Eastern Regional Spring Announcement (2009)
Dear Psi Chi faculty advisors and chapter officers--
There are many Psychology events coming up that will provide excellent opportunities to present to, or at least attend and network with, other Psychologists.
First off, the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association will take place in Pittsburgh on March 5-8. We have planned some very useful Psi Chi sessions on Friday and Saturday and would appreciate your encouraging your students to attend our events.
The schedule of Psi Chi sessions is as follows (all Psi Chi sessions will take place in the Cambria Room of the Westin Convention Center; further details can be found at www.easternpsychological.org):
Friday March 6
Applying Leadership to Student Success: Feedback on Psi Chi’s 2nd Annual National Leadership Conference
12:30--1:50 pm
Psi Chi Symposium: Teaching and Learning Strategies That Work for Us
2:00—3:20 pm
Psi Chi Distinguished Lecture: "Using Decision Errors to Help People"
George Loewenstein, Carnegie-Mellon University
5:00—6:20 pm Westmoreland Room
Saturday March 15
Psi Chi Faculty Advisor and Chapter President breakfast
(everyone invited, RSVP required; contact Joan Cannon at JBC5117@aol.com)
8:00–9:20 am
Psi Chi Mini-Workshop I: Preparing for Graduate School in Psychology
12:30—1:50 pm
Psi Chi Mini-Workshop II: Applying to Graduate School in Psychology
2:00—3:20 pm
Psi Chi Awards Ceremony – all Psi Chi presenters are expected to attend
3:30–4:50 pm
As was done last year, students presenting posters will do so within the larger content-oriented sessions (such as Social, Developmental, Clinical, Animal Learning, and Cognitive). I hope you will encourage all of your students to attend these poster sessions, even if they are not specifically presenting a poster. Of course, the highlight of the program is the Psi Chi Awards Ceremony. This year we had more than 200 student submissions, making the review process for the Regional Research Awards particularly competitive. However, all of our students are to be commended for presenting their research at the level of a regional conference.
Again, please check out the EPA website for more information on the entire program (www.easternpsychological.org).
Psi Chi is also in the process of putting together programs at the two national-level Psychology conventions, for the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in San Francisco from May 22-25, 2009, and for the American Psychological Association in Toronto from August 6-9, 2009. Details on both of these programs are available on the Psi Chi website under the Conventions tab.
Last but not least, I would like to thank the members of my wonderful Steering Committee, who have made extraordinary efforts toward the success of the EPA program. My thanks to Joan Cannon, Kerri Goodwin, Sheila Quinn, and Miguel Roig, each of whom has helped with specific events in Psi Chi’s EPA program.
Be sure to look for me and say hello at EPA — that’s a great opportunity to brainstorm for ideas on future Psi Chi events. Also, we are pairing with Psi Beta and encourage our Psi Chi chapters to contact and collaborate with a local Psi Beta chapter – it’s a great place to look for your possible future Psi Chi members.
Finally, thanks to all of you for your generosity and dedication on behalf of Psi Chi. The efforts you make to assist your students is greatly appreciated and admired. As always, if there is anything I can do to help you, please do not hesitate to ask.
Best wishes,
Jason Young
Professor of Psychology and
Psi Chi Eastern Region Vice-President 2007-2009
Hunter College
jason.young@hunter.cuny.edu