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SUMMARY:Invited Symposium: Welcome to the SPARK Society
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DESCRIPTION:<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 676.917px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.08202);">CHAIR: AYANNA THOMAS (TUFTS UNIVERSITY)</span><br />
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<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 759.583px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02766);">The aims of the SPARK Society are to increase the</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 778.483px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03962);"> representation of people of African, Latinx, and Native American</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 797.383px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03873);"> heritage in cognitive psychology, to educate the broader</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 816.283px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03017);"> community about attracting and retaining underrepresented</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 835.183px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02993);"> minority scholars in cognitive psychology, and to mentor </span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 854.083px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01519);">members of these communities at all stages of their careers. This </span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 872.983px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03804);">inaugural meeting of the SPARK Society will feature a panel on</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 891.867px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02612);"> navigating academia as a scholar from an underrepresented</span><span style="left: 514.967px; top: 910.767px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03328);"> minority group.</span><br />
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<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 948.567px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02871);"><strong>Potential Panelists:</strong></span><br />
<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 967.467px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03657);">Jean E. Fox Tree - University of California Santa Cruz</span><br />
<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 986.367px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04084);">Alejandro Lleras - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</span><br />
<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 1005.27px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03624);"><span class="highlight">Ayanna</span> Thomas - Tufts University</span><br />
<span style="left: 514.967px; top: 1024.15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.042);">Duane Watson - Vanderbilt University</span></span>
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