Special Initiative: Planning for the Role of Behavioral Sciences in National Research
This special initiative research retreat was held March 14-16, 2007 at the Tempe Mission Palms Conference Center, Tempe, Arizona. Representatives from funding agencies, research universities, professional associations, and research faculty in Behavioral Science participated in formal presentations, moderated discussions, and then conference participants continued related discussions over meals and in the relaxed atmosphere.
Participants pictured below, standing, left to right: Evelyn Haaheim, Barbara Wanchisen, Steven Breckler, Michelle Keeney, Peggy McCardle, Marion Mueller, Susan Fiske, Bill Yost. Seated: Alan Kraut, Joe Steinmetz, Richard Nakamura, Mabel Rice, Richard Schiefelbusch, David Lightfoot, David Abrams, Steve Warren.
Participants
The University of Kansas
Board of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center
- Fred and Virginia Merrill, Founders
- Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Center
- Richard Schiefelbusch, Director Emeritus, Life Span Institute
- Joseph Steinmetz, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Steven Warren, Director of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
Princeton University
- Susan Fiske, Professor of Psychology
Loyola University, Chicago
- William A. Yost, Professor of Psychology, Parmly Hearing Institute
National Institute of Mental Health
- Richard Nakamura, Deputy Director
National Institute of Health
- David Abrams, Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Peggy McCardle, Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children
National Science Foundation
- David Lightfoot, Assistant Director, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
The Department of Homeland Security
- Michelle Keeney, Science Advisor, Human Factors Division, Science and Technology Directorate
American Psychological Association
- Steven J. Breckler, Executive Director for Science, APA Science Directorate
Association for Psychological Science
- Alan Kraut, Executive Director
The Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences
- Barbara A. Wanchisen, Executive Director
Agenda
Mission Tempe Palms, Phoenix, AZ
March 14–16, 2007
Wednesday, March 14
Board Meeting
Reception
Dinner
Opening session
Introductions
Previewing the topics
Thursday, March 15
Breakfast
Opening
Panel 1
- David Abrams, “Behavior is the Bridge Between Biology and Society: Transdisciplinary and Systems Thinking to Improve the Nation’s Wellbeing”
- Steven J. Breckler, “Advancing Behavioral Research Through Public Education”
Discussion
Break
Panel 2
- Judith Cooper and Peggy McCardle, “Facilitating NIH Behavioral Research: A View from Two Institutes”
- David Lightfoot, “Some Priorities for Federal Funding of the Behavioral Sciences”
Discussion
Lunch
Panel 3
- Joseph Steinmetz, “The Impact of Federally-Funded Behavioral and Social Science Research at a Public University”
- Susan Fiske, “Harness the American Entrepreneurial Spirit! Practical Theories, Good Ideas, and Solving Problems”
Discussion
Panel 4
- Michelle Keeney, “Making the Case for Basic Behavioral Science Research Related to National Security by Showing the Impact of Applied Research”
- Barbara Wanchisen, “The Image, Science and Impact of the Behavioral Sciences: Can We do Better in the Next 10 Years?”
Break
Panel 5
- Steven Warren, “The Measurement of Behavior: Linchpin to the Development of Biobehavioral Science”
- William Yost, “Behavioral Research Funding: We Don't Get No Respect”
Discussion
Dinner
Friday, March 16
Breakfast
Panel
- Alan Kraut, “The Politics of Federal Support for Behavioral Science: Looking back to NSF; Looking ahead to NIH”
- Richard Nakamura, “The Future of Behavioral Science: One Perspective”
Break-out sessions
Concluding sessions
Lunch and Departure