Fifth Annual Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology

1. Fifth Annual Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology Sponsored by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association

2. Mission The purposes of the seminar is to allow informal exchange of ideas about research, particularly the research plans of doctoral students, and to demystify the process of becoming an educational researcher.

3. Mission Selected doctoral students will attend conference presentations, participate in social events, and meet with distinguished researchers. The seminar also encourages inter-university connections among students and with faculty sharing common interests. In addition, students work with faculty mentors in small groups to discuss their dissertation research and receive guidance and suggestions.

4. Mission The seminar is offered free of charge. Division 15 will pay for meals and refreshments during the seminar, and will provide each student participant with a stipend that covers the cost of conference registration (student affiliate), Division 15 Membership, plus $200.

5. Call for 2003 Participants The Division of Educational Psychology--Division 15--of the American Psychological Association announces its Fifth Annual National Graduate Student Doctoral Research Seminar to be held August 7-10, 2003, during the annual meeting of APA in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The seminar will be limited to 15 students, no more than three from any one institution. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time graduate students; and approximately midway through their doctoral programs (Ideally, students will be in approximately the third year of a full-time program, but having only begun preliminary work, such as drafting a prospectus, on their doctoral dissertations).

6. Jon Barch, Univ. of Iowa jbarch@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Deborah Burton, Univ. of Kentucky daburt00@uky.edu Stephanie Brooks Corliss, Univ. of Texas at Austin stephaniejbrooks@yahoo.com Tierra Freeman, Univ. of Kentucky tmfree00@uky.edu David Fortus, Univ. of Michigan dfortus@umich.edu Sonia Gugga, Columbia Teachers College ssg34@columbia.edu Diane Jamieson-Noel, Simon Fraser University djamieso@sfu.ca Jami-Jon Mitchell, Univ. of Houston jsaxm88@msn.com Anne Rinne, Univ. of Indiana arinn@indiana.edu Jeffrey Sargent, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa ALMiddie@aol.com Jenna Seymour, Univ. of Wisconsin jrseymour@students.wisc.edu 2002 Student participants

7. 2001 Student participants Derek Briggs, University of California, Berkeley derekb@uclink4.berkeley.edu James Harrity, University of Massachusetts jharrity@educ.umass.edu Hyungshim Jang, University of Iowa hejang@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Rob Klassen, Simon Fraser University rmk@sfu.edu Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut stelgift@aol.com Jim Tussey, University of Kentucky jtussey@goergetowncollege.edu Doris Zahner, Columbia University Teachers College dwc14@columbia.edu

8. Application Materials Applications must include 5 copies of the following: * A 2-page vita * A 1000 word statement about your research interests, * A 1-page list of works cited. * A 1-page letter of intent explaining how you could contribute to and benefit from the seminar. * A letter of recommendation from your advisor describing your qualifications. This letter should be co-signed by the Department Chair

9. Contact information for Current Co-Chairs Heather A. Davis, Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Florida 1422 Norman Hall, P.O. Box 117047 Gainesville, FL 32611 (352)-392-0723 x (241); Fax (352)-392-5929 hdavis@coe.ufl.edu Jessica Summers, Dept. of Educational & Counseling Psychology University of Missouri 16 Hill Hall Columbia, MO 65211 summersj@missouri.edu