
Psychological Science: Origins and Prospects
April 7 – 9, 2006
Join fellow alumni, current graduate students and Yale faculty in Psychology to reflect on the past, present, and further of both the Department and the discipline as a whole. The program includes festive meals and social events and well as panel discussions, a poster session, and special tours.
CONFERENCE 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)