APA president to speak on campus Feb. 25

Dr. Richard Suinn, president of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a professor of psychology at Colorado State University, will be in Seattle on Thursday, Feb. 25, to make three presentations to the UW community. His visit is sponsored by the Clinical Psychology Internship Program of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Suinn, a past chair of the APA’s Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs, has written widely on stress, behavioral therapy, diversity, sports psychology and health psychology, and is a popular speaker.

He will speak on “Psychological Interventions in Primary Health Care: Techniques and Outcomes” for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds at 11:45 a.m. in room T-747 of the Health Sciences Center.

At 4 p.m., he will present the 14th annual Carol Shigetomi Memorial Lecture in the Burke Room of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on campus. His topic then will be “Ethnic Minorities and Psychology: Thoughts from an Ethnic Minority APA President.”

At 10 a.m. Thursday morning, he will speak on “Only Penguins Look Alike: Minority Role Models,” at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, room B-134. This talk will highlight excerpts from Suinn’s interviews with famous minority psychologists on their experiences and coping advice. It will be geared to minority students but is open to everyone. ¶