Membership Update 2022
As Co-Chairs of the Membership Committee, we were recently forwarded correspondence by Dr. Bethe Lonning, IPA’s Director of Professional Affairs, that she received from Dr. Lawrence Perlman, Member at Large for APA’s Division 31 (Division for State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs). Dr. Perlman requested updated information regarding IPA’s membership numbers. In the message, Dr. Perlman stated that his research of state associations found Iowa to have notably high success for recruiting and retaining members with a budget of our size, which he labeled a “remarkable achievement.” He intended to highlight IPA’s accomplishments in a Division 31 presentation at APA’s annual convention. Dr. Doobay provided the following totals for each membership type to Dr. Perlman, as of August 1, 2022:
Full Member: 147
Academic: 9
Advocacy-Exempt: 9
Early Career Psychologist: 18
Student Member: 39
Lifetime/retired: 44
Out-of-State: 10
Associate: 6
Total IPA Members: 282