Southeastern Region TOPSS Speakers Bureau
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
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?* |
| Stephen Chew | (205) 726-2562 | Samford University
| Cognitive basis of effective teaching and learning; memory; applied cognition | Yes |
| Sandy Graham | (813) 481-9127 | Tampa, Fla. | Sport and performance psychology,pPerformance improvement and mental skills training, with a focus on golf | Yes |
| Stephanie Mihalas | Graduate Student
| Relational aggression, psychopathology in adolescent populations, and neurodevelopmental challenges in early childhood. Emotional and behavioral disorders in early childhood | ||
| Donald Myers | (386) 304-7207 | Forensic psychologist
| Forensic psychology | |
| Gwen Quinn | (813) 745-1359 | Moffitt Cancer Center
| Health communication and oncology, quality of life assessment | Yes |
| Harold Shinitzky | (727) 560-2697 | Johns Hopkins University; Psychologist
| Subspecialties; sports psychology, child and families, prevention (dropout/substance abuse) | Prefers in person |
| James Collins | (478) 934-3063 | Middle Georgia College
| Scientific psychology, general/intro psych,development, brain and behavior, psychopharmacology, student success/advising | |
| Chuck Kraemer | (706) 880-8284 | LaGrange College
| Memory, research methods | |
| Janie Wilson | (912) 681-5580 | Georgia Southern University
| Physiology, stats, methods, ego depletion | Maybe |
| Nathalie Cote | (704) 461-6754 | Belmont Abbey College
| Cognitive psych, expert reading, research ethics, adjusting to college, AP psychology, choosing a college and a major, career advising, applying the scientific method to human behavior, and statistics. | Yes, but prefers in person |
| Todd Zakrajsek | (919) 636-8170 | UNC Chapel Hill
| Learning, memory, teaching techniques | Yes |