Presidential Address 2011 Imagining the Future: Establishing a New Legacy for AAIDD

Abstract This presidential address attempts to predict the future directions of neuropsychology. Predicting the future is always a difficult thing. By examining population trends such as aging and demographics, a clearer picture becomes visible. The population is getting older and more ethnically diverse. Also, examination of the spending trends in health care indicates that neuropsychology needs to be able to adapt to working with larger population-based patient care as well as individual patient care. Shifts in the demographics of neuropsychology, in that the profession previously was 70% male dominate and now is >70% female dominant are also discussed. Trends in NAN’s speaker and leader demographics are examined as well as the need to stay current in the trends and latest neuropsychological research lest we become dinosaurs in the next 5–10 years. Recommendations for new neuropsychologists and post-doctoral fellows are also presented.

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Looking Toward the Future: Expanding Connections for Business Historians

Enterprise & Society ◽

10.1017/s1467222700007527 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 575-590 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Pamela Walker Laird

Keyword(s):

Presidential Address ◽

Business History ◽

The Future

Last year, Will Hausman gave us a splendid overview of business history's development for his presidential address. Despite his modesty, he treated us to a review of the parallels between his career and the field's progress, which owes much to his dedication to the Business History Conference (BHC) and its various constituencies. What we have within the BHC now, thanks to Will and many others, are multiple opportunities for exciting interactions based on ideas. As we share, exchange, and rearrange our ideas, they grow, as do our pleasure in and appreciation for them. The BHC offers us a wonderful arena for advancing the life of our minds—while advancing our ideas.

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This Is Us: Discourses of Community Within and Beyond Literacy Research

Literacy Research Theory Method and Practice ◽

10.1177/2381336920937460 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 26-44

Author(s):

Marcelle M. Haddix

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Presidential Address ◽

Research Community ◽

Professional Organization ◽

School Communities ◽

Look Back ◽

The Future ◽

Literacy Teacher ◽

Literacy Teacher Education ◽

Literacy Research

In this 2019 presidential address, I reflect on the significance of community across four areas: with youth and in school communities, within literacy teacher education, in community-engaged theories and methodologies, and within the professional organization. How do we define and understand community? Who and what is included and excluded? As a literacy research community, who are we becoming and who do we want to be? Drawing from historical and contemporary examples within and beyond literacy research, I take a look back and at the present to examine discourses of community and imagine possibilities for the future.

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Presidential Address: The Invisible Historian

Journal of the Canadian Historical Association ◽

10.7202/031114ar ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 3-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. R. Miller

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Interest Groups ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Presidential Address ◽

Public Debate ◽

Aboriginal Peoples ◽

Royal Commission ◽

Final Report ◽

Policy Issues ◽

The Future

Abstract Although contemporary events have made it appear that there is widespread support in Canada for history as a discipline, the reality is otherwise. Many individuals, interest groups, and even institutions make considerable use of historical arguments in public debate to advance their causes, it is true. However, it is almost invariably the case that these advocates making historical arguments are not historians. This painful reality was brought home to the historical profession in 1996-97 by such events as the release of the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the debates over public policy issues such as copyright reform and a protocol for research involving humans. It is essential to the future of the discipline and of organisations such as CHAJSHC that historians reassert their role in the processes of researching, interpeting, and utilizing history in public discourse and academic arenas.

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Sticky History: Connecting Historians with the Public

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2010.32.4.76 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 76-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marianne Babal

Keyword(s):

Annual Meeting ◽

Action Plan ◽

Presidential Address ◽

National Council ◽

Marketing Communication ◽

Economic Uncertainty ◽

The Public ◽

Thirtieth Anniversary ◽

The Future

Abstract Public historians have long been putting history to work in meaningful ways, cultivating collaborative opportunities, building partnerships, and engaging with the public. In times of economic uncertainty, communicating the relevance of history and the work of historians is more important than ever. This article suggests ways to apply marketing communication principles to connect public historians with their audience. This article is a revised version of the presidential address delivered March 13, 2010 at the National Council on Public History's annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the incorporation of NCPH, it recaps the origins and evolution of the organization over three decades, and proposes an action plan for its growth into the future.

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