Article archive / November 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 3. Source pages: 15, 16, 1, 5.
Faculty and students from psychology departments across the state gathered at the Baton Rouge Marriott Hotel recently for a fall scientific conference.
Participants came from Ruston (LA Tech ), Monroe (ULM), Nicholls State (Thibodaux), Lafayette (ULL), Monroe (ULM), New Orleans (Tulane), and Baton Rouge (LSU and Southern) for the program.
Drs. Theresa Wozencraft and Emily Sandoz, ULL, began the day with their “Convention Success Training Student Workshop,” which was filled with important advice and practical tips on how to navigate meetings, give talks, prepare posters, and make the most out of being part of a professional meeting.
Drs. Julia Buckner, LSU, and Joseph McGahan, ULM, then presented a fascinating “Laboratory Research Applications Symposium,” which included student presenters Jessica Phillips and Matthew Van, also from ULM. They discussed how their research applies to the outside world, illustrating the path of research from psychology lab to the clinic and to the community.
Top (L to R): Dr. Julia Buckner (LSU), Jessica Phillips (UL-Monroe, Matthew Van (UL-Monroe) and Dr. Joseph McGahan (UL-Monroe) speak on taking science from the lab to clinic to community. Middle: (L) Dr. Theresa Wozencraft (UL- Lafayette) shares information about SWPA. (R) Dr. Tillman Sheets (Chair, LA Tech) discusses human subjects research. Below: (L) Dr. Emily Sandoz (UL- Lafayette) provides tips for making presentations. Dr. Jerome Tobacyk (LA Tech) helps the audience understand issues of cultural diversity in their research.
A “Human Subjects Research Dilemmas Panel Discussion” followed in the afternoon. Dr. Mary Livingston, LA Tech, brought her colleagues, Drs. Alice Carter, Tilman Sheets (Dept. Chair), Janelle Silvers, Jerome Tobacyk, and graduate student John Buckner, together to offer comprehensive guidance on how to develop solid research proposals that follow the rules of human research and protect human subjects.
The day concluded with a “Teaching Difficult Topics Round Table,” chaired by Dr. Marva Lewis (Tulane), with Dr. Emily Sandoz (ULL) as co-chair. Faculty and students pulled their chairs together in one large circle for a candid and powerful discussion of their experiences as teachers and learners in the classroom.
Above: The late afternoon session at the Scientific Program engages participates in a round table discussion about teaching difficult subjects, facilitated by Dr. Marva Lewis (Tulane.). Below: Program developer Dr. Susan Dardard hands out Halloween treats between sessions.
Each session began with drawings for a Shell gas card and a Radio Shack technical gadget for the students, and included plenty of Halloween candy for everyone in attendance.
The group gathered in the hotel restaurant for a lively luncheon, where they spent time getting to know each other while enjoying a meal provided by The Psychology Times and Sound Psychology, Inc.
Dr. Susan Dardard developed the fall scientific program, which was held in cooperation with LPA, through Sound Psychology, Inc., a non-profit, 501(c)(3), educational corporation that she founded and has led for the last two decades.
Louisiana Tech psychology professors presented “Human Subjects Research Dilemmas” for the Scientific Program held recently in Baton Rouge. L to R: Dr. Mary Livingston, Dr. Tillman Sheets, John Buckner, Dr. Janelle Silvers, Dr. Jerome Tobacyk, and Dr. Alice Carter.
Luncheon for faculty presenters and graduate students at the Scientific Program was sponsored by Sound Psychology, Inc., and The Psychology Times.
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