Volume 40, No. 7 July/August 2009
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Monitor on Psychology Volume 40, No. 7 July/August 2009 |
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APA news Test APA's new Web site APA is conducting the final testing of its new Web site at the Annual Convention in Toronto, Aug. 6–9. Visit the exhibit hall to test drive the robust new search engine, improved site navigation, the enhanced MyAPA area and the improved customer support center.
Sign up for CE at convention APA's Annual Convention will offer five preconvention workshops and 63 convention workshops. For a complete list and enrollment information, visit www.apa.org/ce.
Students: Tap these opportunities at convention • APAGS will host a preconvention workshop on internships on Aug. 5 before APA's Annual Convention in Toronto. The workshop will offer tips on finding a psychology internship and guidance on the application and Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers Match process. Registration is $25 for APAGS members and $30 for nonmembers before July 10. You can also register on-site for $30 (members) and $35 (non-members). To register, visit www.apa.org/convention09/program/apags-workshop.html. • APAGS seeks applications for members of the following subcommittees: Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs and APAGS Convention Committee. To apply, visit www.apa.org/apags/getinv/subcom.html. The application deadline is Sept. 1. • APAGS will offer 35 hours of student-specific programming at APA's convention through two program tracks: The Publishing Track offers programs for students interested in getting involved in the APA publishing pipeline, and the Structural Equation Modeling Track is for students who want to build their knowledge of this widely used statistical method. Read more at www.apa.org/apags/convention.html.
Register for the 2009 Work, Stress and Health Conference Registration is open for the 2009 Work, Stress and Health Conference, "Global Concerns and Approaches," set for Nov. 5–8 in San Juan, P.R. For registration and hotel reservation information, go to www.apa.org/pi/work/wsh.html.
Serve on APA's Committee on Human Research APA's Board of Scientific Affairs seeks nominations for a new APA continuing committee: the Committee on Human Research, a seven-member group charged with facilitating research with human participants that complies with prevailing ethical principles and governmental regulations, and with examining how these principles and regulations are developed and implemented. The committee's purview encompasses such topics as confidentiality, decisional capacity, diversity of research populations, research dissemination, cross-disciplinary standards, international collaborations, and resource and data sharing. The new committee will also engage in educational and advocacy efforts in the realm of human research protections. The committee's membership will include psychological expertise across a range of research topics and approaches. All committee members should be currently or recently engaged in research with human participants and have served on an institutional review board or similar body. For information on how to nominate yourself or others, visit www.apa.org/science.
Do you have international experience to share? APA's Committee on International Relations is seeking nominations for a roster of psychologists with international experience to speak at the United Nations and advise on international collaboration and exchange. Send nominations to APA's Office of International Affairs with the title "ROMEO" and your name, contact information (including address, e-mail and phone), areas of substantive expertise, geographical areas you are knowledgeable of, 10 publications and a curriculum vitae. For more information, contact Merry Bullock, PhD, via e-mail.
Serve on the CE committee The Continuing Education Committee seeks nominations for five new members to begin three-year terms on Jan. 1. Members are required to attend two committee meetings each year in the Washington, D.C., area with expenses reimbursed by APA. The committee is specifically looking for individuals with knowledge of or background in LGBT issues, independent practice, psychodynamic psychotherapy, forensic psychology and scientific research methods including measurement and evaluation. Early career psychologists are also encouraged to submit nominations. The committee is committed to maintaining a diverse and broad representation from all groups and areas of psychology, and is in particular seeking individuals representing the following: women, minorities and geographical diversity. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 31. Nominations including the nominee's curriculum vitae and a letter stating the individual's interest in serving should be submitted to Arlette Tongue via e-mail.
Students: Apply for a trip to the APA council meeting The Assembly of Scientist/Practitioner Psychologists, a caucus of APA's Council of Representatives, is providing an expenses-paid trip (up to $1,000) for a doctoral student to the February council meeting in Washington, D.C. This is your chance to become familiar with the APA's governance structure. To apply, send a curriculum vitae, a 100-word personal statement and a recommendation from your adviser to Linda Sobell, PhD, via e-mail. The deadline is July 15.
APA's Annual Convention goes green APA plans to turn the Annual Convention green: • In conjunction with Pearson—a leader in psychological and educational assessment, providing instruments for clinicians and educators—APA will use Bullfrog Power to match electricity the convention uses in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with 100 percent carbon-free electricity. This clean, renewable power will then be injected back into the Ontario grid on behalf of APA. • All APA shuttle buses in Toronto will use lower-emission engines and run on ultra-low sulfur fuel. • The APA Insurance Trust will provide registrant bags made from natural cotton, rather than synthetic fibers. • The Metro Toronto Convention Centre recycles 77 percent of all its waste and uses water from Lake Ontario to cool the South Building, which also features a seven-acre green roof.
As of August, APA's Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs' biannual news journal the Communiqué will only be available online. Please access the online August edition at: www.apa.org/pi/oema/communique.html. If you would like to be contacted when it becomes available, send your name and e-mail to: Ethnic Minority Affairs
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