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TOPNEWS-Online Newsletter of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division 2 of the American Psychological Association © Division 2 American Psychological Association All Rights Reserved
Volume 22, Issue 5 May 2019
Co-Editors: Stephanie Afful and Tom Pusateri Send inquiries or news items for upcoming issues to [email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Candidates for STP Offices ......................................... 1
LETTER FROM STP PRESIDENT RICK MILLER ......... 2
FEATURED ITEMS ................................................... 3 STP @ APS 2019 ...................................................... 3 STP Program at APA 2019 .......................................... 3 News from the ACT Director ....................................... 4 STP Executive Committee Meeting: OCT 17 & 19, 2019 . 4
MEMBERSHIP: GET INVOLVED! ............................. 4 Join/Renew/Update Your STP Membership ................... 4 Call for Chapter Authors: STP eBook on High Impact Teaching.................................................................. 4 Call for Founding Chairs of Two New STP Awards Committees ............................................................. 4 Call for Members: STP Diversity Committee ................. 4 Call for Applications: ToP Associate Editors and Obituary Section Editor........................................................... 5 Additional Opportunities Outside of STP ....................... 5
Call for Papers: American Psychologist Special Issue . 5 Call for Nominations: Founding Editor of Technology,
Mind, and Behavior ............................................... 5 Call for Papers: “Research Ethics in Psychological
Science” .............................................................. 5 Call for APA Task Force Members for Health Services
Competencies ...................................................... 5 GSTA Members at AERA 2019 .................................... 5 THE GSTA CORNER ................................................... 6
GSTA at APS-STP Teaching Institute ....................... 6 THE ECP CORNER ..................................................... 7
Proposing New Courses ......................................... 7
RESOURCES ........................................................... 9 This is How I Teach Blog ........................................... 9 STP Mentoring Program ............................................. 9 APA Resource on Preparing Citizen Psychologists .......... 9 PTACC Listserv Transitioning to CABEducators Listserv .. 9 UNH Online Summer Courses on College Teaching ........ 9
DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS .... 10 Webinar on Non-Binary Graduate Students ................ 10 SPSSI 2019 Summer Conference ............................. 10 ESPLAT 2019 ......................................................... 10
GRANTS AND AWARDS ........................................ 10 Apply for the 2019 SoTL Workshop ........................... 10 Grants/Awards from APA and Other Divisions/Groups . 10
Mary Whiton Calkins Grant .................................. 10 Fall 2019 Student Internships, U. S. Department of
Energy .............................................................. 10
CONFERENCES/INSTITUTES/WORKSHOPS ......... 11 STP-Sponsored Events ............................................ 11
Psych One Conference: Initial Schedule ............... 11 Other Events ......................................................... 11
APA Pre-Convention Workshop for High School
Teachers ........................................................... 11 AusPLAT............................................................ 11 APA’s Technology, Mind & Society Conference........ 11 MATOP: Call for Proposals ................................... 11 NECTOP: Call for Proposals .................................. 11
Calendar of Upcoming Conferences ........................... 12 Regional Psychology Conferences ............................. 12
Candidates for STP Offices
President-Elect: David Kreiner & Susan Nolan
Vice President for Recognition & Awards: Keli Braitman & Megan Sumeracki
APA Council Representative: Yadira Sanchez, Randy Smith, & Jodie Ullman
All STP members are eligible to vote for President-Elect and the Vice Presidential position. APA membership
is required to vote for the Council Representative. All STP members should have received electronic ballots
(or direct mail ballots if you did not provide an email address). If you have not received a ballot, contact
[email protected]. Ballots are due by June 6. Read candidate statements here.
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LETTER FROM STP PRESIDENT RICK MILLER
May 8, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
We have made a good start on the high impact practices e-book. The plan for the e-book
is to provide a chapter on best practices for a particular practice followed by up to four
examples from folks who have implemented the practice at the institution. Please take a
look at the Table of Contents below and contact me ([email protected]) if you
would like to write about best practices or provide a unique example.
Regards,
Rick Miller
HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES – E-BOOK Co-Editors: Anna Schwartz and Rick Miller
Service Learning
Best Practices Bethany Fleck
Example 1 Jessica Stansbury
Example 2 Scott King
Example 3 Lisa, Rosen
Example 4 Tamar Shovali
Online Education
Best Practices Diane Finley
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
Internships
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Example 1 Marianne Misericorda
Undergraduate Research
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Example 1 Cindy Schmidt
Example 2 Ann Erlanger
Examples 3-4 (seeking authors)
First Year Seminars
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Example 1 Marianne Lloyd
Example 2 H Russell Searight
Examples 3-4 (seeking authors)
Learning Communities
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
Collaborative Assignments
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
Diversity/Global Learning
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Example 1 Maria Iankilevitch
Examples 2-4 (seeking authors)
Capstone Courses
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
E-portfolios
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
Common Intellectual Experiences
Best Practices (seeking an author)
Examples 1-4 (seeking authors)
To view and download all of STP E-books, visit
http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/index.php
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FEATURED ITEMS
STP @ APS 2019
By Eric Landrum, Director of STP Programming at APS
The 26th Annual APS-STP Teaching Institute will begin with a
Wednesday May 22 evening workshop presented by Elizabeth Yost
Hammer and Jason S. Todd of Xavier University of Louisiana on “Making
Writing Meaningful in the Psych Classroom.” On Thursday, May 23,
there will be an opening plenary by Betsy Morgan, a distinguished
lecture by Tania Israel, and a closing plenary by Neil
Lutsky. Concurrent session speakers include Natalie Ciarocco, Wind Goodfriend, Bridgette Martin Hard,
Jessica Hartnett, Dave Kreiner, and Ali Mattu. There will also be a teaching-focused poster session featured
during the Teaching Institute as well. It is indeed an action-packed teaching day! For complete details, see
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/annual/teachinginstitute. Please note that separate registration is required for the APS-STP Teaching Institute.
On the Saturday of the regular APS Convention, STP will sponsor three speakers who appear on the program:
Saturday, May 25 at 10:00am: Nadine J. Kaslow, Emory University
Translating Psychological Science for the Public
This presentation focuses on what it means to translate psychological science to the public, as well as why,
what, and to whom to translate. It offers state-of-the-art strategies for sharing psychological science,
acknowledges barriers to doing so, and provides recommendations for effective translation of our science to the public.
Saturday, May 25 at 11:00am: David Dunning, University of Michigan
False Belief and Self-Belief in a Post-Truth World
The American political scene has become increasingly divisive and partisan, and citizens endorse more
extreme (and false) beliefs about economic, social, and political facts. The speaker will discuss the
psychology behind such false belief and what people may do to align their beliefs better to reality in a “post-truth” world.
Saturday, May 25 at 1:00pm: Nora Newcomb, Temple University
The Science of Learning: What Have We Learned?
Over the past two decades, we have seen the emergence of a science of learning that is creating
recommendations and guidelines for teaching and learning across the life span and across various subject domains. This talk will survey the field and address how best to access and use this information.
STP Program at APA 2019
By Jamie McMinn, APA-STP Program Chair
APA 2019 in Chicago is about three months away (August 8-11), but it will be
here before we know it. The STP program is filled with opportunities to help
you elevate your scholarship of teaching and learning. Are you thinking
about overhauling your Introductory Psychology curriculum and need advice
from experts? Are you searching for ways to help your students think
critically in the classroom? Do you have questions about how to teach
psychology online in ways that support student learning and
development? Have you been curious about Open Educational Resources and
how your colleagues are using them successfully? If you answered yes to any
of these questions, then the programs offered by STP and our partners are ready to help!
We will kick off the first day of the STP program with a number of interesting talks, invited addresses, the
first of two STP poster sessions, President Rick Miller’s address, and the Social Hour. Across the remaining
days of the convention, you can join old and new friends as we learn from each other; celebrate the life and
contributions of our dear friend, Charles Brewer; and recognize the work of Eric Landrum, this year’s
recipient of the distinguished teaching award named in Charles’s honor. You can find the current draft of
the STP (APA Division Two) program here: https://teachpsych.org/conferences/apa/index.php. The
convention registration and lodging portal is now open: www.apa.org/convention.
Image by Rick Lobes from Pixabay
Image by David Mark from Pixabay
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News from the ACT Director
By Jordan D. Troisi, ACT Director
The numbers are in, and this year's Annual Conference on
Teaching should be as big as ever! We have received a total
of 195 submissions for presentations at ACT (up 46% from last
year). The ACT Steering Committee and I look forward to
reviewing these proposals in the weeks to come, and we will
notify all those who have submitted of their status by the end
of June.
For those who are already making plans to attend ACT, feel free to book your rooms now at our special
discounted rate at The Curtis Hotel. Also note that, due to popular demand, we have extended the ACT
schedule to include a welcome reception on Thursday, October, 17, and 2 full days of conference
programming on Friday and Saturday (October 18-19).
I can't wait to see you all again for this year's ACT, held at the The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver,
Colorado, October 17-19, 2019!
STP Executive Committee Meeting: OCT 17 & 19, 2019
The second biannual meeting of the STP Executive Committee will occur concurrently with the 2019 Annual
Conference on Teaching at the Curtis Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The committee will meet 9am-4pm on
Thursday, October 17 and 1pm-5pm on Saturday, October 19; room(s) to be announced.
MEMBERSHIP: GET INVOLVED!
Join/Renew/Update Your STP Membership
If you are not already a member of STP, you may join by visiting http://teachpsych.org/join. This page also
includes information on how to renew or update your membership profile (e.g., changes in your name,
mailing address, or email address). If you have questions about your membership, contact STP Executive
Director Tom Pusateri, [email protected].
STP is committed to providing opportunities to as many members as possible to participate in
STP initiatives. For all positions, STP encourages applications and nominations from colleagues
who are from underrepresented groups and have diverse backgrounds and experiences.
For other current opportunities, visit http://teachpsych.org/administrative/getinvolved.php
Call for Chapter Authors: STP eBook on High Impact Teaching
New STP eBook: High Impact Teaching: Best Practices and Classroom Activities
This volume, edited by STP President Rick Miller, addresses the challenge of documenting what we know
about the science of teaching – and how to apply it in class. For more information, visit
http://teachpsych.org/administrative/getinvolved.php#eBook. Interested authors should contact STP
President, Rick Miller ([email protected]) by May 13, 2019.
Call for Founding Chairs of Two New STP Awards Committees
The STP Executive Committee recently approved two new awards committees: the Mentorship Award
Committee and the Civic Engagement Award Committee; click on the links for either committee for more
information. Review of applications will begin on May 15, 2019.
Call for Members: STP Diversity Committee
The STP Diversity Committee (https://teachpsych.org/page-1537443) is searching for new members! The
mission of the committee is to create new avenues for diversity, inclusion, and equity in STP and in the field
of psychology. Applications will be accepted until May 20, 2019. For more information, visit
http://teachpsych.org/administrative/getinvolved.php#diversity.
Image by skeeze from Pixabay
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Call for Applications: ToP Associate Editors and Obituary Section Editor
Aaron Richmond, incoming Editor of STP’s journal, Teaching of Psychology, seeks two Associate Editors and
an Obituary Section Editor, each of whom will serve 6-year terms starting January 1, 2020 through
December 31, 2026 with the possibility of renewal for a second term. Applications are due June 30,
2019. For more information, click on the links for either position.
Additional Opportunities Outside of STP
Call for Papers: American Psychologist Special Issue
American Psychologist plans to publish a special issue, Expanding the Impact of Psychology Through
Implementation Science. The deadline for submitting one-page abstracts for review is May 31, 2019. For
more information, visit https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/amp/call-for-papers-implementation-science.
Call for Nominations: Founding Editor of Technology, Mind, and Behavior
The American Psychological Association is seeking a founding editor for its new interdisciplinary journal
Technology, Mind, and Behavior. The term of the editorship is 2020–2025, with a start-up period in the fall
of 2019. The deadline for accepting nominations is May 15, 2019. For full information, see the call for
nominations.
Call for Papers: “Research Ethics in Psychological Science”
Translational Issues in Psychological Science (TPS) welcomes submissions for consideration for a special
issue on “Research Ethics in Psychological Science.” TPS is co-sponsored by the APA and APAGS, and
manuscripts must be co-authored by at least one psychologist in training, should be written concisely for a
broad audience, and should focus on the practical implications of the research. Deadline for submissions:
Aug. 1, 2019. For more information, visit https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/tps.
Call for APA Task Force Members for Health Services Competencies
The American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) and Board of Professional Affairs
(BPA) is currently seeking members to serve on a Task Force to Delineate Competencies for Students
Completing Master’s Level Programs in Health Service Psychology. Please share the attached call for
nominations with groups and individuals who have the relevant expertise and qualifications mentioned in
the call for nominations. Completed nomination materials should be sent to Jessica Andrade no later than
May 29, 2019. To view and download the full call for nominations, visit this link.
GSTA Members at AERA 2019
GSTA Members Maya Rose and Teresa
Ober presented posters on game-based
training of cognitive skills in
adolescents.
GSTA Chair Elizabeth Che
presented about Wikipedia’s gender
gap as part of a roundtable on
Gendered Perspectives on Faculty.
Members of STP’s
Graduate Student
Teaching Association
(GSTA) attended the
2019 Annual Meeting
of the American
Educational Research
Association (AERA),
April 5-9, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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THE GSTA CORNER
GSTA at APS-STP Teaching Institute Submitted by Elizabeth Che and Jessica Brodsky
The GSTA is looking forward to attending the 2019 APS-STP Teaching Institute in Washington, DC! We are
excited to network with other graduate students and learn from others about their teaching practices and
research.
Several members of the GSTA will be presenting at the Teaching Institute poster session on Thursday, May
23, 2019 from 11:15am - 12:15pm in Hall B South. We’d love for you to stop by!
GSTA Deputy Chair Jessica Brodsky will present preliminary findings from an efficacy study of a new digital
media literacy curriculum aimed at improving college students’ fact-checking strategies (TI-21). We report
results from the College of Staten Island, one of eleven campuses participating in the Digital Polarization
Initiative, a national effort to teach college students the “four moves” of expert fact-checkers. At our
campus, students who received fact-checking instruction as part of a required general education civics
course for first year students showed significant gains in using fact-checking strategies and Wikipedia to
verify information, as compared to students in “control” sections of the same course that were taught as
usual. This poster was selected to receive one of four Psi Chi APS Convention Society Research Awards.
Over the past several years, GSTA Chair Elizabeth Che has been involved in the Psych+Feminism initiative
to address the gender gap in Wikipedia biographies. She will present results from ongoing research
investigating how Wikipedia-editing impacts the online research skills of Intro Psych students (TI-26).
Students who edited Wikipedia biographies of prominent psychologists reported increased reliance on
college library databases and decreased reliance on Google for academic work. If you are interested in
learning how to design and implement a Wikipedia editing assignment in one of your courses, we would love
to share tips with you at our poster or alternatively at the Wiki Education Foundation booth.
Last fall, the GSTA conducted a nationwide survey on graduate students’ beliefs and attitudes about
undergraduate teaching. GSTA member Ethlyn Saltzman will present our first set of findings from the survey
in which we validated a new Likert-scale measure of Model Teacher Criteria (MTC) with novice college
instructors (TI-31). The new scale was based on the MTC checklist developed by a Presidential Taskforce of
the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP Presidential Taskforce, 2013; Boysen, Richmond, & Gurung,
2015). Our scale had good internal consistency, with items clustering into groups that aligned with
developing student skills, providing feedback to students, adjusting to students’ needs, emphasizing ethics
and diversity, organizing teaching in relation to learning objectives, and engaging in scholarship of teaching
and learning. The clusters of our new MTC scale overlapped considerably, but did not fully align with the
competency areas identified in the original MTC checklist. Come to our poster to learn more about our
survey results.
Join the GSTA for dinner at the 2019 Association for Psychological Science!
Are you or your students attending the 2019 APS conference and interested in learning more about the
GSTA? The GSTA is partnering with our host institution, the Educational Psychology program at the Graduate
Center, CUNY, to share information about the GSTA and the Education Psychology program over dinner.
Join us at Lebanese Taverna (2641 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008) on Friday, May 24, 2019
at 6pm! Food will be provided. Spots are limited so we require you to RSVP for your free ticket in advance.
GSTA Activities and Initiatives
For regular updates on GSTA activities, follow us on Twitter (@gradsteachpsych) and Facebook
(groups/theGSTA), check out and contribute to our Blog, join our listserv, or write to us at
[email protected]. You can find out more about us at teachpsych.org/gsta/index.php or at the GSTA
resource website, where we periodically post ideas and materials.
Join our online discussion list, [email protected] by visiting http://lists.apa.org/cgi-
bin/wa.exe?A0=DIV2GSTA and clicking on “Subscribe or Unsubscribe” in the Options box on the right side.
After you have subscribed, you can send messages to the list: [email protected].
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THE ECP CORNER
Proposing New Courses
Dear ECPs,
I have an idea for a new course I'd love to teach, but so far I've only taught pre-existing courses already offered at my institution. How can I go about
proposing a new course? What does this process typically look like? Do you have any suggestions for things to consider before proposing a new course to make sure that course is approved?
Sincerely,
Looking For Change
Dear Looking For Change,
It’s great that you’re looking to expand your horizons and teach a new course not yet offered at your institution! Crafting your own course from scratch is very exciting as it typically allows you
to teach content that directly relates to your own areas of interest and expertise. Although there are typically a few logistical hoops to jump through in proposing a new course, it’s well worth the
effort!
So, what “logistical hoops” are we talking about here? What does the process of proposing a new course actually look like, and what factors should you consider before taking this on? Well, the
answer varies from institution to institution (and, more generally, from type of institution to type of institution). Luckily, though, your ECP Committee is made up of a diverse set of faculty members
from a diverse set of institutions! Below, we’ll outline our combined thoughts broadly.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, it’s important to note that this process starts with an idea. Presumably, you’ve asked this question because you already have an idea for a new course in
mind. Thus, the process of proposing a new course begins with convincing your department and your institution that the course belongs. A recurring theme when we as ECPs were discussing our
experiences proposing new courses was that it’s a good idea to get buy-in from your department chair and, to the extent possible, your department as a whole, as early in the process as possible.
As you think about trying to turn that idea into a permanent course offering at your institution,
there are a few questions you should ask yourself. This is important because your chair and your institution will consider these questions in evaluating whether to approve your course proposal.
First, you must consider how this course would fit with the major. How does the topic fit with the goals or focus of the department? The institution? We’ll discuss with an example. When I–Daniel Storage speaking here–proposed my first new course, Psychology of Diversity, I noted that
inclusive excellence and diversity are goals and visions that are shared by both the University of Denver as a whole and the Department of Psychology more specifically. This made it easy to
defend how the course “fits.”
Second, you’ll need to think about how much overlap there would be between your new course
and the courses already offered in the department as well as in any cognate disciplines that your students might have access to. Essentially, you need to determine if your course would be redundant with the courses already being offered at your institution. When proposing my
Psychology of Diversity course, for example, I was initially concerned as to whether there would be too much overlap with the content being taught in Social Psychology, which was already being
offered in my department. I reached out to other faculty members in my department for syllabi to compare to and determined that only about 10% of the course content would overlap, which was acceptable. If you’re unsure where to start here, we recommend taking a few hours to scroll
through your institution’s course catalog to look for courses with similar-sounding titles and go from there.
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Once you have a rationale for why this course fits with departmental and institutional goals and have determined that there would be minimal overlap with pre-existing courses, take your idea to
your department chair. Once your department chair is on board, you will typically be directed to a form to officially propose your course. In addition to directly addressing the issues above, the
form will likely ask that you provide: a course title, a course description, the number of students the course would include, the type of students that would be taking the course (e.g., undergraduates), a decision as to whether the course should be required for the major, and a
mock syllabus. The proposal often goes through several stages of review before finally reaching the registrar. Once you submit your proposal, though, you’re done!
If you’re hesitant to submit a proposal for a brand new course idea, many institutions have a “Special Topics” course designation which has its own course code but with topics and instructors that vary from term to term. If your institutionoffers this designation, it may be a great starting
point to “pilot” your new course before officially proposing it. This way, you’ll have a syllabus ready and will know more about what your course will look like before you start the proposal process.
One last thing to consider is that your department or institution may have opportunities to apply for internal funds set aside specifically for course development, especially if the course is being offered in a different format than what is most typical (e.g., online). This might allow you to devote
a summer developing a syllabus and course materials–while getting paid! If your institution has a center or an office devoted to teaching and learning, ask them about whether such funds exist!
Good luck with your new course!
Save the date: October 19th from 5-6pm! (The very last session of ACT)
The ECP committee is excited to announce a new speed-mentoring session at ACT! Keep your eye out for more details on this exciting new ECP networking and mentoring opportunity! There is no
extra cost, but pre-registration will be required. Many of us will stick around after the session so we can continue conversations over dinner and drinks!
Have more questions?
For our monthly column, we want to research and answer questions that mean the most to you.
If you have a question, chances are you are not the only one! Fill out this simple form https://goo.gl/forms/LiPmPmgyq2VNyKGy1 and your question may be featured in an upcoming column.
For regular updates on ECP activities:
Follow us on Twitter (@STP_ECP)
and Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/ECPfacebook)
Email us at: [email protected]
Visit our STP website: http://teachpsych.org/ecp
Your ECP Committee: Julie Lazzara, M.C. Karenna Malavanti, Ph.D. Molly Metz, Ph.D. Janet Peters, Ph.D. Daniel Storage, Ph.D.
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RESOURCES
This is How I Teach Blog
Rosemarie Joy Alonzo-Schulte (University of Roehampton
London–Online & University of the People–Online) and Rory Pfund
(The University of Memphis) are the most recent contributors to
the “This is How I Teach” blog. Read their and others’ approaches
to teaching psychology at https://teachpsych.org/page-1703896.
Would you like to contribute to the blog? Contact
STP Mentoring Program
STP offers a Professional Development Mentoring Program. The purpose of the program is to help new
teachers transition into the new role of professional educator. The program is designed to run from
August through May. We are asking for a commitment of at least one contact a month. Contact could be
by email, phone, or video conference. Dyads are certainly welcome to connect more often, as schedules and
the need demands. We try to match everyone who applies but that will depend on the number of applicants.
Participants must be members of STP. STP encourages applications from colleagues who are from
underrepresented groups and have diverse backgrounds and experiences. The applications for the
Mentoring Program will be available until June 15.
For more information about the program go to https://teachpsych.org/admin/website/?pageId=1603031.
To facilitate matching mentors and mentees, please complete the questionnaire on the Mentoring site at:
Mentor Application: https://forms.gle/7LXY2ixUB1BUWqfo8
Mentee Application: https://forms.gle/9UoHKDagZ23KkioN8
APA Resource on Preparing Citizen Psychologists
APA has published an online resource: Preparing the Next Generation of Citizen
Psychologists: Competencies and Learning Outcomes Across Levels of
Education and Training. This resource emerged from an APA Citizen Psychologist
Presidential Work Group during Jessica Henderson Daniel’s term as APA President. The
resource contains learning modules for all levels of education and training: high school,
undergraduate, graduate, internship, postdoctoral, and continuing education.
Visit: https://www.apa.org/about/governance/citizen-psychologist/curriculum.pdf.
PTACC Listserv Transitioning to CABEducators Listserv
About four years ago, the APA Committee on Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
expanded to include four-year educators and became APA’s Committee on Associate and Baccalaureate
Education (CABE). CABE is working hard to further undergraduate education initiatives at APA. Because of
this change, the PTATCC listserv is transitioning to become the CABEducators listserv. Nothing much will
really change and we anticipate an even more robust group.
If you are already subscribed to the PT@CC listserv, APA will take care of transitioning you to the new
listserv; if you would prefer not to be a part of the new listserv, please contact Martha Boenau at
[email protected]. If you would like to subscribe to CABEducators, you can do so at this link.
Note: STP maintains its own listservs: Diversity-Teach, PsychTeacher, DIV2ECP, and DIV2GSTA. For more
information on these listservs and to subscribe to any of them, visit this link.
UNH Online Summer Courses on College Teaching
This summer, the University of New Hampshire Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and
Learning, in collaboration with the Graduate School, will offer six online asynchronous 2-credit summer
courses on college teaching open to current graduate students and to faculty/staff. These courses are
offered through UNH’s Academic Programs in College Teaching (offered for 25 years). For information about
Summer 2019 course offerings, visit https://www.unh.edu/cetl/summer-2019-college-teaching-program-
course-offerings.
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DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Webinar on Non-Binary Graduate Students
APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) and APA Division 44 (Society for Psychology of
Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity), will host a panel on May 20, 2019, from 12 pm to 1 pm EDT
of five graduate students who identify as non-binary, which is an umbrella term to describe those who do
not exclusively identify as male or female. To register, visit this link.
SPSSI 2019 Summer Conference
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; APA Division 9) will hold its Summer
Conference, Fighting injustice: The Power of Research, Policy, and Activism in Challenging Times, June
21-23, 2019 in San Diego, CA. For more information, visit this link.
ESPLAT 2019
The ESPLAT (European Society for Psychology Learning and Teaching) will be held September 25-27,
2019 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Anyone interested in attending the conference can find more information
on the conference website at: https://www.esplat2019.org/
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Apply for the 2019 SoTL Workshop
May 31 is the last day to submit your application!
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology announces the 9th annual STP
SoTL Workshop. SoTL is defined as methodologically rigorous scholarly work
conducted to enhance teaching and advance learning, ideally resulting in
peer-reviewed products made public. We invite applications from faculty and
graduate students who would like to accomplish developing and/or writing a
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project.
The workshop will allow small groups of faculty/graduate student members to receive guidance on SoTL
research from an experienced mentor and consult with both statistical and publication experts. Each
participant will be placed with a mentor and a team of 3-4 peers. The mentor will support participants
through the research process, which may include discussing ideas or analyzing, outlining, and writing a final
product. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the research on teaching and learning. Participants gain support
in how to design a study, analyze learning data, and/or writing a complete manuscript.
This workshop will be held at the same time and place as the STP Annual Teaching Conference (ACT) in
October 17-19, 2019, in Denver, CO. The cost of the SoTL workshop is $180 and includes all meals AND
keynote sessions of the concurrent ACT Conference.
Mentors work with their teams starting in Summer, 2019 (by email/phone) to prepare for the workshop as
well as Friday morning and Saturday afternoon of the workshop (from 8:30am Friday to 2:00pm Saturday).
If you are interested in being considered for the 2019 SoTL Workshop, please see the STP SoTL Workshop
webpage to apply or contact Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges at [email protected] for more information.
Grants/Awards from APA and Other Divisions/Groups
Mary Whiton Calkins Grant
The APF/Society for General Psychology Mary Whiton Calkins grant encourages research that fits into the
broad category of general psychology. Visit https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/calkins-grant. Applications
are due May 31, 2019.
Fall 2019 Student Internships, U. S. Department of Energy
The U. S. Department of Energy seeks applications from students for two Fall 2019 internship opportunities:
Community College Internships and Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships. The deadline for
each program is May 29, 2019. For more information, visit https://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/.
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CONFERENCES/INSTITUTES/WORKSHOPS
STP-Sponsored Events
Psych One Conference: Initial Schedule
By Bridgette Hard, Conference Coordinator
The initial schedule for the Psychology One Conference,
sponsored by STP, is now available at the following link:
http://www.psychoneconference.org/conference-schedule.html. There may still be some changes as we
work to finalize a few details with our presenters. We will be adding detailed descriptions for all of the
presentations, as well as a list of roundtable discussion topics in the weeks to come.
The conference will be June 27-28 at Duke University. We are expecting to have a great group this year! It
is definitely not too late to register (by May 31) and even to submit ideas for roundtable discussion topics.
STP members receive a discounted registration fee of only $135, which covers materials and meals for the
full day and a half. AP Psych teachers are also welcome!
We hope to see you at Duke University this June. Visit www.psychoneconference.org to register.
Other Events
APA Pre-Convention Workshop for High School Teachers
The APA Education Directorate is pleased to announce a pre-convention workshop for high school psychology
teachers, held August 7, 2019 in Chicago, IL with support from the American Psychological Foundation. All
interested high school psychology teachers are invited to apply to attend; the workshop will be open to 50
teachers. The registration fee is $40 for any APA teacher affiliate (TOPSS member) or APA member, and
$50 for all others. This fee includes breakfast, lunch and workshop materials. The registration deadline
is July 1, 2017. Visit https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/pre-convention-workshop.
AusPLAT
The 2019 Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching (AusPLAT) Conference will occur
September 13-15, 2019 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For more information on this
conference and other news about AusPLAT, visit https://www.facebook.com/Ausplat. You
can find information about the conference under Events.
APA’s Technology, Mind & Society Conference
The Technology, Mind and Society conference will occur Oct. 3-5, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Scientists,
practitioners, policymakers, industry leaders, and students from around the world are invited to participate.
Visit https://tms.apa.org/ for updates on the call for proposals, registration, featured speakers, and more.
MATOP: Call for Proposals
The Prince George’s Community College Department of Psychology is sponsoring the 21st Annual Mid-
Atlantic Teachers of Psychology (MATOP) conference on the teaching of psychology on Friday October 4,
2019 at PGCC outside of Washington DC. This year's conference will focus on “The Contexts of Psychology:
Our History Informs Our Future" and the keynote speaker is Dr. Bernard Beins, Ithaca College, a past STP
President. The deadline for submitting individual proposals is May 30, 2019. For information on
submitting, go to: http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley/
NECTOP: Call for Proposals
We invite you to submit proposals to the 2019 Northeast Conference for Teachers of
Psychology (NECTOP) on November 8, 2019 at Southern New Hampshire University,
Manchester, NH. Priority will be given to Posters and Participant Idea Exchanges
submitted before July 1, 2018. NECTOP will continue to receive and review posters
submitted through October 1, 2018. Visit the NECTOP portal (http://nepsychological.org/)
for information and to submit proposals. Contact Elizabeth Harwood, [email protected].
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Calendar of Upcoming Conferences
APS-STP Teaching Institute May 22-23, 2019, Washington, DC https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/annual/teachinginstitute
Eastern Teaching of Psychology Conference June 20-21, 2019, Staunton, VA http://psyc.jmu.edu/etop/
SPSSI Summer Conference June 21-23, 2019, San Diego, CA https://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=480
Psychology One Conference June 27-28, 2019, Durham, NC http://www.psychoneconference.org/
AusPLAT Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference September 13-15, 2019, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
https://www.facebook.com/Ausplat
European Society for Psychology Learning and Teaching September 25-27, 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands https://esplat2019.org
Mid-Atlantic Teaching of Psychology Conference October 4, 2019, Largo, MD http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley/ Deadline for proposals: May 30, 2019
Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology November 8, 2019, Manchester, NH http://nepsychological.org/
Proposal deadlines: Jul 1, Oct 1, 2019
Regional Psychology Conferences
New England Psychological Association (NEPA) November 8-9, 2019, Hooksett, NH https://www.newenglandpsychological.org
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) March 12-14, 2020, Boston, MA (Proposal deadlines: Jul 1 & Oct 1) https://www.easternpsychological.org
Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) April 1-4, 2020, New Orleans, LA (Proposal deadline TBA) http://www.sepaonline.com
Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA)
April 3-5, 2020, Frisco, TX (Proposal deadline TBA)
http://www.swpsych.org/
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA) April 16-18, 2020, Denver, CO (Proposal deadline TBA) http://www.rockymountainpsych.com/
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)
April 23-25, 2020: Chicago, IL (Proposal deadline TBA)
http://midwesternpsych.org/
Western Psychological Association (WPA) April 30-May 3, 2020, San Francisco, CA (Proposal deadline TBA) http://westernpsych.org/
We have had an eventful April, full of
strong regional conference
programming all over the country.
Below are the upcoming conference
dates and websites for all regional
conferences. STP has great programing
at each one and we encourage you to
attend, or better yet, present!
If you have questions about STP
regional conference programming,
email Garth Neufeld, Director of
Regional Conference Programming:
Visit www.teachpsych.org/page-
1862920 for additional information.
Please send announcements for
upcoming conferences to [email protected].
