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SWPA States
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: 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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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 from their thinking.
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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.





*Elected spring of even years  **Elected spring of  odd years

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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.
Felecia Lee

Graduate Student Representative
: Felecia Lee
Department of Psychology,  Wichita State University

felecialee@gmail.com



Anna Evans


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.
Continuing Education Committee

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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