Psi Chi Program for 2008 SEPA
Conference: Psi Chi Southeastern Regional Convention Program (2008)
Friday, March 7th 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Psi Chi Hospitality Room Brevard (3rd Floor)
8:30 am – 10:00 am Psi Chi Orientation – Grande Promenade C/D
11:00 – 11:50 am Psi Chi/SEPA Invited Address Providence Ballroom III (Lobby Level)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Psi Chi Grad Talk 1 Tryon (2nd Floor)
3:00 – 3:50 pm Psi Chi Grad Talk II Tryon (2nd Floor)
Saturday, March 8th 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Psi Chi Hospitality Room Brevard (3rd Floor)
Sunday, March 9th 10:00 – 10:50 am A User's Guide to Research
Mentoring Harris (2nd Floor)
Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Karyl Swartz, Great Ape Trust of Iowa
March 7, 2008, 11:00–11:50am
Providence Ballroom III (Lobby Level)
Dr. Karyl Swartz is a scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, an organization dedicated to cognitive research with great apes, great ape welfare, conservation, and promoting education about great apes. For three decades, Dr. Swartz has investigated aspects of memory, learning, attention, and mirror self-recognition in orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and rhesus monkeys. She has conducted behavioral studies with orphaned wild orangutans in Indonesia and with captive wild-born chimpanzees and gorillas in Gabon, Africa. The former chair of the Department of Psychology at Lehman College, CUNY, Dr. Swartz has been affiliated academically with the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, DC; Center International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon, Africa; the Regional Primate Research Center at the University of Washington; and Purdue University (IN).