served on numerous editorial boards, such as The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling and Development, and Career Development Quarterly. She has also worked as a practicing counselor in community mental health centers and in a talented school system for secondary level Â鶹´«Ã½s.  Beyond scale development, her specialty is in cultural identity.