One of President Barry Chung's presidential projects is the establishment of the Globalization Special Task Group (STG) for 2011-2012.

Mission:
To support the development of international understanding, collaboration, and relationships among counseling psychologists, psychologists, and counselors, both professionals and students, around the globe.

Initiatives:

• Four focus or task groups for professionals collaborate together to explore:
• Educational, training, and accreditation issues in various countries
• How to support each other internationally in terms of disaster relief
• How social, cultural, and political power have shaped the counseling psychology profession in different countries (e.g., focus on policy making, social justice & indigenous counseling development)
• Multicultural and diversity issues in different countries
• The membership of these groups will be established by mid-September 2011 and involve work throughout the year that will be reported on at APA 2012.
• Development of small international conferences to enhance cross national collaboration
• Focus/tasks groups for students
• The membership of these groups will be established by October 2011 and involve work throughout the year that will be reported on at APA 2012.

STG Members:
Co-Chairs:
Johanna Nilsson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Li-fei Wang, National Taiwan Normal University

Core Members:
Ayse Çiftçi, Purdue University
Larry Gerstein, Ball State University
Mark Leach, University of Louisville
Chia-Chih (DC) Wang, University of North Texas
Kenneth T. Wang, University of Missouri-Columbia

International Representation
Fatima AL-Darmaki, United Arab Emirates
Cinamon Rachel Gali, Israel
Salvatore Gati, Italy
Zhi-Jin Hou, China
Majeda Humeidan, United Arab Emirates
Makiko Kasai, Japan
Alvin Leung, Hong Kong
Youngseok Seo, South Korea
Hsiu-Lan Tien, Taiwan

For information contact:
Johanna Nilsson
Li-fei Wang