Ryon McDermott
Division 51 APA Programming and Highlights
Updated: Jan 15, 2019
This APA convention was packed with great programs. It was held in San Francisco this year. The program listing is preserved here for posterity. Next year's APA conference will be in Chicago IL.

Division 51 APA 2018 Convention Programming-At-A-Glance. Updated 5.1.18.
Thursday (8/9/18)
9am
Skill Building: Mentoring Outside the Box- Small-group conversations with Experts from Diverse settings.
Co-Chairs: Singley and Cole. Moscone Center, Rm 307
10am
Skill Building: Racial Battle Fatigue Syndrome and the Biopsychosocial Health of African American Men.
Co-Chairs: Cooper and Burnes. CC Rms 305 & 309.
11am
Division 51 Poster Session 1
12pm
Symposium: Postpartum Depression- Risk factor for men too: Implications for Research and Practice.
Chair: Beer. Moscone Center, Rm 104
Hospitality Suite: Men as allies in the fight against sexual harassment
Co-Chairs: Sweet and Ellenberg.
1pm
2pm
Skill Building Session: Addressing Policing and Masculinity- Supporting Color and Queer Communities.
Chair: Parent. Moscone Center, Rm 216.
Hospitality Suite: Re-envisioning healthy masculinities in merchant mariners and maritime cadets
Co-chairs: Wallace and Burback.
3pm
Skill Building Session: Developing Compassion and Self-Compassion in Men.
Chair: Adams. Moscone Center, Rms 310 & 311.
Hospitality Suite: Being a voice for Marginalized Boys and Men
CoChairs: Heard and Elder.
4pm
Social Hour (Co-listed with Division 17): Intersectional Identity Social Hour.
Marriot Marquis Hotel. Yerba Buena Salons 5 and 6
Friday (8/10/18)
9am
Skill-Building Session: Death, Dying, and Intersectionality
Co-Chairs: O’Brien and Jankauskaite. Moscone Center, Room 307
Hospitality Suite: Bridging Across Divides: Understanding Privilege and Its Consequences
Co-Chairs: Logue, Signorella, and Adams.
10am
11am
Division 51 Poster Session II
Symposium: Using religion and spirituality in clinical practice with Men.
Co-Chairs: Isacco & Wade. Moscone Center, Rms 310 & 311
12pm
Invited Address: TBD. Mascone Center, Rm 2020
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
Hospitality Suite: Division 51 Social Hour for Students and ECP
Saturday (8/11/18)
8am
Skill Building: Developing Essential Professional Skills for Men of Color in Graduate Psychology
Co-chairs: Page and Green. Moscone Center, Rm 308
9am
Hospitality Suite: Mentoring that works: Sharing views on a new proposal for Division 51
Co-Chairs: Sweet and Edelman.
10am
Skill Building: The state of Black boys and men- Using social justice to promote radical healing
Chair: Heard. Co-listing: APAGS. Moscone Center, Rm 206.
Hospitality Suite: Healthy masculine ideals: Strategies for clinical practice
Co-Chairs: Davies, Beer, and Frazao.
11am
12pm
Symposium: Will boys really just be boys? Emerging issues in masculinity.
Chair: Davidson. Moscone Center, Rm 2006
Hospitality Suite: Tribe 51: An opportunity to share your experience of our Division
Co-Chairs: Rabinowitz and Ellenberg.
1pm
Symposium: Gender, Health, and the Psychology of Men and Masculinities.
Chair: Levant. Moscone Center, Room 208.
2pm
Executive Committee Meeting. Marriot Marquis, Sierra Room F
2pm
3pm
Fellows Address and Awards Meeting.
Marriot Marquis Hotel. Yerba Buena Salons 3 and 4
4pm
Presidential Address.
Marriot Marquis Hotel, Yerba Buena Salons 3 and 4
5pm
Business Meeting. Marriot Marquis Hotel. Salons 3 and 4
6pm
Division 51 Social Hour. Marriot Marquis Hotel. Salons 3 and 4
Sunday (8/12/18)
9am
Conversation Hour: The Men’s Center approach to addressing intimate partner violence.
Chair: Davies. Moscone Center, Room 2024
10am
11am