Calls and Announcements
The Society for General Psychology
Division 1
American Psychological Association
Call for Nominations for Awards for Year 2009
Deadline: February 15, 2009
The Society for General Psychology, Division 1 of the American Psychological Association is conducting its year 2009 awards competition, including the William James Book Award for a recent book that serves to integrate material across psychological subfields or to provide coherence to the diverse subject matter of psychology, the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Career Contribution to General Psychology, the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology, and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, which is an American Psychological Foundation Award managed by the Society for General Psychology. Each of the awards has a separate awards chair and its own set of requirements. Please see our Web site for specific criteria for each award and the addresses for submission (http://www.apa.org/divisions/div1/awards.html).
The Society for General Psychology encourages the integration of knowledge across the subfields of psychology and the incorporation of contributions from other disciplines. The society is looking for creative synthesis, the building of novel conceptual approaches, and a reach for new, integrated wholes. A match between the goals of the society and the nominated work or person will be an important evaluation criterion. Consequently, for all of these awards, the focus is on the quality of the contribution and the linkages made between diverse fields of psychological theory and research.
All nominations and supporting materials for each award must be received on or before February 15, 2009.
General questions and comments may be made to Dr. MaryLou Cheal, Awards Coordinator, 127 E. Loma Vista Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282.
Joint Committee Named to Revise Standards for
Educational and Psychological Testing
A committee of researchers and experts in educational and psychological testing has been appointed to revise the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (the Standards)—long considered to be the definitive source for information concerning sound test development and use.
Designed to establish criteria for appropriate development, use, and interpretation of tests, the Standards have been widely cited by states, federal agencies, private organizations, legislative bodies, and even the U.S. Supreme Court. They are based on the premise that effective testing and assessment requires test developers and users to be knowledgeable about validity, reliability, and other measurement issues.
Co-chairs of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing are Barbara Plake, PhD, distinguished professor emerita at the University of Nebraska, and Lauress Wise, PhD, principal scientist at the Human Resources Research Organization, Monterey, CA. They, along with 13 additional members, are charged with revising and updating the Standards to reflect current research and best practices.
“The Standards are more important than ever given the current demand for educational accountability, the increase of testing in the workplace, and the popularity of computer-based testing,” according to Dr. Wise. “We believe that we have assembled the right committee to achieve the goal of bringing the Standards up to date,” said Dr. Plake.
Revision of the Standards will continue a long collaboration among the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education. The three associations have been responsible for developing, publishing, selling, and revising the standards since 1966, when the first edition was published. The Standards were revised in 1974, 1985, and 1999. The popularity of the Standards remains strong to this day, with nearly 1 million copies sold since 1985.
The Joint Committee plans to hold its initial meeting in early 2009. Staff support for the committee will be provided by the American Psychological Association; questions about the committee and its work should be addressed to Marianne Ernesto at mernesto@apa.org.
Applications Now Available for the Susan G. Cohen Doctoral Research Award
in Organization Design, Effectiveness, and Change
The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) announces the Susan G. Cohen Research Award in Organization Design, Effectiveness, and Change. This award is offered in remembrance of our dear friend and colleague, who was a research scientist at CEO, in the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, from 1988–2006.
The purpose of this award is to provide $2,500 in research funding to a doctoral student whose research work is compatible with the work that captivated Dr. Cohen throughout her career and will make a contribution to both academic theory and management practice. The award is to be used to support the completion of dissertation research.
For more information and to apply for the award visit our Web site:
http://ceo-marshall.usc.edu/cohen-award.
Application Deadline: January 28, 2009, 5:00 p.m. PT
Congratulations to the 2008 Winners of the Susan G. Cohen Doctoral Research Award!
Grand Prize Winner receiving $2,500: Kaumudi Misra, Michigan State University. The Effects of High Involvement Human Resource Practices on Global Team Effectiveness
Runner-up papers, each receiving $1,000:
Rebekah Dibble, University of California, Irvine. Collaboration for the Common Good: Internal and External Adjustment in Humanitarian Home Building Collaborations
Patricia Klarner, University of Geneva (HEC). The Rhythm of Change—A Longitudinal Analysis of the European Insurance Industry
We want to thank all of the participants and submitters for their hard work. We were impressed with the quality of work being conducted by these doctoral candidates and the extent to which they support the work and memory of our colleague Susan Cohen.