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I second your call to us branching out. I'd encourage us to continue to branch out in many ways both by attending other conferences and bringing new people in. We can branch out to those from different theoretical orientations, basic researchers of all kinds (we had a few BA folks lingering from ABA...) in addition to the cultural/minority groups you mentioned. To do that takes dedication and time, but together we can be a louder voice.... "We are Here!"
If people have ideas for ways to do this, please share them with the group. Whenever I think it's "too much" for me to do, I usually find that by asking for help, it gets done and I don't burn out. Let's do that for each other.
jen
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Jennifer Plumb, M.A.
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
Department of Psychology/298
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0062
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. --Proust
Jen, thanks for taking notes and sending them out to all of us.
I had an additional thought that I'd like to add about the nature of
our community. I was particularly concerned over the absence of basic
researchers (relative to previous SI's) and folks from other wings of
behavior analysis.
One of the benefits of our contextualistic focus is an ability to
appeal to potential members who may see themselves as a minority
within our field, such as sexual minorities from whom we receive
participation at all levels in our organization, to members of deaf
culture from whom we receive almost none.
I wonder if some level of outreach amongst the students is necessary.
Perhaps it would be beneficial for us to recognize how and where we
seem to excel in attracting members from diverse backgrounds and note
where there is a lack. I am not sure if there is an immediate
solution other than to continue having this conversation. I
personally plan to describe ACBS as being one place where its GLBT
members are not only supported but actually form a critical part of
the mainstream. I think this is one way to talk with GLBT members at
ABA, for example, and to say, "hey, we're more than just ACT/RFT,
come check us out."
Jonathan Weinstein, M.A.
Psychology Graduate Student
University of Mississippi
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