CALENDAR

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MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

7: "First annual spring continuing education conference on ethics," Monroeville, Pa., is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and presented by Allan Tepper, JD, PsyD, and Samual Knapp, EdD. Contact: Marti Evans, (717) 232-3817.

11­12: "Socioeconomic status and health in industrial nations: social, psychological and biological pathways," Bethesda, Md., is sponsored by the New York Academy of Science (NYAS) and the National Institutes of Health. The conference will address topics including social ordering and health outcomes, and developmental influences across a life span. Contact: NYAS, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021, (212) 838-0230, ext. 324, fax: (212) 838-5640, web site: www.nyas.org.

13­14: "Risky business: managing employee violence in the workplace," Mt. Gretna, Pa., is co-sponsored by Philhaven and Life Counseling Services, Paoli, Pa. Contact: Philhaven Community Education, P.O. Box 550, Mt. Gretna, PA 17064, (800) 308-6030, e-mail: mk1@philhaven.com.

21­22: "Applied personality psychology: the intersection of personality and I/O psychology," Tulsa, Okla., APA and the University of Tulsa are co-sponsoring this event to bring together researchers from the fields of personality and I/O psychology. This conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Abby Hallford, University of Tulsa, 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, (918) 631-2248, e-mail: abby-hallford@utulsa.edu. June

1­4: "New developments for the next millennium: measuring what counts and making it count," Washington, D.C., is co-sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Services and the Health Statistics Improvement Program. Contact: Denise King, (301) 429-2300.

3­6: "Embracing an inclusive society: the challenge for the new millennium," Washington, D.C., is sponsored by the National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI). Contact: NMCI, (202) 483-0700, e-mail: nmci@nmci.org, web site: www.nmci.org.

3­6: 11th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Denver, Colo. Contact: William L. Palya, Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265, (256) 782-5641, fax: (256) 782-5680, e-mail: palya@sebac.jsu.edu.

4­6: The third international scientific symposium on Tourette Syndrome, Bayside, N.Y., is sponsored by the Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) with support from the National Institutes of Health. Contact: TSA, (718) 224-2999, e-mail: tourette@ix.netcom.com.

11­12: "Festschrift for Robert G. Crowder," New Haven, Conn., will honor Crowder, professor of psychology at Yale University, who has had an enormous impact on the field of memory research. The conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Ian Neath, e-mail: neath@psych.purdue.edu, web site: www.psych.purdue. edu/~neath/crowder.

11­12: "Festschrift Conference in honor of Herschel W. Liebowitz, PhD," University Park, Pa., will celebrate the career of Liebowitz, who has taken a unique "symbiotic" approach to theoretical and applied research in psychology. The conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Jeffrey Andre, PhD, Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, e-mail: jandre@ttu.edu, web site: www.ttu.edu/~psy/faculty/Andre/Index.html. July

5­9: Ninth annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: Kerry Jang, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A1, (604) 822-7895, fax: (604) 822-7756, e-mail: kjang@unixg.ubc.ca.

6­10: The 23rd annual update in neuroscience, Virginia Beach, Va., is sponsored by the Virginia Psychiatry Group (VPG). Contact: VPG, Attn: Pat Harmon, P.O. Box 13154, Richmond, VA 23225, (804) 744-4437 or (804) 282-7770, fax: (804) 744-7441, e-mail:padick@worldnet.att.net.

12­14: 20th international conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Cracow, Poland. Contact: Tytus Sosnowski, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, ul. Stawski 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland, (48 22) 831 11 65, fax: (48 22) 635 79 91, e-mail: star99@sci.psych.uw.edu.pl, web site: www.psych.uw.edu.pl/STAR99.

18­21: "Global century/local century: conflict, communication, civility," Amsterdam, Netherlands, is the theme of the 22nd annual scientific meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology. Contact: Sam McFarland, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42103, (502) 745-4408, e-mail: sam.mcfarland@wku.edu, web site: ispp.org.

18­23: International African Congress, Durban, South Africa. Contact: 2712 807 1740, fax: 2712 807 1776, e-mail:psyssa@cis.co.za.

26­28: "Integrating theory construction with data analysis," Bern, Switzerland, is the seventh international meeting of the Facet Theory Conference. Contact: Facet Conference, c/o Institut fur Soziolagie, Unitobler, Lerchenweg 36, CH 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland, fax: 41 31 6314817, e-mail: ruth.meyer-schweizer@soz.unibe.ch.

29­Aug. 1: 32nd annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Santa Cruz, Calif., is sponsored by University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Contact: Michael J. Wenger, Department of Psychology, Social Sciences 2, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (831) 459-5679, e-mail: mjwenger@cats.ucsc.edu, web site: psych.ucsc.edu/mjwenger/mp99. August

12­15: International conference on immigrants and immigration, Toronto, Canada, is sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues­SPSSI. Contact: Victoria Esses, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2, (519) 679-2111, ext. 4650, e-mail: vesses@julian.uwo.ca.

20­24: 107th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Boston, Mass. Contact: APA Convention Office, (202) 336-6020, 750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, web site: www.apa.org.

26­29: "Imagination and the adapted mind: the prehistory and future of poetry, fiction and related arts," University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), will explore the nature and functions of the imagination from a cross-disciplinary perspective. It is sponsored in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Paul Hernandi, Dept. of English, (805) 893-3441, e-mail:Hernandip@humanitas.ucsb.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists requests proposals dealing with your experiences or those of your clients relating to courage for a special issue entitled "Moments of Courage." Topics may include recounts of courage by the therapist, client/patient, or in life before, during or after therapy. The deadline for submissions is May 15. To submit an article, send four copies to the editor according to the instructions in "Guidelines for Authors," which may be obtained by sending your request with an SASE to Monique Salvin, PhD, Editor, 705 11th St., Wilmette, IL 60091.

Infancy: Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies will become official in the year 2000. The journal is devoted to reporting a wide variety of research and theory related to infant development. Contact: Leslie B. Cohen, Children's Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, 3001 Lake Austin Blvd., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78703, e-mail: infancy@psy.texas.edu.

The 39th annual meeting for psychophysiological research, to be held October 6­10, is currently looking for submissions of papers covering methods and results, although contributions with a theoretical or methodological emphasis are welcome. The deadline for submissions is April 30. Please submit papers to e-mail: spr99@psych.helsinki.fi or mail a diskette and paper to Kimmo Alho, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 13, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.

The American College of Counselors (ACC) requests proposals for papers, panel presentations and poster sessions for its 1999 symposium on Alderian psychology to be held Oct. 21­24 in Chicago. The deadline for submissions is April 30. Contact: Robert Hotes, PhD, ACC, 824 S. Park Ave., Springfield, IL 62704, (217) 698-7668, e-mail: rhotes@aol.com.

Gender Issues, a quarterly journal published by Transaction is looking for submissions dedicated to basic and applied research on the relationships between men and women. Topics include similarities and differences in socialization, personality and behavior, and changing the aspirations, roles, and status of women in industrial and urban societies and developing nations. To submit articles for consideration, send three copies of each manuscript, with title page and abstract, to: Rita J. Simon, Editor, Gender Issues, American University, School of Public Affairs, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20016-8043, (202) 885-2965, fax: (202) 885-2907.

The Association for Moral Education invites proposals for its 1999 conference, to be held November 18­20 in Minneapolis. Topics for this year's conference include media ethics, professional ethics, speech acts (e.g., hate speech, freedom of speech), integrating the advances in moral philosophy with the advances in moral psychology and assessing moral development across the educational continuum. Proposals must be received by May 1. Contact: Darcia Narvaez, PhD, Program Chair, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, 178 Pillsbury Drive, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, web site: 134.84.183.101/ame/.

West Virginia University (WVU) invites the submission of abstracts for individual papers and whole sessions to be presented at the 24th colloquium on literature and film, entitled "Language into light: the written word becomes cinema," to be held Sept. 16­18. Abstracts must be received by May 15. Contact: Armand E. Singer, Colloquium Director, Department of Foreign Languages, WVU, Box 6298, Morgantown, WV 26506-6298.

FYI

Joni Johnston, PsyD, is seeking stories for a new book entitled "Lessons from the Other Side of the Couch," to be published early next year by Haworth Press. The book will consist of anecdotes from psychologists who have learned a vital lesson from a client. Johnston hopes this book will rejuvenate interest in the mental health profession, and send the message that mental health professionals will always place the welfare of clients first. For submission guidelines and sample stories, please visit Johnston's web site at Lessons.k22.com. All proceeds from the book will be donated to the National Mental Health Association and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. The deadline for entries is Sept. 1. Contact: Joni Johnston, 1940 Seaview Ave., Del Mar, CA 92014, (619) 481-8625, fax: (619) 481-8635, e-mail: jjohns8780@aol.com.

The International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) is gathering documents, photographs and other forms of information regarding the history of IUPsyS, its international congresses and other activities for archival purposes. Such information may be used for an upcoming book, which will document the history of IUPsyS. The book is scheduled for release in the year 2000 to celebrate the IUPsyS's 50th anniversary. The postage for bulk packages can be reimbursed. Contact: David Belanger, Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, P.O. Box 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7, fax: (514) 486-5154, e-mail: claude@aei.ca.

--Compiled by Lahne Mattas-Curry



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