МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ НАУЧНОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО BUILDING BRIDGES: PSI CHI AND INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Mercedes A. McCormick1, Harold Takooshian2, Florence L. Denmark1, Maria del Pilar Grazioso3, Richard S. Velayo1, Alvin Y. Wang4, Martha S. Zlokovich5 1Pace University 1 Pace Plz., New York, NY 10038, USA 2Fordham University 113 W. 60th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10023 3Universidad del Valle de Guatemala 18 avenida 11—95 zona 15 Vista Hermosa III, Guatemala, 1015 4Burnett Honors College University of Central Florida P.O. Box 161800, Orlando, Florida, USA, 32816—1800 5Psi Chi Central Office 825 Vine Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, 37403 “How can Psi Chi best partner with international psychologists to expand the honor society worldwide?” This has been an important question since 2009, when the 1,100 chapters of Psi Chi in the United States voted to become “The International Honor Society in Psychology”. <...> This report updates and expands on a unique symposium offered at the 120th meeting of the American Psychological Association in Orlando, Florida, in August of 2012 — the first symposium on the Presidential theme of “Building Bridges” between Psi Chi and international psychology [8]. <...> It was in part due to this historic symposium that in 2013 Guatemala became the first nation in Latin America, and Russia the first nation in mainland Europe to launch a chapter of Psi Chi. <...> Key words: International Honor Society in Psychology Psi Chi, American Psychological Association (APA), international psychology, student scientific society, scientific work of students. <...> In 2009 Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psy5 Вестник РУДН, серия Психология и педагогика, 2014, № 4 chology — founded in 1929 in the US — became Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. <...> The purpose of this symposium was to learn more about the internationalization of Psi Chi including how and why the Society has been welcoming international Psi Chi chapters. <...> Many of the contacts Psi Chi makes outside the US are dependent on the time, effort, and dedication of international psychologists who spread <...>