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We would like to thank those of you who participated or attended this year's annual WPA convention Here are some pictures from this year's events! If you have any pictures you would like to share, please email them to shamill@csusm.edu
WPA Past Presidents
Leslie Madrigal, Christina Sutt and Sara Connelly present at WPA IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU: CAREGIVING AND COMMITMENT TO OTHERS, Sharon B. Hamill, Carrie Page, Leilani Madrigal, Tayari Shorter & Christina Sutt
Kim Lewis, Ashley Malone, Leslie Aguilar, Bill Black and Lissa Lim answer
questions WATCHING GRANDMA: YOUNG ADULTS' VIGILANCE IN CARE-GIVING FAMILIES, Sharon B. Hamill, Lissa Lim, William Black, Kimberly Lewis & Leslie Aguilar (CSU San Marcos) ---------------------------------------------------------------- WPA-Western Psychological Association's 88th Annual Convention in Irvine, CA April 10-13, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency, Irvine Visit WPA online at www.westernpsych.org The submission deadline for posters, papers and symposia is November 15, 2007. Online submission forms are now available here.
Addresses The following addresses will be given:
Invited Symposia will include “Exploring Positive Psychology,” with Stewart Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Sonja Lyubomirsky, and Jeanne Nakamura; and “Wax On Wax Off: Mentoring Lessons From Executives and Scholars,” with Ellen Ensher, Susan Murphy, and Troy Neilson. Psi Chi will sponsor a Symposium on “Graduate School Do’s and Don’t’s,” and undergraduates will additionally be able to obtain information directly from graduate school representatives at the Psi Chi Graduate School Exchange. Psi Chi posters may be submitted for presentation in the Psi Chi Poster Session or in the Regular WPA Poster Sessions. The Psi Chi Invited Speaker will be Jean Twenge (San Diego State University), “Generation Me and the Psychology of Today’s Young People.” The CUPP-PSI CHI joint symposium, organized by Khanh Bui (Pepperdine University) will address “Creating Stronger Learning Communities Within Psychology Departments’” and will feature presentations by Ayesha Shaikh, Lorinda Camparo, Niles Cook, Christine Arrington Michael Folkerts, and Thomas Martinez. The Psi Beta program will feature a Student Research Poster Feedback Session, a chapter exchange and social hour, and a symposium on Innovative Teaching Strategies in Community Colleges. The Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP) will sponsor the popular “Last Lecture” series, and STP and PT@CC will jointly sponsor a symposium, organized by Frederick Meeker (Cal Poly Pomona) on retirement, “ Retiring? Retired? Have a Little Symposium, You’ll Feel Better.” Statistical and Methodological Workshops For the seventh year, WPA will feature four 2-hour, cutting-edge statistical and methodological workshops at the convention. Jodie Ullman (CSU, San Bernardino) has organized a superb series of workshops which will feature Dale Berger, “How Can Data Be Presented Most Effectively? Is Chartjunk Always Bad?” Christopher Aberson, “Applied Power Analysis for ANOVA and Regression;” Scott Roesch, “A Practical Guide to Meta Analysis;” and Leona Aiken, “Introduction to Multilevel Modeling.” These workshops do require separate registration, and registration forms are available at http://www.westernpsych.org. A complete description of these workshops can be found in a separate article in this issue of The Western Psychologist. Terman Teaching Conference The Lewis M. Terman Western Regional Teaching Conference will occur the day before the full WPA Convention on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 from 9am-5pm at the Hyatt Regency, Irvine. The conference is designed for faculty who teach at four-year universities and colleges, community colleges and high schools, and includes not only useful and interesting information directly related to the teaching of psychology, but also provides the opportunity to see award-winning teachers in action. Previous Terman conferences have received enthusiastic and excellent ratings from participants. Anne Duran and Beth Rienzi (CSU, Bakersfield) have organized an excellent Terman Conference Program which will feature presentations by Philip Zimbardo, George Slavich, Douglas Bernstein, JoAnn Brannock, Karen Huffman, Teresa Jacob, Katie Townsend-Marino, Jeffery Scott Mio, and Judy Wilson. A full description of the invited presentations in this program, along with the conference schedule, is presented in a separate article in the issue of The Western Psychologist. The Terman Conference does require separate registration, and the registration form is available here. At $25 for the full-day event, the Terman Conference is undoubtedly one of the best bargains available among educational programs today. 2008 Hotel Information All WPA Convention (April 10-13, 2008) presentations and events will occur at the elegant Hyatt Regency, Irvine (17900 Jamboree Blvd., Irvine, CA 92614, 949-975-1234 for reservations). Please note that the Terman Teaching Conference occurs from 9am-5pm on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 also at the Hyatt Regency, Irvine. WPA has negotiated excellent rates for this hotel ($149, single/double), and WPA expects the demand for rooms to be heavy. Early reservations are recommended. Please identify yourself as an attendee at the Western Psychological Association Convention when making reservations. 2008 Student Scholarships Western Psychological Foundation Student Scholarships are awarded to WPA Student Members who are the first authors of their presentations. Awards are based on the blind ratings of abstracts by the Program Review Committee. All submissions by WPA Student Member First Authors are automatically considered for scholarship awards. In 2007, 16 WPA Student Members received awards of $400 each. Award amounts are dictated by contributions to the WPA Student Scholarship Fund. Every penny of contributions to this fund is awarded each year. Please contact the WPA Office if you have further questions about Student Scholarships |
