Membership and Benefits : Student Information

Student Information

2007 Student Travel Award Competition

Students who share an interest in sport and psychology are encouraged to join the Division. If you are already a student affiliate of APA, you need only ask to join the Division. If you are not an APA member, join APA as a student affiliate and request membership also in Division 47. You may contact APA to accomplish Dividion membership online at the American Psychological Association (APA) website. For additional information from APA, contact the American Psychological Association (APA) Division Services at Division@APA.ORG ; call APA Division Services Office at (202)-336-6013.

For more information on becoming a member of Division 47, please contact:

Frank M. Webbe Ph.D.
School of Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL 32901
Phone: (321)-674-8104
Fax: (321)-674-7105
Email: webbe@fit.edu

Benefits of membership include full privileges in attending the APA Annual Convention sessions; participating in the Division's convention program; business meeting, and social hour; participating in the working committees of the Division (every committee has student members); and receiving the Division newsletter, ESPNews.

Joining APA

To join online, just go directly to the American Psychological Association (APA), contact the Membership Services Office, or call (202) 336-5500; Fax: (202) 218-3599.

Training Opportunities

To provide students with the most up-to-date information regarding training opportunities in sport psychology, Dr. Shelly Wiechman, former student representative for AASP, compiled the following list of sport psychology internships. These are places where opportunities exist for working with athletes, though such work may not be the major focus of the training. For more information on the opportunities that exist, you should call the specific site that interests you and speak with the staff.

APA Accredited Pre-Doctoral Internships.