Why expect so much from a name chang? Keep your sights more realistic. The name change does communicate and may help--it may provide opportunities to educate. That's something we should not trivialize. The problems of educating colleagues and the general public will remain, and are larger, ongoing battles. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/06/05 12:05 PM >>> I think this is relevant to the thread regarding whether we should change our name to "Department of Psychological Science." One of my colleagues in Anthropology sent an email to the faculty listserve asking what department she should send a student to if the student is interested in parapsychology. She mentioned in the email that she was surprised to find out that no one in the psych department did research in that area. I emailed her privately and said that we are interested in parapsychology, but only as an example of a pseudoscience. My chair (who is a smart aleck) sent a message to the list, asking if anyone studies paraanthropology or parabiology (pointing out that maybe intelligent design might be considered parabiology). Another colleague from my department suggested that she look in the departments of astrology or alchemy. I guess my point is, even a colleague in anthropology was surprised to find that we don't do parapsychology, which leads me to agree with Jeff that trying to clear up misconceptions may be a futile effort, one that a name change won't facilitate. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
