TOPSS Invited Addresses

All high school psychology teachers are encouraged to attend the annual APA convention in Honolulu, July 31-Aug. 4, 2013. All sessions listed below will be held in the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

In addition, a TOPSS reception is being planned for Friday, Aug. 2, at a location to be determined. Please check back in May for more information.

2013 TOPSS Invited Addresses

• The Lee Gurel Lecture: Teaching Disability as a Diversity Variable in the Classroom
  Friday, Aug. 2, 10:00-10:50 a.m., Convention Center Room 328
  Julie Williams, PsyD, Wright State University; Erin E. Andrews, PsyD, ABPP, Central Texas VA Health Care System; and Linda Mona, PhD, VA Long Beach Healthcare System.
  Chair: Jann Longman, Liberty High School, Renton, Wash. (retired)

• Semper Gumby: Survival in the Ever Flexible Military Family
  Friday, Aug. 2, 11:00-11:50 a.m., Convention Center Room 319B
  Matthew Clark, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) 
  Chair: Katie Clark, MA, West Point, N.Y.

• TOPSS/Psi Beta Teaching and Learning Excellence Symposium — Part II:
  Saturday, Aug. 3, 12:00-12:50 p.m., Convention Center Room 321A
  Kris Leppien-Christensen, Saddleback College ("Psi Beta's version of the Heroic Imagination Project"); Jann Longman, Liberty High School (retired) ("How TOPSS is Participating in the Heroic Imagination Project"); Clint Wilkins and Bryan Dickerson, Heroic Imagination Project ("Nuts and bolts of Having Your Students Participate in the Heroic Imagination Project")
  Chair: Katie Clark, MA, West Point, N.Y.

• Psychologists as Change Agents: Challenges of Leadership, Ambiguity and Uncertainty
  Saturday, Aug. 3, 1:00-1:50 p.m., Convention Center Room 317B
  Sandra L. Shullman, PhD, Executive Development Group
  Chair: Jann Longman, MA, Liberty High School, Renton, Wash. (retired)