Board of Scientific Affairs Programming

All sessions will be held in the Washington Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

Friday, August 4, 2000

9:00 - 4:50 p.m.

1062     Workshop: The Academic Career: A Beginner's Manual;   Renaissance Washington Hotel, Auditorium

This workshop is intended for individuals who are about to enter or who are in the early stages of careers as academic psychologists. It was organized in recognition of the fact that psychologists seeking an academic career generally confront a range of professional issues that are unique to the academic environment. This workshop is jointly sponsored by the Board of Scientific Affairs and the Board of Educational Affairs.

The academic job market is distinct in its practices. Once hired, new faculty members must learn to manage their multiple responsibilities, learn to teach at the undergraduate or graduate levels while they build their research programs, seek funding from internal and external sources, develop working relationships with colleagues and with the graduate students with whom they collaborate, and work toward the key task of achieving tenure.

For a list of speakers, topics, and other session information, please visit the web page for The Academic Career--A Beginner's Manual: http://www.apa.org/science/academic.html.

10:00 - 11:50 a.m.

1108     Symposium: Wellness in the Workplace: Training Future Occupational Health Psychologists; Meeting Room 12

• Co-Chairs: Michael J. Colligan and Heather R. Fox
  
• Participant: Steven L. Sauter, Emerging Field of Occupational Health Psychology
• Participant: Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr., OHP Research and Applications: Past, Present, and Future Directions
• Participants: Carlla S. Smith and William H. O'Brien, Occupational Health Psychology at Bowling Green State University
• Participant: James A. McCubbin, Development of an Occupational Health Psychology at Clemson University
• Participants: Leon H. Rappoport and Clive J.A. Fullagar, Kansas State University's Occupational Health Psychology Program
• Participants: Michael J. Burke and Sue Ann Sarpy, Occupational Health Psychology: Course Development and Implementation at Tulane University
• Discussants: Julian Barling and Charles D. Spielberger
  

2:00 - 2:50 p.m.

1235     Invited Address;   Meeting Room 33

• Chair: Gordon Bower
  
• Participant: Steven E. Hyman, What We CAN Do About Youth Violence: A Research Perspective

5:00 - 5:50 p.m.

1309     Focus on Science Social Hour;   Renaissance Washington Hotel, Renaissance Ballroom

Saturday, August 5, 2000

8:00 - 8:50 a.m.

2028     Conversation Hour: Maximize Your Chances of Receiving Federal Research Grants;   Meeting Room 15

• Chair: Janet Bester-Meredith
  
• Participants: Robert T. Croyle and Steven J. Breckler
  

11:00 - 11:50 a.m.

2154     Focus on Science Plenary Session;   Meeting Room 40

• Chair: Barbara L. Andersen
  
• Participant: Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD (Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute), Medical and Societal Consequences of the Human Genome Project
  

2272     Conversation Hour: Psychology Goes Public: Disseminating Science and Influencing Public Policy;   Meeting Rooms 10-11

• Chair: Bethany Teachman, APA Science Student Council
  
• Participants: Linda Billings, David M. Stonner, and Brian L. Wilcox
• Discussant: Derek Snyder, APA Science Student Council
  

8:00 - 8:50 a.m.

3031     Discussion: A Discussion of Non-Academic Careers in the Psychological Sciences;   Meeting Rooms 23-24

• Co-Chair: Jennifer D. Kaufman, APA Science Student Council
  
• Co-Chair: Marc W. Patry, APA Science Student Council
  
• Participants: William J. Strickland (Human Resources Research Organization), Douglas Quartetti (Human Resources Research Organization), Marisa Pynchon (United States Secret Service), and Kathie Olsen (NASA)
  

11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.

3161     Symposium: Contributions of Psychological Testing: Past, Present, and Future;   Meeting Room 6

• Chair: Lara A. Frumkin
  
• Participant: Charles D. Spielberger, Psychological Testing and Assessment: Evolution and Current Status
  
• Participant: Jack A. Naglieri, Intelligence Testing in Educational Settings
  
• Participant: Gregory J. Meyer, Psychological Testing in Health Care and Therapeutic Settings
  
• Participant: William J. Strickland, Military/Industrial Testings Systems: Where Do We Go From Here?
  
• Participant: Susan E. Embretson, The Role of Cognitive Psychology in Developing Psychological Tests
  
• Discussant: Susana Urbina
  

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