Dr. Amanda Clinton is the Senior Director for the Office of International Affairs at the American Psychological Association (APA).

Before joining the APA, Amanda was Professor of Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico where she specialized in cultural adaptation, social-emotional development and the neuropsychology of bilingualism.

Amanda is a licensed psychologist and a credentialed school psychologist with experience in community clinics, pediatric hospitals, public schools, academic settings and public policy. A former Fulbright Scholar and Overseas American States Fellow, Amanda’s work includes Climate Action and Global Psychology, Integrated Assessment of the Bilingual Child, and the Handbook of International Psychology as well as numerous peer-reviewed papers and chapters. Amanda completed an APA/AAAS Congressional Fellowship in the office of Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) where she helped write the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (passed as 21st Century Cures).

Amanda earned her master’s degree at the University of Washington, her doctoral degree at the University of Georgia and a post-doctoral credential in Trauma and Humanitarian Response from the State University of New York.