Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Newsletter
Spring 2012
conclude with our President’s Reception on Saturday
night.
For those who are new to RMPA, please remember
Diane Martichuski
that even though you are presenting a paper, it is still
necessary to register for the convention and reserve
University of Colorado
rooms at the Peppermill Hotel.
The 82nd Annual RMPA Convention should be a
Also you will not be mailed a convention program.
great conference! We had 242 submissions for papers,
Convention-goers will receive a program when they
posters, symposia, and workshops, and all of the Rocky
either pick up their badge (pre-registered people) or
Mountain states (Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming,
when they register on-site at the conference in a few
Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and New Mexico) are
weeks. We otherwise will have a brief schedule of the
represented, as well as Illinois, New York, Texas,
conference as well as a complete copy (forthcoming) of
Virginia, Nebraska, Washington, Kansas, California, and
the
program
on
the
website
at
North Carolina. This is also the eighth
http://www.rockymountainpsych.org.
year
for
the
Click on “Convention Info –
Portenier/Wertheimer
Program Submission.” On
Teaching Conference,
that same conference
which will be held
webpage, you can find
starting at noon on
a
“General
Thursday, April 14.
Guidelines” link for
In addition to the
newcomers to the
teaching
sessions,
conference, as well
Peppermill Resort
which students are
as
moderator
welcome to attend, we
information,
and
Spa Casino Hotel
also have set up special
presenter information. If
sessions just for students
you have any questions or
Reno, Nevada
during the teaching conference on
problems with a submission or want
Thursday afternoon. We will have the general
to help out more, please contact me at
Conference Kickoff Speaker (Roy Baumeister) at 5 pm
[email protected].
on Thursday the 12th and the teaching posters and
Recently, we switched to using LCD projectors in
reception following Baumeister’s talk from 6 to 7:30
all presentation rooms. They were a big success! We
pm. Friday and Saturday (April 13 and 14) will have full
are going to continue to have LCD projectors, so
schedules like last year, and some great speakers from
bring a memory stick/thumb drive/flash drive or CD
all around the country are lined up. We also have several
with your presentation on it. We also have a 3’x4’
participant-submitted symposia and workshops with a
size limit for posters if you are presenting a poster.
wide range of topics including a few clinical/counseling
Thanks again for all of the great looking proposals!
topics, a presentation on whistleblowing at the U.S.
We welcome newcomers and look forward to seeing our
Service Academies, and some education-related topics.
“regulars” each year! The executive committee and I are
We have some social events planned for this conference,
all very excited about this conference!
and there are great restaurants in the hotel, so please plan
on staying in Reno for the entire convention, which will
Program Chair’s Message
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APRIL 12-14, 2012
Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Hotel
2707 South Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada 89502
(866) 821-9996
Convention Co-Managers
Marian Berryhill & Gideon Caplovitz
Department of Psychology/296
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89557
[email protected] & [email protected]
(775) 682-8692 & (775) 682-8673
Lodging
The convention will be held at the Peppermill
Resort Spa Casino Hotel. Room rates are $109 for
a standard guest room and $10 for each additional
adult per room over double occupancy with a
maximum of four adults per room. Reservations
should be made by using the following dedicated
link:
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welc
ome_ei_new&eventID=5773781 or calling the hotel
you must make your hotel reservations prior to
March 20, 2012. The website for the Peppermill
Hotel is www.peppermillreno.com.
Hotel Amenities:
The Peppermill Resort Spa Casino provides a
number of activities to keep visitors entertained.
Remember to bring your swimsuit and workout
gear. There
are
several
indoor pools
and a large
fitness center.
Others may
find the onsite
spa,
video arcade
or shopping
venues more
entertaining. WiFi is available throughout the
complex for free. There are ten restaurants in the
Peppermill ranging from fine dining to casual
options that will provide options for diverse food
preferences
and
budgets
(http://www.peppermillreno.com/dining/).
The
conference will take place in the conference center
at the Peppermill.
Transportation to/from airport:
The 2012 RMPA conference will be held at the
Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Hotel, in the
southwest corner of the city. There is a free airport
shuttle service to and from the Peppermill
(http://www.peppermillreno.com/amenities/transpor
tation/ . The shuttle leaves the Reno-Tahoe
International Airport from the North exit of the
baggage claim area every half hour from 4:15 am –
11:45 pm. The shuttle from the Peppermill to the
airport leaves from the valet area outside the main
lobby every half hour from 4 am – 11:30 pm. For
those who drove, plentiful free parking is available
in the on-site parking deck.
reservation number at 1-866-821-9996. If making
reservations by phone, please specify that you are
attending the RMPA Annual Convention to qualify
for the special rate. To qualify for the special rate,
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Maps
Hotel: 2707 South Virginia Street
RENO at a glance:
Directions from Airport:
Head North on Pilot Way to East Plumb Lane
(about 1/3 mile) which will be to the left.
Continue on East Plumb Lane about 1.3 miles to
Virginia Street. Turn Left on Virginia Street
about 0.6 miles to the Peppermill Hotel which
will be on the right.
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Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Reno, Nevada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada
mountain range. This stunning high-plateau location
provides convenient
access to the Lake
Tahoe region. The
greater Reno/Tahoe
region offers fourseason
activities
and festivals to suit
all
visitors
including
skiing,
hiking, and gaming. The casinos attract an ever-changing
line-up of musicians, shows and comedians. An up-todate listing of events can be found at:
http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/reno-tahoe/what-to-do.
The city offers many dining (for a searchable listing:
http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/reno-tahoe/what-todo/dining)
and
entertainment
options
(http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/reno-tahoe/what-todo/events). To begin orienting you to the Reno
metropolitan region, the city is at the crossroads of two
major highways: I-80 (east/west) and 395 (north/south).
Lake Tahoe is located approximately 45 minutes away
via the Mount Rose highway (395 south becomes 431).
Lake Tahoe is a true
treasure and should not
be missed. It is an alpine
lake 22 miles long and
12
miles
wide
surrounded by ski areas,
redwoods, restaurants
and charming towns.
Downtown Reno offers
many attractions to
visitors. A map of the
downtown area can be
found at the following
link:
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New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
http://visitreno.com/maps/index.php. Apart from the
casinos, there is a lovely river walk along the Truckee
River with shops, restaurants and the river
(http://www.renoriver.org/). The downtown Reno Events
Center
(http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/meetingsconventions/facilities/reno-events-center/)
hosts
concerts. The Reno Aces minor league baseball team has
a beautiful downtown baseball park and the season will
begin in early April. They will be in town on April 12 to
play
the
Salt
Lake
Bees
(http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t23
10). The National Automobile Museum features the
collection
of
Bill
Harrah
(http://automuseum.org/visitors.html). It is open every
day of the week and tickets cost $10. On the campus of
the University of Nevada, Reno is the Fleischmann
Planetarium (http://planetarium.unr.nevada.edu/). It has
displays related to perception and psychology and
screens educational films inside its dome theater.
Finally, Virginia City (http://www.virginiacity-nv.org/),
located 23 miles from Reno (395S to 341/Geiger Grade)
is the site of the Comstock Lode silver mine. It is a wellpreserved 19th century boomtown that might especially
appeal to history buffs.
Public Transportation in Reno
The RTC Rapid and Connect buses run from the
Peppermill to Downtown Reno (for map see:
http://www.rtcwashoe.com/Schedules/BusBook/Route_
RAPID.pdf). Tickets cost $2. Once in downtown Reno
there is a free wifi equipped shuttle bus, the Sierra Spirit,
that loops around downtown Reno and North to the
University
of
Nevada
from
7am-7pm
(http://www.rtcwashoe.com/RTCSPIRIT/documents/RT
CSS_broch_FEB11_web.pdf). There are also a number
of taxi services available from the airport, the conference
site and downtown venues (Whittlesea Checker Taxi:
(775) 322-2222; Personal Taxi: (702) 285-8361; Yellow
Cab (775) 355-5555. Taxi service to Lake Tahoe can be
negotiated with individual cab drivers and costs around
$100/one way.
See you in Reno!
Spring 2012
ELECTION RESULTS
Congratulations to Steve Barney and Cheryl Sanders on
their elections. During the next RMPA Business Meeting,
Steve Barney will become President-Elect and Cheryl Sanders
will continue as Treasurer.
Steve Barney
Cheryl Sanders
RM P A
FUTURE CONVENTION
SITES
2013
Denver. Colorado
Renaissance Denver Hotel
April 11-13
2014
Salt Lake City, Utah
Marriott City Center
April 24-26
Special Thanks
The RMPA Executive Committee would like to thank the
following organizations for their support of this year’s Rocky
Mountain Psychological Association Convention.
American Psychological Association for funding the APA
Distinguished Scientist Lecturer and the APA Education
Directorate for funding outstanding student papers at the
convention.
Society for the Teaching of Psychology for funding the best
teaching poster competition.
Psi Chi for funding the student research and the Psi Chi
Lecture.
Worth Publishing for funding an RMPA Distinguished
Lecturer
Cengage Publishing for funding an RMPA Distinguished
Lecturer
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Restaurants
Distance from Hotel
Ruby River Steakhouse
Zozo’s Ristorante
Bricks
Atlantis Hotel & Casino
Mario’s Portofino Italiano
Si Amigos
Bangkok Cusine
Sushi Pier 2
India Kabab and Curry
Claim Jumper
Boston Market
Applebee’s
Olive Garden
Red Robin
Famous Dave’s BBQ
Great Basin Restaurant
Macaroni Grill
Nightlife
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1.5 Miles
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1.7 Miles
1.7 Miles
Address
2750 South Virginia St.
3446 Lakeside Dr.
1695 South Virginia St.
3800 South Virginia St.
1505 South Virginia St.
1553 South Virginia St.
55 Mount Rose St.
1507 South Virginia St.
1091 South Virginia St.
4905 South Virginia St.
4801 Kietzke Ln.
4805 Kietzke Ln.
4900 South Virginia St.
4999 Kietzke Ln.
4925 Kietzke Ln.
5525 South Virginia St.
5505 South Virginia St.
Distance from Hotel
Edge Nightclub
Chapel Tavern
Silver Peak Brewery
775 Gastro Pub
Ole Bridge Pub
Sierra Tap House
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Activities
Address
2707 South Virginia St.
1495 South Virginia St.
124 Wonder St.
5162 Meadowood Mall Circle
5 North Sierra St.
253 West 1st St.
Distance from Hotel
Movie Theater
Virginia Lake Park
Golf Driving Range
Address
0.8 Miles
1.0 Miles
3.3 Miles
210 East Plumb Ln.
1980 Lakeside Dr.
2500 East 2nd St.
Other
Contact
Airport Shuttle
Car Rental - Enterprise
Public Transportation
Taxi Service
Arizona
Colorado
www.peppermillreno.com/amenities/transportation
(775) 825-7274
www.rtcwashoe.com
(775) 333-3333
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Nevada
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Utah
Wyoming
RMPA Convention
at a glance:
Wertheimer-Portenier Teaching
Conference Invited Address
Critical Thinking: Needed now more than
ever
APA Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Self Control Failure as a Trans-disease
Process: Competing Decision Systems and
Their Repair
Carole Wade
Warren K. Bickel
RMPA Diversity Keynote Address
Virginia Tech University
Psi Chi Distinguished Lecture
"In the Age of Obama, is America a
Post-Racial Society?"
If We Know Sleep is So Important, Why
Do We Get So Little of It?
Richard Bootzin
University of Arizona
James (Jim) W. Loewen
RMPA Distinguished Lecture
RMPA Past President Address
Mistaken Eyewitness Identification:
Using Psychological Science to
Understand and Improve Eyewitness
Identification Evidence
The Confidence Interval: A More
Informative Alternative to an H0 Test of
the Difference between Two Means
Gary Wells
William Wallace
Iowa State University
University of Nevada-Reno
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Gardner Memorial Lecture
RMPA Presidential Address
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage:
Zambia’s Growing Treasure and a Place
for Us
Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives of Confession Evidence
Mark Bodamer
Gonzaga University
William Douglas Woody
University of Northern Colorado
RMPA Distinguished Lecturer
Sponsored by Worth Publishing
Wertheimer-Portenier Teaching
Conference
Life Lessons Superheroes Teach Us
The Teaching Conference will begin at noon
on Thursday, April 14 with a poster session
sponsored by the Society for the Teaching of
Psychology (APA Division 2) at which the best
poster will be selected for an award from the
Society. Carole Wade will give our keynote
address. She is co-author, with Carol Tavris, of
Invitation to
Psychology; Psychology
in
Perspective; Critical and Creative Thinking: The
case of love and war; and The Longest War: Sex
Differences in Perspective. For many years Dr.
Wade has focused her efforts on the teaching and
promotion of critical-thinking skills and the
enhancement of undergraduate education in
psychology.
Some of the symposia/workshops on
teaching topics that have been organized include
sessions on Student Engagement and How to Assess
it, Teaching Students How to Write, Balancing
Careers with Spouses and Families, Cultural
Sensitivity in the Classroom, Taking Students
Abroad in the Context of a Psychology course,
Developing a High Interest Psychology Course for
Non-majors that will Inspire Students to Choose
Psychology, Learning Communities, and Scientific
Literacy and Critical Thinking. The Teaching
Conference will close with a Teaching Take-Out of
short, interactive demonstrations and exercises in
several different areas of psychology followed by a
reception.
Robin Rosenberg
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RMPA Distinguished Lecturer
Sponsored by Cengage Publishing
The Why, What, and How of Human
Consciousness
Roy Baumeister
Florida State University
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Graduate Programs in
the Department of Psychology
at the University of Nevada - Reno
The Department of Psychology
offers the Master of Arts degree in general
psychology. Doctoral programs are
available in general psychology, with
concentrations in Behavior Analysis,
Clinical Psychology, Cognitive and Brain
Sciences and an interdisciplinary program
in Social Psychology. To apply to one of
the programs, applications must be sent to
both the UNR Graduate School and the
Program of Interest. More information can be found here:
http://www.unr.edu/psych/graduate.html
Behavior Analysis
The aim of the Program is to provide comprehensive training in
behavior analysis, out of which more specialized basic, applied, and
theoretical interests may be developed. A balance of basic, applied,
and theoretical training is sought. Our faculty and students strive
to:
Preserve the accumulated knowledge of behavior science by
imparting it to others;
Develop the science of behavior through the
production of new knowledge;
Contribute to the betterment of
society by the application of this knowledge;
Assure the viability of
the profession through participation in its governance.
Behavior
Analysis is an approach to psychology emphasizing the study of
behavior in its historical and situational contexts. Behavior Analysis
training at the University of Nevada-Reno is conducted via a juniorcolleague model and includes supervised experience and instruction
in: the philosophies of behaviorism, the theory and methodology of
behavior analysis, basic and applied research in human behavior,
basic research in animal behavior, application of behavioral
principles to organizational administration and consultation,
instructional design and technology, parent and teacher training, and
clinical populations, participatory governance and fiscal
management. More information about the Behavior Analysis
Program
can
be
found
here:
http://www.unr.edu/PSYCH/behavior/index.html
Clinical Psychology
The Clinical Psychology Program at UNR is fully accredited by
the American Psychological Association, and is a charter member of
the Academy of Clinical Science. We seek to train doctoral level
clinical scientists who have a thorough grounding in research and
scholarly activities, can develop and utilize scientific knowledge, are
skilled in using their critical thinking and analytic tools in problem
formulation and solution generation, and have a thoroughly
developed repertoire of professional competencies, including applied
skills. The program emphasizes creative research and applications of
psychological principles to a broad range of applied problems. The
program’s scholars, faculty and students alike, make significant
contributions in the areas of research methodology, treatment
development, outcomes research, program development, program
evaluation, training, supervision, technology transfer, basic
behavioral research, and philosophy of science. The program values
these behaviors, regardless of the setting in which they occur. More
information about the Clinical Program can be found here:
http://www.unr.edu/PSYCH/clinical/index.html
Cognitive & Brain Sciences
The Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program is designed to train
students to become effective scholars and instructors and to prepare
them for professional positions in academic and research settings.
Spring 2012
During the first two years students complete a series of foundation
courses in statistics, perception, conditioning, cognition, comparative
psychology, and physiological psychology. These courses prepare the
students for the comprehensive exam at the end of their second year.
In subsequent years a wide variety of seminars and independent study
options are available for pursuing students´ areas of interest, and
Ph.D. candidates take a Ph.D. comprehensive exam within their
primary areas of specialization. The M.A. is usually expected to be
completed by the 3rd year, while most students are expected to
complete the Ph.D. degree in 5 years.
The Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program is very much
research oriented - students are encouraged from the beginning to
work closely with faculty to gain research skills and experience
through laboratory work and research practica and assistantships.
Areas of research expertise within the Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Program include: Brain Organization in Developmental Disabilities,
Comparative and Developmental Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience,
Memory, Perception, Human Factors in Aviation, Attention, Face
Recognition, Consciousness, Neuropsychology. More information
about the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program can be found here:
http://groups.unr.edu/unr_psych_cbs/CBS_grad_program/Home.html
Interdisciplinary Social Psychology
The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology has
existed at the University of Nevada, Reno for almost forty years. The
interdisciplinary committee, which operates this program, awards a
Regents-approved Ph.D. degree in Social Psychology. Similar to all
interdisciplinary graduate programs at the University of Nevada, the
Social Psychology Program is an autonomous unit, located
independent of its participating departments. The Program is
administered by a committee comprised of representatives from the
Department of Psychology, the Department of Sociology, the
Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of Managerial
Science, the Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
the School of Public Health, the Sanford Center on Aging, one
emeritus professor from Sociology, one emeritus professor from
Managerial Science, and two emeritus professors from Psychology.
The present Director of the Program is from the Department of
Human Development and Family Studies.
Research interests of the faculty range widely, and include the
study of: Bureaucracies, Health & health policy, Gender,
Socialization, Religion, Attitudes, Collective behavior, Law &
juvenile studies. The Social Psychology Program also has links with
the two judicial education centers at Nevada and with the Grant
Sawyer Center for Justice Studies. The Program has special
international ties in Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, and
Australia. More information about the Interdisciplinary Social
Psychology
Program
can
be
found
here:
http://www.unr.edu/cla/socpsy/
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Reflections on RMPA:
An Interview with
Mitch Handelsman
Seneca Widvey
Metropolitan State College of Denver,
Markeya Dubbs
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Antoinette Foster
University of Colorado at Denver.
We sat down recently with Psych Follies co-creator, frequent
contributor to Eye on Psi Chi, Colorado Professor of the Year,
and RMPA Past-President Mitch Handelsman to talk with him
about RMPA. Here are his thoughts.
Q: As a Past President and recipient of the RMPA
distinguished service award, how do you think RMPA has
changed in the past years?
That’s hard because the leadership has changed over the years
with the addition of the Kearney mafia. My impression is it’s a
little bigger now than it was, and that’s always good, to get
more people involved. I’ve always liked RMPA because it
was and is a place to go that teaches you more than just how to
be important and how to be arrogant, which can happen at
other conferences. I think in RMPA you have people who are
important and not [arrogant] and who are still committed to
the teaching enterprise. I think it’s grown from an almost
informal group of friends who got together and gave each
other awards and stuff every once and a while, and by the
way, took some students along, to a much more formal
organization that in the best possible way provides
mechanisms for students and faculty to be professionally
fulfilled. Of course my vantage point has grown, because
when I first came to RMPA I was an assistant professor with a
poster watching all of these senior people who were
welcoming of new folks as well. I love going to RMPA
because there’s an energy there, and there’s a sense of
collaboration in a way that is not typical at many other
conferences where participants sometimes come out of their
labs just long enough to show the world what they’ve done,
and then have a drink with another person who came out of his
lab or her lab. At RMPA, I’ve never gotten that feeling.
Q: Since your first year attending RMPA, what are some of
the more memorable moments you can recollect from past
conferences?
Well, of course, for me the most memorable moments were
tied to Psych Follies. My most vivid moment was when my
wife and I attended RMPA and I did Psych Follies, which is a
humorous thing, when it works, and…well, it’s intended to be
humorous. Because I was invited to do that, I was also invited
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Markeya Dubbs, Seneca Widvey, and Antoinette Foster
interview Mitch Handelsman
to the invited speakers’ dinner. So my wife and I are at the
invited speakers’ dinner, and I look around the room and there
are big name people, and I was telling my wife “there’s
Elizabeth Loftus, one of the most famous psychologists in the
world.” And there are all these other people, “and I’m here
because I tell jokes.” That was a memorable moment. Another
memorable moment was when Rick Miller asked me to run for
president. And I said “Rick, you know, there have been some
hard core people as president of RMPA. I tell jokes. What
would I talk about?” And he said, “you could talk about
ethics.” And I thought “yeah, yeah. One yeah was that I have
done some work in my life on that subject and the second yeah
was “other people have recognized it”. And that was an
important moment. I wound up winning and having a
wonderful time with people like Wayne Viney, who in my
experience, takes his work with students and his work with
colleagues more seriously than anyone and so my most
memorable moment was the three year period when I was able
to work with him.
Q: What appeal do you think RMPA has to those who are
just beginning their careers?
I think the appeal is that it’s less hierarchical, and so anybody,
including an undergraduate can go up to someone like Wayne
Viney and talk about what psychology is and what psychology
has been since Aristotle. That ability to do that and the
willingness of faculty and other students, graduate students
and others to spend time is wonderful. For example, I had a
student named Pam Daniel, who presented a paper on signal
detection theory at RMPA that won a student research award.
Pam is not particularly extroverted and was very nervous
about her first presentation, and Beth Loftus came to the
presentation and sat in. It was a small group of people. And
Pam had handouts. And Beth got up and started to help Pam
give out the handouts. And then after the talk Beth Loftus
raised her hand and asked the first question. And asked a
question that was hard and respectful. And Pam was able to
address it, and I don’t think she’s ever been as scared, but
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what a confidence builder to be able to field a question from
Beth Loftus. And Loftus was really understanding of the
situation and did not ask the question in a way to say “I’m
Beth Loftus and I have a question!” She was genuinely
interested in learning more about Pam’s study. And that to me
is quintessential RMPA.
Q: RMPA is a valuable opportunity for undergraduates to
present their research. Do you think undergraduates are
going to play a larger role in research in the future?
I have enough trouble predicting the past. I don’t know about
the future. I think it’s up to us as a profession. To the extent
that new faculty are under more pressure to get more grants
and publish more, their role as mentor to undergraduates,
because of its inefficiency, may be devalued. To the extent
that we can re-orient college as a place where students are
educated and in ways that we don’t have to worry about
knowledge provision but can talk about process, then the
future, I think, is really bright.
Thanks to UNR !
The Rocky Mountain Psychological Association would
like to express its sincere appreciation and thanks to the
University of Nevada - Reno for providing Lap-tops,
LCD projectors, and other Audio-Visual equipment for
this year’s convention. Special thanks to Marian
Berryhill and Gideon Caplovitz, Convention Managers,
who coordinated that effort.
See you
in Denver
for RMPA 2013
April 11-13, 2013
The Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Newsletter is published
twice a year, Fall and Spring, and posted on the RMPA website
www.rockymountainpsych.org. Please direct any inquiries to the Editor,
Robert Rycek, RMPA Secretary, at [email protected]
Spring 2012
RMPA’s Network of Institutional
Representatives
RMPA local institutional representatives serve as liaisons
between RMPA and their Department. Local representatives receive
information about association activities and the annual conference.
Local representatives are invited to moderate sessions, propose
program events, publicize the conference at their institution, and
encourage their colleagues and students to attend.
If your institution does not have a local rep, and if you would
like to volunteer to serve in that role, please contact Rick Miller,
RMPA's Local Representatives Coordinator at [email protected].
Those institutions currently represented are listed below and on
our website at: http://www.rockymountainpsych.org/
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
Local Representatives
California
Point Loma Nazarene University
Colorado
Adams State College
Colorado College
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado State University
Colorado State University – Pueblo
Denver University
Front Range Community College
Metropolitan State College – Denver
Regis University
United States Air Force Academy
University of Colorado – Boulder
Western State College
Idaho
Boise State University
BYU – Idaho
College of Idaho
Kansas
Fort Hays State University
Southwestern College
Montana
Montana State University
University of Montana
University of Montana – Western
Missouri
Washington University
New Mexico
New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico State University
San Juan College
University of New Mexico
Western New Mexico University
Nebraska
Bellevue University
Chadron State College
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nevada
University of Nevada – Reno
University of Nevada – Las Vegas
North Carolina
Appalachian State University
Western Carolina University
Texas
University of Texas-Pan American
Utah
College of Eastern Utah
Snow College
Southern Utah University
University of Utah
Utah State University
Utah Valley University
Weber State University
Westminster College
Washington
Central Washington University
Pacific Lutheran University
Wyoming
Casper College
CANADA
British Columbia
North Island College
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
www.rockymountainpsych.org
Kim W, Schaeffer
Robert M. Demski
Emily Chan
Harry Tiemann & Susan Becker
Deana Davalos
Karen Yescavage
Ruth Chao
Laura Manuel
Aaron Richmond & Bill Henry
Rona McCall
Michelle Butler
Alice Healy
Charles Patrick Stark
Elizabeth Morgan
Sam Clay
Jann Adams
Janett Naylor
Jay Nolan
Michael Babcock
Allen D. Szalda-Petree
Mark Krank
Mark McDaniel
Maura Pilotti
Steven Elias
Ron Salazar
Elizabeth Browning
Jennifer Coleman
Roxanne Sullivan
Mary Jo Carnot
Bill Wozniak
William P. Wallace
N. Clayton Silver
Courtney Rocheleau
Winford Gordon
Peter Kranz
Heath Earl
Nick Marsing
Steve Barney
David Strayer
David Stein
David Yells
Theresa Kay
Laura M. Bennett Murphy
Danielle Polage
Michelle Ceynar
Shawn Powell
John Marton
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2011-12 RMPA Executive Committee
President
William Douglas Woody
University of Northern Colorado
[email protected]
President-Elect
Wayne Weiten
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
[email protected]
RMPA Poster
Printing
The UNR Chapter of Psi Chi is offering to print
presentation posters at the discounted rate of $60 (if
purchased before April 11th, $75 thereafter) for a 4
X 3 feet poster that would be waiting for you at the
RMPA Registration desk when you arrive at the
convention in Reno. Further details are posted at
http://www.unr.edu/PSYCH/psichi/rmpa/rmpa.html
A link to this page is on the RMPA website.
Past President
Pennie Seibert
Boise State University
[email protected]
Secretary
Robert Rycek
University of Nebraska at Kearney
[email protected]
Treasurer
Cheryl Sanders
Metropolitan State College of Denver
[email protected]
Historian/Archivist
Richard Miller
University of Nebraska at Kearney
[email protected]
Program Chair
Diane Martichuski
University of Colorado, Boulder
[email protected]
Diversity Chair
Layton Curl
Metropolitan State College of Denver
[email protected]
Convention Coordinator
Nancy Karlin
University of Northern Colorado
[email protected]
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
RMPA 2013 Posters (11 X 17) for display in
your department are available for free by
contacting the RMPA Secretary at
[email protected] or pick up a few at this year’s
convention.
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming