Campaign to Transform the Future gets closer to its goal
Strong momentum continues for APF's Campaign to Transform the Future, with more than $5.5 million raised so far. Every new gift is helping APF create a better future through the power of psychology.
APF wants to make sure that no worthy proposal is unfunded. Generous donors to the Campaign to Transform the Future are working to ensure that support is available to deserving graduate students and early career psychologists now — and in the future.
Susan H. McDaniel contributes to the future
APA President-elect Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, has pledged $10,000 to APF's Campaign to Transform the Future to increase the amount APF can provide to future generations of psychologists.
APF is "a really great way to promote psychology," says McDaniel, who has been fascinated by human behavior since she was a child. Her interest in psychology crystallized for her in junior high when her school was desegregated and eventually led her to study stereotypes in college. First she earned an undergraduate degree in anthropology, and then a graduate degree in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Now, at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, McDaniel works in psychiatry and family medicine, promoting the role of psychological science in patient health care. She focuses especially on viewing families as support systems for patients, integrating behavioral health into primary care, teaching physicians about psychosocial medicine, and teaching therapists about including the physical aspects of a patient's experience.
In 2007, McDaniel won the prestigious APF Cummings PSYCHE Prize for successfully incorporating behavioral and physical health care. She says this award deepened her commitment to the work APF makes possible, particularly in the area of psychology's role in behavior and health.
For more information about supporting APF and the Campaign to Transform the Future, visit APF or call (202) 336-5843.
APF hosts top speakers at convention
APF is hosting a series of distinguished presentations and speakers during APA's 2015 Annual Convention in Toronto, Aug. 6–9. They include:
"Humans are Intent Detectors: Implications for Science and Society," the William Bevan Lecture for Psychology and Public Policy, by Susan Fiske, PhD, of Princeton University. Fiske investigates cognitive stereotypes and emotional prejudices, culturally, interpersonally and neuro-scientifically, with policy implications. Aug. 8, 2–2:50 p.m. (CE credit offered.)
"American Psychological Foundation Grants and Scholarships," an information session with APF Executive Director/Executive Vice President Elisabeth Straus and Program Officer Samantha Edington. Attendees will learn about the foundation's more than 40 funding opportunities. Aug. 7, 3–3:50 p.m.
The 2015 Spielberger EMPathy Symposium will feature three talks:
"Lessons Learned from Translating Affect Science Research and Theory to Schizophrenia," by Ann M. Kring, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley; "The Impact of Affect Depends on its Object," by Gerald Clore, PhD, of the University of Virginia; and "The Hierarchical Model of Achievement Motivation," by Andrew Eliot, PhD, of the University of Rochester. Aug. 7, 1–2:50 p.m. (CE credit offered.)
"Unifying Psychology in the Next Generation through Collaboration and Contextualization," the Arthur W. Staats Lecture on Unifying Psychology, by Judith Torney-Purta, PhD, professor in the department of human development and quantitative methodology and member of the faculty of the graduate school, University of Maryland at College Park. Aug. 7, 3–3:50 p.m.
The Lynn Stuart Weiss Lecture on the Psychological Study of Social Issues by Linda R. Tropp, PhD, professor of psychology and director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. An APA Fellow, she has worked on state and national initiatives to improve interracial relations in schools, and with nongovernmental organizations to evaluate programs designed to reduce racial and ethnic conflict. Aug. 8, 4–4:50 p.m.
"Teaching Statistics: What I Have Learned So Far," the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award Address, by Roger E. Kirk, PhD, of Baylor University. Kirk has received many awards, including Baylor's highest awards for both teaching and research. Aug. 8, 3–3:50 p.m.
