In its 36th year, the Winter Roundtable is the longest running professional education program in the United States devoted to cultural issues in psychology and education. The Winter Roundtable continues its tradition of bringing together scholars, practitioners, researchers, social change agents and students interested in the intersections between race, ethnicity, social class, gender, ability status, sexual orientation, and religious affiliation. The 2019 theme, RISE UP, focuses on racial justice, immigration, and social activism within the disciplines of psychology and education. With over 600 expected to attend, this is the best meeting of the year to showcase your titles on multiculturalism, gender, immigration, LGBT, counseling, social work, education and psychology to leaders in the field.

Invited Speakers

• Derald Wing Sue, Professor of Psychology & Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Formerly President of the Society for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity. Two national surveys identified him as the “most influential multicultural scholar in the United States.”
• Andrea Ritchie is a police misconduct attorney whose writing and advocacy focuses on criminalization of women and LGBT people. Nationally recognized, she is currently Researcher in Residence on Race, Gender, Sexuality and Criminalization at the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
• Rebecca Telzak, Director of Health Programs, and Theo Oshiro, Director of Adult Literacy and Health advocacy—of MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK. MRNY builds the power of Latinx and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

The annual PSA meeting is one of the largest and most popular sociological conferences, with well over 1,000 people expected to attend. This year’s theme, “Engaging Millennials,” celebrates Pacific Sociological Association’s past and at the same time promotes the future generation of sociologists – the millennial generation. Papers will range across all sociological disciplines, representing the diversity of research questions, topics and methodologies. These prominent scholars, avid book buyers, look for titles on the full range of Sociology topics. Publishers wishing to promote their Sociology titles cannot afford to miss this exciting event.

Typical Sessions featured at the PSA meeting (from the 2018 program):

• “Routes to Roots: Immigrant Home-Making in the Era of Fortified Borders”
• “Girls and Juvenile Justice: Power, Status, and the Social Construction of Delinquency”
• “Teaching and Learning in a Climate of Oppression and Surveillance”
• “Teaching Race and Ethnic Relations”
• “All My Friends are Stressed: Mental Health, Social Support & Self-Care in Graduate School”
• “How Dare You Teach That: the Gendered Classroom”

SWPA’s exciting annual convention serves the psychological community by providing access to scientific advances and professional development within a collegial atmosphere. With over 1,500 professors, therapists, counselors and students in attendance, publishers reach an enthusiastic audience seeking significant titles on the full range of psychology and mental health topics. This year’s meeting focuses on applying psychological research to solve the challenges of tomorrow. This is one of the best opportunities of the year to promote your books on the theory and practice of psychology, animal learning, sexual behavior, child and adolescent development, multicultural psychology, the psychology of well-being, virtual education, the effects of technology on well-being, and diversity in mental health treatment.

Among the keynote talks:

• “How Community Partnerships Enhance Research” (Dr. Debra Hope)
• “Culture, Technology and Training Issues within Psychology” (Dr. Chris Fore)
• “The Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Cumulative Trauma” (Dr. Terri Messman-Moore)
• “Pathological Lying: A Theory” (Dr. Drew Curtis)
• “Research on Deception: Who Lies?” (Dr. Chris Hart)
• “Malingering and Deception in Forensic Evaluations” (Dr. Jason Dunham)
• “The Psychology Major from the Classroom to the Workforce” (Dr. R. Eric Landrum)