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UWG PSYCHOLOGY 50TH ANNIVERSARY1967-2017

OCTOBER 5-7, 2017

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND PROGRAM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 55:30pm Registration Check-in and Welcome Reception Irish Bred Pub, Adamson Square

7:00pm Dinner on your own

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 68:00am Continental Breakfast and Registration Check-in - Melson Hall

9:00am Concurrent Presentations - Melson Hall

12:00pm Lunch on your own

1:30pm Concurrent Presentations - Melson Hall

4:30pm Drum Circle with Ten Blocks Away - Melson Front Porch

6:00pm Recognition Dinner - Campus Center Ballroom

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 78:00am Continental Breakfast - Melson Hall

8:40am Gentle Flow Yoga with Lisa - Melson Hall

9:40am Concurrent Presentations - Melson Hall

12:00pm Closing

50 Years of Psychology at UWG: Artifacts detailing the history of the Department of Psychology at the University of West Georgia will be exhibited in Ingram Library. UWG Special Collections and the Center for Public History will host a reception in the Thomas Murphy Reading Room on Saturday, October 7, 12-2pm, following the conclusion of the conference.

RECOGNITION DINNERFRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 · CAMPUS CENTER BALLROOM

Opening Remarks

Dr. Jeffrey Reber - Chair, Department of Psychology

Dr. N. Jane McCandless - Dean, College of Social Sciences

Dr. Micheal Crafton - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Kyle Marrero - President, University of West Georgia

Dinner

Musical Performance

Ten Blocks Away

Keynote

Aimee Copeland

Awards and Honors

Dr. Jeffrey Reber - Chair, Department of Psychology

RECOGNITION DINNERKEYNOTE ADDRESSAimee Copeland Community Advocate & UWG Alumna

Melson 207 Melson 218 Melson 213 Melson 207 Melson 218 Melson 2138:00-9:00 8-8:30

9:00-9:20Ego, Soul, and the Restorative Function of Emotional Pain Leland "Chip" Baggett

The Value of My West Georgia College Experience Thomas Patrick Williams 8:40-9:30

9:30-9:50

Assessment Meets Automation: A Humanistic Response to Computerized Cognitive Testing Andrew Bland

The Body Wisdom Lifestyle Donna Goldstein

9:40-10:00

Humanistic and Allied Psychologies in the 21st century Eric Dodson

The Role of Psychology in the Emerging Transhuman Subject Sebastienne Grant

Better Understanding the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment for Parasomnias and Sexsomnia Alliyah Hooten

10:00-10:20

10:05-10:35

Towards a Dynamic and Dialogical Notion of Language Form Marie-Cecile Bertau

The Politics of a Humanistic Approach: What We Can Do Together as a Community of Kindred Spirits to Fight for Human Rights David Ryback

10:30-11:00“Logos and Slogans and Brands, Oh my!” Our Propaganda Society Jeffrey Koob

How Carl Rogers Transformed My Life . . . and Yours: When UWG, Politics, Zen, and Emotional Intelligence Came Together at One Time David Ryback 10:40-11:00

Creating your own Career Path with a West Georgia Degree in Psychology Debra Redman

Solidarity and Significance: Transformation from Student to Professor in the UWG Psychology Department John Roberts

11:10-11:30 Toward a Humanistic Cultural Psychology Jim Dillon 11:10-11:30

Psychology at West Georgia over the Years Chris Aanstoos

11:40-12:00Life Springs Forth as Psychology: Reflections on Love, Justice, and Vocation Will Adams

How My UWG Psychology Thesis Transformed into My Independent Bookstore Candace Apple 11:40-12:00

Where is the UWG Pschology Program Headed? Psychology Program Directors

12:00-1:30 12:00

1:30-1:50

Characterizations and Critiques of Humanistic Psychology in Introductory Textbooks Christopher Henry

Down the Hillbilly Highway: Transgenerational Trauma and the Appalachian Diaspora Sara Adkins 12:00-2:00

2:00-2:20Envisioning Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as a Contemplative Metapsychology Alan Pope

ZelixZone: Find the Creativity in You Martha Ouderkirk & Kathy Qualey

Looking Forward, Looking Back, Looking Around Mark Kunkel

2:30-2:50

3:00-3:20Who is Dr. Edith Weisskopf-Joelson and Why Does Ingram Library have her Papers? Andrea Stanfield

3:30-3:50Wonder, Wonder Everywhere: The Psychology of Spirituality Daniel Helminiak

4:00-4:20

Stories of Integrating Spirituality amidst the Modern American Lifestyle in Those Who are Spiritual but not Religious Douglas Watts

Writing the Self: Reflections on Humanistic Psychology and the Importance of Feminine Expression Rebecca Gimeno

4:30-5:30

6:00-8:00

UWG Psychology 50th Anniversary Celebration Schedule of Talks

Friday, October 06, 2017 Saturday, October 07, 2017

Continental Breakfast and Music by Jake Tengelson

Celebration Dinner - Campus Center Ballroom (ticket required)

Gentle Flow Yoga with Lisa Duffey

Continental Breakfast and Music by Mark Kunkel and Jeanette Broyles

Break and Music by Shikera Thomason

Break and Music by Joe Huang

An Experiential Model of Change: Integrating the Phenomenological Psychology of West Georgia with Experiential Psychotherapy Avrum Weiss

Drum Circle with Ten Blocks Away

50 Years of Psychology at UWG - Artifacts detailing the history of the Department of Psychology at the University of West Georgia will be exhibited in Ingram Library. Special Collections and the Center for Public History will host a reception in the Thomas Murphy Reading Room from 12-2 p.m

My Life as the Forrest Gump of Humanistic Psychology Daryl Conner

Lunch on your own - (Music by Garri Hovhannisyan 1:10-1:30) Conference Ends