2017 Lifespan Social-Personality Preconference Announcement
Jenn Lodi-Smith and Erik Noftle
Canisius College; Willamette University
The Lifespan Social-Personality preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference, sponsored by the Association for Research in Personality since 2014, provides a forum for new and exciting developmental research of interest to personality and social psychologists. It will directly precede the SPSP conference on Thursday, January 19th, from 8:45am-4:30pm.
The 2017 Lifespan Social-Personality preconference features symposia on genetics, child personality, culture and identity development, causal and explanatory approaches to personality theory, chaired by Wiebke Bleidorn, Rebecca Shiner and Jennifer Tackett, Joanne Chung, and Colin DeYoung, respectively.
Speakers include: Byron Adams, Daniel Briley, Jamie Derringer, Colin DeYoung, Emily Durbin, Chris Hopwood, Eranda Jayawickreme, Lauri Jensen-Campbell, Brett Laursen, Kate McLean, Chris Nave, Deborah Rivas-Drake, Leoandra Rogers, Ryne Sherman, Lester Sim, Susan South, Dustin Wood, and Cornelia Wrzus.
In addition, there will be a poster session at which all attendees are encouraged to present their recent work on lifespan social-personality development. For more information, an overview of the schedule, a link to previous years' preconferences, and information on registration with SPSP, please visit the LSP website at SPSP Meetings.
Please note that, thanks to ARP sponsorship, student members of ARP can receive a discount on their registration. Please contact us at lodismij@canisius.edu or enoftle@willamette.edu to get the discount code.
We hope to see you in San Antonio!
--Jenn Lodi-Smith & Erik Noftle, Co-organizers.