Dr. Greene was awarded a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the
Derner Institute of Adelphi University, and was a Doctoral Fellow
in Mental Retardation at the Mental Retardation Institute of New
York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She has served on the
editorial boards of numerous scholarly journals and is the author
of nearly 100 publications in the psychological
literature. Nine of those publications have received national
awards as significant contributions to the psychological literature
on women, women of color, sexual minorities, African American women
and families. She is the founding co-editor of the APA Div. 44 book
series Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
Issues. She is also the recipient of numerous national awards
that include the 1996 Outstanding Leadership Award from the APA
Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns; 2000 APA Society
for the Psychology of Women Heritage Award; 2003 APA Committee on
Women in Psychology Distinguished Leadership Award;2004 Award for
Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Ethnic Minority
Research(APA Division 45); 2005 Stanley Sue Award for
Distinguished Professional Contributions to Diversity in
Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12); 2006 Helms Award for
Scholarship and Mentoring (TC, Columbia Univ Cross Cultural
Roundtable); 2006 Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished
Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology(APA Division 12);
2007 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to LGB Psychology
Award (APA Division 44); 2007 Distinguished Career Award (Assn for
Women in Psych); 2008 Carolyn Wood Sherif Award(APA Division 35);
2009 Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public
Interest Senior Career Award(APA).
A Fellow of 7 divisions of APA,(9,12,29.35.42.44.45) she has
served in many leadership positions in the association and
currently serves on the Division 35 Executive Board, the
Association’s Policy and Planning Board and a representative
of Division 44 to the APA Council of Representatives.