2006 APA Convention Program
Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence
Peace Psychology Division APA

Executive Committee Meeting: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence
8/9 Wed: 9:00 AM - 4:50 PM
New Orleans Marriott Hotel, Beauregard Room

Symposium: Working for Peace and Justice---Applying Psychology for Positive Actions
8/10 Thu: 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 255

Chair: Linden L. Nelson, PhD, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo

Title: Increasing Activists' Effectiveness by Communicating Psychological Knowledge
Rachel M. MacNair, PhD, Institute for Integrated Social Analysis, Kansas City, MO

Title: Improving Printed Media for Effective Peace and Social Justice Communication
JW P. Heuchert, PhD, Allegheny College

Title: Adding Peace to the Curriculum: Preschool Through College
Linden L. Nelson, PhD, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo

Symposium: Perspectives on War, Other Forms of Institutional Violence, and Peace
8/10 Thu: 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 261

Chairs: Kathleen Malley-Morrison, EdD, Boston University
Karina Rinsky, MA, Harvard University

Title: Religiosity, Race, and Attitudes Toward the Right to Protest
Julia Gefter, BA, Boston University
Charlene Sung, BA, Boston University
Daria M. Harlin, BA, Boston University

Title: Tolerance for Human Rights Violations
Kyleen Hashim, BA, Boston University

Title: Corporal Punishment, Religiosity, and Attitudes Toward Children's Right to Peace
Julia B. Wenger, BA, Boston University

Title: Military Conscription, Political Affiliation, and Social Class
Samantha Siegel, BA, Boston University

Title: Predictors of Support for Institutional Violence
Kimberly Rapoza, PhD, Mercy College
Kathleen Malley-Morrison, EdD, Boston University
Julia Gefter, BA, Boston University
Maria Daskalopoulos, BA, Boston University

Discussant: Kimberly Rapoza, PhD, Mercy College

Paper Session
8/10 Thu: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 265

Chair: Catherine C. Byrne, PhD, University of California--Santa Cruz

Title: Financial and Symbolic Reparations: Possibilities for Repair and Policy Implications
Catherine C. Byrne, PhD, University of California--Santa Cruz
Jenny Escobar, BA, University of California--Santa Cruz

Title: Just Peacemaking Inventory
Steve Brown, MA, BA, Fuller Theological Seminary
Alvin C. Dueck, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Kevin Reimer, PhD, Azusa Pacific University
Richard L. Gorsuch, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Tracy Taylor, MA, Fuller Theological Seminary
Debora Kessel, MA, Fuller Theological Seminary
Robert Strong, MA, Fuller Theological Seminary

Title: Psychiatric Abuse and Psychological Torture of Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners
Tanya J. Harrison, PsyD, Psychotherapy Partners, PLLC, Vienna, WV
Sunny Lu, MD, The Crossroads, Cincinnati, OH
Viviana Galli, MD, Butler County Behavioral Health, Fairfield, OH

Invited Symposium: Human Rights, Torture, and Professional Responsibility
8/10 Thu: 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 245

Chairs: Linda M. Woolf, PhD, Webster University

Title: Human Rights, Professional Ethics in an Age of Torture Lite
Michael G. Wessells, PhD, Randolph--Macon College

Title: Visible Remedies for Invisible Settings and Sources of Torture
Jean Maria Arrigo, PhD, Project on Ethics and Art in Testimony, Irvine, CA

Title: Liberation Psychology Challenges U.S. Psychologists: Ethics, Torture, and Guantanamo
M. Brinton Lykes, PhD, Boston College
Joan H. Liem, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston

Title: Professional Responsibility: Public and Professional Perceptions
Judith L. Van Hoorn, PhD, Mills College

Discussant: Stephen H. Behnke, JD, PhD, APA Ethics Office, Washington, DC

Symposium: Ecological Approach to Promoting Peace Psychology
8/10 Thu: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 339

Chairs: Michael D'Andrea, PhD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Title: Promoting Peace in Schools, Families, and Communities
Judy A. Daniels, EdD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Title: Promoting Peace and Social Justice: University and Societal Interventions
Michael D'Andrea, PhD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Discussant: Judy A. Daniels, EdD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Invited Address: Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award Address
8/10 Thurs: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 339

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, PhD, American University
Title: Religion and Peace: Islamic Sources of Peace

Invited Panel Discussion: Careers in Peace Psychology
8/11 Fri: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 351

Chair: Eileen R. Borris, EdD, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC

Participants: Eric Green, MA, University of South Carolina--Columbia
Richard V. Wagner, PhD, Bates College
Paul Kimmel, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
John P. Szura, PhD, Saint John Stone Friary, Chicago, IL

Poster Session: Division 48
8/11 Fri: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Halls E & F

Title: Attitudes Toward Violence Against Women in the State of Kuwait
Kamiar Kouzekanani, PhD, Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi
Fatima Nazar, PhD, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, Washington, DC

Title: Health and Mental Health Effects of Political Forgiveness--Reconciliation in Iraqi Refugees
Ibrahim A. Kira, PhD, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn, MI
Thom Templin, PhD, Wayne State University
Linda Lewandowski, PhD, Wayne State University
Hammad Adnan, PhD, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn, MI
Mohanesh Jamal, MS, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn, MI

Title: Building Bridges Out of Barricades: Understanding NYPD Hostage Negotiationsy
Iris Perach, BA, New School University

Title: Community-Based Solutions to the Hindu--Muslim Conflict in Gujarat, India
Jui Shankar, MA, Ball State University
Lawrence H. Gerstein, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Endangered Lives of Women: Peace and Mental Health Among Tibetan Refugees
Shonali Raney, MA, Ball State University
Lawrence H. Gerstein, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Defying Genocidal Action: Heroism During the Holocaust
Stephanie J. Fagin-Jones, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Elizabeth Midlarsky, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Manus I. Midlarsky, PhD, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick Campus

Title: Beyond Trauma: An Exploration of Positive Coping Strategies Among Refugees
Nancy J. Lin, MA, University of Massachusetts Boston
Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston

Title: Why People Conflict in the Virtual World: A SEM Study of Cognitive Behavioral Model of Online Hostility
Huang Hung Yu, MEd, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan R.O.C.
Sunny S.J. Lin, PhD, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan R.O.C.

Title: Human Rights Discourse, Liberation Psychology, and U.S.-Based Activism
M. Brinton Lykes, PhD, Boston College
Erzulie D. Coquillon, BA, Boston College

Title: Collapse of Yugoslavia: Analysis of Tudjman and Milosevic's Symbolic Narrative
Silvia Susnjic, MA, George Mason University

Title: Political and Moral Dimensions in Children’s Trauma and War Narratives
Sandra Rafman, PhD, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Title: Developing Measures of Conflict Attitudes: A Tool for Peace Psychologists
Joshua Fix, BS, Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael R. Van Slyck, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Symposium: Forgiveness Research in Context---Northern Ireland, South Africa, the Midwest
8/11 Fri: 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 256

Chair: David N. Dixon, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Effects of Forgiveness-Based Intervention on Forgiveness, Revenge, and Aggression
Aaron J. Laturner, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Forgiveness in Northern Ireland: Model Building Through Qualitative Research
Scott L. Moeschberger, PhD, Taylor University

Title: Forgiveness Following Apartheid in South Africa
Ashraf Kagee, PhD, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa

Discussant: Chris Rachal, PhD, Nicholls State University

Invited Symposium (Section IX:Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility) Co-Sponsored with Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence): Psychopolitical Dynamics and Consequences of Torture
8/11 Fri: 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 347

Chairs: Linda M. Woolf, PhD, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Neil E. Altman, PhD, Postdoctoral Program, New York University, New York, NY

Title: The Psychodynamics of Torture
Neil E. Altman, PhD, Postdoctoral Program, New York University, New York, NY

Title: The Darkness Continues: The Psychological Consequences of Torture When It's Called GWOT
Nina K. Thomas, PhD, Postdoctoral Program, New York University, New York, NY

Title: The U.S. and Torture: Realities and Ethical/Legal Conundrums
Barbara J. Olshansky, JD, Center for Constitutional

Symposium: Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, and Nonviolence - Intervention and Research Strategies
8/12 Sat: 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 346

Chair: Lawrence H. Gerstein, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Defining Peace Research as an Act of Nonviolence?
Jui Shankar, MA, Ball State Universityy

Title: Peaceful Strategy to Resolve the Tibet--China Conflict
Lawrence H. Gerstein, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Peace According to Women
Shonali Raney, MA, Ball State University

Symposium: Shaping Post 9/11 Dialogue---Task Force Assessments and Comments
8/12 Sat: 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 260

Chair: Paul Kimmel, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Title: More Than Smart Bombs: The Psychology of Suicide Terrorism
Clark McCauley, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Title: Coping With Terrorism: Beyond Us and Them Thinking
Stephen Fabick, EdD, Fabick Consulting, Birmingham, MI

Title: Attributions and Root Causes of Security Needs
Leila F. Dane, PhD, Institute for Victims of Trauma, McLean, VA

Title: Why Is Terrorism an Appropriate Topic for Psychology?
Arthur Kendall, PhD, Social Research Consultants, University Park, MD

Title: Continued Efforts to Silence Dissent
Bernice Lott, PhD, Chafee Center, Kingston, RI

Discussants: Ilene A. Serlin, PhD, Union Street Health Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Richard V. Wagner, PhD, Bates College

Invited Address: Early Career Award Address
8/12 Sat: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 257

Daniel L. Shapiro, PhD, Harvard Law School
Title: Reducing Large-Scale Violence: Psychological Challenges and Strategies

Presidential Address: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence
8/12 Sat: 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 283

Linda M. Woolf, PhD, Webster University
Title: Human Rights and Psychology: An Agenda for the 21st Century

Business Meeting: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence
8/12 Sat: 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 283

Invited Symposium: Many Faces of Racism---Beginning the Healing Process
8/12 Sat: 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Grand Salon 9

Chair: Eileen R. Borris, EdD, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC

Title: Implicit Racism
Eileen R. Borris, EdD, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC

Title: Internalized Racism
Y. Evie Garcia, PhD, Northern Arizona University

Title: Institutional Racism and Discrimination
Patricia Arredondo, EdD, Arizona State University

Invited Workshop: Reducing Media Violence Impact on Families and Young Children
8/13 Sun: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 265

Chair: Virginia Ryan, MS, Sage Colleges

Title: Review of the Research on Media Violence Impact on Children
Virginia Ryan, MS, Sage Colleges

Title: Reducing the Impact of Media Violence: ACT Against Violence Program
Julia M. Da Silva, APA Act Against Violence Program, Washington, DC

Invited Symposium: Reconciliation in Changing Times - Challenges and Possibilities
8/13 Sun: 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Morial Convention Center, Meeting Room 263

Chair: Eileen R. Borris, EdD, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC

Title: Frontiers of Social Healing
Eileen R. Borris, EdD, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC

Title: Path to Reconciliation in Israel Palestine: Why, When, and How?
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, PhD, American University

Title: Remorse, Forgiveness, and Rehumanization
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, PhD, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Title: Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project: Communication for Community Change
Spoma Jovanovic, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Come to New Orleans! At the 2006 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, the Peace Division will offer symposia, discussions, workshops, and invited addresses on the psychology of peace and its implications for human rights and social justice. The 2006 convention will be held in New Orleans, August 10 - August 13. To register for the convention online, please go to Convention Registration.

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