1997 Regional Psychological Association Meetings
The following are highlights for the 1997 regional psychological association meetings. All speakers are PhDs.
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), April 10-13, Washington, DC
Presidential Address: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., 'Hundred Year War: A History of Psychological Science and Practice in America.' Presidential Speaker: Gail Hornstein, 'We Should Listen to Mental Patients.' Historian's Address: Thomas Cadwallader. Benimoff Model Introductory Psychology Lecturer: Douglas Mook.
APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Adele Diamond, 'Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive Development.' Distinguished Speaker: Arie W. Kruglanski, 'Persuasion by a Single Route: The Cue Is the Message.'
Invited Speakers: Mahzarin Banaji, Charles Clifton, Bella DePaulo, Warren Hall, Jules Harrell, Michael Tarr, Herbert Terrace, Melvin Wilson, Richard Winnett.
APA-Sponsored 1997 Integrative Symposium: 'Neuro-Cognitive-Social-Clinical Psychology of Depression,' Bartley Hoebel, Steven Maier, Martin Seligman, Christopher Petersen, Ronald Comer.
Registration is $5 for members, $30 for professionals, and $10 for student nonmembers. For more information, contact:
Gary M. Brosvic
EPA Executive Officer
Department of Psychology
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 895-5437
fax: (609) 895-5782
epaxo@aol.com
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), May 8-10, Chicago
Presidential Address: Susan Mineka. APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Richard Davidson, 'Affective Style and Affective Disorders: Perspectives From Affective Neuroscience.' Psi Chi Distinguished Speaker: Robert Sternberg, 'Successful Intelligence.'
Invited Speakers: Alice Eagly, James L. McGaugh, Ulric Neisser, Paul Rozin, Daniel L. Schacter, Elaine F. Walker.
Invited Symposia: 'Changing Views of the Psychobiology of Social Stress,' Michael Hennessy, Patricia Schiml, Wendy Saltzman, Sally Mendoza; 'Recent Advances in Cognitive Development,' Andrew Meltzoff, Sandra Waxman, Kelly Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher; 'Cognitive Theory and Treatment of Depression,' Lauren Alloy, Lyn Abramson, Gerald Metalsky, Thomas Joiner, Jr, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Steven Hollon.
Updated information can be found at www.ssc.msu.edu/~mpa. Registration is free for MPA members, $30 for non-members, and $10 for students. For more information, contact:
Norbert L. Kerr
MPA Secretary-Treasurer
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
e-mail: kerr@pilot.msu.edu
New England Psychological Association (NEPA), October 24-25, North Easton, MA
APA Distinguished Scientist Lecture: Sheldon Cohen, 'Stress, Social Support, and Immunity: The Case of the Common Cold.'
Invited speakers (preliminary listing): George Albee, (NEPA Distinguished Contribution Award recipient), and Ethel Tobach.
For more information, contact:
Estelle R. Friedman
NEPA Secretary
419 Norton Parkway
New Haven, CT 06511-2828
(203) 776-8324
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA), April 18-20, Reno, NV
Trixie Gardner Memorial Lecture: William Stokoe, 'Understanding Apes and Man.' Battig Memorial Lecture: Fergus Craik, 'Encoding and Retrieval Processes--Behavioral and PET Studies.' Distinguished Lecturer: Steven Maier, 'Bidirectional Brain-Immune System Communication.' President's Address: Mark McDaniel, 'Prospective Memory--Empirical Work and a New View.' RMPA Past President's Address: Bill Wallace, 'Prelexical Phonological Information in Word Recognition and False Recognitions on Memory Tests.' Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer: Billie Davis, 'Marginality--An Asset in a Pluralistic Society.' Division 2/Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology Lecturer: Mark Ware, 'Pedagogy and Puzzles: What Teachers of Psychology Don't Know.' Groups Underrepresented Address: Christine Iijima Hall.
'Biracial Identity.' Ellis-Battig Memory Symposium: Mark McDaniel (Chair), Nelson Cowan, Suparna Rajaram, Chuck Thompson, Bill Wallace. Invited Symposium: 'Gender Role Research on People of Color: Findings to Date and Future Directions,' Martha Bernal (Chair).
For more information,contact:
Ken Nikels
University of Nebraska
Kearney, NE 68849
e-mail: nikels@platte.unk.edu
Southeastern Psychological Association, April 4-6, 1997, Atlanta
APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Sheldon Cohen, 'Stress, Social Support, and Immunity: The Case of the Common Cold.'
Invited Addresses: Dorothy Cantor, 'Bringing Psychology to the Policymakers: The APA Task Force on Urban Initiatives'; James C. Coyne, 'Depression in Primary Care'; and K. Daniel O'Leary, 'Psychological and Physical Aggression in Intimate Relationships: Effects on Family Members.'
For more information, contact:
Frances Dunham
SEPA
Department of Psychology
University of West Florida
7000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5715
(904) 474-2070
Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), April 17-19, 1997, Fort Worth, TX
G. Stanley Hall Lecture: Robert J. Sternberg, 'What Makes Cognition Interesting--and What Doesn't.'
Invited Addresses: Larry James, 'People in Organizations'; David Lykken, 'Antisocial Personalities'; Kevin Murphy, 'Detecting Deviants'; Peter Bentler, 'Twenty-Five Years of Multivariate Research in Psychology.'
Registration is $25 for regular members and $15 for student members. For more information, contact Randall D. Wight, PhD, SWPA Secretary-Treasurer at wight@alpha.obu.edu.
Western Psychological Association (WPA), April 24-27, 1997, Seattle
Presidential Address: Claude Steele. APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Adele Diamond, 'Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive Development.'
Invited Speakers: Sandra Bem, John Borkowski, Laura Brown, Ana Marie Cauce, Bob Cialdini,Carolyn Cowan, Phil Cowan, Catherine Crain-Thoreson, Philip Dale, Victoria Follette, John Gottman, Anthony Greenwald, David Hamilton, Ira Hyman, Elizabeth Loftus, Ivar Lovaas, Roland Maiuro, Bertram Malle, G. Alan Marlatt, Anthony Pratkanis, Nancy Robinson, Maria Root, Peter Vitaliano.
For more information, contact:
WPA
Department of Psychology
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA 95192-0189
(408) 924-7233