Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Founded	1945
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Members	Over 2,000
President	Janie Wilson, Georgia Southern University
Website	http://teachpsych.org/

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) is Division 2 of the American Psychological Association. It is an academic society that promotes effective pedagogy while providing supports for teachers of psychology at all levels (high school to colleges and universities). Although it is one of the divisions of the American Psychological Association, it does not require its members to join the APA. The STP provides access to peer-reviewed teaching resources, such as course syllabi and e-books, free of charge to the general public through its website.

History

The STP was founded in 1945. Notable past presidents include Wilbert J. McKeachie and John Dashiell.

Annual conferences

Each year, the Society hosts an Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) to disseminate effective teaching practices and share research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The ACT conference attracts hundreds of attendees, including graduate students and new instructors as well as seasoned professors of psychology. Attendees are able to engage in professional development through participation in a SoTL workshop that pairs instructors with mentors to develop research strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches and method of teaching. The Society co-sponsors with the Association for Psychological Science the APS-STP Teaching Institute, held annually at the convention of the Association for Psychological Science.

The Society provides programming to promote effective teaching and learning at the annual APA convention as well as at regional meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, the Midwestern Psychological Association, the New England Psychological Association, the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, the Southeastern Psychological Association, the Southwestern Psychological Association, and the Western Psychological Association.

Leadership

STP governance consists of an executive committee, comprising the president, past-president, and president-elect, and vice presidents for resources, programming, membership, recognitions and awards, and diversity and international relations. The following table includes the current members of the executive committee for the STP.

Position	Name	Affiliation
President	Janie Wilson	Georgia Southern University
Past-President	Suzanne C. Baker	James Madison University
President-Elect	Ken Keith	University of San Diego
Vice President for Resources	Sue Frantz	Highline College
Vice President for Programming	Aaron Richmond	Metropolitan State University
Vice President for Membership	Meera Komarraju	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Vice President for Recognitions and Awards	Beth Schwartz	Heidelberg University
Vice President for Diversity and International Relations	Susan Nola	Seton Hall University
Secretary	Thomas Pusateri	Kennesaw State University
Treasurer	David Kreiner	University of Central Missouri
Executive Director	Ted Bosack	Providence College

Publications

The STP has published the journal Teaching of Psychology (ToP) quarterly since 1974.

External links

• Official website Society for the Teaching of Psychology
• Division 2 description from the American Psychological Association