Facts: - fields: psychology , law - birth date: 01 march 1939 - name: donald n. bersoff - nationality: american - alma mater: new york university yale law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of donald n. bersoff .
The answer to this question is:
donald neil bersoff , phd , jd -lrb- born march 1 , 1939 -rrb- is an american psychologist , attorney and academic .he is the 2013 president of the american psychological association -lrb- apa -rrb- .before being elected president , bersoff served as apa general counsel and held several leadership positions within the organization .he has been a faculty member at several law schools and he developed the nation 's second joint graduate program in psychology and law .bersoff has written four editions of a popular book on ethics and psychology .