Psychology Makes a Significant Difference: Psychologists can make a difference in people's lives in many ways, by their practice interventions as well as by their innovative research. APA President Philip G. Zimbardo has selected colleagues and friends whose ideas are making an important impact and also included several non-psychologists in this presidential track who have vital stories and interesting perspectives to share with us to broaden our collective frame on the nature of human nature. Also, don't miss other special events and entertainment at the APA Convention, sponsored by the President's Office!

Thursday, August 22nd

Jonathan Haidt, PhD, University of Virginia and 
Laura King, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia
Thursday, August 22, 2:00-2:50pm
2001 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize Winners
Haidt: "Elevation, Awe, and the Positive Emotions of Transformation"
King: "All That Ends Well, Really Is Well"
Chair: Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Magazine
Thursday, August 22, 2:00-2:50pm
"The Quarterback Problem"
Chair: Lee Ross, PhD, Stanford University

Robert D. Putnam, PhD, Harvard University
Thursday, August 22, 3:00-3:50pm
"Civic Engagement and Social Capital, America After 9/11"
Chair: Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, Stanford University

Tiffany M. Field, PhD, University of Miami School of Medicine
Thursday, August 22, 4:00-4:50pm
"Power of Touch"
Chair: Regina Yando, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Martha Curtis, Concert violinist
Thursday, August 22, 5:00-5:50pm
"I Am, Therefore I Will: A Personal Story of Resiliency, Will, and Transformative Powers of Music"
Chair: Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, Stanford University

Saturday, August 24th

Thomas F. Pettigrew, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Saturday, August 24, 9:00-9:50am
"Intergroup Contact Theory: A Meta-Analytically Informed Reformulation"
Chair: James Jones, PhD, University of Delaware

Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Duke University
Saturday, August 24, 9:00-9:50am
"Using Developmental Science to Prevent Chronic Violence in Children and Adolescents: The Fast Track Study"
Chair: Ross Parke, PhD, University of California, Riverside

Christina Maslach, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Saturday, August 24, 10:00-10:50am
"Job Burnout: New Directions in Research and Intervention"
Chair: Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Acadia University

Claude M. Steele, PhD, Stanford University
Saturday, August 24, 11:00-11:50am
"Social Identity Threat in a Diverse Society"
Chair: Richard Nisbett, PhD, University of Michigan

Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, Stanford University
Saturday, August 24, 12:00-12:50pm
"Why and How Normal People Go Mad"
Chair: Lisa D. Butler, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine