>>
>>Pat (and others) - I appreciate all the tips (no pun intended :-)
>>people have sent, especially about presenting at conferences,
>>publishing, etc. In fact, this student is presenting her paper at
>>the Southwestern Psychological Association meeting in April, and it
>>recently got a revise and resubmit from the journal Sex Roles; so,
>>we are already taking advantage of these avenues. I'm specifically
>>looking for national paper competitions because my students have
>>been successful in the past with the Allyn & Bacon competition (and
>>several are submitting this year), and I just felt bad that this
>>particular student, because of a lower GPA, was not eligible for
>>the Allyn & Bacon and Guilford competitions.
>>Cheers,
>>Traci
>>
>>
>>>...seems to me the BEST competition is against other authors who
>>>are trying to
>>>get their papers published in the professional journals. If it
>>>really is a good paper,
>>>have the student submit it for publication to a high visibility journal.
>>>
>>>More directly to the point of your question, however, you might
>>>want to look into
>>>regional or state psychological associations or broader groups
>>>(e.g., here we have
>>>the North Carolina Academy of Sciences). Around here at least, those groups
>>>sponsor student presentation competitions. (One of my students won
>>>the prize for
>>>"best student presentation" at the NC Psych Assoc. meeting several
>>>years ago,
>>>for example, with a $100 honorarium attached.)
>>>
>>>Pat Cabe
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of any undergraduate paper competitions OTHER than
>>>> the ones that require Psi Chi membership (e.g., Allyn & Bacon;
>>>> Guilford)? I've had students submit to those in the past, but this
>>>> year I have a student who wrote an excellent manuscript but who just
>>>> missed the GPA cutoff for Psi chi.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>> Traci
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>>>> Traci A. Giuliano
>>>> Associate Professor of Psychology
>>>> Southwestern University
>>>> Georgetown, TX 78627
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> (512) 863-1596;fax (512) 863-1846
>>>> http://www.southwestern.edu/~giuliant
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>>>
>>>Patrick Cabe, Ph.D.
>>>Department of Psychology
>>>University of North Carolina at Pembroke
>>>Pembroke, NC 28372-1510
>>>
>>>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>910-521-6630 - Voice/voice-mail
>>>910-521-6240 - Department
>>>910-521-6518 - FAX
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Traci A. Giuliano
Associate Professor of Psychology
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX 78627
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(512) 863-1596;fax (512) 863-1846
http://www.southwestern.edu/~giuliant
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