Upcoming Events

SPARK Society Bridge Program Webinar

News

Dr. Ayanna Thomas receives the Psychonomic Society's 2021 Mid-Career Award!

Past Events

Psychonomics 2021

• Mentoring Diverse Students and Instilling Belongingness (Panel Discussion)

vSARMAC 2021

Spark society round table on Identifying and Eliminating the Race Problem in Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

• Dr. Ayanna Thomas talks with a panel of experts about the structural barriers faced by researchers from underrepresented groups as well as the barriers faced by researchers interested in taking a sociocultural perspective in their research. 

  Panelists: Clark Barrett (UCLA), Lauren Kendall Brooks (University of Maryland), Nicole Buchanan (Michigan State), Kharine Jean (University of Georgia), Maxine McKinney de Royston, (University of Wisconsin), Richard Prather (University of Maryland), Melanie Takarangi (Flinders University), Moderator: Ayanna K. Thomas (Tufts University)

• 3rd Annual Meeting of the SPARK Society

  Date: Thursday, November 19th, 2020

  Panelists:  Keith maddox - Tufts University

  wendy francis - THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

  ariel james - MACALESTER COLLEGE

  Alejandro Lleras - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana Champaign

  Moderator:  - Tori Peña   Stony Brook University

The SPARK Society panel at the November 2020 Psychonomic meeting will focus on how to create and support an inclusive and diverse lab. We will discuss the recruitment of graduate students as well as undergraduate research assistants. We may also discuss how to train teams to develop diverse labs, how to make opportunities visible to underrepresented groups, and how to increase feelings of inclusion. 

• Special SPARK panels for Undergrads/ECR

This year, SPARK Society is also organizing 3 panels for undergraduate students / early career researchers to help them make the most out of the Psychonomics conference through workshops, conference breakdowns, guided discussions and networking and mentorship opportunities.