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President:
Scott Bailey
Professor and Chair of Psychology, Texas Lutheran University
sbailey@tlu.edu; 830-372-6092
Research interests include ingestive
behavior, palatability assessment,
and comparative species learning. In addition he enjoys working
with undergraduates in the exploration of a variety of topics stemming
from their thinking.
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Past
President: Lauren Scharff
Director for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Professor of Psychology
U.S. Air Force Academy
lauren.scharff@usafa.edu;
719-333-3277
Research interests include teaching
pedagogy, text
readability, web site usability,
visual search, and depth perception.
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President
Elect: Arn Froese
Professor and Chair, Behavioral Science Department, Sterling College.
afroese@sterling.edu;
620-278-2173
Research interests
include finding effective means for teaching research /writing
skills, and incorporating psychology more intentionally in general
education curricula. He teaches an interdisciplinary general education
course,
research
methods, and advanced experimental courses.
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Arizona
Meliksah Demir, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Northern Arizona University
Meliksah.Demir@nau.edu
Webpage: nau.edu/~psych/demir.html
Research Interests: Close friendships, Happiness, Psychological Needs
Satisfaction, Ral-Ideal Relationships, Romantic Relationships
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Arkansas: Ruth Provost
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Williams Baptist College
rprovost@wbcoll.edu
Research interests include math
anxiety, creativity, and other topics of positive psychology.
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Kansas: Cathy Grover
Professor of Psychology, Emporia State University
cgrover@emporia.edu
Research interests include using rodent
models to study the effects of drugs (e.g., caffeine, alcohol) or
environmental pollutants (e.g., lead) on social behavior, learning,
attention, memory, etc., and projects related to teaching. Also enjoys
working with undergraduates pursuing their own research
interests.
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Louisiana:
Lawrence (Larry) Dilks
Associate Professor of Psychology, McNeese State University
larrydilks@suddenlink.net
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Missouri: Frances (Dee) Haemmerlie Montgomery
Curator's Teaching Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of
Missouri-Rolla)
berner@mst.edu
Research Interests: interpersonal relationships, drug use
by college students, & gender issues in self-esteem, achievement,
and
leadership
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New
Mexico
Position currently vacant
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Oklahoma: Shelia Kennison
Associate Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
shelia.kennison@okstate.edu
My area of expertise is in the
area of linguistics and language use. My research has focused on topics
related to human cognition, including the learning of first and second
languages, and aspects of human interaction, including attitudes toward
multilingualism.
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Tennessee:
Clark McKinney
Professor of Psychology, Southwest Tennessee
Community College
cmckinney@southwest.tn.edu
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Texas: Christian Hart
Assistant professor and Director of the
undergraduate psychology program at Texas Woman’s University (TWU)
chart2@twu.edu
His current research interests focus on
lying and the detection of deception within an evolutionary psychology
framework.
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Graduate
Student Representative: Benjamin England
Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University
benjamin.england@ttu.edu
Applied Cognitive Psychology Graduate Student
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Undergraduate
Student Representative: Name: Kevin Windecker
Department of Psychology, Texas Lutheran University
krwindecker@tlu.edu
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Secretary-Treasurer:
Sharon Roberts
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dept of Psychology & Counseling
Northeastern State University
600 N Grand
Tahlequah OK 74464
918-444-3020
rober006@nsuok.edu
Passions include mentoring
undergraduates in research, professional
development, and preparation for graduate school, as well as teaching
almost any course on the experimental side of psychology.
Research interests: academic integrity and dishonesty, and anything
else I can get students to study.
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Convention
Management: Sherry Reisman
Partner, Reisman-White
sherry@reisman-white.com
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Program
Chair: Jeanne Burdsal
Adjunct Faculty member, Wichita State University
jeanne.burdsal@wichita.edu
Background expertise in human factors.
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Elections
Commissioner: Charlie Burdsal
Professor and Chair of Psychology, Wichita State University
charles.burdsal@wichita.edu
Research interests include teaching
evaluation, program evaluation, and
theoretical methods issues.
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Members: Larry Dilks
(committee chair; LA State Representative), David White (TPA Executive
Director), Michael Walker (Stephen F. Austin State Univeristy), Lauren
Scharff (ex officio committee member; SWPA President, US Air Force
Academy).
Mission: Review
submissions, select finalists and work with Resiman-White to coordinate
APA approval of the Continuing Education sessions for the annual
convention program. Help with dissemination of CE information to
encourage attendance at sessions.
Members: Lauren
Scharff (Chair, US Air Force Academy); Cathy Grover (Emporia State);
Larry Dilks
(Private Practice).
Mission: Promote the
sharing of information
that would benefit our members. Help with the creation of and later
production of a quarterly e-newsletter. Make suggestions for
content
to be placed on the web site, or sent to members via email. This
committee will have year-round duties, with the majority of their
efforts placed on the e-newsletter. Members can make suggestions
for
content and organization, help write sections, help find others to
contribute sections, etc.
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Psi
Chi:
Randall Osborne
Regional VP for Psi Chi, Southwest Region
Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
reosborn@txstate.edu
His background is social psychology but
his teaching interests range
from introductory psychology to psychology in the courtroom.
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Society
for Applied Multivariate Research:
President: Dennis Jackson
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Windsor
djackson@uwindsor.ca
Program Chair: Linda Hynan
President Southwestern Psychological Association
Department of Clinical Sciences (Biostatistics) and Psychiatry
U.T. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Office: (214) 648-2685
Linda.Hynan@UTSouthwestern.edu
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Southwestern
Comparative Psychology Association:
President: Scott Coleman
Adjunct Professor of Psychology University of Texas - Arlington
scottc@uta.edu
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Texas
Psychological Association:
Executive Director: David White
Tpa_dwhite@att.net
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Upcoming Convention