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OveR peek… AT A Few OF ThesCheduled 1,000 sessiOns Sneak FOR eduCATORs inTeRnshiP MATCh iMbAlAnCe: An update on Current Actions Michael C. Roberts, PhD; Catherine L. Grus, PhD; Gregory A. Wilson, BA; Wendy B. Paszkiewiecz, PsyD; Stephen R. McCutcheon, PhD; Susan G. Forman, PhD; Tanya L. Eckert, PhD; Eugene J. D’Angelo, PhD; Mark M. Leach, PhD; and Linda W. Craighead, PhD PsyChOlOGy’s ROle in ReduCinG eduCATiOnAl disPARiTies Samuel O. Ortiz, PhD; Frank C. Worrell, PhD; Sandra Graham, PhD; Stephen M. Quintana, PhD; and Rena F. Subotnik, PhD COMMissiOn On ACCRediTATiOn’s 2012 OPen FORuM Elizabeth A. Klonoff, PhD; Carl E. Paternite, PhD; Joyce Illfelder-Kaye, PhD; and Susan F. Zlotlow, PhD ReCOGnizinG sChOOls FOR PROMOTinG eFFeCTive leARninG enviROnMenTs Mary Brabeck, PhD; Kris Bosworth, PhD; Amy Fineburg, PhD; Gary Troia, PhD; Kurt F. Geisinger, PhD; Tammy L. Hughes, PhD; and Rena F. Subotnik, PhD sPeCiAl ChAllenGes FACinG COlleGe sTudenTs: First-Generation status and Poverty Cynthia Hudley, PhD; Linda Petroff, PhD; and Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD The hidden CuRRiCuluM: nOnACAdeMiC deTeRMinAnTs OF ACAdeMiC suCCess Frank C. Worrell, PhD; Heather E. Bullock, PhD; Laura Smith, PhD; Jeanne Blakeslee, MA; and Fay Reimers, PhD hARRy KiRKe wOlFe leCTuRe Kenneth D. Keith, PhD, A Letter to Teachers: William James, H. B. Alexander, and Me FOR ReseARCheRs And sCienTisTs 2012 disTinGuished sCienTiFiC AwARd AddResses Daniel L. Schacter, PhD, The Future of Memory: Imagining, Remembering, and the Brain; Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Making Research Matter: Strategic Science Harnessed to Create Social Change; Edward F. Diener, PhD, The Future of Subjective Well-Being Research; and Michael Meaney, PhD, Vulnerability Across Generations: Non-Genomic Transmission of Familial Risk OuTwiTTinG The wisdOM OF The bOdy: interrelationships between Obesity and Cognitive Functioning Kerri Boutelle, PhD; Scott Kanoski, PhD; Terry Davidson, PhD, and Dana M. Small, PhD neAl MilleR leCTuRe Huda Akil, PhD, The Neurobiology of Temperament and Emotions: A Molecular and Genetic Approach MAsTeR leCTuRes Patricia J. Bauer, PhD, The Development of Childhood Amnesia and a Personal Past; Jennifer Crocker, PhD, Pursuing Self-Esteem: Ineffective and Effective Strategies; Nicola S. Clayton, PhD, The Mentality of Corvids: Implications for the Evolution of Human Cognition; George F. Koob, PhD, Neurobiology of Addiction: A Reward Deficit and Stress Surfeit Disorder; and David MacKinnon, PhD, Getting From X to Y: Mediating Variables in Psychology heAdinG inTO The unKnOwn: iRb Regulations in Transition Sangeeta Panicker, PhD; Ivor A. Pritchard, PhD; and Vivian Ota Wang, PhD PsyChOlOGiCAl sCienCe idOl (Psi): 6th Annual datablitz Selected graduate students will present their novel and cutting-edge psychological science in a rapid, blitz-style fashion (2 minutes each). A panel of judges will select the best presentation, and that student will win a special prize. 6 CE SESSIONS Go to www.apa.org/convention to register for the 2012 APA Convention beginning on April 16, 2012 http://www.apa.org/convention

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - April 2012

Monitor on Psychology - April 2010
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Internship Shortage Continues
Mental Health Services Remain Scarce at Community Colleges
Apa Weighs in on the Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Apa Praises Court’s Support for Equality
New Mobile App Answers Psychologists’ Clinical Questions
Nih Offers Free Web Resources for Psychologist Researchers
New and Improved Psyclink
In Brief
Government Relations Update
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Early Career Psychology
Psychologist Profile
Coal Miners’ Dilemma
The Science of Political Advertising
Science Watch
Science Directions
More Support Needed for Trauma Interventions
The Case Against Spanking
Innovative Psychology at the High School Level
Speaking of Education
Apa Divisions Reach Out to New Psychologists
New Journal Editors
A Home Base for Multiple Fields
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Awards and Funding Opportunities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - April 2012