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President:
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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Past
President:
Scott Bailey
Professor and Chair of Psychology, Texas Lutheran University
sab.bailey@gmail.com; 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
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President Elect: 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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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: Adena Young
Assistant Professor
Missouri State University
AYoung@MissouriState.edu
Research Interests: Academic Motivation
and Achievement; Student
Success and Retention; Cultural Sensitivity; Diversity Issues
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New
Mexico
Position currently vacant
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Oklahoma: Jennifer
Byrd-Craven
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Jennifer.Byrd.Craven@okstate.edu
Research Interests: stress and coping
in adolescent peer relationships, social cognition, and stress during
development. Other research interests include plasticity of the stress
response system, sex differences in stress responses, and evolutionary
developmental psychology.
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Tennessee: position open
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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: Felecia Lee
Department of Psychology, Wichita State University
felecialee@gmail.com
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Undergraduate
Student Representative: Anna Marie Evans
Department of Psychology, University of the Incarnate Word
happy_success2009@yahoo.com
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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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Membership Registrar: Edward (Trey) Asbury
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Philosophy
Texas Woman's University
easbury@twu.edu
Research interests: Evolutionary and
biological mechanisms of
attachment; family systems and models of effective therapeutic
interventions; psychometrics.
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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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Continuing Education Committee
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Larry Dilks, Counseling Services of Southwest Louisiana
David White, Texas Psychological Association
Marilyn Pugh, Texas Wesleyan Univ.
Michael Walker, Stephen F. Austin State Univ.
Burton Ashworth, Fielding Graduate University (student member)
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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