Contact SPR Committee to Promote Student Interests

Are your needs being met? Please feel free to contact members of the committee below with suggestions, questions, comments, or to bond with

Faculty Chair

Rebecca Houston,  University at Buffalo, rhouston@ria.buffalo.edu

Web Subcommittee

This subcommittee maintains and develops the SPR student website. They integrate content from other subcommittees, as well as develop new content as appropriate.

Jennifer Robinson (Chair), Texas A&M Health Science Center, jenny@jennyrobinson.org
Kimberly Anderson, University of Florida, linkette@ufl.edu
Carly Peterson, Texas A&M University, carlypeterson@gmail.com

Newsletter Subcommittee

This subcommittee updates and prepares the semi-annual newsletter. The newsletter highlights items of special interest to students, and is timed to go out to members in electronic form in April, and again in August. These deadlines are timed with respect to two major SPR events that the newsletter can highlight for students: May 1 is the deadline for submitting an abstract, and the fall SPR meeting is in most often October, with student poster competition deadlines about one month prior to the meeting. The newsletter will highlight activities of other committees (e.g., Interview), as well as develop content as the committee sees fit.

Jennifer Robinson (Chair), Texas A&M Health Science Center, jenny@jennyrobinson.org
Kimberly Anderson, University of Florida, linkette@ufl.edu

Interview Subcommittee

This subcommittee will interview two SPR members per year. Stephan Moratti conducted a very nice interview with Brigitte Rockstroh, our first interviewee. We have a list of questions that was developed with the assistance of many members, and one that can form the core of any interview, with additional questions to be added as appropriate. At our recent meeting in DC, committee members suggested that it would be good to interview a post-doctoral fellow or new faculty member, and also to specifically inquire about the job market and interview/hiring experiences. The interviews ideally should be completed in time to highlight in each newsletter.

Phillip Gable (Chair), Texas A&M University, pagable@tamu.edu
Sylvia Kreibig, University of Geneva, sylvia.kreibig@cisa.unige.ch

International Students Subcommittee

International students comprise a substantial proportion of the student membership, but also appear to be less likely to remain members after graduation. There are likely a variety of factors responsible, but the International Students Subcommittee can examine ways in which SPR can better address the needs of international students. Stephan Moratti developed an international exchange web page that allows interested labs to host students from other laboratories. Worth considering is that the 2006 meeting is in Vancouver. As that meeting draws near, one of the things the subcommittee can do is to make sure that student needs and interests are anticipated for this meeting.

Sylvia Kreibig (Chair), University of Geneva, sylvia.kreibig@cisa.unige.ch

Post-doctoral/Early Career Subcommittee 

Postdoctoral students have specific needs that overlap with those of student members. Recent efforts of our committee led to a reduced fee structure for recent graduates, but surely there are other issues that our committee might address

Catherine J. Norris (Co-Chair), Dartmouth College, catherine.j.norris@dartmouth.edu
Christine Larson (Co-Chair), Michigan State University, larsoncl@uwm.edu
Jennifer Robinson, Texas A&M Health Science Center, jenny@jennyrobinson.org
Greg Hajcak, Stony Brook University, greg.hajcak@stonybrook.edu
Wendy D'Andrea-Merrins, University of Michigan, taylorw@umich.edu

Meeting Events Subcommittee

Each year we attempt to find a local student host for the annual meeting. This local host finds info on cheap eats, cheap excursions, and cheap transportation to the hotel. The student host also assists in finding a place for the SPR sponsored student social, and does whatever else seems appropriate to make the conference fun, informative, and affordable for students.

Logan Trujillo (Chair), University of Texas, trujillo@psy.utexas.edu
Eynav Elgavish Accortt,  University of Arizona, eynav@email.arizona.edu
Toby Amoss

Program Committee Representative

Each year one of our student members sits on the program committee to ensure that the student voice is represented. This position also allows the student member to get an inside glimpse of the meeting planning, involves reviewing abstracts, and begets the immense gratitude of the membership.

Cory Burghy, University of Wyoming, burghy@uwyo.edu

Membership Retention Subcommittee

Works to identify issues affecting the retention of members, especially those of relevance for women.

Becky Levin (Co-Chair), University of Illinois, rllevin@uiuc.edu
Sarah Sass (Co-Chair), University of Illinois, ssass@uiuc.edu
Andrea Chambers, University of Arizona, andreach@email.arizona.edu
Sylvia Kreibig, University of Geneva, sylvia.kreibig@cisa.unige.ch
Julie Hall, University of Michigan, halljl@umich.edu

Clinical Psychophysiology Subcommittee

Students enrolled in clinical programs face an additional set of demands and concerns, and this new subcommittee is working to provide a forum for discussing these issues. Topics of interest include discussing clinical applications of psychophysiology (especially new paradigms, etc) and issues specific to being in clinical programs while conducting psychophysiological research (e.g., accruing clinical hours, applying for internships, post-docs, etc.). The committee is hosting a special interest lunch at this year's annual meeting.

Julie Hall (Chair), University of Michigan, halljl@umich.edu
Eynav Elgavish Accortt,  University of Arizona, eynav@email.arizona.edu
Jason Moser, University of Delaware, jmoser@UDel.Edu
Carly Peterson, Texas A&M University, carlypeterson@gmail.com
Daniel Goldman, University of Minnesota, goldm076@umn.edu
Greg Perlman, University of Minnesota, perlm034@umn.edu
Lin Nelson, University of Minnesota, nels5112@umn.edu

Travel Awards Subcommittee

Works to organize and implement the annual SPR Student Travel Awards.

Rebecca J. Houston (Chair), University of Buffalo, rhouston@ria.buffalo.edu
Phillip Gable, Texas A&M University, pagable@tamu.edu
Christine Larson, Michigan State University, larsoncl@uwm.edu

Education and Training Committee Representative

Christine Larson, Michigan State University, larsoncl@uwm.edu

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Last update: April, 2008