STP’s 15th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology
October 21 & 22, 2016
Conference Schedule
Friday, October 21
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. REGISTRATION
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Decatur B)
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. OPENING REMARKS (Decatur B)
9:10 - 10:00 a.m. STP PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (Decatur B)
Psychology in Communities: Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Janie Wilson, Georgia Southern University
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. STP NEWS UPDATE AND BUSINESS MEETING (Decatur B)
All Conference Participants are Invited to Attend
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C The Evil Geniuses Guide to Teaching: Becoming the Heroic Supervillain for
your Students
Katherine Wickes
Henry Oliver F We Can Do a Better Job of Advising the Great Unwashed Drew Appleby
Swanton Theatre Using Secondary Data Analysis Projects to Teach Statistics through
Replication-Extension: Learning through Experiences with Real (Messy) Data
Nora Dunbar, Michael Esposito, Zachary Klinefelter, Anthony Stenson, Alyssa Billington, & Taylor West
Clairemont Striking when the Iron is Hot – Teaching Emerging Adulthood to Emerging Adults
Melissa Bayne
11:45 - 12:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C Cracking the Senior Capstone Code: Just kidding, We Don’t Have the
Magical Code, but We’ll Share What We Know!
Quentin Hartmann, Lori Rosenthal, Rick Miller, Deborah Briihl, & Kristen Ritchey
Henry Oliver F Making Assessment a SNAP: Results from APA's National Summit
Jane Halonen
Swanton Theatre Aligning Data Pedagogy with Data Practice: A Multimethod Study of
Graduates, Employers, Students, Advisors, and Teachers
Danni Petersen, Josh Brown, Hope Browning, Sebi Jeong, Ryan Roberts, & Barton Poulson
Clairemont Teaching and Evaluating a Required Careers Course for Psychology Majors
James Thomas & Robin Bartlett
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH (Decatur B)
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C Students Meet World: Dreaming, Trying, and Doing Good with
Psychological Science
Leslie Berntsen
Henry Oliver F Combatting the Ostrich Effect: Providing Curricular Opportunities
for Professional Development
Natalie Ciarocco
Swanton Theatre Numbers, Probability, and Personal Experience: Teaching for Introductory
Psychology and Everyday Life
Bernard Beins & Kenneth Keith
Clairemont Role Immersion Teaching Experiences: Applications to Psychology
Tanner Babb & Rebekah Benjamin
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C Collaborative Learning through Interprofessional Education
Alicia Harlow & Donald Graves
Henry Oliver F The New Statistics: Practical Examples for Promoting Change in Statistics
Curricula
Robert Calin-Jageman & Craig Wendorf
Swanton Theatre Bridging the Gap: An Insider's View of Millennial Students
Jacob Entinger, Kelly Toner, Yasmine Nabulsi, Arielle Ramey, Levi
Haven, & Tara Coursey
Clairemont Can I Improve My Terrible Memory? A Discussion of Strategies for Memory Improvement Informed by a Classroom Research Project Investigating Methods of Memory Skill Training
Karla Lassonde
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. COFFEE AND TEA BREAK
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. BILL HILL KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Decatur B)
Michele DiPietro, Kennesaw State University
4:45 - 6:00 p.m. SOCIAL HOUR* (Prefunction Area)
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. POSTER SESSION (Decatur A)
6:00 p.m. DINNER ON YOUR OWN**
Saturday, October 22
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. BUFFET BREAKFAST (Decatur B)
8:30 - 9:15 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C Just-in-Time Teaching: A Technique for Promoting Engagement and
Learning Across the Academy
Courtney Rocheleau, Randi Smith, Jeff Loats, & G. Arlene Sgoutas
Henry Oliver F Everything I Need to Know About Being a Professor I Learned in Intro
Anne Stuart, Sandra Sego, & Melissa MacDonald
Swanton Theatre Using Reflective Assignments to Improve Student Learning
Anna Ropp
Clairmont The Effect of Discussion Role Assignments on Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Class Discussions
Maya Aloni
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mary Gay C Connecting Understanding to Belief: Teaching Students to Think Like a
Psychologist
Richard Miller, Eric Amsel, William Wozniak, & Tyler Collette
Henry Oliver F Creativity Where You Least Expect It
Brooke Bennett-Day, Amber Chenoweth, & Brittany Jackson
Swanton Theatre Open Science Replications as a Cornerstone of Undergraduate Research
Training: Projects, Tools, and Tips
Jon Grahe & Robert Calin-Jageman
Clairemont Facilitating Class Participation and Content Comprehension through Directed Note-taking
Elizabeth Harwood
10:15 - 10:30a.m. COFFEE AND TEA BREAK
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. INVITED ADDRESS (Decatur B)
Samuel Sommers, Tufts University
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH AND “LIVE FROM ATLANTA” SESSION (Decatur B)
Using Textbook Illustrations to Demonstrate the Interdisciplinary Nature of Psychology, Drew Appleby
Creating Empathy for Clients: An Exercise in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tanner Babb
A Brief Activity to Increase Empathy towards English Language Learners, Rachelle Barnes
Sit Down, Stand Up! Acting out Schedules of Reinforcement to Reinforce Learning in the Classroom, Bonnie Perdue
Welcome to Abnormal Psychology (The Power of Silence), Ginger Wickline
*During the social hour, Janie Wilson will recognize this year’s STP award winners: Katherine Wickes (Wayne Weiten Teaching Excellence Award), Terri Lindenberg (Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award), Leslie Berntsen (Wilber J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award), Jordan Troisi (Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award), and Erin Hardin (Robert S. Daniel Award).
**You can sign up to have dinner in downtown Decatur with a group of other conference participants. Sign-up sheets are located on the registration table.