Your 2018 APA Convention Cheat Sheet

Convention is headed to San Francisco! Are you attending? If so, there are some amazing sessions this year. If you can’t attend in person, don’t stress because we have you covered. We will be live Tweeting much of what’s going on.

As always, here are a few other things to consider at Convention:

  • Download the App! If you remember from last year or are a first timer at Convention, the APA Convention App (available for download free in the app store for Google Play (Android) and iTunes (iPhone) offers an even greater list of all presentations, sessions, and ceremonies that fill the Convention weekend. Learn about presenters, find your way through Moscone Center with the Convention Map, and even create a schedule for yourself! It automatically updates if locations have changed so it’s a great real-time resource.
  • Tweet about your Convention experience! Join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #APA2018 or by following the APA Education account (@APAEducation)
  • Check out Booth 708 Thursday, Friday and Saturday to join APA Publishing for enlightening presentations and free beverages (beer and coffee)! at the JARS BAR.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH

8:00am – 5:50pm

Pre-Conference Workshop for Introductory Psychology Teachers
San Francisco State University
Downtown Campus

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9TH

8:00am – 8:50am

Teaching  Social  Class 
Moscone Center/Room 3008 Level 3-West Building
Unique  Techniques  for  Engaging  Adult  Learners  in  Online  Learning  Communities  and  Classrooms 
Moscone Center/Room 3005 Level 3-West Building
Symposium: Narrating School—How Stories Told Shape Students, Teachers, Principals, and Policy
Moscone Center, Level 2-West Building, Room 2008

8:00am – 9:50am

Teaching Introductory Statistics—A Hands-On Workshop on Incorporating Active Learning
Moscone Center/Room 104 Lobby Level-South Building

9:00am – 9:50am

Invited  Address  Innovative  Approaches  to  Teaching  Introductory  Psychology 
Moscone Center/Room 156 Upper Mezzanine-South Building

9:00am – 10:50am

Sex,  Gender,  and  Sexualities:  A  Skill-Building  Workshop  for  Teachers  Wishing  to  Update  Their  Courses 
Moscone Center/Room 208 Level Two-South Building

10:00am – 10:50am

Balancing  the  Needs  of  Students,  Faculty,  and  Programs:  Ten  Years  of  Introductory  Psychology  Data 
Moscone Center, Level 2-West Building, Room 2001

11:00am – 11:50am

Invited  Address  How  to  Train  a  Culturally  Safe  Psychology  Workforce:  Learnings  from  Australia 
Moscone Center, Level 2-West Building, Room 2006

12pm – 12:50pm

Challenge  Accepted:  Articulation  and  Redesign  of  the  Two-tiered  Undergraduate  Psychology  Major
Moscone Center/Room 2014 Level 2-West Building

1:00pm – 1:50pm

Presidents’  Address  Lessons  Learned  from  117  Years  of  Teaching
Moscone Center/Room 2007 Level 2-West Building

2:00pm – 2:50pm

Presidential Address: New Ways to Think About ‘General Psychology’: Creative, Critical and Inclusive Approaches
Convention Center: Room 2014
Skill-Building Session: Introducing a New
Tool to Help Mentors Guide Students to
Critical Careers in Aging
Moscone Center, Level 3-West Building, Room 3007

3:00pm – 3:50pm 

STP  Social  Hour
Jamber Wine Pub
838 Folsom St
Poster Session: Students’ Motivation for Learning
Moscone Center, Exhibition Level-South Building, Halls ABC
Pedagogy, Power, and Social Justice in Community Psychology Teaching and Learning
Moscone Center/Room 3010 Level 3-West Building

5:00pm – 5:50pm 

Division 15 Social Hour
San Francisco Marriott
Marquis Hotel Yerba Buena Salons 1 and 2

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10TH

8:00am – 8:50am

Tech  Insiders’  Advice  for  Psychology  Majors  Seeking  Careers  in  the  “Human-Side”  of  the  Tech  Industry
Moscone Center/Room 215 Level Two-South Building

9:00am – 9:50am

 Skill-Building  Practices  that  Promote  Workplace  Preparedness  for  Baccalaureate  Psychology  Graduates 
Moscone Center/Room 2018 Level 2-West Building
Teaching Introduction to Psychology: Creating Coherence among Psychology’s Diverse Specialties
Moscone Center/Room 2020 Level 2-West Building

9:00am – 10:50am

Creating  a  More  Gender  and  Race-  Inclusive  Curriculum  for  the  History  of  Psychology 
Moscone Center/Room 3000 Level 3-West Building

10:00am -10:50am

Poster  Session  Teaching  of  Psychology  I

11:00am – 11:50am

Beyond  the  Lecture:  Effective  Teaching  in  Large  Classes 
Moscone Center/Room 2024 Level 2-West Building
Are  Terminal  Master’s  Programs  in  Psychology  at  a  Dead  End? 
Moscone Center/Room 3009 Level 3-West Building

1:00pm – 1:50pm

G.  Stanley  Hall  Lecture  Blood,  Gore,  and  Video  Games:  Effects  of  Violent  Content  on  Players  
Moscone Center, Level Two-South Building, Room 216
Diane  Halpern  Lecture  (CABE)  The  Undercover  Scientist  Using  Pedagogical  Research  to  Teach  and  Discover  Hard
Moscone Center, Level Two-South Building, Room 208


2:00pm – 2:50pm

G.  Stanley  Hall  Lecture  IGen:  Reaching  Today’s  Students
Convention Center: Moscone Center Room 208
Symposium: Surviving APA Style—How to Engage Students to Advance Scholarly Writing and Career Readiness
Moscone Center, Level Two-South Building, Room 215

3:00pm – 3:50pm

Harry  Kirke  Wolfe  Lecture  What  Can  We  Learn  from  Fake  News?  Building  Critical  Thinking  and  Scientific  Literacy  in  the  Classroom 
Convention  Center:  Moscone  Center  Room  214
TOPSS  Leveling  the  Field:  Fostering  Identification  with  School  in  All  Our  Students 
Convention Center Moscone Center Room 206


4:00pm – 4:50pm

GSTA  Learning  through  Doing,  Contributing,  and  Sharing:  Employing  Authentic  Research  Opportunities
Moscone Center, Level 2-West Building, Room 2016
Applying Psychological Science to Teaching, Learning, and Well-Being in Schools
Moscone Center/Rooms 20 and 21 Exhibition Level-North Building

5:00pm – 5:50pm

Global  Education  and  the  Global  Workforce:  Challenges  and  Opportunities 
Moscone Center/Room 2011 Level 2-West Building

5:00pm – 6:30pm

TOPSS Reception
The Irish Bank, 10 Mark Lane, San Francisco

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH

7:30am – 9:00am

Federal Support for Graduate Study: Expanding Access and Serving Our National Needs
Marriott Marquis, Yerba Buena Salons 10 & 11

8:00am – 8:50am

Adapting  Problem  Based  Learning  for  Psychology  Training 
Moscone Center/Room 2006 Level 2-West Building
Academic  Integrity  Violations  in  Higher  Education:  A  Multifaceted  Problem
Moscone Center/Room 2014 Level 2-West Building
Innovative Approaches For Creating Safe And Supportive Schools For All Students
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine–South Building, Room 156

9:00am – 9:50am

Invited  Address  Psychological  Literacy:  What  Is  It  and  How  Do  We  Measure  It? 
Moscone Center, Level 2-West Building, Room 2011
Psi  Beta  Poster  Session
Broadening the Field—The Evolution of the Educational Psychology Pipeline in Teaching
Moscone Center/Room 2001 Level 2-West Building
10:00am – 10:50am 
An  Introductory  Psychology  Teaching  Slam:  Encouraging  Engagement  with  Activities  and  Assignments
Moscone Center/Room 2020 Level 2-West Building
Teaching  Lifespan  Development  Online 
Moscone Center/Room 2018 Level 2-West Building
Symposium: Mentoring Students—Nothing Compares!
Moscone Center/Room 3014 Level 3-West Building

11:00am – 11:50am

 Invited  Address  Inclusive  Teaching:  Managing  Culture  Clashes  in  Psychology  Courses
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine-South Building, Room 160
Career  Abled:  Education  and  Practice  Considerations  to  Promote  Disability  Inclusion  
Moscone Center/Room 313 Level Three-South Building
Psi  Beta  Keynote  Address  Leadership  and  Mentoring  Are  Nearly  Synonymous:  Lessons  Learned
Moscone Center, Level 3-West Building, Room 3005

12:00pm – 12:50pm

Poster  Session  Teaching  of  Psychology  II 
Teaching  Awareness,  Inclusion,  and  Understanding  of Marginalized  Populations  to  Psychology  Majors 
Moscone Center/Room 3005 Level 3-West Building

1:00pm – 1:50pm 

APF Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award
Moscone Center/Room 159 Upper Mezzanine-South Building

2:00pm – 2:50pm

Planning for an APA General Psychology Initiative
Convention Center: Moscone Center Room 104
Lee  Gurel  Lecture:  A  Conversation  with  Dr.  Paul  Ekman
Convention Center: Moscone Center Room 215

3:00pm – 3:50pm

Emerging Trends of Top Workforce Skills Recommended for Psychology Majors
Convention Center: Moscone Center Room 214
Randal  M.  Ernst  Lecture:  Politics,  Sex,  Religion,  and  Rights:  Controversial  Topics  in  the  Classroom
Convention Center: Moscone Center Room 151

4:00pm – 4:50pm

Attitude Toward Aging—Prepare Students to Work in an Aging World By Drawing
Moscone Center/Room 313 Level Three-South Building
Teaching Ethics in the U.S. Undergraduate Major—From Program Mission to the Classroom
Moscone Center/Room 307 Level Three-South Building

5:00pm – 5:50pm

CABE/Psi Beta Awards Ceremony and Social Hour
Convention Center: San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel Pacific Room B
Infusing Gender Realities Into Teaching of Psychology—Rural Mental Health and Community Engagement
Moscone Center/Room 307 Level Three-South Building

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12TH

8:00am – 8:50am

Open  Educational  Resources:  Free  Textbooks  That  Can  Be  Modified  Brink 
Moscone Center/Room 214 Level Two-South Building

9:00am – 9:50am

Strategies  for  Scaffolding  Knowledge  in  the  Millenial  Student 
Moscone Center/Room 2010 Level 2-West Building

10:00am – 10:50am

Project  Syllabus:  Taking  Your  Syllabus  to  the  Next  Level
Moscone Center/Room 151 Upper Mezzanine-South Building

11:00 – 11:50am

Using  Problem-Based  Learning  to  Teach  Ethics
Moscone Center/Room 206 Level Two-South Building

 


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