Psi Chi Program for 2007 NEPA
Conference: Psi Chi/NEPA Regional Convention Program (2007)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2007Psi Chi Workshop: Getting Into Graduate School
Chair: Tara Kuther, Ph.D. (Western Connecticut State University)
9:00-10:20 am White Hall 108
Speakers Include:
- Prof. Michael Spiegler, Providence College
Maximizing Your Chances of Acceptance through Judicious Choice of Schools
- Prof. Carlos Escoto, Eastern Connecticut State University
Planning for Graduate School throughout College
- Prof. Jason Young, Hunter College
How to Look Your Best: Assembling Your Materials to Apply to Graduate School
Psi Chi Distinguished Speaker: Prof. Mark Snyder, University of Minnesota--Minneapolis
“Who Volunteers and Why? The Psychology of Volunteerism"1:30-2:20 pm, Ives AuditoriumChair: Jason R. Young, Hunter College (Eastern Regional Vice-President, Psi Chi)
Dr. Snyder will examine some of the ways that people act individually and collectively to address problems that confront and challenge society. To do so, he will discuss his research on the psychology of volunteerism. Volunteerism is a form of sustained helping in which people actively seek out opportunities to help others in need, make considerable and continuing commitments to offer assistance, and sustain these commitments without any bonds of prior obligation to the recipients of their services. Guided by a functional theoretical approach to personality, motivation, and social behavior, he and his colleagues are engaged in a coordinated program of basic and applied investigations, conducted in the field and in the laboratory, with diverse samples of volunteers involved in diverse forms of volunteerism in diverse settings, to examine personal and social motivations that dispose people to volunteer and that sustain their involvement in such ongoing helping relationships.
He also has conducted theory-guided research designed to examine the effects of volunteerism on those who volunteer, on the recipients of the services provided by volunteers, on the members of volunteers’ social networks, and on the larger community. After reviewing the central tenets of theorizing about volunteerism, and presenting some of the major findings of research on volunteerism, he will expand the focus to consider other varieties of individual and collective participation in society with the intent of illustrating how the understanding of such processes can be informed by building on the lessons learned from the psychology of volunteerism. Finally, he will consider how the functional approach to the psychology of individual and collective action can contribute to the building of bridges between basic research and practical problems.
Psi Chi Exchange
2:30-3:20 pm, White Hall 127
Coordinators: Psi Chi Chapter (Western Connecticut State University)
and Norine Jalbert, Ph.D. (Western Connecticut State University)
Join other Psi Chi and Psychology Club members for an informational exchange of chapter activities.
Psi Chi Reception & Awards Ceremony
3:30-4:20 pm, White Hall 122
Presenter: Jason Young, Hunter College (Eastern Regional Vice-President, Psi Chi)
Join us for refreshments and recognition for those who have demonstrated excellence through NEPA 2007! Psi Chi student members presenting at NEPA will receive a certificate from Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology.