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This page includes name and contact information for the SWPA
President's Council, SWPA State Representatives and Student
Representatives, Appointed SWPA positions, SWPA committee members, and
Chairs/Presidents for our Adjunct Organizations.
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President:
Lauren Scharff
Professor of Psychology, Stephen F. Austin State University
Distinguished Visiting Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy 2008-2009
lscharff@sfasu.edu;
719-333-4879
Research interests include text
readability, web site usability,
visual search, and depth perception. When at SFASU, she is also
co-director of our
university's Teaching Excellence Center and is interested in teaching
pedagogy issues.
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Past
President: Linda
Hynan
Associate Professor in the departments of Biostatistics and Psychiatry
(Graduate Faculty) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center in Dallas.
linda.hynan@utsouthwestern.edu
Research interests include multivariate
statistics,
longitudinal data analysis, models of judgment and decision making,
uni- and multi-dimensional scaling, and psychometrics. At
UT-Southwestern, she is involved in various research projects and
clinical trials including Alzheimer's Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy,
Acute Liver Failure, and Simulated (surgical) Team training on patient
safety. In 1997, she received the Psi Chi Outstanding Psychology
Professor of the Year Award (Baylor University).
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President
Elect:
Scott Bailey
Professor and Chair of Psychology, Texas Lutheran University
sbailey@tlu.edu
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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*Elected spring of even years **Elected spring of odd years
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Arizona
Position currently vacant
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Arkansas:
Art Gillaspy
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Central
Arkansas.
artg@uca.edu
Research interests include counseling
process and outcome, working
alliance, addictions, and psychometric issues in counseling
research.
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Kansas:
Arn Froese
Professor and Chair, Behavioral Science Department, Sterling College.
afroese@sterling.edu
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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Louisiana:
Lawrence (Larry) Dilks
Associate Professor of Psychology, McNeese State University
larrydilks@suddenlink.net
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Missouri
Position currently vacant
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New
Mexico
Position currently vacant
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Oklahoma:
Bret Roark
Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma Baptist University
bret.roark@okbu.edu
His graduate training is in Cognitive
Psychology, and he currently
teaches a variety of courses related to the science of
Psychology. He is a recipient of the Promising Teacher Award at
OBU and is the Ralph and Marie Barby Endowed Professor of
Psychology.
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Tennessee:
Clark McKinney
Professor of Psychology, Southwest Tennessee
Community College
cmckinney@southwest.tn.edu
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Texas:
Marilyn Pugh
Associate Professor of Psychology, Texas Wesleyan
University
mpugh@txwes.edu
She is a social psychologist with a
primary interest in undergraduate
teaching.
She enjoys teaching statistics and
experimental/research methods at the introducotry and advanced levels.
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Graduate
Student Representative:
Amie McKibban
Department of Psychology, Wichita State University
armckibban@wichita.edu
My teaching interests encompass most
undergraduate psychology courses,
including general psychology, social psychology, developmental
psychology, human sexuality, research methods, and the supervision of
field work for undergraduate students. My research interests include
happiness and survey development utilizing factor analytic methods with
a focus on measuring academic misconduct.
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Undergraduate
Student Representative: Paul Harwell
Department of Psychology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas
harwellpb@titan.sfasu.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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Registration
Manager:
Ray Russin
Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the College, Dana
College NE
rrussin@dana.edu
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Bookkeeper:
Sandra (Sandy) Ranney
Associate Director of the Social Science Research Lab at Wichita State
University.
sandra.ranney@wichita.edu
I work with Dr. Charles Burdsal on the
development and research of the
SPTE (Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness) Instruments.
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Convention
Manager: Loretta McGregor
Associate
Professor of Psychology and Department Chair, Arkansas State University
lmcgregor@astate.edu
Research interests include imposter
phenomenon, college student
adjustment, and mentoring.
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Program
Chair: Jeanne Burdsal
Adjunct Faculty member, Wichita State University
jburdsal@cox.net
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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Webmaster:
postion open
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Historian:
Art Gillaspy
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Central
Arkansas.
artg@uca.edu
Research interests include counseling
process and outcome, working
alliance, addictions, and psychometric issues in counseling
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Members: Linda Hynan
(committee chair; SWPA Past President, UT Southwestern), Sharon Roberts
(SWPA Secretary-Treasurer, Northeastern University of OK), Sandy
Ranney (SWPA bookkeeper), Ray Russin (SWPA Registration Manager, Dana
College), Lauren Scharff (ex officio committee member; SWPA President,
USAFA and Stephen
F. Austin State University)
Members: Larry Dilks
(committee chair; LA State Representative), David White (TPA Executive
Director), Michael Walker (Stephen F. Austin State Univeristy), Marilyn
Pugh (TX State Representative, Texas Wesleyan University), Lauren
Scharff (ex officio committee member; SWPA President, USAFA and Stephen
F. Austin State University)
Members: Lauren
Scharff (Chair, SFASU); Cathy Grover (Emporia State); Amie McKibban
(graduate student at Wichita State University); Dennis Jowaisas
(Oklahoma City U.), Lauren Graves (student at Abilene Christian
University).
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.
Members: Larry Dilks
(Chair, McNeese State), Sheila Kennison (OSU), Christain Hart (TWU),
Marilyn Pugh (Tx Wesleyan)
Mission:
Promote the growth of our membership, especially regular members.
This
committee will have year-round duties. Members should make suggestions
on how we might promote membership growth (suggestions for web site,
e-newsletter, emails from president, outreach to nonmembers, etc.), and
they should actually participate in outreach efforts that have been
planned by the group.
Members:
Linda Hynan (UT Southwestern); Ed Kardas (Southern Arkansas); Paul
Harwell (student at SFA); Lauren Scharff (SFA); Jeanne Burdsal (Wichita
State); Loretta McGregor (Arkansas State); Sharon Roberts (Northeastern
State, OK); Allisa Baker (student at Northeastern State)
Mission:
Evaluate and make recommendations regarding the web site and the online
abstract submission process. The
committee
members should reach out to others for their feedback on the web site
(both this summer and throughout the coming year) and share that with
the committee so that any concerns may be addressed in a timely manner.
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Council
of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology:
Southwestern Coordinator and President-Elect: Matt Johnson
Department of Behavioral Sciences, UT Brownsville, Texas
Matthew.Johnson@utb.edu
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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:Jeanne Burdsal
Adjunct Faculty member, Wichita State University
jburdsal@cox.net
Background expertise in human
factors.
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Southwestern
Comparative Psychology Association:
President: Russ Frohardt
Assistant Professor of Psychology St. Edward's University
russellf@stedwards.edu
My area of specialization is
behavioral neuroscience, with specific interests in spatial navigation,
sexual behavior, models of relapse, and various theories of cognition,
learning and memory.
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Texas
Psychological Association:
Executive Director: David White
itexaspsycholog@austin.rr.com
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