Stephen Black wrote:
While I suspect the last part of this statement was just thrown in as an aside, I'd like to take the opportunity to inform folks about some of APA's and other's actions in relation to issues of world peace and the war on terror.Personally, I believe it's no contest, and the latter must always prevail over its ugly alternative. But as far as I can see, the _Publication Manual of the APA_ (5th ed.) falls silent on this issue of outstanding importance, second only to world peace and the war on terorism. But not the stout readers of this list, I predict.
APA Council has approved the following - Task Force on the Psychological Effects of and Efforts to Prevent Terrorism. They have been working on this issue for some time and include a number of individuals who have devoted their careers to the psychological study of peace and conflict.
Joint APA and CPA initiatives including a task force concerning ethnopolitical warfare are responsible for the development of graduate curriculum materials related to ethnopolitical conflict (Graduate Curriculum in Ethnopolitical Warfare: Trauma Intervention and Conflict Resolution). More information can be found at http://www.psysr.org/EPW%20contents.htm .
The Practice Directorate has put together some materials related to resiliency, war, and terrorism. For example, their materials on helping kids cope with terrorism can be found at http://www.apa.org/practice/ptindex.html
The Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict regularly offers a postdoctoral summer institute and training. More information can be found at http://www.psych.upenn.edu/sacsec/ .
Division 48, The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology a wonderful division for those interested in these issues. More information can be found on their web site at http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/~mstimac/Peace-Psychology.htm In addition, they publish a quarterly journal - Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
Applications are now being accepted for the University of Massachusetts' (Amherst) new graduate program in the Psychology of Peace and the Prevention of Violence. More information can be found at http://www.umass.edu/peacepsychology/
Psychologists for Social Responsibility is very active in addressing issues of war and terrorism. More information can be found at http://www.psysr.org/
Two curriculum guides related to ethnopolitical conflict are available through the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP) at http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/teachingresources.html#diversity . Note that these are currently being revised and updated. The revised editions will have more information concerning terrorism. I'll send out a note when the new editions are online.
There are also several syllabi available online related to the psychology of peace and offered through the OTRP and Project Syllabus at http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/projectsyllabus.html#peace .
Finally, my colleague Michael Hulsizer and I gave a presentation at the APA convention in Toronto related to teaching about war, peace, terrorism and our handout is available at http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/peaceandwar.html . It includes lecture suggestions and a brief annotated bibliography.
Best wishes,
Linda
-- Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. Book Review Editor, H-Genocide Secretary, Society for the Teaching of Psychology Professor of Psychology Coordinator - Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Webster University 470 East Lockwood St. Louis, MO 63119
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