Welcome
The Western Psychological Association was founded in 1921 for the purpose of stimulating the exchange of scientific and professional ideas and, in so doing to enhance interest in the processes of research and scholarship in the behavioral sciences. Membership in the Western Psychological Association is open to both students and professionals who wish to support these goals and who would like to be a part of the network that we have created to further them.
2010 WPA Convention
The 2010 WPA Convention will be in Cancun from April 22 to April 25, 2010 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun. The Terman Teaching Conference will be held on April 21, from 9am to 5pm. In addition to the Cancun beaches and nightlife, there will be opportunities for tours to Mayan archeological sites. More information >>
Quick Convention Links
2010 Call-for-Papers & Submission Forms
Writing a Conference Abstract: Some Suggestions and Common Errors
Student Guide to the WPA Convention
WPA Acceptances
The acceptance notices for papers and posters have been distributed via e-mail. These were sent to corresponding authors. Other authors listed were not sent e-mail notices. If you did not receive an expected notification, please contact the WPA office.
Get Ready for Cancun in April 2010
The 2010 WPA Convention will be in Cancun from April 22 to April 25, 2010 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun. The Terman Teaching Conference will be held on April 21, from 9am to 5pm. A Statistics Workshop is scheduled for each day of the convention.
You will need a passport to fly to Cancun. Information on passports is available from this State Department website:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html. The current time to process new passport applications is approximately six weeks.
The Hotel and Transportation page will soon have a link to a travel service that has developed tours for WPA attendees. In addition, you can reserve airport transportation with them. More information >>
APA Accreditation Workshop at WPA
The Committee on Accreditation will be conducting a full day
(8:00am-5:00pm) Site Visitor Workshop on April 21, 2010 prior to the WPA Annual Convention in Cancun. The workshop is open to both the new site visitor, as well as to the experienced site visitor who has not been trained under the new Guidelines and Principles. To obtain details on registration and criteria for becoming a site visitor, visit www.apa.org/ed/accred or contact Kristen Thompson at (202)
336-5995 or kthompson@apa.org for additional information.
Quick Links
Membership forms and applications for the 2009-2010 year are now available
2009 Conference Program (pdf) | (HTML version)
Classifieds
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY Tenure-track Graduate Faculty Position
The School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is seeking an exceptional scholar whose research and teaching contributes to our doctoral and master’s level concentrations in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods. (more >>>)
Announcements
Accreditation Workshops at WPA Convention
The Committee on Accreditation will be conducting a full day (8:00am-5:00pm) Site Visitor Workshop on April 21, 2010 prior to the WPA Annual Convention in Cancun, Mexico. The workshop is open to both the new site visitor, as well as to the experienced site visitor who has not been trained under the new Guidelines and Principles. Participants need to have a current or past professional association with an department that has an accredited training program. Non-clinical generalists are encouraged to participate. (more >>>)
2010 Terman Teaching Conference
Details of the Terman Teaching Conference in Cancun have been announced. (more >>>)
2010 Statistics Workshops
The Statistics Workshop schedule for the 2010 convention is available now. You may pre-register for these using the forms available on the WPA website. (more >>>)
Major Speakers Announced for WPA in Cancun
The major speakers for the Cancun convention have been confirmed. (more >>>)
Psychology Seminars in Bay Area
The Greater Good Science Center is sponsoring psychology seminars in the Bay Area: "Goodness, Evil, and Everyday Heroism" and "Positive Psychology" (more >>>)
WPA Member Ray Paloutzian publishes new book
"Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Psychological Pathways to Conflict Transformation and Peace Building" is now available from Springer.
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Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarships
The Benton-Meier program funds graduate scholarships in the area of neuropsychology. (more >>>)
F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award
The F. J. McGuigan award supports dissertation research on the materialistic understanding of the mind. (more >>>)
CHCI Summer Apprentice Program
The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our Summer Apprentice Program. (more >>>)
In Memorium - Robert A. Hicks
Robert A. Hicks, Professor Emeritus at San Jose State University, passed away this December. Bob Hicks served as Executive Officer of WPA for many years and received the WPA Service Award in 1994. (more >>>)
Nominations Open for WPA Awards and Fellows
The Fellows and Awards Committee is requesting nominations for awards in 2010 and beyond. (more >>>)
Primary Care Behavioral Health Certificate Program
Primary Care Behavioral Health Certificate Program
taught by Alexander Blount, EdD, and members of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts.
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APF VIOLET AND CRYIL FRANKS SCHOLARSHIP
The annual Violet and Cyril Frank Scholarship supports a graduate level project to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. (more >>>)
APF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION GRANT
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant, which funds innovative research and community based intervention projects. (more >>>)
Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the American Psychological Foundation (APF) and APA Division 38 Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award, which recognizes the outstanding commitment to clinical health psychology by a full-time provider of direct clinical services. (more >>>)
APF PRE-COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Pre-College Psychology Grant Program, which awards grants to individuals or institutions to advance psychological science in high schools. (more >>>)
APF ALEXANDER GRALNICK RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR PRIZE
The Gralnick program awards prizes for exceptional research and mentoring accomplishments in the area of serious mental illness. (more >>>)
APF PAUL E. HENKIN TRAVEL GRANTS
The Paul Henkin Grant program funds travel awards for qualifying students through Division 16, school psychology. This program seeks to promote the development of students oriented toward careers in school psychology, providing grants to student members of APA Division 16 (school psychology) to help offset registration, lodging, and transportation costs incurred in convention attendance. (more >>>)
APF Pearson Early Career Grant
The Pearson Early Career Grant encourages early career clinicians to work in an area of critical societal need. Pearson partnered with APF to ensure psychology addresses critical needs in society. (more >>>)
Esther Katz Rosen Fellowships
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Esther Katz Rosen Fellowship program, which supports graduate students whose work centers on the psychological understanding of gifted and talented children and adolescents. (more >>>)
Placek Grants for LGBT Research
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Wayne F. Placek Grants program, which supports empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, or bisexual issues. (more >>>)
Gerson Memorial Grant
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2010 Randy Gerson Memorial Grant, which funds work to advance the systemic understanding of family, couple dynamics, and multi-generational processes. Attached you will find the formal Request for Proposals. Please feel free to distribute this announcement as you see fit. If you are unable or do not wish to forward file attachments, please let me know and I would be happy to send the Request for Proposal text included in the body of an email. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2010.
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Nominees sought for teaching excellence
APF invites nominations for its 2010 Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award. The award honors a career contribution to the teaching of psychology and is named after Charles L. Brewer, PhD, whose career-long devotion and contributions to the teaching of psychology embody the purpose of the award. (more >>>)
APF Gold Medal and Teaching Award Nominations
APF is currently accepting nominations for its 2010 Gold Medal Awards, which recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions to psychology. Awards are presented in four categories (more >>>)
Conference on Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorders
FPR-UCLA Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorders:
Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment (more >>>)
Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant
The Roy Scrivner Research Grants provide graduate student grants (preference given to dissertation candidates) for empirical or applied research... (more >>>)
Theodore Blau Early Career Award
The Theodore Blau Early Career Award honors a Clinical Psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology. (more >>>)
Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology
The Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology honors an outstanding psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology. . . (more >>>)
APF Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships
APF is requesting applications for the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Graduate Student Fellowship. The Koppitz Fellowships support graduate students. . . (more >>>)
Announcing A New Journal For Undergraduate And Graduate Students
The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of. . . (more >>>)