2006 APA Convention - STP Program

Thursday, August 10

8:00-8:50 am Symposium: The First Day of Class: Empirical Data Rather Than Gut Feeling
MCC, Meeting Room 254

9:00-9:50 am Symposium: Teaching About Cultural Privilege
MCC, Meeting Room 254

10:00-11:50 am Symposium: Graduate Distance Education in Psychology: Adapting Best Practices
MCC, Meeting Room 253

10:00-11:50 am Symposium: Psi Chi/ STP Pedogogical Debate: Should psychology adopt a theory of multiple intelligences?
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

12:00-12:50 pm Symposium: Assessing Quality: Benchmarks for Undergraduate Psychology Programs
MCC, Meeting Room 254

1:00-1:50 pm Symposium: Live from New Orleans: Statistics and Research Methods Activities
MCC, Meeting Room 342

2:00-2:50 pm Symposium: Reflections on Why Psychologists Make Effective Administrators in Higher Education
MCC, Meeting Room 348

3:00-3:50 pm Symposium: The IRB: Basics all students (and faculty) should know
MCC, Meeting Room 257

4:00-5:50 pm Meeting of Past Presidents
Hospitality Suite

Friday, August 11

8:00-9:50 am Executive Committee Meeting I
Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom B

8:00-8:50 am Symposium: Tapping the Creative: Using Self-expressive Methods in Teaching Psychology
MCC, Meeting Room 253

9:00-9:50 am Symposium: From Listener to Lecturer: Tips for Novice Graduate Student Instructors
MCC, Meeting Room 254

10:00-10:50 am Harry Kirke Wolfe Lecture
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

• G. William Hill IV: Teaching and Technology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

11:00-11:50 am G. Stanley Hall Lecture
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

• Nora S. Newcombe: Uses and Abuses of Evolutionary Psychology

12:00-12:50 am Executive Committee Luncheon
Hospitality Suite

1:00-1:50 pm G. Stanley Hall Lecture
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

• Daniel J. Simmons: Failures of Visual Awareness

2:00-2:50 pm Poster Session I
MCC, Halls E & F

3:00-3:50 pm Symposium: Preparing Students for a Future in Psychology
MCC, Meeting Room 240

4:00-5:50 pm Symposium: James (Jim) Korn: Teacher, Mentor, Friend
MCC, Meeting Room 271

Saturday, August 12

8:00-9:50 am Executive Committee Meeting II
Marriott, Balcony J

8:00-8:50 am Symposium: Benefits of an Undergraduate Research Practicum Experience in Psychology
MCC, Meeting Room 340

9:00-9:50 am Symposium: Topical Teaching: Classroom Politics, Sustainability Education, and Identity Politics
MCC, Meeting Room 340

10:00-10:50 am Symposium: Pathways to a Career in Teaching
MCC, Meeting Room 341

11:00-11:50 am Symposium: Making the Invisible Visible: LGBT Education in High Schools/Universities
MCC, Meeting Room 351

12:00-12:50 am Symposium: Curricular and Extracurricular Community-Building Strategies for Psychology Departments
MCC, Meeting Room 348

12:00-12:50 am Symposium: Assessment of Clinical Competency: An Experiential Model
MCC, Meeting Room 337

1:00-1:50 pm Symposium: Pragmatic Pedagogy: Using Cognitive Science to optimize Learning
MCC, Meeting Room 336

2:00-2:50 pm G. Stanley Hall Lecture
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

• Susan Folkman: Positive Emotions in the Stress Process: Should We Care?

3:00-3:50 pm Presidential Address
Hilton, Jefferson Ballroom

• Mary Kite: The Richness of Diversity

4:00-4:50 pm Business Meeting
Location Unknown at this time will be posted as soon as available

5:00 pm Social Hour
Hilton, Jefferson Ballroom

Sunday, August 13

8:00-8:50 am Symposium: Effective Classroom Activities: A Hands-on Symposium
MCC, Meeting Room 253

9:00-9:50 am Symposium: Psychology and the Liberal Arts: Teaching Students to Make Connections
MCC, Meeting Room 269

10:00-10:50 am Poster Session II
MCC, Halls E & F

11:00-11:50 am Symposium: Collaboration across Academic and Ethnic Cultures: Preparing for Diverse Futures
MCC, Meeting Room 269

11:00-11:50 am Symposium: Preparing Undergraduates for the Workplace: Is an "Extreme Makeover" Necessary?
MCC, Meeting Room 254

12:00-12:50 am Symposium: Schema Formation and Cognitive Load: Key Components for Optimal Learning
MCC, Meeting Room 254

1:00-1:50 am Symposium: Making Lemonade: Psychology Departments Rebound From Catastrophe
MCC, Meeting Room 254