Plains Region TOPSS Speakers Bureau
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
These faculty and other professionals have volunteered to work collaboratively with local teachers via the TOPSS Speaker Bureau. APA does not necessarily endorse or validate these speakers or the content of their talks. The speakers do not necessarily represent the views of APA.
| Name | Phone | Location | Specialty | Willing to Skype into a high school classroom?* |
| Helen Harton | (319) 273-2235 | University of Northern Iowa
| Social psychologist; prejudice, attraction, and social influence/attitude change | Yes |
| Patricia Costello | (651) 253-9979 | Walden University
| Neuroscience, cognitive psychology | |
| Sarah Sifers | (507) 389-5755 | Minnesota State University, Mankato
| Clinical child psychology; experience in various clinical settings ranging from private practice to schools to a psychiatric hospital | Yes |
| Mike Tikkanen | (952) 542-9318 | Court appointed child advocate
| Mental health, topic of abused and neglected children and American institutions.
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| Andrew Johnson | (816) 584-6722 | Park University
| Cognitive psychology, research methods, critical thinking | Yes |
| David Jones | (573) 592-5288 | Westminster College
| Social psychology | Yes, please provide instructions |
| Erin Haugen | (701) 780-6821 | University of North Dakota
| Licensed psychologist at Assessment & Therapy Associates of Grand Forks; Clinical psychology with adults and adolescents with a particular focus on relationships and empowerment of girls and women; sport psychology. | Yes |
| Bill Wozniak | (308) 865-8235 | University of Nebraska at Kearney
| Cognitive psychology, sensation and perception (illusions, distractions, and noise), evidence for the paranormal: why people believe. | Yes |
| Brad Caskey | (715) 425-3306 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls
| Life-span human development, exceptional children, gender & sexual orientation issues | Yes |
| Regan A.R. Gurung | (920) 465-5679 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
| Health, Social | Yes |
| Daniel McCollum | (715) 389-6537 | University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood City
| Memory/social psychology | Yes, for short lectures (10-15 min. and Q&A session) |
| Stacey Sadowski | (920) 683-3220 | Riverhill Psychological Associates
| Clinical psychologist, specializes in working with children and adolescents | Yes |