Committees

Committees

Overview

Several special purpose committees are active within the Psychometric Society. Members can apply to join a committee. Below you find a list of the committees and their members.

Awards Committee

Description

The Awards Committee is responsible for monitoring and suggesting improvements to procedures used to seek nominations for awards and select award recipients, to propose changes to the awards (such eligibility criteria, descriptions, benefits) and to suggest new awards. 

Chair

Irini Moustaki - i.moustaki@lse.ac.uk

Members

Peter Bentler, Ulf Böckenholt, Weiwei Cui, Karl Schweizer, Anders Skrondal.

Vacancies

Several regular members.

Bylaws Committee

Description

The Bylaws Committee is responsible for annually reviewing the bylaws and incorporating suggested changes from the Board of Trustees.  The committee shall bring to the attention of the Board of Trustees any issues where actions by committees or the Board of Trustees are not in compliance with the bylaws, or when certain bylaws may no longer be adequate or appropriate.

Chair

Victoria Savalei - vsavalei@psych.ubc.ca

Members

Mark Wilson, Bob Mislevy, Klaas Sijtsma, Paul De Boeck.

Vacancies

One regular member.

Election Procedures Committee

Description

The Election Procedures Committee monitors and suggest improvements to the processes followed for the elections of officers (President, Secretary,Treasurer), Board of Trustee members, and Editorial Council members. These processes include calls for nominations, selection of candidates, calls and reminders to members to vote, the online voting system, and determining and announcing the election results.

Chair

Jeff Douglas - jeffdoug@illinois.edu

Members

Carolyn Anderson, Jean Paul Fox.

Vacancies

Two regular members, preferably with relevant experience.

Finance Committee

Description

The Finance Committee is responsible for oversight of the Psychometric Society finances and investments.  The committee will develop the annual budget, provide oversight for the IMPS budget, ensure that sponsorship for IMPS is sought by the relevant contacts, develop and monitor investment policies and provide advice to the Board of Trustees on financial matters.

Chair

Ed Merkle - merklee@missouri.edu

Members

Andries van der Ark, Terry Ackerman, Duanli Yan, Li Cai.

Vacancies

None.

Graduate Student Committee

Description

The Graduate Student Committee consists primarily of Student Members of the Psychometric Society, with a Regular (non-Student) Member acting as advisor/facilitator. The committee can make suggestions on how to improve the experience and increase the involvement of student members, how to make the annual meeting more interesting for students (for example by having a special session for students during the conference), how to increase awareness of quantitative psychology and psychometrics in students and the general public, and how to provide resources that help prospective students get into graduate programs related to psychometrics and quantitative psychology.

Advisor

Silvia Cagnone

Members

Theren Williams, Meng Qiu, Alex Brodersen, Niccolò Cao, Motonori Oka.

Past Members

James Balamuta, Tuba Gezer, Janine Jackson, Auburn Jimenez, Anqi Li, Corissa Rohloff, Eric Wayman, Hulya Yigit.

Vacancies

 

Membership Committee

Description

The Membership Committee is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the experience of every Psychometric Society member.  The committee will suggest to the Board of Trustees programs and services that may meet the needs of new and existing members, suggest expansion of communications to members, and assist with recruitment or retention campaigns as needed.

Chair

Minjeong Jeong - mjjeon@ucla.edu

Members

Peter Halpin.

Vacancies

None.

Program Committee

The IMPS Program Committee changes each year and is led by the society president. Information about each year’s program committee appears in that year’s IMPS materials.

Proceedings Committee

Description

The Proceedings Committee oversees the society’s publications (apart from Psychometrika) and may also propose new publications. The main charge is to oversee publication of the Proceedings of the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), which includes appointing editors, setting up a contract with the publisher, ensuring that relevant information is communicated to potential authors, monitoring the publication process, and advertising the Proceedings leading up to and after publication.

Chair

Marie Wiberg - marie.wiberg@umu.se

Members

Jee-Seon Kim, Heungsun Hwang, Hao Wu, and Tracy Sweet

Past Members

Jorge González, Dylan Molenaar

Vacancies

None.

Social Media Committee

Formerly part of the Communications Committee.

Chair

Carl F. Falk - carl.falk@mcgill.ca

Members

Tammy Trierweiler, Hsiu-Ting Yu.

Past Members

Duanli Yan

Vacancies

Several regular members.

Website Committee

Formerly part of the Communications Committee.

Chair

Jimmy de la Torre - j.delatorre@hku.hk

Webmaster

Carl F. Falk - carl.falk@mcgill.ca

Members

Carl F. Falk, Terrence Jorgensen, Sierra Bainter, James Balamuta, Gabriel Wallin.

Past Members (includes Communications Committee)

Alice Brawley, Michael Hunter, Eddie Ip, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Yiyun Shou, Tammy Trierweiler, Kevin Wilson-Smith, Hsiu-Ting Yu.

Vacancies

One regular member.

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