The following are highlights for the seven upcoming regional psychological association meetings in 1998. All speakers have PhDs.

Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Feb. 27?March 1, Boston.

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Thomas Carew, ?Multiple memory phases in Aplysia.?

For more information contact Gary Brosvic, Department of Psychology, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, (609) 895-5437.

Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), March 25?29, Mobile, Ala.

Presidential address: Nathan W. Perry, ?The science and application of psychology: evolution or revolution.?

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Michael Turvey, ?Dynamical themes in perception and action.?

G. Stanley Hall Lecturer: David Matsumoto.

Invited addresses: Norman Abeles, ?Psychology and aging?; Norine Johnson, ?Applications of feminist psychology for practice and training?; Margaret W. Matlin, ?Bimbos and rambos: the cognitive basis of gender stereotypes?; Janet Matthews, ?Psychology and women?; Wilbert J. McKeachie, ?Fifty years of teaching and learning?; James L. Pate, ?History of psychology in the Southeast?; William B. Swann Jr., ?The elusive quest for self-esteem.?

For more information contact Frances Dunham, Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, 7000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514-5715, (850) 474-2070.

Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), April

9?11, New Orleans.

(Held jointly with the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology [SSPP].)

Presidential address: Vicki Green.

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Thomas Carew, ?Mechanistic relationships between development and learning in Aplysia.?

Invited speakers: Margaret Chesney, ?Unanswered challenges to behavioral medicine: broadening the agenda for the 21st century?; Robert Cialdini, the Saul B. Sells Lecture, ?Preference for consistency: a history, a measure and a surprise?; Robyn Dawes, ?The scientific practice of psychology: guided by a few established scientific principles or a few good stories?; Ethal Tobach, ?Evolutionary psychology and the Human Genome Project.?

In addition, the 1998 meeting will provide a symposium on post-tenure review, chaired by J.C. Smith, a recruitment table for graduate programs, and a symposium on career opportunities for BA/BS graduates co-sponsored with Psi Chi.

SSPP presidential address: Ulrich Neisser.

SSPP invited presentations: Robert Sternberg and Roger Shepard.

For more information contact Randall D. Wight, Department of Psychology, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001, (501) 245-5107.

Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA), April 16?19, Albuquerque, N.M.

(Held jointly with the Western Psychological Association.)

Presidential address: Paul Bell, ?Recent developments in the genetics of Alzheimer?s Disease.?

Past president?s address: Henry Ellis, ?How do moods and emotions affect memory??

APA Dintinguished Scientist Lecturer: Robert A. Bjork, ?When forgetting enables learning: implications for theory and practice.?

RMPA Distinguished Lecture: Roger Ulrich.

Ellis-Battig Memory Symposium: Gil Einstein, Mike Masson, Randy Engel, Paula Hertel and Mark McDaniels (chair).

Psi Chi panel presentations: ?Getting into and succeeding in graduate school?; ?Preparing for the GRE?; ?Using humor as a coping device.?

Psi Chi distinguished lectures and conversation hours: Albert Bandura, Marc Abrahams and Robert Eisenberger.

Council for the Teaching of Undergraduate Psychology?sponsored sessions: Margaret Davidson, ?What high school teachers of psychology teach?; Margaret Davidson, Martha Ellis and Jane Holonen, ?Enriching psychology?s teaching-learning community: the psychology partnership project?; Rick Miller (chair),?Ethical responsibilities of faculty: student and faculty perspectives.?

Council of Undergraduate Psychology Programs and Council for the Teaching of Undergraduate Psychology co-sponsored symposium: Lyn Wickelgren (chair), Susan Bromley and Kevin Byrd, ?Teaching Interdisiciplinary courses.?

Invited speakers: Lynn Hasher, ?Inhibition, attention and memory?; Roger Fouts, ?Hairy chimpanzees, not-so-hairy chimpanzees and fuzzy logic?; Steven F. Davis, ?Academic dishonesty: current status, athletes and cheating, cross-cultural findings?; Israel Cuellar, ?Acculturation.?

For more information contact: Rick Miller, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska?Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, (308) 865-8235.

Western Psychological Assocation (WPA), April 16?19, Albuquerque, N.M.

(Held jointly with the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.)

Presidential address: Robert L. Solso.

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Robert A. Bjork, ?When forgetting enables learning: implications for theory and practice.?

G. Stanley Hall Address: Christina Maslach.

Invited speakers: Albert Bandura, Michael Posner, Robert Eisenberger, Richard Thompson, Larry Squire, Brewster Smith, Joseph Campos, Diane Halpern, Roger Fouts, Robert Zajonc, Bernard Weiner, James Blascovich, Philip Shaver, Henry Ellis, Thomas Bradbury, Jeff Greenberg, Steven Hayes, Jeffrey Greenberg, James Pennebaker, Alan Fogel, Randy Engle, Mark McDaniel, Roger Ulrich, Gilles Einstein, Adelbert Jenkins, Andrew Meltzoff, James Russell, Curt Burgess, Dale Berger, Harvey Wichman, Byron Reeves, Clifford Nass, Walter Stephan, Cookie Stephan, Craig Haney, Byron Reeves, Laurie Larwood, Eric Eich, John Gabrieli, Steven Hillyard, David Shapiro, Joseph Tomaka, Bert Uchino, Paula Hertel, Michael Masson, Lyn Hasher, Stephen Davis and Israel Cuellar.

The Lewis M. Terman Western Regional Teaching Conference, an all-day event that occurs on Wednesday, April 15, will feature presentations by Christina Maslach, Charles Brewer, Jane Halonen, David Levy, Carol Wade and Nancy Felipe Russo.

For more information write WPA, 5929 Westgate Blvd., Suite C, Tacoma, WA 98406, (253) 752-9838. Or visit WPA's World Wide Web page at http:// www.gryphon-communications.com/wpa/.

Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), April 30?May 2, Chicago.

Presidential address: Douglas L. Medin.

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecture: Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, ?Poor families, poor outcomes: income, education and parenting practices.?

Invited addresses: Renee Baillargeon, Carol S. Dweck, Nathan Fox, C.R. Gallistel and Claude Steele.

For more information contact Norbert L. Kerr, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 353-9755.

New England Psychological Association (NEPA), Oct. 23?24, Providence, R.I.

APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer: Robert Bjork, ?When forgetting enables learning: implications for theory and practice.?

Distinguished Contribution Award Address: Peter Merenda.

Science and Society Symposium: ?Scientific contributions to health policy: adding some color,? examining the applicability of health policies across multicultural groups, organized by John Stevenson and Shanette Harris.

Invited symposium: Kathleen Flannery, ?Teaching innovations,? which will focus on software for use in laboratory activities and other courses.

The call for papers, posters, symposia and working lunches will be mailed in mid-January with a March 31 deadline. For more information contact Theodore Bosack, Department of Psychology, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918, (401) 865-2612.

Michelle Craig is the education/exhibitions specialist for the Office of Science Education and Informal Learning in APA?s Science Directorate.