Yale Department of Psychology Alumni Conference

April 7 – 9, 2006

 

Conference Program

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Program Overview

Friday, April 7th

  

Registration

  
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration at Rose Alumni House (232 York)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Registration at University Commons, Woolsey Hall
   

Pre-Conference Events
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Zigler Center Lecture Series – J. Lawrence Aber '82 PhD
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm "Neal Miller Alumni" Lunch and Meeting
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Special tour of Yale Center for British Art – Virtue exhibit
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Special tour of Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
   

Conference

  
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Welcoming Remarks (Jon Butler, Kelly Brownell)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Panel #1: Lessons and memories from the 1950s
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm Reception (University Commons, Woolsey Hall)
7:30 pm Dinner (University Commons, Woolsey Hall)
   

Saturday, April 8th
9:30 am - 11:30 am Panel #2: How has psychology changed, and where is it going?
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Buffet Lunch (University Commons, Woolsey Hall)
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Poster Session: Current graduate student research (Commons)
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm Panel #3: How psychology matters in the real world
6:30 pm Cocktails & Dinner (Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney)
   

Sunday, April 9th

9:00 am - 10:30 am Panel #4: The unity of psychology
10:30 am Farewell Brunch (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York)
   

Program

Friday, April 7th

Registration
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration at Rose Alumni House
232 York Street (between Chapel and Elm Streets)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Registration at University Commons, Woolsey Hall
Corner of Grove & College Streets
   

Pre-Conference Events
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy Lecture Series
William L. Harkness Hall, Room 116 (College Street near Grove Street)

“Developmental Psychology and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action”
J. Lawrence Aber ’82 PhD
Professor, Department of Applied Psychology
The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm A Satellite Meeting of "Miller Industries"
Location TBA

This event will begin with a lunch for all alumni involved in research with the illustrious Neal E. Miller. Afterwards, in another place open to all, memorabilia from his life will be arrayed, a filmed interview with him will be shown, and people will be encouraged to record their reminiscences of him (to be used in a biography). Interested alumni are encouraged to contact the organizers, one of whom is Edgar "Ted" Coons '64 PhD, at Psych.Alumni@yale.edu.

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Special Tour at the Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel Street (at High Street) – meet in lobby

Angus Trumble, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, will lead a private tour of the London paintings and drawings of John Virtue.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Special Tour of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
15 Hillhouse Avenue

A private tour, with musical demonstrations by the curators, of this exquisite resource in the center of campus.
   

Conference
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Welcoming Remarks
Davies Auditorium, Becton Center (15 Prospect Street)
  • Jon Butler
    Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Kelly Brownell
    Chair, Department of Psychology
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Panel #1: Modern Roots of Psychology at Yale: Lessons and Memories from the 1950s
Davies Auditorium, Becton Center (15 Prospect Street)

An exploration of what psychology at Yale was like in the 1950s, and how such factors have played out in the intervening decades, and continue to influence the present.
Moderator
  • Laurie Santos
    Yale University
Panelists
  • Gordon Bower ’59 PhD
    Stanford University
  • Jerome Kagan ’54 PhD
    Harvard University
  • William McGuire ’54 PhD
    Yale University
  • Roger Shepard ’55 PhD
    Stanford University
  • Philip Zimbardo ’59 PhD
    Stanford University
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm Reception
University Commons, Woolsey Hall
Corner of Grove & College Streets
7:30 pm Dinner
University Commons, Woolsey Hall
Corner of Grove & College Streets
 

Saturday, April 8th
9:30 am - 11:30 am
(includes
coffee break)		 Panel #2: How has Psychology Changed, and Where is it Going?
Davies Auditorium, Becton Center (15 Prospect Street)

An exploration of how the various areas of our discipline have changed in recent years, what those changes mean for our field, what current trends in the field are especially notable, and what new exciting trends may lie on the horizon.

Moderator
 
  • Marcia Johnson
    Yale University
Panelists
  • Yuhong Jiang ‘00 PhD
    Harvard University
  • Mark Lepper ‘70 PhD
    Stanford University
  • Tim McNamara ‘84 PhD
    Vanderbilt University
  • Roddy Roediger ‘73 PhD
    Washington University, St. Louis
  • Leslie Zebrowitz ‘70 PhD
    Brandeis University
 
Noon - 1:30 pm Buffet Lunch
University Commons, Woolsey Hall
Corner of Grove & College Streets
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Poster Session: Current Graduate Student Research
University Commons, Woolsey Hall
Corner of Grove & College Streets
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Panel #3: How Psychology Matters in the Real World
Davies Auditorium, Becton Center (15 Prospect Street)

An exploration of how our research and training can really make a difference to people's lives.
Moderator
  • Kelly Brownell
    Yale University
Panelists
  • Anne Beall ‘94 PhD
    Beall Research & Training, Inc.
  • Rachel Chazan Cohen ‘98 PhD
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Elissa Epel ‘99 PhD
    University of California, San Francisco
  • Ellen Langer ‘74 PhD
    Harvard University
  • Betty Ward-Zukerman ‘88 PhD
    US Government Accountability Office
  • Philip Zimbardo ‘59 PhD
    Stanford University
6:30 pm Cocktails & Dinner
Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Avenue

Memories and Lessons from the ‘Roving Microphone’
 

Sunday, April 9th
9:00 - 10:30 am

Panel #4: The Unity of Psychology
Davies Auditorium, Becton Center (15 Prospect Street)

An exploration of how the different areas of psychology interact, constrain, and relate to each other.
Moderator
  • Paul Bloom
    Yale University
Panelists
  • Edgar (Ted) Coons ‘64 PhD
    New York University
  • Carol Dweck ‘72 PhD
    Stanford University
  • Randy Gallistel ‘66 PhD
    Rutgers University
  • James Jones ‘70 PhD
    University of Delaware
  • Peter Salovey ‘86 PhD
    Yale University
10:45 am - Noon Farewell Brunch
Hall of Graduate Studies Dining Hall (320 York Street)