Announcements


Announcements can be submitted for posting on this web page and in the SWPA e-newsletters. Web site announcements will remain online for 3 months, or less if they become out of date (e.g. announce a meeting that has already occurred).   Postings will be approved by members of the Executive Council prior to being placed on the web site.


Dues-current members will not be charged for announcements, except those for job position openings or announcements consisting of retail or professional service related advertisements.  For example, announcements about conferences, graduate programs, post doc positions, or speaker events would have no charge. The job position openings and retail or professional service related advertisements cost $50.
 
Departments or other psychology-related organizations and businesses may post announcements for $50.
 
To submit your announcement, send it to webmaster@swpsych.org.  Payment can be made by check to the Secretary-Treasurer.


Conferences
 Graduate Programs Job Postings Miscellaneous *NEW!


Conferences and Meetings


The Big Event!
The SWPA 2012 convention will be held in Oklahoma City, OK at the Sheraton Hotel near the historic Bricktown Entertainment District.
 
The link for the hotel is http://www.sheratonokc.com/

Check out the invited speakers (Theme: Trauma & Resilience) on the flyer for the 2012 convention!


Other Psychology Conferences in SWPA Region


Other Psychology Conferences Outside the SWPA Region

  1. Association for Psychological Science, May 25-29, 2011, Washington, DC
  2. Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (ETOP) June 24 and 25, 2011, Staunton, Virginia.
  3. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August 4-7, 2011
  4. The 5th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Network for Teaching of Psychology (ONTOP), September 23, 2011, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
  5. International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning Conference, October 13-15, 2011 : San Diego, CA.
  6. Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology (NECTOP), October 28-29, 2011 at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT.
2011 Other Regional Psychology Conferences

  1. OCT 28-29, 2011: New England Psychological Association, Fairfield  University, Fairfield, CT. Contact: Gary Brosvic at mailto:contact@nepa-info.org.  http://www.nepa-info.org/


Graduate Programs

Job Postings

Miscellaneous


Call for Papers: Special (Digital Pathologies) Issue of the Journal of Educational Computing Research

The Journal of Educational Computing Research is seeking to publish a special issue entitled Digital Pathologies: Education and problematic computer behaviors. This issue will have as broad a scope as possible with respect to educational issues surrounding Internet addictions, computer game addictions, cyberbullying, online sexual predation, sexting, cyberstalking, pro-ana and pro-mia (eating disorder) groups, and other digital pathologies. In doing this the journal aims to not only advance the state of knowledge in this general area but to bring disparate research agendas together in one place to encourage the evolution of synergistic connections.

For further details and guidelines for submission, please see the call for papers at the journal's website:
http://JrnlEdCompResearch.com


June 4, 2011-July 31, 2011, NSF Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Oklahoma State University , application deadline March 15, 2011, http://psychology.okstate.edu/faculty/kennison/osunsfreu.htm

18TH ANNUAL APS-STP TEACHING INSTITUTE AT THE APS CONVENTION
The APS-STP Teaching Institute and next year's Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention will be held in Washington, DC, on May 25-29, 2011. Submissions are currently being accepted on a rolling basis (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention/call-for-submissions) . You can submit posters for the STP Teaching Institute (May 26) or symposia/posters for the teaching programming sessions that will be held on May 27-29. Email Tracy Zinn (mailto:zinnte@jmu.edu) if you have questions about submissions.