2024 Northern Lights Psychology Conference
The 2024 Northern Lights Conference will be held on Friday, October 11th, 2024.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | UND Memorial Union (Henry Family Ballroom - Rm. 220)
The conference is open to community members, faculty, and students. Attendees can enroll during the morning of the conference.
The conference is being sponsored by UND’s department of Psychology and will be free to all, although attendees with be encouraged to make a donation to our graduate student research scholarship fund. CEUs will also be made available for some conference programming.
About Keynote Speaker
Dr. Barry Rosenfeld
Barry Rosenfeld is a Professor of Psychology (currently Department Chair) and Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University. Dr. Rosenfeld has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, books and invited publications. His research encompasses a wide range of topics related to forensic and health psychology, including malingering, stalking and violence risk assessment, as well as treatment decision-making, desire for hastened death and refugee mental health. He has been Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of more than 20 grants, totaling more than $15,000,000, and has served as a research consultant for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Physicians for Human Rights, the Bellevue Hospital Program for Survivors of Torture, the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom, and the Law School Admission Council. Dr. Rosenfeld is board certified in forensic psychology and maintains an active forensic/clinical practice, consulting on a wide range of legal matters. His practice involves evaluating individuals charged with a criminal offense or involved in civil litigation, but he has been frequently retained to consult on international matters. He has evaluated individuals detained in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay military prison, consulted to the U.N. War Tribunal regarding the prosecution of a Serbian war criminal, and evaluated litigants in a class action lawsuit against the government of India.
Tentative Conference Schedule
Friday, October 11th, 2024
Time | Activity |
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9 – 10 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
10– 11 a.m. | Paper Session I |
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Panel Discussion: [topic pending] |
12 – 1 p.m. | Lunch On Own (Memorial Union Restaurants available) |
1– 2 p.m. | Poster Session |
2 – 3 p.m. | Paper Session II |
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Student Awards |
3:30 – 5 p.m. | Keynote Address: Dr. Barry Rosenfeld |