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First Stanford
Undergraduate Psychology Conference
George M. Slavich
Stanford University
The Western Psychologist
This year, for the first time
ever, Stanford University will be hosting an undergraduate psychology
research conference. Sponsored by the Stanford chapter of Psi Chi and the
Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Association, the conference will be held
on Saturday, May 19th, 2001, and will serve as a showcase for high-quality
undergraduate research, as well as an opportunity for participating
students to exchange ideas and make valuable contacts.
In addition to giving, and
hearing, traditional paper and poster presentations, students will meet in
small groups during lunch with Stanford professors and graduate students
to discuss research in each student’s respective area of interest. Among
the professors already scheduled to attend are Albert Bandura, Robert B.
Cialdini, John H. Flavell, John D. E. Gabrieli, James J. Gross, Mark R.
Lepper, Eleanor E. Maccoby, Ellen M. Markman, Lee D. Ross, Claude M.
Steele, and Robert B. Zajonc.
Participating students will
also hear a keynote address by Robert B. Cialdini, Regents’ Professor of
Psychology at Arizona State University and currently Visiting Professor at
the Stanford Graduate School of Business. A world-renowned researcher of
social influence, persuasion, and altruism, Cialdini has authored more
that 125 articles and books, the most notable of which include Influence:
The Psychology of Persuasion, Influence: Science and Practice, and
Influence: How and Why People Agree to Things. Beyond having received
numerous awards for his writing, teaching, and research, Cialdini is a
fellow of the American Psychological Society and Past President of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
The faculty advisors for the
conference are James J. Gross, Director of the Stanford Psychophysiology
Laboratory and recent recipient of the American Psychological
Association’s 2001 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career
Contribution to Psychology, and Philip G. Zimbardo, current President of
the Western Psychological Association and President-Elect of the American
Psychological Association.
We are currently looking for
students to present at the conference. To be eligible, students must
either (a) currently be enrolled as an undergraduate student or (b) have
graduated, but have completed the research they intend to present while
still an undergraduate (e.g., if you graduated last year, you can present
the research you completed as an undergraduate student).
Those who have performed
interesting, high-quality research and who are excited about presenting
their research to other psychologists are encouraged to apply. These
students should also be excited about hearing others present their
research.
Proceeds from the conference
will be donated to a class of high school students studying psychology, to
be used toward the purchase of new academic materials.
For more information and to
apply online, visit the conference website at http://www.stanfordconference.org.
The abstract deadline is March 30th, 2001
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George M. Slavich, Founder and Executive
Director of the First Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference,
is currently a coterminal master’s student in psychology and a terminal
master’s student in communication at Stanford University. Slavich is
Co-President of the Stanford chapter of Psi Chi, a member of the
Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects at Stanford, and has served
as a lecturer and teaching assistant for a number of classes in Stanford’s
Department of Psychology. His research investigates the role that
stressful life events and cognitive biases play in the genesis and
maintenance of major depressive disorder. Slavich has also spent time
researching aschematic perception, violations of expectation, persuasive
computing, and cultural influences on, and responses to, television.
Address correspondence to: George M.
Slavich, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305-2130
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Slavich, G. M. (2001, February). First Stanford Undergraduate
Psychology Conference. The Western Psychologist, 14, 13. |
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