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.
Professional Honors and
Awards
2013 National Multicultural Conference
Distinguished Elder
Award
2013 American Psychological Association
Presidential
Citation
2012 Oliva Espin Award for a Distinguished
Scholarly Contribution onSocial Justice
Concerns in Feminist Psychology. Assn for Women in
Psychology 2
012 Jewish Women’s Caucus Award for
Distinguished Scholarshipon Jewish Women.
Assn for Women in
Psychology
2011 American Psychological Association
Presidential
Citation
2010 Women of
Color Psychologies Publication AwardAssn
for Women in Psychology:
2010 Laura S. Brown Distinguished
Contributions Award-Section onLesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Concerns of the Society for
thePsychology of Women. American
Psychological Association.
2009 Distinguished Contributions to
Psychology in the Public InterestSenior
Career Award. American Psychological
Association
2008 Carolyn Wood Sherif Award- Society
for the Psychologyof Women. American
Psychological Association.
5/08 Outstanding Faculty Achievement
Medal, St. John’s
University
2007 Distinguished Career Achievement
AwardAssn. For Women in
Psychology.
2007 Distinguished Scientific
Contributions to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
&Transgender Psychology. Society for
the Psychological StudyOf LGBT
Issues(Division 44). American Psychological
Assn.
2007 Dalmas Taylor Award-National
Multicultural Conference &
Summit
2006 Florence Halpern Award for
Distinguished Professional Contributions
toClinical Psychology. Society
for Clinical Psychology(Div 12).American
Psychological Association.
2006 16th Annual Janet
Helms Award for Mentoring &
Scholarship.Teacher’s College Winter
Roundtable on Cross Cultural
PsychologyTeacher’s College, Columbia
University, New York, NY
2005 Stanley Sue Award for
Distinguished Professional Contributions
toDiversity in Clinical Psychology
sponsored by the Society for
ClinicalPsychology (Division 12).
American Psychological
Association.
2004 Distinguished Career Contributions to Research
AwardSociety for the Psychological Study
of Ethnic Minority Issues(Div.
45)American Psychological
Association.
8/03 Distinguished Leadership
Award- Committee on Women in
Psychology.American Psychological
Association
2003 Cultural Impact Citation- Center
for Intercultural Clinical
PsychologyChicago School of Professional
Psychology.
2002 Feminist Therapy Institute Founding
Foremothers Award
2001 Distinguished Publication
Award-Association for Women in
Psychology
2000 Heritage Award- Society for the
Psychology of Women(35)American
Psychological Association.
2000 Women of Color Psychologies Publication
Award-Assn for Women in Psychology
2000 Psychotherapy with Women Research Award-Society for the
Psychology ofWomen. American
Psychological Association(Div. 35).
2000 Clinical
Psychology MENTOR Award-Minority Education, Nurturing,
Teaching, Organizational Advocacy
and Research. Society for the Scientific Study of Clinical
Psychology(Div 12) American
Psychological
Association.
2000 Clinical
Psychology of Women Mentor Award-Society for the
Scientific Study of Clinical Psychology(Div.
12)American Psychological Association, Section 4-
Psychology of Women.
2000
Outstanding Contributions to LGB Research
Award:Georgia State Psychological Association,
Division of Psychology of Human Sexual
Orientations.
1996 Outstanding Achievement Award-
Committee on Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
Concerns.American Psychological
Association
1996 Psychotherapy with Women Research Award, Div
35 APA
1995 Distinguished Publication Award-Association for Women
in Psychology
1995 Psychotherapy with Women Research Award. Div
35 APA
1995 Women of Color Psychologies Publication Award-Assn
for Women in Psychology
1992 Distinguished Professional Contributions to
Ethnic Minority IssuesAwardSociety for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay
Issues(Div. 44). American Psychological
Association
1991 Women of Color Psychologies Publication Award-Assn for
Women in Psychology.
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Div. 9)
Society for the Study of Clinical Psychology (Div 12)Division of
Psychotherapy (Div. 29)
Society for the Psychology of Women (Div. 35)Division of
Independent Practice (Div. 42)Society for the Psychological Study
of Lesbian ,Gay, Bisexual & Transgender PsychologySociety for
the Study of Ethnic Minority IssuesDivision on Trauma Psychology
(Div. 56).