Applications are still being accepted for two of this summer's APA Advanced Training Institutes (ATIs). These intensive training programs expose advanced graduate students, new and established faculty, post-docs, and other researchers to state of the art psychological research methods and emerging technologies. More information about these programs can be found at:
http://www.apa.org/science/ati_promo.html
We encourage you to consider an ATI for yourself and to forward this announcement widely to colleagues and students.
The ATI on GIS for Psychological Research will be held August 16, 2007, in San Francisco, CA. This one-day program is scheduled immediately prior to the APA Convention, in order to make it easy for psychologists to attend. The ATI will focus on the uses (and potential uses) of GIS in psychological research, with plenty of examples. A panel of psychologists who use GIS in their research will discuss the contributions of this emerging methodology to their investigations. The development of GIS technology and software programs will also be discussed. Demonstrations of GIS technology will be matched to the research interests of attendees as described on their registration forms, when possible. Dr. Reginald Golledge, a leading behavioral geographer, will direct this ATI. Applications will be accepted until seats are filled, so don't wait!
In addition, an ATI on Performing Web-Based Research will be held July 9-13, 2007, at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. This program will cover the how, why, and why not of designing and implementing web-based research. Examples of interactive experiments that are conducted on the web are discussed, and instructors provide background on the history of internet-based research, as well as the ethics of collecting data on the web. Other topics include longitudinal web methods, large shared databases, web panels, and the recruitment and retention of online participants. Website creation is introduced using basic html and the Authorware software package, as needed for each individual's project. Attendees should come prepared with a web project (or an idea for a web-based experiment) that they would like to work on during the week. Applications will be accepted until seats are filled.
Tuition for ATIs is substantially lower than marketplace prices because of a subsidy from APA's Science Directorate. Applications are available at http://www.apa.org/science/ati_promo.html and must be submitted electronically through the program's website. For more information, contact APA's Science Directorate at ati@apa.org or (202) 336-6000.
