Linda M. Woolf

STP President

Keynote Title: 

Teaching to Make a Difference: A Social Justice Approach

Abstract:

As teachers, we recognize that psychology has value to people’s lives individually and collectively within a multi-cultural global community. Increasingly, we endeavor to integrate topics such as human rights and social justice into our courses with an eye toward making a difference in our student’s lives not just in the classroom but also in their day-to-day lives both locally and globally. This address will explore the concept of social justice as well as methods of integration into psychology courses, the curriculum, and as an approach to facilitate learning and social responsibility.

Bio: 

Linda M. Woolf, PhD is Professor of Psychology and International Human Rights at Webster University, where she teaches a range of courses from Statistics and History, Philosophy, and Systems of Psychology to specialty courses concerning the Holocaust, genocide, peace and political psychology, human rights, and ethics. Recent publications and presentations focus on teaching, social justice, hate groups, torture, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights, and the psychosocial roots of mass violence. She is co-author with Michael R. Hulsizer of A Guide to Teaching Statistics: Innovations and Best Practices. Woolf currently serves on the American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on International Relations in Psychology, APA Ethics Code Revision Task Force, and is the 2022 President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also serves on the Institute for the Study of Genocide Board and the Rafael Lemkin Book Award Committee.

 Rajiv Jhangiani

Keynote Title: 

Critical, Inclusive, and Open Pedagogies: Centering Social Justice in the Teaching of Psychology

Abstract:

Do you wonder why an undergraduate major as popular as Psychology continues to struggle with a diversity problem? Or why a discipline with such transformative potential has often been complicit in serving destructive ends? As teachers of psychology, we carry a special responsibility into the classroom, one that isn’t well served by the maintenance of a facade of neutrality. Our goal as critical educators ought not only concern teaching practices that are effective and engaging, but also the intentional design of learning environments that are inclusive, antiracist, and just.

Bio: 

Kelley Haynes-Mendez

Keynote Title:

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Reflections from Psychology Faculty of Color

Abstract:

Bio:  

Dr. Kelley Haynes-Mendez is Director of the Ethnicity, Race, and Cultural Affairs portfolio and Acting Director of the Human Rights Team at the American Psychological Association (APA). In this role, she provides supportive leadership to key stakeholder groups at APA, including the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, the Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion office.

Dr. Kelley Haynes-Mendez has more than 20 years of academic and clinical experience specializing in ethnicity, culture, race, diversity, intersectionality, and global issues. She received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas. Her therapy practice was primarily oriented toward culturally affirming psychotherapy with individuals and families of color. Her scholarship and academic interests have included topics of multiculturalism, intersectionality, and teaching for global citizenship in higher education. As associate professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, she served as chair of the Diversity Advisory Board, Faculty Fellow for the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Studies and was a member of the President’s Diversity Advisory Council.

Dr. Haynes-Mendez was previously Vice President for Diversity and International Relations at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA, Division 2) where she received a presidential citation for her “forward and innovative” work. Dr. Haynes-Mendez has also collaborated with the United Nations mandated University for Peace, to foster professional development and global citizenship for higher education faculty, staff, and administrators.