Watering Our Roots: Cultivating Ourselves and AAPA’s Future
Call for Proposals Now Open
“Watering our roots,” is a call for reflection and revitalization of self in recognition of our interconnectedness and what it took to get where we are today. In addition to themes of “vision” and “self-care,” “watering our roots” signifies nurturing our network and building a solid foundation for our future. It also signifies attention to the sacrifices of our parents, our ancestors, and ourselves as we work in service to others. At times, we are encouraged by our cultures and/or families not to engage in self-care and self-compassion because that suggests weakness or acting selfishly. With this theme, we honor that caring for ourselves is not mutually exclusive from engaging in our cultural practices such as sacrifices for our families and is our professional responsibility to ensure strong “roots” so that we may give more to others. As a result, we seek to deconstruct, decolonize, and redefine what it means to care for self in our current cultural landscape. Simultaneously, we will explore our visions for the future as we practice rejuvenation of our organization and membership base. The world needs our brilliance and compassion, but we also need to ensure we are supported and support each other to continue our path. For some of us it may mean giving ourselves the permission to nurture and to take time to step back and check in; “What do I need for me so that I can have enough battery life for others?”
As an organization, AAPA is in a time of transition, we are in our fifth year of alternating conventions with and independent from the American Psychological Association. As highlighted and discussed in the AAPA 2019 Convention keynote, we still have much work to do within our organization to be more inclusive and welcoming of our diverse membership. We also honor the significance of “five years” as, on average, doctoral programs take five years to complete. Similarly, including undergraduate years, Master’s program can take 6 years to complete. We can also tie 2019’s convention theme, “Making waves and breaking through the bamboo ceiling,” to a Chinese parable about bamboo trees, which take five years to sprout above ground. Meanwhile, its roots are growing strong beneath the earth’s surface. “Watering our roots: Cultivating ourselves and AAPA’s future,” is a call to action to collectively set the course for the future of our organization .
MAKING WAVES AND BREAKING THROUGH THE BAMBOO CEILING: Reclaiming and Redefining Our Asian and Asian American Identities
This year’s theme building upon previous years’ themes of research, practice, and advocacy efforts with an increased focus on social justice advocacy and concrete actions to propel Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) mental health forward.
Often, culturally or via family norms, AANHPI are sent messages to keep our heads down, to conform, and to uphold the status quo. Dominant societal norms reinforce the bamboo ceiling by, restricting AANHPI achievements, and perpetuating the model minority stereotype that AANHPI individuals are studious, meek, and successful. These stereotypes are then used to keep us “visibly invisible” and minimize our experiences and needs. These dominant messages are also a divide and conquer strategy that encourages us to marginalize our own, thereby keeping the dominant power structures in place, maintaining the status quo, and preventing us from having our voices heard. Therefore, with this theme, we embrace and highlight our duty, joy, and responsibility to present our authentic selves and showcase our work in order to inspire change and promote equity.
“Making waves and breaking through the bamboo ceiling” is a call to spotlight our intersecting identities and values that enrich and strengthen our communities. We seek to transcend outdated social norms while retaining our true selves and honoring our elders, mentors, ancestors, and allies. We gather to share the wisdom, creativity, and expertise of our own intersectional AANHPI communities from across the globe.
There is not only one definition of what it means to be Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific Islander. It is time for us as a community to create and define these terms and use advocacy to link with our communities beyond academia and clinical practice settings. Let us focus on ways to see and uplift each other and ourselves as enough. Let’s break down the barriers that have muted and divided us, and share strategies and wisdom as we move boldly forward together.
Abstract Submission Instructions
Proposals are due May 24, 2019 at 11:59 PM PST
IMPORTANT – READ:
**Proposals that address the convention theme will be prioritized**
**Given our timeline, we are NOT able to extend the submission deadline this year**
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. To submit an abstract, you must first create an account by registering on this page: (https://aapaconvention.dryfta.com/en/userlogin/register/login)
2. After registering, Dryfta (portal company) will email you a temporary password, which you will use to sign in to the system for the first time. You will be prompted to change your password.
3. After you are logged in, click on “Abstract Submissions” at the top of the page and follow the template to complete and submit your abstract proposal
2019 AAPA CONVENTION WEBSITE:
(NEW THIS YEAR: The 2018 AAPA Convention has its own website! Please see details below for link and proposal submission instructions.)
ASIAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
2018 ANNUAL CONVENTION
August 8, 2018
San Francisco, California
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS * DIFFICULT DIALOGUES * SYMPOSIA * POSTERS
Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. PST
IMPORTANT – READ:
**Proposals that address the convention theme will be prioritized**
**Given our tight timeline, we are NOT able to extend the submission deadline this year**
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
- To submit an abstract, you must first create an account by registering on this page: (https://aapa2018.dryfta.com/en/attendees-authors-registration)
- After registering, Dryfta (portal company) will email you a temporary password, which you will use to sign in to the system for the first time. You will be prompted to change your password.
- After you are logged in, click on “Abstract Submissions” at the top of the page and follow the template to complete and submit your abstract proposal.
2018 AAPA CONVENTION WEBSITE:
https://aapa2018.dryfta.com/en/
THEME:
THROWING ROCKS, BUILDING BRIDGES:
Centering and Uplifting our Intersecting Voices
This year’s theme continues to build on previous convention themes with the goal of encouraging necessary and difficult conversations that can strengthen research, practice, and advocacy efforts in Asian American mental health. Our theme for this year focuses on individual and community empowerment that centers around (re)claiming space, uplifting our voices, and acknowledging all the intersecting identities that make us unique. Intersectionality is defined by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw as “how overlapping or intersecting social identities, particularly minority identities, relate to systems and structures of oppression, domination, or discrimination.” Our hope is that this theme will be a call to action to honor those that inspire us to keep fighting for our values and beliefs while acknowledging the efforts of AAPA’s current and past members.
“Throwing rocks, building bridges” is a tribute to the past, present, and future of AAPA. We stand upon the shoulders of our elders – the ones who have provided the rocks necessary for the current generation to throw. As rock throwers and agitators, the current generation pushes the boundaries necessary to successfully propel AAPA into the future, with the recognition that we are in the same fight. Our elders laid the foundation from where we build the bridges to our common goals. By encouraging members to acknowledge our past and present, we aim to move towards breaking down walls and building bridges between AAPI and other groups, our multiple identities, and subgroups within AAPA in celebration for the future of our organization.
We are seeking proposals that draw attention to the experiences of those with multiple intersecting identities, underrepresented Asian American groups (e.g., South Asians, Southeast Asians, Filipinos, religious minorities, LGBTQIA+, international folks), as well as those that bridge past AAPI research or clinical applications with present or future directions. In addition, we are interested in submissions that focus on collaborative projects (both nationally and internationally), interdisciplinary scholarship, multicultural perspective, cross-cultural psychology, and other works that further social justice movements. We encourage submissions from researchers, community leaders and activists, mental health providers, and educators who work with underrepresented communities. Moreover, we welcome submissions from professionals and scholars in allied fields (e.g., Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Communication, Education, History, Law, Nursing, Political Science, Public Health, Psychiatry, Social Work, and Sociology) with whom we collaborate and whose work informs Asian American mental health.
Proposals may address, but are not limited to, the following topics within AAPI mental health:
- Intersections of social identities such as race, gender, and sexual orientation (examining complexities of our different identities, focus on the different experiences)
- Research/outreach with underrepresented AAPI groups (Southeast Asian, Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ, etc.)
- Collaborative and interdisciplinary work examining the diversity of the AAPI community
- Exploration and examination of existing research, conceptual, and/or therapeutic models with AAPI groups and adaptations/supplements to such models (e.g., cultural adaptations to cognitive behavioral therapy models, using both minority stress and intersectionality frameworks in research and/or clinical work)
- Research, outreach and other topics involving the LGBTQIA+ communities
- Social reform, public policy, and political action (involvement of AAPIs in current national and international political movements)
- Social justice and equity
- Immigration, immigration reform, needs and challenges of immigrant communities (examination of different adaptation experiences, process of acculturation, code switching, etc.)
- Identity development across different racial/ethnic minority groups (while incorporating intersectionality such as racial and ethnic identity development at different ages/across the lifespan, intersections of race/ethnicity and gender identity development, etc.)
- Experiences of intersectional microaggression and other forms discrimination (e.g., gendered racism, sexualized racism, generational differences across experiences of discrimination, international perspectives on discrimination and microaggressions)
- Inter/within group conflicts; intergroup coalitions
- Mental health and health disparities (research, outreach, programs that focus on access to care)
- Increasing visibility in the education system and clinical and counseling settings
- Multicultural, and polycultural perspectives
- Increasing visibility of AAPIs with multiple heritages
Who May Submit
Individuals (AAPA members and non-members) at all levels of training (professional, graduate level, and undergraduate level), including non-psychologists interested in mental health issues affecting AAPIs are encouraged to submit proposals. We particularly encourage submissions from those interested in AAPI mental health who have not previously participated in AAPA conventions. Because strengthening the diversity of our colleagues in other organizations is of particular importance for psychologists of color, we strongly encourage submissions from members of other organizations, including but not limited to, the Association of Black Psychologists, Society of Indian Psychologists, and the National Latina/o Psychological Association.
While there is no limit to the total number of submitted proposals per person, individuals can only be the first author of one proposal submission. In the event that multiple first author submissions are received from an individual, the committee will review only the first proposal received. Exempted from this rule are presenters who are invited speakers.
- Deadline for all submissions is April 15th, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. PST
- All presenters are required to officially register for the convention
Types of Submissions
- Interactive Sessions: In a typical 90-minute session, a facilitator introduces the topic and sets up a context
for subsequent discussions and interactions among participants. For questions about submitting an
interactive session proposal, please contact Sessions Co-Chair Yun Garrison at aapasessionscommittee@
- Difficult Dialogues: In this 90-minute session, a facilitator engages participants in a meaningful
dialogue about issues that are difficult to discuss in everyday conversations. Proposal submissions must delineate how facilitators will establish and manage a safe space that promotes respectful expression of opposing views, and provides an environment in which differing perspectives are defended, heard, and considered by participants who hold conflicting cultural values and ideas. For questions about submitting a difficult dialogue session proposal, please contact Sessions Co-Chair Yun Garrison at aapasessionscommittee@
- Symposia: In a typical 90-minute symposium, three or four presentations are given around a common
theme. An expert discussant may provide feedback. The symposium proposal submission must include
one program summary that integrates the multiple presentations within the session. It must also
clearly indicate the titles and contents of each presentation within the symposium. A chair for the
symposium must be named on the application portal. No individual paper proposals for symposium
presentations are accepted. For questions, please contact Yun Garrison at aapasessionscommittee@
- Posters: Posters are displayed to disseminate information on various conceptual and/or empirical reports.
During the designated 90-minute poster session, participants are invited to interact with poster presenters. Single research papers should be submitted as posters. For questions, please contact Poster Session Co-Chairs are Iris Miao at irismiao831@gmail.com and Dieu Truong at dmtruong@central.uh.edu.
Guidelines for Proposals
- All online proposals will need to include:
- Contact information for each presenter
- Abstract (500 to 700 words) with no author names
- Program Summary (50 to 100 words) with no author names
- 3-4 Learning Objectives (not required for poster submissions)
- Proposals will be sent for anonymous reviews. As such, the Abstract and Program Summary should not include identifying information of the author(s) and/or presenter(s).
- Submitters will be notified by email upon receipt of their proposal.
- For submissions that may be eligible to award Continuing Education units (CEs), individual authors will be contacted to provide additional information.
- Submission outcomes will be sent via email by May 5th, 2018.
Proposal Rating Criteria
Proposals will be rated based on the following criteria:
- Relationship to convention theme
- Relevance/timeliness of topic
- Membership appeal
- Innovation and creativity
- Scientific/empirical soundness (for research symposia and posters)
- Adequacy of strategy for involving audience (for interactive sessions and difficult dialogues)
- Contribution to the field
Additional Information
Presenters should bring their own laptops (those with Mac laptops should bring the appropriate adaptor to connect to the LCD projector). LCD projectors for PowerPoint presentations will be provided. Requests for additional AV equipment will be addressed after the final selection of presenters has been decided.
Visit the 2018 AAPA Convention website at https://aapa2018.dryfta.com/en/ for more information.. For all other questions regarding the 2018 AAPA Convention, please email one of this year’s co-chairs, Nic Rider at nicole.rider@gmail.com or Justine Fan at justine.angela17@gmail.com.
Call for Papers: Asian Americans and Suicide
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2017
Special Issue Editors
Frederick Leong, PhD, Joyce Chu, PhD, and Shashank Joshi, MD
The Asian American Journal of Psychology is extending an invitation for manuscripts to be considered for a special issue on Asian Americans and suicide.
The goal of this special issue is to detail the current state of knowledge and gaps about suicide in Asian American communities, and to highlight innovative approaches to suicide prevention and management for Asian Americans through a culturally informed lens.
Topics include, but are not limited to,
- expansion of the current knowledge base about the problem of suicide in Asian American communities
- ways to increase our understanding of the development of suicidal ideation and behaviors, the expression of suicidal distress or behaviors, means or methods of suicide, or culturally informed meanings of suicide
- understudied or innovative clinical or community approaches to prevent and manage suicide
Manuscripts that address suicide in understudied Asian American subgroups (e.g., Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Cambodian) are particularly welcome. Varied methodologies, particularly suicide note analysis or research on Asian American suicide decedents, are also of particular interest.
Empirical (quantitative and qualitative) papers, meta-analytic/review papers, and theoretical-based papers are all welcomed for submission.
The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2017.
This special issue endeavors to make timely and important contributions to burgeoning questions about heightened or growing suicide ideation, behaviors, and deaths among Asian American subgroups, and to provide guidance for community and clinical efforts to curtail the problem of suicide in Asian American populations.
Please follow the submission guidelines located on the Asian American Journal of Psychology website.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the Manuscript Submission portal. Please specify in your cover letter that the submission is intended for the special section on Asian Americans and suicide.
All papers submitted will be initially screened by the guest editors and then sent out for blind peer review, if evaluated as appropriate for the journal.
For further questions related to this special issue, please contact Frederick Leong, Joyce Chu, or Shashank Joshi.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS * DIFFICULT DIALOGUES * SYMPOSIA * POSTERS
Submission EXTENDED Deadline: May 31st, 2017 at 11:00 p.m. PST
Submit proposals at http://forms.apa.org/aapa/
ASIAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
2017 ANNUAL CONVENTION
October 6 – 8, 2017
Las Vegas, Nevada
THEME:
RISE IN SOLIDARITY:
Comradery Through Our Interdisciplinary Efforts, A Call to Action
Within the fiber of Asian American history is our activism and fight against injustice and exclusion. Asian American psychology emerged from the Civil Rights movement, a time when communities across and within racial groups incited change for more equitable treatment. While honoring our rich and complex past and celebrating our triumphs, let’s continue to come together in solidarity to push forward inclusive community activism. Our hope is that this year’s convention will continue to bring diverse communities together to foster comradery, empower, re-energize, inspire, and ignite action.
The theme, ‘Rise in Solidarity’ directly builds on last year’s theme of going beyond Asian Americanness and examining our own diverse identities. ‘Comradery Through Our Interdisciplinary Efforts’ encourages members to reach out to different fields with the goal of strengthening practice and research in Asian American psychology. Further, the aftermath of the 2016 election has left many disenfranchised, especially those with multiple, targeted identities. We hope this ‘Call to Action’ galvanizes AAPA members to heal and mobilize, while protecting those pushed to the margins. This theme also addresses marginalized identities within our own ‘borders.’ During the closing panel of last year’s convention, AAPA members of various AAPI subgroups painfully shared stories about the invisibility of their intersectional identities. By encouraging AAPA members to go beyond just acknowledging diverse identities, we aim to move towards inclusion and celebration of all marginalized identities within our AAPI community. As with every convention, we also emphasize the importance of networking, mentorship, and other professional development experiences, while remembering to HAVE FUN!
We are seeking proposals that draw attention to the experiences of the underrepresented Asian American groups (Southeast Asian, Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ, Multiracial People, and Women etc.), with a focus on those with multiple intersecting identities. In addition, we are interested in submissions that focus on collaborative projects (both nationally and internationally), interdisciplinary scholarship, multicultural perspective, cross-cultural psychology, and other works that further the social justice movement. We encourage submissions from researchers, community leaders and activists, mental health providers, and educators who work with underrepresented communities. Moreover, we welcome submissions from professionals and scholars in allied fields (e.g., Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Communication, Education, History, Law, Nursing, Political Science, Public Health, Psychiatry, Social Work, and Sociology) with whom we collaborate and whose work informs Asian American Psychology.
Proposals may address, but are not limited to, the following topics within AAPI Psychology:
Research or outreach with underrepresented AAPI groups (Southeast Asian, Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ, Multiracial People, and Women etc.)
- Collaborative and interdisciplinary work examining the diversity of the AAPI community
- Intersections of social identities such as race, gender, and sexual orientation (examining complexities of our different identities, focus on the different experiences)
- Research, outreach and other topics involving the LGBTQ community
- Social reform, public policy, and political action (involvement of Asian Americans in current political movements)
- Social justice and equity
- Immigration, immigration reform, needs and challenges of immigrant communities (examination of different adaptation experiences, process of acculturation, code switching, etc.)
- Racial and ethnic identity development across different racial minority groups
- Similarities and differences of racial discrimination across the different racial/ethnic groups
- Intergroup conflicts; intergroup coalitions
- Mental health and health disparities (research, outreach, programs that focus on access to care)
- Increasing visibility in the education system and clinical and counseling settings
- Colorblind, multicultural, and polycultural perspectives
Who May Submit
AAPA members at all levels of training (professional, graduate level, and undergraduate level), including non- psychologists interested in psychological issues affecting AAPIs are encouraged to submit proposals. Non- AAPA members at all levels may also submit proposals. We particularly encourage submissions from those interested in AAPI psychology who have not previously participated in AAPA conventions. Because strengthening the diversity of our colleagues in other organizations is of particular importance for psychologists of color, we strongly encourage submissions from members of other organizations, including by not limited to, the Association of Black Psychologists, Society of Indian Psychologists, and the National Latina/o Psychological Association.
While there is no limit to the total number of submitted proposals per person, individuals can only be the first author of one proposal submission. In the event that multiple first author submissions are received from an individual, the committee will review only the first proposal received. Exempted from this rule are presenters who are invited speakers.
- Deadline for all submissions is May 31st, 2017 at 11:00 p.m. PST
- Please submit presentations at: http://forms.apa.org/aapa/
- All presenters are required to officially register for the convention
Types of Submissions
- Interactive Sessions: In a typical 90-minute session, a facilitator introduces the topic and sets up a context for subsequent discussions and interactions among participants. For questions about submitting an interactive session proposal, please contact Sessions Co-Chair Huijun Li at aapa.sessions@gmail.com.
- Difficult Dialogues: In this new 90-minute session, a facilitator engages participants in a meaningful dialogue about issues that are difficult to discuss in everyday conversations. Proposal submissions must delineate how facilitators will establish and manage a safe space that promotes respectful expression of opposing views, and provides an environment in which differing perspectives are defended, heard, and considered by participants who hold conflicting cultural values and ideas. For questions about submitting a difficult dialogue session proposal, please contact Sessions Co-Chair Huijun Li at aapa.sessions@gmail.com.
- Symposia: In a typical 90-minute symposium, three or four presentations are given around a common theme. An expert discussant may provide feedback. The symposium proposal submission must include one program summary that integrates the multiple presentations within the session. It must also clearly indicate the titles and contents of each presentation within the symposium. A chair for the symposium must be named on the application portal. No individual paper proposals for symposium presentations are accepted. For questions, please contact Sessions Co-Chair Huijun Li at aapa.sessions@gmail.com.
- Posters: Posters are displayed to disseminate information on various conceptual and/or empirical reports. During the designated 90-minute poster session, participants are invited to interact with poster presenters. Single research papers should be submitted as posters. For questions, please contact Poster Session Co-Chair Sunny Ho at aapapostercommittee@gmail.com.
Guidelines for Proposals
- All online proposals should include:
○ Contact information for each presenter
○ Abstract (50 to 100 words) with no author names
○ Program Summary (500 to 700 words) with no author names
○ 3-4 Learning Objectives (not required for poster submissions)
- Proposals will be sent for anonymous reviews. As such, the Abstract and Program Summary should not include identifying information of the author(s) and/or presenter(s).
- Submitters will be notified by email upon receipt of their proposal.
- For submissions highlighted as being potential programs, which can award Continuing Education units (CEs), individual authors will be contacted to provide additional information.
- Submission outcomes will be sent via email by June 10th, 2017.
Proposal Rating Criteria
Proposals will be rated based on the following criteria:
- Relationship to convention theme
- Relevance/timeliness of topic
- Membership appeal
- Innovation and creativity
- Scientific/empirical soundness (for research symposia and posters)
- Adequacy of strategy for involving audience (for interactive sessions)
- Contribution to the field
Additional Information
Presenters should bring their own laptops (those with Mac laptops should bring the appropriate adaptor to connect to the LCD projector). LCD projectors for PowerPoint presentations will be provided. Requests for additional AV equipment will be addressed after the final selection of presenters has been decided.
Visit the AAPA website at aapaonline.org for more information on the 2017 Convention. For all other questions regarding the 2017 AAPA Convention, please email one of this year’s co-chairs, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt at gloria.wong@unlv.edu or Nic Rider at nicole.rider@gmail.com.