Fifth Annual Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology

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Fifth Annual Doctoral Seminar in Educational
Psychology

• Sponsored by Division 15 of the American
  Psychological Association

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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.

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Mission

• Selected doctoral students will attend conference
  presentations, participate in social events, and
  meet with distinguished researchers. The seminar
  also encourages inter-university 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.

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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.

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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).

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2002 Student participants

• Jon Barch, Univ. of Iowa
• jbarch_at_blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
• Deborah Burton, Univ. of Kentucky
• daburt00_at_uky.edu
• Stephanie Brooks Corliss, Univ. of Texas at
  Austin
• stephaniejbrooks_at_yahoo.com
• Tierra Freeman, Univ. of Kentucky
• tmfree00_at_uky.edu
• David Fortus, Univ. of Michigan
• dfortus_at_umich.edu

• Sonia Gugga, Columbia Teachers College
• ssg34_at_columbia.edu
• Diane Jamieson-Noel, Simon Fraser University
• djamieso_at_sfu.ca
• Jami-Jon Mitchell, Univ. of Houston
• jsaxm88_at_msn.com
• Anne Rinne, Univ. of Indiana
• arinn_at_indiana.edu
• Jeffrey Sargent, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• ALMiddie_at_aol.com
• Jenna Seymour, Univ. of Wisconsin
• jrseymour_at_students.wisc.edu

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2001 Student participants

• Derek Briggs, University of California, Berkeley
• derekb_at_uclink4.berkeley.edu
• James Harrity, University of Massachusetts
• jharrity_at_educ.umass.edu
• Hyungshim Jang, University of Iowa
• hejang_at_blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
• Rob Klassen, Simon Fraser University
• rmk_at_sfu.edu
• Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut
• stelgift_at_aol.com
• Jim Tussey, University of Kentucky
• jtussey_at_goergetowncollege.edu
• Doris Zahner, Columbia University Teachers
  College
• dwc14_at_columbia.edu

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Application Materials

• 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

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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 [phone]
• hdavis_at_coe.ufl.edu
• Jessica Summers,
• Dept. of Educational Counseling Psychology
• University of Missouri
• 16 Hill Hall
• Columbia, MO 65211
• summersj_at_missouri.edu