Submissions

MPA MEMBERS

Submissions for papers, posters, and symposia for the Annual Meeting will be accepted from September 1, 2011 through November 7, 2011 11:59PM EST. Electronic submission is now required unless you have received prior approval from the program moderator. The Call for Programs provides a preliminary list of Invited Addresses, Talks, and Workshops as well as informaiton about the meeting.

At least one of the authors on each submission must be a current, dues-paid MPA member or the paper must be sponsored by an MPA member. There is no need for a sponsor if one author is a member. If you hold a doctorate in psychology or are a graduate student, you may become a member at the time you submit an abstract. Just complete the membership form (see the membership web page). If you have sent in your check for dues or paid online you may go ahead and submit an abstract immediately. You don't need to be too concerned about the payment making the November 7 deadline. As long as you know you have paid dues, you may go ahead and submit.

Submit your MPA abstract electronically at: meetings.midwesternpsych.org

Note: Only one contact email can be associated with each unique submission login. Don't use your colleague's, professor's, or student's login unless that person's email address should be the contact email address for all the submissions. The last email address entered will be used for all submissions under that login.

UNDERGRADUATES

Undergraduate students who are submitting their own work (e.g., an honors thesis) should submit through Psi-Chi. The Psi-Chi MPA site is here. Undergraduates who have collaborated on faculty-generated research may be coauthors on MPA papers as long as the MPA member is also an author and present at the meeting.

AFFILIATED MEETINGS

Click here to submit to an affiliated meeting: the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) or APA Division 27: Community Psychology.

AWARDS

MPA sponsors awards for graduate student research. To qualify for these awards, the submission must be the graduate student's own work (a thesis, dissertation, or other work that is the student's own) and not a result of the student working on faculty-driven research or as part of a lab team. If you are a graduate student and your submission meets this criterion, check the box below the abstract indicating that the project qualifies for the and that you want it to be considered for the graduate student research award. The winners will receive a certificate and an award of $100.

Questions? Contact the Program Moderator

William Merriman (click for an email link)
Department of Psychology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242

Program Committee for 2012 Meeting

Leslie Asburn-Nardo - Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (2011-2013)*
Robert Arkin - Ohio State University (2010-2012)
Russell Brown - East Tennessee State University (2012 - 2014)
Emily Durbin - Michigan State University (2010-2012)
Alycia Hund - Illinois State University (2012 - 2014)
Daren Kaiser - Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (2011-2013)
Allen McConnell - Miami University (2010-2012)
Ernest Park - Cleveland State University (2011-2013)
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan - Ohio State University (2011-2013)
Robert West - Iowa State University (2010-2012)
*Terms are three years; dates refer to the year of the annual meetings for which the committee member reviews submissions.

Program Moderator for 2013 Meeting

William Graziano
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Notification of the decision to accept or reject the paper will be done via email in January.