Potentials of Psychology – Inquiring into Futures
Planning Workshop – Clark University
Wednesday, April 16: Arrival
7:00pm Reception at home of Nancy Budwig and Michael Bamberg,
7 Morningside Road
Thursday Morning, April 17: Winton Dining Room
8:30 am – 9:15 am Breakfast
9:15 am – 10:15 am Opening Discussion (goals of the gathering)
10:15 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Session I
Theme: Theory, Methods and Practice
KD: Hank Stam (University of Calgary, Canada) and Jonathan Smith (Birkbeck College, London, UK)
DL: Rachel Falmagne (Clark University) and Aydan Gülerçe (Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey)
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch
Thursday Afternoon, April 17: Dana Commons
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session II
Theme: Globalization and Identities
KD: Sunil Bhatia (Connecticut College) and Tony Marsella (Atlanta)
DL: Maricela Correa-Chavez (UCLA and Clark University), Ae-Ja Jung (Chonbuk National University, Korea), and Mariann Märtsin (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Session III
Theme: Conflict, Mediation, Communication
KD: Sarah Cobb (ICAR, George Mason University) and John Winslade (CSU San Bernardino)
DL: Angela Branco (Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil), Roger
Bibace (Clark University) and Wei-li Zhao (Zhejiyang University, China)
7:30pm Dinner – Sole Proprietor, 118 Highland Street
Friday, April 18: Jonas Clark Hall Room 370
8:15 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:15 am Session IV
Theme: Boundaries of Disciplines and Cross-Disciplinarity
KD: Suzanne Kirschner (College of the Holy Cross) and Hirofumi Minami (Kyushiu University, Japan)
DL: Rachel Falmagne (Clark University)
10:15 am – 10:45 am Break (coffee/tea)
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Session V
Theme: Education, Transformative Practices, and the Future of our Disciplines
KD: Cynthia Winston (Howard University) and Sarah Michaels (Clark University)
DL: Eric DeMeulenaere (Clark University), Mark Freeman (College of the Holy Cross) and Katrin Kullasepp (Tallinn University, Estonia)
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Sahara Café & Restaurant, 143 Highland Street
Block 5 Restaurant, 139 Green Street
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session VI
Theme: History, Critical Psychology, and Mental Health
KD: Gail Hornstein (Mt. Holyoke College) and Jeanne Marecek (Swarthmore)
DL: Eric Charles (Clark University and Penn State University) and James Cordova (Clark University)
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Session VII
Theme: Bridging our “Themes” with our “Institutional
Identity”: Clark University
KD: Gail Hornstein, Hirofumi Minami, Sunil Bhatia, Mark Freeman and Tony Marsella
7:30 pm Dinner – 111 Chop House, 111 Shrewsbury Street
Saturday April 19: Jonas Clark Hall Room 370
8:45 am – 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am – 10:45 am Summary Discussion
What “new themes” have emerged?
Where are we headed?
DL: Michael Bamberg and Jaan Valsiner
10:45 am – 11:15 am Break
11:15-12:15 Finalizations
Thinking of future activities, opinions of the meeting
12:30 Lunch – Worcester Art Museum Cafe
Tour of the Worcester Art Museum.