By Courtney Gosnell, Chair of the Early Career Psychology Committee

As we wrap up 2023, I want to thank our ECPs for making 2023 a great year! Our committee hosted our first-ever Hackathon this past summer allowing teachers to exchange tips and suggestions for Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, and Statistics! At ACT, we coordinated dinners and socials and offered the workshop, “Rethinking Course Syllabi & Assignments: How To Generate Engaging, Equitable, and Transparent Student Materials.” And, behind the scenes, we are working to compile resources from past teaching conferences in a paper that will help future ECPs navigate their career paths. Throughout it all, we got the opportunity to network and engage with amazing ECPs, learn from them, and help them where we could.

My time on the committee is coming to an end, and I’m so grateful for my fellow committee members and all of the STP ECPs who have made serving on this committee such an amazing experience! But, as I head out, we are excited to announce our new ECP committee chair will be Amanda Woodward. Amanda has served on the committee for the past two years and is excited to take the lead for next year. In addition, we have a new ECP Committee Member who will be joining us: Maria Iankilevitch from the University of Victoria! We are excited to welcome her to our committee and know she will make an impact on our ECP team!

As the year comes to a close, we wish you all speedy grading, (mainly) positive teaching evaluations, and the enjoyment of a well-deserved break with friends and family! Have a great holiday season and happy new year!

We are looking forward to interacting with more teaching enthusiasts at ACT: Online in February and at the next ACT in Louisville next October!

Your STP Early Career Psychology Committee:

Dina Gohar, Ph.D.

Courtney Gosnell, Ph.D.

Ciara Kidder, Ph.D.

Vishal Thakkar, Ph.D.

Amanda Woodward, Ph.D.