Richard M. Lerner Appointed as the new Editor of Review of General Psychology 

Professor Richard M. Lerner, the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts university, has been appointed the new Editor of Review of General Psychology, the flagship journal of Division 1 of the American Psychological Association. His five-year term as Editor began on July 1, 2024. Lerner is a past recipient (2015) of the Division’s Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to General Psychology. Consistent with the vision of the Division, Lerner hopes to further develop the leadership of the journal as a premier outlet for integrative scholarship across the areas of psychology and for interdisciplinary inquiry involving psychological science. He seeks to expand the journal’s editorial board and its publications to reflect greater diversity of people and place, with particular emphasis on colleagues and scholarship from the majority world.