COVID-19 and Today’s Workplace APS Preconference
The workplace, the workers, and the work today has changed and been reframed dramatically during the COVID-19 global pandemic. This interdisciplinary program of speakers covers big data analyses, research methodologies, individual differences, and group inequities related to changes in jobs, well-being, and social status. These diverse speakers proudly join the APS Global Collaboration on COVID-19. APS attendees, at all career stages and interest levels, are encouraged to participate in this inaugural APS preconference meeting.
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Rates
APS Members: $75
APS Student Members: $25
You must be registered for the Convention to attend this preconference.
You may add this preconference session to your registration on-site!
Please visit the Registration Desk for more information.
COVID-19 and Today’s Workplace APS Preconference
- How do we assess work and workers differently due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- What is authentic to perceptions of self, status, and support after two years of pandemic policies?
- How does big data define (for macro and micro levels) the new normal in labor markets?
- Registration is open and seats are limited!
Click here to download preconference agenda and speaker biographies
Program Chair:
- Dr. Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell, University of Oklahoma
Keynote Speaker:
- Dr. Bart Hobijn, Arizona State University
Invited Speakers:
- Dr. Lisa Helene Rosen, Texas Woman’s University
- Dr. Kevin Kniffin, Cornell University
- Dr. Matt C. Howard, University of South Alabama
Invited Graduate Student Panelists:
- Nicholas Carruth, DePaul University
- Aijia Yao, Johns Hopkins University
- Onyinye Miriam Uwolloh, Northern Kentucky University
Agenda:
8:00 AM
Welcome and introductions
8:00 AM
Presentation on COVID-19 and the Workplace: Issues, Implications, and Insights for Future Research and Action
8:15 AM
Presentation on Setbacks, Strain, and Stress: Lived Experiences of Working
Mothers during COVID-19
9:00 AM
Presentation on The U.S. Labor Market in the Wake of the Pandemic
9:45 AM
Panelists covering Remote Worker Outcomes, Struggles with Substance Use Disorders, and Workgroup Belonging During COVID-19
10:30 AM
Presentation on Work and Suicide: Understanding their relation before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic
11:00 AM
Wrap-up and Closing
12:00 PM
Program Ends