RMPA Teaching Conference
2027 Keynote Speaker
Sue Frantz
New Mexico State University
Sue Frantz taught psychology for 33 years at community colleges in the Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Northwest. She is a past president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and currently serves as its executive director. Frantz is a recipient of the Charles L. Brewer Award, APA’s highest teaching honor, and in 2026 she joined the list of 53 other Distinguished Members of Psi Chi. She is a co-author of textbooks on introductory psychology, social psychology, and the pedagogy of psychology. She is affiliate faculty at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, where she lives with her wife and two dachshunds. See more about her work at suefrantz.com.
Thursday, April 1, 2027
2:00 pm
Intro Psych Matters: The Next Edition of What Our Neighbors Need to Know
In a previous presentation, I provided examples of content that could be removed from and added to the Intro Psych course, using what our neighbors need to know as a guide. In this update to that presentation, I will discuss why so many Intro Psych textbooks have become encyclopedic and how to counter that trend. Several new examples of what we should consider excluding from and including in the course will be provided.