WICS:: Annual Meeting

WICS is supported by funds from the Perception, Action, and Cognition Program at the National
Science Foundation. The Social Hour is sponsored by the APA Science Directorate.

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The Seventh Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Long Beach, California
WICS Social hour (sponsored by the APA Science Directorate): 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Judging Merit: Scholarship and Professional Evaluation

Speakers:

Morton Gernsbacher
Vilas Research Professor and the Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin

Randi Martin

Elma Schneider
Professor of Psychology, Rice University

Moderator:

Mary Peterson
Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona

Panelists:

Gary Dell
Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois

Nora Newcombe
Professor of Psychology and Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Temple University

James Pomerantz
Professor of Psychology, Rice University

David Rosenbaum (absent)
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University

Coordinators:

Laurie Feldman, State University of New York at Albany
Janet van Hell, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Judith Kroll, Penn State University
Randi Martin, Rice University
Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University

Advisory Board:

Mary Peterson, University of Arizona
Mary Potter, MIT
Valerie Reyna, University of Texas, Arlington
Lynn Robertson, University of California, Berkeley
Kathryn Spoehr, Brown University

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The Sixth Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

Thursday, November 16, 2006
Hilton Americas Houston, Houston, TX
Location: Grand Ballroom L
WICS Meeting: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WICS Social hour (sponsored by the American Psychological Association): 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Establishing Professional Connections and Collaborations:
A Panel Discussion

Participants

Nora Newcombe (Panel Moderator)
Professor of Psychology and Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Temple University

Randy Engle
Professor and Chair, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Rochel Gelman
Professor and Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University

Kelly Goedert
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Seton Hall University

Anouk Scheres
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona

Michael Tanenhaus
Professor and Director, Center for Language Sciences, University of Rochester

Natasha Tokowicz
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Acknowledgments:

WICS is funded by an Advance Leadership Grant from the National Science Foundation.
WICS Social Hour sponsored by the APA Science Directorate

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The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Women in Cognitive Science Group

Thursday, November 10, 2005, Toronto
Children and Academic Careers*
A Panel Discussion
* This is a topic that is of great concern to both men and women. All are welcome to attend the program.

Participants:
Kathryn Spoehr (Panel Moderator)
Professor of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences and Public Policy at Brown University
(Past Provost, Dean, and Department Chair, Brown University)

Judith H. Langlois
Professor, University of Texas, Austin
(Past Dean of Liberal Arts, University of Texas, Austin)

Judith Kroll
Professor, Pennsylvania State University

David Plaut
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Jocelyn Folk
Associate Professor, Kent State University

Jeffrey Zacks
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

Location: Grand Ballroom West, Sheraton CentreTime: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Organizers:
Randi Martin, Rice University (rmartin@rice.edu)
Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University (suparna.rajaram@sunysb.edu)
Judith Kroll, Pennsylvania State University (jfk7@psu.edu)

Advisory Board:
Mary Peterson (University of Arizona)
Molly Potter (MIT)
Valerie Reyna (University of Arizona)
Lynn Robertson (University of California, Berkeley)
Kathryn Spoehr (Brown University)

Acknowledgement: Funded by an Advance Leadership Grant: Women in Cognition Science by the National Science Foundation

Links to the Report "Do Babies Matter?"

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The Fourth Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

(Please note change of location)

Thursday, November 18, 2004, Minneapolis
Hyatt Ballroom, CD
4 p.m. - 6 p.m
Abigail Stewart, University of Michigan

"Advancing Women in Science"

Psychologist Abigail Stewart, PI on the University of Michigan NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation project, will describe the underlying logic both of the larger program and of Michigan's efforts. She will focus on specific programs and activities that have been making a difference for UM women scientists, and will emphasize steps women scientists can take on their own and in collaboration with their colleagues and institutional officials.

A panel discussion will follow the talk.

Panelists:
Randi Martin, Rice University
Kristi Multhaup, Davidson College
Bobbie Spellman, University of Virginia

All are welcome.

Women in Cognitive Science is affiliated with the Psychonomic Society

Acknowledgment: Funded by an Advance Leadership Grant from the National Science Foundation for Women in Cognitive Science

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The Third Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

Thursday, November 6, 2003, Vancouver, BC
Regency Ballroom A, 3rd floor
Hyatt Regency
4 P.M. - 6 P.M.

Dual-Career Issues In Academia: A Panel Discussion
All are welcome.

Participants

Valerie Reyna (Panel Moderator, Senior Research Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research in the United States Department of Education and Professor, University of Arizona)

Elizabeth D. Capaldi (Provost and Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)

Zenzi Griffin (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Cathleen Moore (Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University)

Gregg Oden (Chair and Professor, University of Iowa)

Henry L. Roediger, III (Chair and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis)

Organizers

Suparna Rajaram (Stony Brook University, suparna.rajaram@sunysb.edu)

Judith Kroll (Pennsylvania State University, jfk7@psu.edu)

Randi Martin (Rice University, rmartin@rice.edu)

Advisory Board

Mary Peterson (University of Arizona)

Molly Potter (MIT)

Valerie Reyna (University of Arizona)

Lynn Robertson (University of California, Berkeley)

Kathy Spoehr (Brown University)

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The 2nd Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

Speakers

Mary Potter, "Improving the lot of women faculty: The MIT experience." Thursday, November 21, 4 6 PM in the Century C Room at the Westin Hotel. Everyone is welcome.

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The 1st Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science

Speakers

Virginia Valian, Her talk, "The Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering: Why So Slow?", can be viewed at the Rice Webcast Archives (requires Real Media Player to play video).

Discussions

Child care
Mentoring and nonacademic positions
Dealing with administrations and negotiation
Status of women in the society and on editorial boards
Women in Neuroscience as a model of organizing within a society

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