Teaching Social and Personality Psychology Pre-Conference Web Site

2004 Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Austin, TX, January 29-31, 2004

 

Join Us Next Year in New Orleans!

Pre-conference sponsored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology

 

When? Thursday, January 29, 9:00AM-3:30PM.
For whom? Faculty and Graduate Students in Social and Personality Psychology

Registration Fee and Deadline?

To register, simply send your Name, Mailing Address, and e-mail address,
and a check for $25, the pre-conference registration fee, to Neil Lutsky, Department of Psychology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057. (Please make the check out to Neil Lutsky. All funding is ultimately accounted for by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, but addressing checks to the conference organizer makes handling finances for the pre-conference easier.)

The pre-conference can accommodate 50 participants. Last year we filled up, so register early to ensure you are included. Registration by January 1, 2004 is recommended.

Graduate students who register will also receive a one-year subscription to Teaching of Psychology and membership in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. The pre-conference registration fee will be used to cover the expenses of room equipment rental and refreshments for the day.

Thursday, January 29:

Program Features:

  • Susan T. Fiske, Ph.D., Princeton University. Morning Keynote Address: "Teaching via Integrative Themes: Use Streamers, Not Confetti."
  • Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Afternoon Keynote Addrress: "Bringing Positive Psychology to Your Classroom."
  • Regan Gurung, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Talk entitled "They are All in it Together: Optimizing Group Presentations."

  • Elizabeth Yost Hammer, Ph.D., Loyola University New Orleans. Talk entitled "Bringing Social Reality into the Classroom: Integrating Service Learning and Social Psychology."

  • Bill Hill, Ph.D., Kennesaw State University. Talk entitled "Pitfalls and Pratfalls: Avoiding Common Mistakes in the Classroom."
  • Tera Harding, Graduate Student, University of California, Riverside. Talk entitled "Tips for Teaching your First Class."
  • Open discussions on teaching.

For further information:

 

Link to last year's (2003) Teaching Pre-Conference Program.