After two years as President-elect, I succeeded Maureen Hester as CTUP President at the annual business meeting during the American Psychological Association convention in New York City. My work with CTUP began in1987 as a co-coordinator in the southwest and has provided ongoing professional satisfaction through the quality programming offered at the regional psychology conventions, the dedicated coordinators who add their own zest to this dynamic organization, CTUP's participation in several national initiatives (see the business meeting minutes for the most recent one), and the "grass roots" foundation that undergirds our collective efforts as teachers interested in teaching to improve our abilities to teach through learning from each other.
Congratulations to CTUP's new President-elect Mary Allen from California State University at Bakersfield. Mary has a rich history of involvement in the western region and will be in charge of maintaining all of our business records (membership, treasury, incorporation reports), and I will continue as newsletter editor for two more years. Her strong leadership and the current slate of regional coordinators listed on page 7 promise to make the next two years outstanding ones for the continued growth and stature of CTUP at the state, regional, and national levels.
The following goals for 1995-1997 were presented at the business meeting. Your comments on these goals and suggestions for additional CTUP pursuits are invited and welcome. Throughout the next two years, the newsletter and CTUP sessions around the nation will be the primary vehicles for updating the membership on progress.
1. Continue thoughtful, useful, and eventful programming at the regional conventions.
2. Continue selection of dynamic, responsible, committed regional coordinators.
3. Define, suggest, and communicate outreach opportunities between high school and undergraduate teachers of psychology.
4. Convene a subcommittee of the Executive Council to review CTUP's mission and develop objectives and priorities for the next five to ten years. Included in such planning will be consideration of the establishment of an endowment and what monies from such an endowment would be used for.
5. Explore additional opportunities to work collaboratively with Division 2.
6. Increase membership.
7. Create opportunities to increase CTUP's visibility among all teachers of psychology.
8. Mail the fall newsletter by September 10.
9. Use the fall newsletter for communicating the organization's business and the spring letter to elaborate a theme.
10. Mail one issue of the newsletter first class so that we can determine the incorrect addresses.
11. Stabilize the funding for mailing the newsletter.
In closing, thanks to Jane Halonen for her enthusiasm, creativity, and wisdom over the last six years on the Executive Board. Thanks also to Blaine Peden and Jim Waller for so ably serving as Midwestern Regional and Western Regional Coordinators, respectively. Also, please note that the flyer in this issue contains the information about the Second Annual CTUP Membership Drive and Professional Support Awards. Winners of the first professional support awards are announced in the next section. The theme of the spring newsletter will be technology in the classroom. If you have material you would like included, send it to me at the Department of Psychology, Box 4031, ESU, Emporia, KS 66801-5087. A portion of the Division Two program next August will be devoted to technology in the classroom. If you are interested in presenting at the APA convention is this area, contact Jane Halonen, Division Two assistant program chair at 414-382-6260. Best wishes for a productive fall.
Margaret Matlin, teacher and textbook author, received the 1995 American Psychological Foundation (APF) Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology for her career contributions to the teaching of psychology. The award was presented at the recent APA convention in New York City.
Paul Hettich, Norine Jalbert, current SWPA Coordinator David Johnson, former SEPA Coordinator and current Division Two President Virginia Andreoli Mathie were announced at the Division Two business meeting as 1995 Fellows of Division Two of the American Psychological Association. Also presented were the 1994 Fellows including Jane Halonen, Robert Sternberg, and Elizabeth Swenson. Hearty congratulations to these CTUP members. Norine Jalbert is Psi Chi National President, and Steve Davis is now the Past President.
The winners of the first CTUP Membership Drive and Professional Support Awards have been announced. Each new member of CTUP and each CTUP member who recruited a new member had their names entered for a drawing. The drawing occurred June 21. The winners: Theresa Wozencraft from Midwestern (TX) State University won $400, David Kreiner from Central Missouri State University won $125, and Melinda Blackman won $75.
CTUP Business Meeting Highlights
1. Balance in the treasury as of June 30, 1995 is $2,401.59.Psi Chi Launches a National Journal
THE 5TH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS OF PSYCHOLOGY will be November 10-11, 1995, at Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX. Sessions will include the faculty recruitment, mentoring, classroom demonstrations for the intro course, cultural diversity, spicing up the psychology of adjustment, teaching social psychology, teaching life-span developmental course, issues in large lecture settings, finding a job, creating a discourse community in the human sexuality class, publishing in Teaching of Psychology, student presentation and publication, incorporating art into psychology. For more information, call John Hall, 817-531-4956 or 817- 531-4974.
THE 8TH ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY will be held at Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA. For more information, contact William Hill, Department of Psychology, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA 30061, 404-423-6225.
THE 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY-For more information, contact Judith R. Levine, Department of Psychology, SUNY College of Technology, Farmingdale, NY 11735, 516-420-2725.
The traditional CTUP Program at EPA includes a panel discussion on a topic of interest to its members, an activities exchange, a conversation with a prominent teacher, a social affair, and a business meeting. If you have a suggestion or comment or would like to contribute to the program this spring, please write, call, or e-mail Dave Hertzler, Department of Psychology, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126; (315) 341-4013; HERTZLER@OSWEGO.OSWEGO.EDU, or Susan Dutch, Department of Psychology, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA 01086, 413-572-5346, respectively. We encourage all members to take part and would especially like to learn of program preferences. Please respond by November 8, 1995.
PROGRAM OUTLINE (Tentative) Thursday, May 2, 1996
CTUP/PSI CHI Forum:"Getting a Job with a B.A. in Psychology" Discussion with students currently employed and those planning to proceed down that route.
CTUP Symposium:"Psychology and the Information Superhighway" Topics include listservs, e-mail, telnet, gopher, ftp, WWW and psychology specific resources. CTUP, PSI CHI, PSI BETA and CUPP Planning Session
Friday, May 3, 1996 CTUP Professional Development Symposium: "Letters of Recommendation from Four Perspectives: Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student, Writing the Letter and the Letter in Promotion and Tenure"
CTUP/CUPP Co-Sponsored Symposium: "Student Development of Professional Standards" Topics include appropriate conference attendance behaviors as well as the development of student cultures in psychology departments.
APA Division Two and CTUP G. STANLEY HALL DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Michael Domjan, University of Texas-Austin, "Learning and Behavior Systems"Saturday, May 4, 1996 THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM
CTUP-MPA Region invites you to submit a proposal for THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM, a CTUP sponsored poster and demonstration session scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 1996. THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM is an opportunity for teaching psychologists to learn and to demonstrate successful teaching techniques and methods that enhance teaching and learning in college psychology courses. To propose a technique for THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM, submit the information listed below no later than October 16, 1995 to Kathleen R. Stetter, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 414-424-7174, 414-424-7317 (fax), Stetter@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu.
1. Title of technique or method. 2. Author, affiliation, address, phone, and e-mail address. 3. 100 to 200 word description of technique's purpose and use. 4. Type of course and intended audience for which you use the technique. 5. Evidence (quantitative or qualitative) of the technique's effectiveness. 6. Constraints on using the technique (e.g., class size, materials, time). 7. Constraints on doing a demonstration at the convention (e.g., space, projectors). 8. Availability of handouts that describe your technique.
For the CTUP program listing, please include on a separate sheet your title, author(s) and affiliation, and a 50-word summary. Also include two stamped, self-addressed postcards with the paper title typed on them for reply. Demonstrations will be selected from poster applications. Space allocation may limit the number of proposals that can be accepted for presentation.Please direct any general inquiries about CTUP/MPA programming to Eric Landrum, CTUP Midwest Regional Coordinator, Department of Psychology, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (208) 385-1993, (208) 385-4318 (FAX),
The CTUP Program will include four events: 1) A juried poster session on all aspects of teaching including classroom projects, student assessment, student and peer teaching evaluations, curricular/program issues, student advising and mentoring. 2) Teaching Take-out forum demonstrating successful teaching techniques, 3) a G. Stanley Hall lecture co-sponsored with APA Division Two, and 4) a business meeting. Submissions for the poster session and Teaching Take-out forum are welcome and should be sent to the RMPA Program chair (Rick Miller and Bill Wozniak, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849) by December 8. Please submit proposals for either event using the Proposal Submission Form and include the following: 1) Title of technique, method, or demonstration, 2) author, affiliation, address, phone, and fax/e-mail, and 3) Summary of 400-words or less.
For additional information regarding CTUP/RMPA membership or participation in the 1996 program, contact Dr. Jann Adams, Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID 83605. Phone 208-459-5661, 208-454-2077 (FAX), Jadams@stimpy.acofi.edu.
The CTUP Program will feature both program ideas and teaching demonstrations. Members are encouraged to submit program suggestions or demonstrations or other creative ideas to Dr. Steve Tacker, Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, 919-328-6478, 919-328-6283 (FAX)
WHAT is it? A special poster session sponsored by CTUP will be held during the SWPA convention to provide a forum in which teachers of psychology can exchange teaching ideas and discover ways to expand and improve their teaching methods. WHAT activities can be presented? Any aspect of teaching is welcome: classroom projects, demonstrations, assessment of student learning and skills, student evaluations, teaching of psychology in non-college settings, advising and mentoring. WHAT information should be included? Regardless of content, each poster should contain an abstract, project description, discussion of implementation or procedures, description of resources and materials, and an outcome statement. Submission procedures for individual submissions must follow the regular procedures of SWPA described in the SWPA Call for Papers. Be sure to check "poster" on the format information line and list the topic as "teaching." Mail cover sheets and summaries of 500 words or less, postmarked no later than November 1, 1995, to Dr. David Johnson, Department of Psychology, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR 72761.
CTUP will be active, as usual, at the 1996 WPA convention. In additional to our usual planning breakfast on Sunday, April 14, and the social hour, we will have one invited speaker, a last lecture symposium, a symposium on the use of technology in teaching, a wealth of teaching take-out presentations, and a poster session. Poster session submissions are made to the WPA office in response to their regular call for proposals. Karen Huffman and Mary Allen are working with volunteers from the 1995 planning breakfast to coordinate the invited program, and plans should be firm by mid-fall. If you are interested in presenting at the technology or teaching take-out sessions, please contact Karen Huffman as soon as possible at 619-744-1150.