Hi Tipsters and Happy Labor Day to U.S. Tipfolks!
Mike Scoles wrote:
> For good reason, my department hired me to teach psychology, not foreign policy.
While foreign policy may not be directly an area of psychology, certainly the study
of ethnopolitical conflict, war, genocide, issues relating to race and ethnicity,
conflict resolution, etc. are all within the domain of psychology. They come
complete with textbooks, societies, divisions, and journals. In partial response to
the joint initiative sponsored by APA and CPA, the Solomon Asch Center for the Study
of Ethnopolitical Conflict began offering post-doctoral training for psychologists
in ethnopolitical conflict concerns this past summer.
Much like police strategy may not be an area we routinely discuss in psychology, the
shootings in Columbine were directly relevant to many of us in our classrooms last
Spring. And the topic continues to be discussed on TIPS (although I personally find
the correlation related to touching a bit of a stretch - there are many differences
between French and U.S. culture besides just touching).
Note that I will respond to Nancy's post later this afternoon when I have more
time. In the meantime, while I have some concerns about some points in her post, I
would definitely like to thank her for bringing the issue to TIPS.
Warm regards,
Linda
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linda m. woolf, ph.d.
associate professor - psychology
webster university
main webpage: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/
Holocaust and genocide studies pages:
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/holocaust.html
womens' pages: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/women.html
gerontology pages: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gero.html
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