Fifth Annual Doctoral
Seminar in Educational
Psychology
Sponsored by Division 15 of
the American
Psychological Association
Mission
The purposes of the seminar is to
allow informal exchange of ideas
about research, particularly the
research plans of doctoral
students, and to demystify the
process of becoming an
educational researcher.
Mission
Selected doctoral students will
attend conference presentations,
participate in social events, and meet
with distinguished researchers. The
seminar also encourages interuniversity connections among
students and with faculty sharing
common interests. In addition,
students work with faculty mentors in
small groups to discuss their
dissertation research and receive
guidance and suggestions.
Mission
The seminar is offered free of
charge. Division 15 will pay for
meals and refreshments during
the seminar, and will provide each
student participant with a stipend
that covers the cost of
conference registration
(student affiliate), Division 15
Membership, plus $200.
Call for 2003 Participants
The Division of Educational Psychology--Division 15--of
the American Psychological Association announces
its Fifth Annual National Graduate Student Doctoral
Research Seminar to be held August 7-10, 2003, during
the annual meeting of APA in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. The seminar will be limited to 15 students, no
more than three from any one institution. Applicants
must be enrolled as full-time graduate students; and
approximately midway through their doctoral
programs (Ideally, students will be in approximately
the third year of a full-time program, but having only
begun preliminary work, such as drafting a
prospectus, on their doctoral dissertations).
2002 Student participants
Jon Barch, Univ. of Iowa
jbarch@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
Sonia Gugga, Columbia
Teachers College
ssg34@columbia.edu
Deborah Burton, Univ. of
Kentucky
Diane Jamieson-Noel, Simon
Fraser University
daburt00@uky.edu
djamieso@sfu.ca
Stephanie Brooks Corliss,
Univ. of Texas at Austin
Jami-Jon Mitchell, Univ. of
Houston
stephaniejbrooks@yahoo.com
jsaxm88@msn.com
Tierra Freeman, Univ. of
Kentucky
tmfree00@uky.edu
David Fortus, Univ. of
Michigan
dfortus@umich.edu
Anne Rinne, Univ. of Indiana
arinn@indiana.edu
Jeffrey Sargent, Univ. of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa
ALMiddie@aol.com
Jenna Seymour, Univ. of
Wisconsin
jrseymour@students.wisc.edu
2001 Student participants
Derek Briggs, University of California, Berkeley
derekb@uclink4.berkeley.edu
James Harrity, University of Massachusetts
jharrity@educ.umass.edu
Hyungshim Jang, University of Iowa
hejang@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
Rob Klassen, Simon Fraser University
rmk@sfu.edu
Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut
stelgift@aol.com
Jim Tussey, University of Kentucky
jtussey@goergetowncollege.edu
Doris Zahner, Columbia University Teachers College
dwc14@columbia.edu
Application Materials
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Applications must include 5 copies of the
following:
A 2-page vita
A 1000 word statement about your
research interests,
A 1-page list of works cited.
A 1-page letter of intent explaining how
you could contribute to and benefit from
the seminar.
A letter of recommendation from your
advisor describing your qualifications.
This letter should be co-signed by the
Department Chair
Contact information
for Current Co-Chairs
Heather A. Davis,
Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Florida
1422 Norman Hall, P.O. Box 117047
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352)-392-0723 x (241); Fax (352)-392-5929
hdavis@coe.ufl.edu
Jessica Summers,
Dept. of Educational & Counseling Psychology
University of Missouri
16 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
summersj@missouri.edu