2007 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
8/16 Thurs: 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM
San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Pacific Conference Suite D

Symposium: Relationships Among Inner Peace, Interpersonal Behavior, and Global Attitudes
8/17 Fri: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Moscone Center, Room 2002

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

Title: Inner Peace, Peaceful Behavior, and Global Attitudes: A Theoretical Perspective
Gregory Sims, PhD, Unicorn Youth Services, Philo, CA

Title: Inner Peace: Exploration and Identification of Shared Variables
Mindy Puopolo, PsyD, California Lutheran University

Title: Correlations Among Inner Peace, Interpersonal Behavior, and Global Attitudes
Linden L. Nelson, PhD, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo

Symposium: Critical Populations, Collective Action---Postconflict Reconstruction Processes With War-Affected Women, Teachers, and Aid Workers
8/17 Fri: 12:00 PM - 12:50 AM
Moscone Center, Room 3012

Chair: Riva B. Kantowitz, PhD, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

Title: A Bad Boss Is Worse Than War: Promoting Aid Worker Well-Being
Lynne Cripe, PhD, CARE, Atlanta, GAy

Title: Social Justice and (Non) Support: Teacher Well-Being in Postwar Liberia
Janet Shriberg, MS, MPH, University of Denver

Title: Reducing Gender-Based Violence Amidst War and Displacement in Northern Uganda
Lindsay Stark, MPH, Columbia University in the City of New York

Symposium: Torture Is for Amateurs---Convergence of Military Interrogators and Psychologists
8/17 Fri: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 3005

Chair: Richard V. Wagner, PhD, Bates College

Title: Why Amateurs Are for Torture
Jean Maria Arrigo, PhD, International Intelligence Ethics Association, Washington, DC

Title: Trained Interrogator's Perspective on Torture
Raymond Bennett, Athens, GA

Title: Why Interrogations in Nonmilitary Settings Sometimes Lead to False Confessions
Mark Costanzo, PhD, Claremont McKenna College

Title: Peace Psychological Perspective on Hostile Interrogation
Richard V. Wagner, PhD, Bates College

Invited Address: Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award Address
8/17 Fri: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 2016

Herbert Kelman, PhD, Harvard University
Title: Evaluating the Contributions of Interactive Problem Solving to the Resolution of Ethnonational Conflicts

Discussion: Reconciliation After Group Violence
8/18 Sat: 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Moscone Center, Room 270

Chair: Stephen Fabick, EdD, Independent Practice, Birmingham, MI

Title: From Social Violence to Reconciliation: Individuals and Groups
Jancis Long, PhD, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Berkeley, CA

Title: Reconciliation and Forgiveness in Divided Societies
Paula Green, EdD, Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, Amherst, MA

Title: Cultural Contexts of Conflict and Reconciliation: A Multivariate Cultural Equation
Anthony J. Marsella, PhD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Symposium: Enough Violence in this World---Causes, Costs, and Remedies
8/18 Sat: 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 3000

Chairs: Marc Pilisuk, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Title: Cultures of War, Cultures of Peace
Anthony J. Marsella, PhD, , University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Title: Why Violence Continues: The Network of Beneficiaries of Violence
Marc Pilisuk, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Title: Torture: Crossing the Line in Sanctioned Violence
Linda M. Woolf, PhD, Webster University

Title: Who Will Speak for the Children?
Michael Wessells, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York

Title: Who Will Speak for the Earth?
Deborah Winter, PhD, Whitman College

Poster Session: Division 48
8/18 Sat: 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Moscone Center, Halls ABC

Title: Biographical Factors of Men and Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
M.L. Corbin Sicoli, PhD, Cabrini College
April J. Perrymore, PsyD, Cabrini College

Title: Recipe for War: The Efficacy of Anger and Fear
Violet Cheung, MA, University of California--Berkeley
Bill Blunden, MA, San Francisco State University

Title: Barriers to Peace: Society's Rules of Violence
Maryam Akbar, PhD, Alliant International University--Los Angeles
Paula Johnson, PhD, Alliant International University--Los Angeles

Title: Militaristic Reactions to Terrorism: Effects of Priming Nonviolent Alternatives
Linden L. Nelson, PhD, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo
Kimberly G. Yaeger, BS, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo

Title: Effects of Mortality Salience on Prosocial Attitudes and Judgments of Criminal Actions in Intergroup Contexts
Jaeshin Kim, MA, University of Massachusetts
Ilana Shapiro, PhD, University of Massachusetts

Title: Relating a Nation's Culture of Peace to Its Emotional Climate
Joseph H. deRivera, PhD, Clark University

Title: Impact of Peace Studies: Actions and Attitudes in Japanese Students
Amy A. Szarkowski, PhD, Miyazaki International College, Miyazaki-gun, Japan
Amy Donnelly, Miyazaki International College, Miyazaki-gun, Japan

Title: Voices of Hope: Children's Messages of Peace
Brian M. Yankouski, Montclair State University
Tom Kurtovic, Montclair State University
Jason Trent, BA, Montclair State University
Jennifer Tursi, Montclair State University
Milton A. Fuentes, PsyD, Montclair State University

Title: Understanding Hindus' and Muslims' Solutions for Peace in Gujarat, India
Jui Shankar, MA, Ball State University
Lawrence Gerstein, PhD, Ball State University

Title: Challenge and Opportunity: Reducing Violence in Communities via Jail Programs
Michael R. Castell, PhD, Solano County Sheriff's Office, Fairfield, CA

Title: Empirical View of a Peaceful Person
Daniel M. Mayton II, PhD, Lewis--Clark State College
Aaron M. Wilder, BS, Lewis--Clark State College
Becca C. Solom, Lewis--Clark State College
Misato Sawa, BA, Lewis--Clark State College
Allison M. Stephens, BS, Lewis--Clark State College
Hannah L. Smith, Lewis--Clark State College
Monte T. Garrison, Lewis--Clark State College

Title: Empirically Situating Just Peacemaking Among Values and Peace Psychology Concepts
Daniel M. Mayton II, PhD, Lewis--Clark State College
Becca C. Solom, Lewis--Clark State College
Aaron M. Wilder, BS, Lewis--Clark State College
Misato Sawa, BA, Lewis--Clark State College
Allison M. Stephens, BS, Lewis--Clark State College
Hannah L. Smith, Lewis--Clark State College
Monte T. Garrison, Lewis--Clark State College

Title: Psychosocial Aspects of Korean Reunification
Do-Yeong Kim, PhD, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Jinwook Jung, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Sangho Gang, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Eunmi Kim, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

Title: Telling Style and Forgiveness in Africans and Americans
Rebekah A. Phillips, MA, Clark University

Title: About the Other: Ethnonational Attitudes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Silvia Susnjic, MA, George Mason University
Sydney M. Hoehl, MS, George Mason University
Vanessa N. Brown, MS, George Mason University
Verla Nathaniel, MS, George Mason University
Patricia Rivera, MS, George Mason University

Title: Cooperative Learning in College Classrooms: Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Michael R. Van Slyck, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Rebecca Foster, MS, Virginia Commonwealth University

Title: Harm Reduction for Substance Abuse in Child Soldiers
David A. Hoffman, PhD, University of California--Santa Cruz

Title: Course on Children and War
David A. Hoffman, PhD, University of California--Santa Cruz

Social Hour
8/18 Sat: 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Hilton San Francisco Hotel, Continental Parlor 7

Roundtable Discussions: Eight Interesting Peace-Related Paper Discussions
8/19 Sun: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Moscone Center, Rooms 3022 and 3024

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

Roundtable #1: Peace and Vengeance---Exploring Origins of Motivations From Within Conflict Zones
Barbara Tint, DPhil, Portland State University

Roundtable #2: Resettlement Experiences of Young People From a Sudanese Refugee Background
Susannah M. Tipping, BA, University of Melbourne, NONE, VIC, Australia

Roundtable #3: Promoting Peace and Justice in Higher Education---The Psychologist's Role
Michael D'Andrea, EdD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Roundtable #4: Ethnonational Group Identification and Violence in the Former Yugoslavia
Silvia Susnjic, MA, George Mason University

Roundtable #5: Psychological Interventions in Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
Eduardo I. Diaz, PhD, Miami-Dade County, Miami, FL

Roundtable #6: Peace Building Between Palestinians and Jews---New Efforts Spearheaded by Americans
Judy Kuriansky, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University

Roundtable #7: Breath for Peace---Yoga Practices in Israel
Arielle S. Warner, PhD, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Roundtable #8: The Healing Journey From Trauma to Activism
Leigh A. Messinides, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs, Long Beach, CA

Invited Address: Early Career Award Address
8/19 Sun: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Moscone Center, Room 262

Ilana Shapiro, PhD, University of Massachusetts
Title: Psychological Theories for Affecting Peaceful Change: Some Challenges and Opportunities

Presidential Address: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence
8/19 Sun: 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 2002

Daniel M. Mayton II, PhD, Lewis--Clark State College
Title: Nonviolence in the 21st Century: Challenges for Peace Psychologists

Business Meeting and Award Session: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence
8/19 Sun: 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 2002

Symposium: Resisting the Drums of War
8/20 Mon: 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Moscone Center, Room 272

Chairs: Diane Perlman, PhD, Paragon Institute, Washington, DC
Roy J. Eidelson, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Title: Must We Always Kill in War?
Marc Pilisuk, PhD, University of California--Berkeley

Title: Promoting War by Exploiting Our Core Concerns
Roy J. Eidelson, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Title: Transforming to a Postmilitary Paradigm
Diane Perlman, PhD, Paragon Institute, Washington, DC

Symposium: Psychology of Political Violence---Implications for Constructive Public Policy?
8/20 Mon: 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Moscone Center, Room 302

Chair: Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, Stanford University

Title: What Is the Psychological Impact of Films About Political Violence?
Cheryl Koopman, PhD, Stanford University
Lisa D. Butler, PhD, Stanford University
Rose McDermott, PhD, University of California--Santa Barbara
Oxana Palesh, PhD, University of Rochester
Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD

Title: Politics of Fear: Trading Civil Liberties for Security Against Terrorism
James N. Breckenridge, PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD

Come to San Francisco! At the 2007 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, social justice, and global security.

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