APA Journals Dialogue

Dr. Tina Maschi is the Associate Editor of Traumatology and an associate professor at Fordham University, where she coordinates the Human Rights and Social Justice Course Sequence. In her experience as a clinical social worker and a researcher, she has worked with youth and aging people in the criminal justice system and has used creative arts interventions with diverse populations. She also recently co-edited a special issue of Traumatology on trauma, aging, and well-being.

Dr. Martin Drapeau is a clinical psychologist and professor of counseling psychology and psychiatry at McGill University, where he directs the McGill Psychotherapy Process Research Group. In addition to his experience as an editor, Dr. Drapeau is the founder of Konsult, a consultation group of professors and researchers specializing in identifying and analyzing literature in the social sciences for institutions.

Drs. E. Sally Rogers and Margaret Swarbrick are psychologists specializing in psychiatric rehabilitation at their respective institutions of Boston University and Rutgers University. Dr. Rogers has developed various instruments and measures for use in the field. Dr. Swarbrick has lectured nationally and internationally on wellness and peer delivered services. Both have worked to measure the effectiveness and extent of peer support specialist services.

Dr. Kimberly Westcott is Associate Counsel in the Community Service Society of New York's law department and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work. Dr. Westcott's experience includes practice as an attorney in labor law, research on the history of race and incarceration, and service on the development team of Sentence Planning Course of Hope Lives for Lifers.

Drs. Frederic Sautter and Julia Becker Cretu are both professors of psychiatry in the Tulane University School of Medicine and psychologists in the Southeast Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System. In addition to researching and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, they developed the Fortify the Family program to aid the families of veterans affected by PTSD.