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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Time Location / Event
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SCC Conference Center - Atrium
CEU Registration
 
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Box Lunch Provided
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
SCC Conference Center Room D

CEU Session #1
"A View of Family Violence"
 - Dr. Sarah Feuerbacher -
Clinical Director CITYHouse

 

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
SCC Conference Center Room E

CEU Session #2
"Developing Healthy Relationships"
 - Brandy Stiles -
Avenues Counseling Center

 

     
Friday, October 5th, 2007
Time Location / Event
8:00 AM SCC Conference Center - Atrium
Synergy Conference Registration
9:00 AM
Hospitality  Suite Open
Sponsored by Bedford Freeman Worth Publishers
 
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Conference Center Room B
“Leadership Training Strategies for Psi Beta/Psi Chi Officers”
- Alberta C. Johnson, PhD, CFLE -
Professor of Psychology
Georgia Highlands College
 

Conference Center Room E
“The Strange History of the Memory-Transfer Phenomena in Psychology: Cannibalistic Worms, Professor Burgers, Scotophobin, and the (Not So) Fanatical Fringe”
 - Larry Stern, MA -
Professor of Sociology
Collin College
 

Conference Center Room D
"More than tolerance: Reducing ethnocentrism via community service work and interdependency"
- August John Hoffman, PhD -
El Camino College Compton Center and California State University Northridge
and
- Julie Wallach -
El Camino College Compton Center and California State University Northridge
 
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Conference Center Room C
“Induction Ceremony Essentials”
- Laura Bittner, MS -
Carroll Community College
&
- Dr.Sheri C. Chejlyk -
Manatee Community College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
 

Conference Center Room E
"Effects of Seven-Day Osho Dynamic Study Protocol"
- Avni Vyas, PhD -
Psychological Passages, Inc.

Conference Center Room D
"Giving Psychology Away, Socially"
- Theodore D. Joseph, PhD -
Professor of Psychology
Stephen F. Austin State University
 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Conference Center Room C
Luncheon for Registered Participants
Hosted by AB Longman
12:45 PM
Conference Center Room C
Welcome Address
- Dr. Cary Israel -

President, Collin College
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Conference Center Room C
Featured Speaker
- Dr. David Buss -
Professor of Psychology & President of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
University of Texas at Austin

"Sexual Conflict in Human Mating"

 
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Conference Center Room C
"Research 101 for Psychology Students"

- Lisa Huang -
Collin College
 

Conference Center Room E
Conversation Hour with Dr. David Buss
 

Conference Center Room D
"Working Memory and Gist Production after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees."
- Jacquelyn F. Gamino, PhD -
Hudson Scholar
Center for BrainHealth
The University of Texas at Dallas
 
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Conference Center Room B
“Psi Beta to Psi Chi: Effective Transitions”
- Collin Psi Beta Chapter, Northeast Texas Psi Beta Chapter, Stephen F. Austin Psi Chi Chapter, TWU Psi Chi Chapter -


 

Conference Center Room E
"Video-Driven, Multimedia, Web-Based Training: Improving Effectiveness"
- Katherine Pang, PhD -
TAMU-Commerce
 

Conference Center Room D
"Reframing our Concept of Dementia"
- Audette Rackley -
Center for BrainHealth
The University of Texas at Dallas
 
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Conference Center Room B
Psi Chi/Psi Beta
Collaborative Service Project
Jalisco Orphanage

Conference Center Room E
"Honors Psychology Roundtable"
- Jennifer L. O'Loughlin-Brooks, MS -
Professor of Psychology
Collin College
&

David Weintraub, MS

Psychology

McKinney Boyd High School


Conference Center Room D
Regional Workshop
(4:00 - 5:30)
Texas Campus Compact
"Effectively Incorporating Service Learning in Psychology"

 - Valerie T. Smith, MA -
Professor of Psychology
2007-2008 Texas Campus Compact Faculty Fellow
Collin College

 

7:00 PM
Lecture Hall C103
Psychology in Film
"Someone Like You"

Engaging post-film discussion of love and mate selection by faculty and students.

Pizza & Drinks Provided
 

     
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Time Location / Event
8:00 AM
Hospitality Suite Open
Sponsored by Bedford Freeman Worth Publishers
 
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Conference Center Room C
Featured Speaker
- Dr. Helen Fisher -
Visiting Professor and member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies and Department of Anthropology
Rutgers University

"Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love"

 
11:00 AM
Student Presentation
Room BB129
Oral Presentation
"Date Rape with Alcohol Consumption: Recommended  Punishment"
- Ashley N. Haynes, Sonia E. Reece -
Stephen F. Austin State University
 

Student Presentation
Room BB129
Oral Presentation
"Attitudes toward Entering Romantic Relationships with People who have a Physical or Psychological Problem"
- Kimberly A. DeFields -
Lake Michigan College
 

Student Presentation
Room BB129
Oral Presentation
"Sexual Experiences in High School and College"
-
Kalie Wilkinson -
Stephen F. Austin State University
University of Southern California
 

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room D
Poster Presentation
"
Stereotype Threat, Academic Motivation, and Achievement in African American and European American College Students"
- Adena Young, Mei Jiang -
Texas A&M University - Commerce
 

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room D
Poster Presentation
"
An Examination of Citizens’ Fear of Crime"
- Octavia Lowe, Kerron Joseph, Shambre Kelley, Jeannae McCray -
Stephen F. Austin State University
 

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room E
Poster Presentation
"
Contacts and Police Effectiveness Ratings"
- Sherzine Mckenzie, Heather Hastings -
Stephen F. Austin State University
 

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room E
Poster Presentation
"
Factors that Influence Sports Enjoyment in Middle School Students"
- Eli Oh, Sarah Oh, John Schick, Geneva Snider -
Collin College

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room E
Poster Presentation
"Manic Depression's a Frustrating Mess: A Rveiew of the Relationship between Creativity and Bi-Polar Disorder"
- Don Davis -
Collin College
 
 

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room D
Poster Presentation
"Perceptions of Schizophrenia"
- Jay Reddy -
Collin College

Student Presentation
Conference Center Room E
Poster Presentation
"
Invisible Social Identities in a Small Town"
-
Rebecca Gootee -
Stephen F. Austin State University
 
Student Presentation
Conference Center Room D
Poster Presentation
"Associations between relational victimization and internalizing and externalizing problems"
- Jennifer Wang -
University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities
University of Southern California


 
12:30 PM
Room E
Business Meeting