Dear Colleagues,
Sorry to bug you again, but there are new developments about this
conference. If you missed the original deadline, there's still time.
My apologies for repeated emails.
Best regards,
Susannah Paletz
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Susannah B. F. Paletz, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
LRDC 816
3939 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-2679
paletz@pitt.edu and
sbfpaletz@gmail.com
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Submission Deadline REMINDER: Monday, April 16th
International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology
July 20-22, 2012 Pittsburgh, PA
We apologize for multiple postings.
We are pleased to request submissions for the 4th biennial conference
(July 20-22, 2012) of the International Society for the Psychology of
Science and Technology (ISPST) that will occur in Pittsburgh this
summer. The 2012 ISPST conference is co-sponsored by the Psychology
Department at Carnegie Mellon University and by the Learning Research
and Development Center at The University of Pittsburgh.
We strongly encourage conference submissions from students: We just
received notification of sponsorship from the Cognitive Science
Society to award a prize for Best Student Submission on a Cognitive
Science Topic. Any student submitting on a cognitive science topic
will be automatically considered for this award and the winner will
receive $250 and a complimentary one-year membership to the Cognitive
Science Society. We have generous NSF support for student travel
funds. Questions about NSF stipends can be directed to Andrew Young
(
andrew.young1@gmail.com).
Keynote Speakers:
Katy Börner, Indiana University Envisioning Science and Technology
Clark Chinn, Rutgers University Promoting Epistemic Growth
Iris Tabak, Ben Gurion University Objects, Subjects and Subjectivity:
The Disciplinary Stance of Scientists and Learners
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo Eureka! Three Mechanisms that
Explain Creative Consciousness
Scholars from different countries representing a broad range of
disciplines such as psychology, sociology, communication, history,
sociology, philosophy, education, and computer science will share
cutting-edge research on scientific thinking and the advancement of
science and technology. Conference themes: formal science education,
the development of scientific thinking skills, professional scientific
practice, peer review, and related psychological processes. We also
invite submissions about informal science learning for a special
symposium and tour of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that will
be organized by Kevin Crowley.
All quality submissions that fit the broad conference and society
themes will be accepted as a talk or poster. If you have a question
about the fit of your submission to the conference themes, please
contact Corinne Zimmerman (
czimmer@listu.edu) or Greg Feist
(
greg.feist@sjsu.edu).
More information is available on our website:
www.ispstonline.org.
Download the revised call as a PDF:
http://www.ispstonline.org/images/stories/2012conference/ispst2012cfs.pdf
Please distribute this call widely.
Thanks,
Jordan Lippman and Corinne Zimmerman (co-chairs of the conference
steering committee)
Conference steering committee members: Greg Feist David Klahr Chris Schunn