Psyc 890 001 or Psyc 591 001
DBS Professional Seminar
Course Syllabus - Spring 2006
Dr. Adam Winsler
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Instructor: Adam Winsler, Ph.D. Office: 2023 David King Hall
Phone: (703) 993-1881 Office Hours: Tues 11-12:00, Wed 11-12:00 + by appt.
Email: awinsler@gmu.edu Winsler URL: http://classweb.gmu.edu/awinsler
Course Schedule W
Credit Hours: 1
Course Description & Goals
The
Spring DBS professional seminar is designed to build off and continue the sense
of community for first year graduate students in ADP and BIO that was formed
during the Fall professional seminar, to foster an academic and supportive
context for all graduate students in DBS, and to serve as a mechanism for
facilitating student organization of the DBS brown-bag colloquia series.
Students in this course will organize the speaker series both for the current Spring semester and for the following Fall semester. This
involves contacting and scheduling both external and internal speakers and
panels, deciding on topics and formats to be covered, advertising the sessions,
attending the sessions, and providing a variety of speaker-support functions
(AV/technology needs, drinks, lunch, parking, maps etc…)
Course Requirements/Assignments/Activities
1) Attendance/participation at the colloquia. Students are required to attend every colloquium this semester. Students are allowed to miss one session without penalty but after that, the students grade will be affected.
2) Planning/organizing future colloquia – Students are responsible for completing the speaker schedule for this semester and for practically filling the speaker schedule for the next fall.
3) Speaker support. Students will assist in providing speaker support this semester (AV/technology needs, drinks, lunch, parking, maps etc…)
Grades for this course will be on a satisfactory/no credit basis. In order to receive a satisfactory pass, students will need to complete requirements above.
Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
It is the policy of the University and this instructor to make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Students who may have special needs because of a physical or learning disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Resource Center ASAP (222 Student Union I) 993-2474 http://www.gmu.edu/student/drc/ Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodation relative to class attendance/arrival, course requirements, or related aspects of course performance and who have already processed the necessary paperwork with Disability Support Services must initiate such a request in writing immediately, and prior to any anticipated need, to the instructor. Such requests will be accommodated within the reasonable constraints of fairness and timeliness with regard to the instructor and the other students enrolled in the course.
Speaker Schedule
Date
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Speaker |
Topic |
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Wednesday Jan 25
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Wednesday Feb 1
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Opportunities for
Internships, Post-Docs, and Jobs at APA |
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Wednesday Feb 8 |
Life as a Post-Doctoral Fellow |
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Wednesday Feb 15 |
Resources and
Services at the |
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Wednesday Feb 22 |
Advanced Doctoral Student Panel (Caal, Olson, Bassett +
others) |
Tips, Tricks, and
Suggestions for Comprehensive Exams and Dissertation |
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Wednesday Mar 1 |
Dr. Avi Sagi Schwartz Jennings Randolph Senior
Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace Director, Center for the
Study of Child Development |
Holocaust child survivors and their offspring:
Vulnerability and resilience |
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Wednesday Mar 8 |
Dr. Amy Madigan Head Start Bureau |
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Wednesday March 15 |
NO CLASS –SPRING BREAK |
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Wednesday March 22 |
Jeffrey Pattison, Muna Shami, American Institutes for Research + others? |
Applied Research Positions in Industry
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Wednesday March 29 |
Dr. Meredith Fox |
** |
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Wednesday April 5 |
Dr. Christopher Kilmartin Dept. of Psychology |
From the Nurse to
the Hearse: Developmental Issues in Boys and Men throughout the Life Span |
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Wednesday April 12 |
Dr. Laura Juliano |
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Wednesday April 19 |
** |
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Wednesday April 26 |
Dr. Marcie Goeke-Morey |
Marital Conflict and
Children |
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Wednesday May 3 |
Dr. Josef Rauschecker Director, Laboratory of
Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition |
** |