Transforming Psychology and Reimagining Knowledge
I am excited to share the news that we had record breaking number of proposals for the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) conference to be held this June 14-16 at Boston College. The overall 2024 SQIP conference and theme of “Transforming Psychology and Reimagining Knowledge” is shaped by our mission that was outlined in 2023 by the Executive Committee in a document titled SQIP’s Hopes & Goals. The conference program highlights multiple methods, inquiries and frameworks, and embraces plural epistemological and relational modes of inquiry. This conference theme urges us to think about how qualitative inquiry can retrieve marginalized modes of qualitative inquiry and ethically transform the process of knowledge production. One vision that has informed the programming at this year’s conference is centered on the idea that SQIP must offer a sense of community belonging to early career faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students and provide them with mentors and resources so they can flourish. Our SQIP planning team recognizes that there is an urgent need to build transnational and transracial coalitions across geographies, disciplines, and methods. Finally, our keynotes, panels, papers, roundtable conversation and posters highlight the importance of bearing witness to struggles in communities and asking whom are we accountable to when we do research.
My hope is that the conference offers us a space to reflect on our ethical commitments as researchers and engage in raising questions about how we can transform psychology and reimagine qualitative inquiry. This year’s conference also marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of SQIP and I invite you to join us in Boston to commemorate this milestone!
Sunil Bhatia
Sunil Bhatia, PhD President, Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology
Last year’s SQIP conference convened an in-person gathering in the Redwoods of California following three years of virtual meetings. University of California Santa Cruz, a hub for participatory research methods and social activism, served as the site for our first ever West Coast conference hosted by president-elect, Phil Hammack. There, we reanimated conversations and encounters of celebration, heartbreak, meditation, and the call to bear witness and engage several fundamental questions —Who are we as an organization? To whom are we accountable? And how do we employ qualitative methods to address social issues of pressing importance?
This year, we revisit to Boston, MA at the 10-year mark since the inaugural SQIP conference at the City University in New York (CUNY). Our conference theme, “Transforming Psychology and Reimagining Knowledge,” draws upon SQIP’s fundamental values. We will build upon SQIP’s decade-long history, as we gather to mobilize qualitative inquiry toward transformation. SQIP invites approaches that enable for studying and understanding the intricate nuances—the breadths and depths—of human experiences. SQIP upholds that there are many veritable ways to take up storytelling, witnessing, and accompanying, and there are multitudinous contexts that situate being and knowing. The ethical stakes of knowledge production require that psychology resists one-size-fits-all procedures and narratives toward analyzing and interrupting hegemonic power. I view SQIP’s values as coalescing around reclaiming, recentering, and recontextualizing knowledges that offer vital insights, critiques, and possibilities. I look forward to reimagining knowledge together.
ZenobiaMorrill
Zenobia Morrill, PhD Conference Coordinator, SQIP Secretary, SQIP
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Puleng Segalo
Puleng Segalo is a professor of critical-social and community psychology currently holding the position of the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa.
Molly Andrews
Molly Andrews is Honorary Professor of Political Psychology at the Social Research Institute, University College London, and the co-director of the Association of Narrative Research and Practice.
Christopher Sonn
Christopher Sonn is Professor at Victoria University, Australia. He has made distinctive internationally recognized contributions to knowledge and practice of community and applied social psychology.
Urmitapa Dutta
Urmitapa Dutta is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her decolonial activist scholarship focuses on denaturalizing everyday violence, undoing violent erasures, and (re)centering Global South peoples as knowledge producers.
REGISTRATION
Registration is exclusively for in-person attendance.
Take advantage of our early-bird pricing, available until April 19, 2024 (automatically applied).
Professionals who register as members of SQIP can enjoy a $50 discount. To become a member, visit this link.
Student and ECP SQIP members interested in volunteering can contact apasqip.conference@gmail.com to inquire about waived or reduced registration fees.
Conference Access
Please refer to this link to access a full, interactive map of the Boston College campus.
Where to Stay
Under a 15 minute walk to campus:
AC Hotel by Marriot Boston Cleveland Circle - 395 Chestnut Hill Ave, Boston, MA 02135 - $225-300/nightHotel Boston - 40 Mt Hood Rd, Boston, MA 02135 - $150-200/night
Under 30 minutes away from campus:
Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston Brookline-Longwood Medical- 111 Boylston St, Brookline, MA 02445 MA 02135 - $325-375/night Courtyard by Marriott Boston Brookline - 40 Webster St, Brookline, MA 02446 02135 - $350-450/night
Longwood Inn - 123 Longwood Ave, Brookline, MA 02446 - $200- 250/night
Between 30-45 Minutes away from campus:
Yotel Boston - 65 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA 02210 - $200-250/night HI Boston Hostel - 19 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116 - $100-150/night Sheraton Boston Needham Hotel -100 Cabot St, Needham, MA 02494 - $150-250/night
Boston Marriott Newton - 2345 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA 02466 - $150-250/night
Looking for further accommodations?
We've made a spreadsheet where folks can share their contact and describe the type of accommodations they are looking for or offering. Do you live in the area and have extra accommodation that you could offer at a reduced rate or even no cost? Are you looking to connect with folks and possibly team up to secure shared affordable rates? Please go here.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
"Transforming Psychology and Reimagining Knowledge"
The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) is thrilled to announce the Call for
Submissions for the upcoming annual meeting, which will take place June 14-16, 2024, at
Boston College, Massachusetts, USA.
We are honored to host a fantastic lineup of internationally known keynote speakers, including
Puleng Segalo, Molly Andrews, Christopher Sonn, and Urmitapa Dutta.
We invite scholars, practitioners, and students to contribute to a vibrant discussion that
challenges the status quo and reimagines psychological knowledge. The field of psychology
stands at a critical juncture where the imperative to reflect on and address its historical
underpinnings in racism and colonialism is undeniable. We specifically encourage submissions
that engage critically with psychology's racist and colonial past, offer reflexive qualitative
research, and propose paradigms or methods that foreground knowledge from historically
underrepresented or marginalized communities.
The conference will feature a dynamic range of presentation formats:
Symposium (75 mins): Please include a symposium cover abstract (up to 250 words), names
and affiliations of all authors for each talk (3 speakers per symposium), and abstracts for each
talk (up to 250 words).
Individual paper submission: Please include names and affiliations of all authors and an abstract
of no more than 250 words.
Poster submission: Please include the names of all authors and an abstract of no more than
250 words.
Roundtable discussion (60 mins): Please include an abstract (up to 250 words) and the names
of all speakers.
Click here to submit your proposals electronically by JAN 15, 2024. Conference details and
registration information will be posted and regularly updated at www.sqip.org.
Acknowledgment of the receipt of your submission will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding
author. Program Committee decisions are expected to be sent in March 2024.
We look forward to seeing you in Boston in June!
Zenobia Morrill, SQIP Conference Coordinator, on behalf of the Conference
Committee
Sunil Bhatia, SQIP President
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