Teaching Social and Personality Psychology Pre-Conference Web Site

2003 Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Los Angeles/Universal City, CA, February 6-8, 2003

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

When? Thursday, February 6, 9:00-3:30.
For whom? Faculty and Graduate Students in Social and Personality Psychology

Registration Fee and Deadline?

To register, 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.)

The pre-conference can accommodate 50 participants, so register early to ensure your inclusion. As of January 1, 2003, only a dozen spots remain, so please register as soon as possible.

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.

Schedule for Thursday, February 6 (to be announced):

Speakers and Talks (tentative):

  • David Myers, Hope College, author of Social Psychology and the newly-released Intuition: Its Powers and Perils. Keynote Address: "Thirty-Five Years Professing Social Psychology: Lessons I Have Learned ."
  • Mary Kite, Ball State University, Secretary, Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Talk entitled "The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching Diversity to Social/Personality Classes."
  • Regan Gurung, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, author of Culture, Development, and Health (forthcoming). Talk entitled "An Apple a Day: Teaching Health Psychology and Staying Healthy Teaching."

  • Pamela Bacon, St. Olaf College. Talk entitled "From Graduate Student to Assistant Professor: Reflections of a New Social Psychologist."

  • Dan Cervone, University of Illinois at Chicago, co-author (with Caprara) of Personality and (with Pervin & John) of the next edition of Personality: Theory and Research. Talk entitled "Teaching Personality: Two Key Choices."
  • Dean Keith Simonton, University of California, Davis, author of Great Psychologists and Their Times. Talk entitled "Teaching and the Big Five, or What I've Learned from a Dozen Years on Teaching Award Committees."

  • Randolph Smith, Ouachita Baptist University, Editor, Teaching of Psychology. Talk entitled "Social Psychology Toolbox for the College Classroom."
  • Open discussion: "Teaching in the Professional Roles of Social and Personality Faculty."

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