I'll be at the Central APA from Wednesday through Saturday this week and was thinking it could be fun to hold some kind of Cocoon meetup. Helen wrote a while back about how conferences can be rife with prestige hierarchies, and how it can be difficult for early career people to meet other people and network. This was my experience too, as earlier in my career I'd often attend APAs but feel on the outside looking in, as it were. APAs were a bit of a lonely experience: I was never very comfortable approaching people I didn't already know, and wished there were some more inviting way to be able to do so.
Anyway, no pressure at all, but if you are heading to the Central, please do feel free to drop me a line either over email (marvan@ut.edu) or PM me on social media. Assuming there are enough people who are interested, I'll try to put something together (and, of course, do what I can to ensure that it is a supportive environment, in line with this blog's mission)!
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