Jan 02, 2019
SPSP is seeking a diverse pool of candidates for the next election cycle of Board members (positions starting January 2020). Members of the SPSP Board help guide the future and vision of the organization and field. Please consider adding your name to the ballot or identifying a colleague whom you think would be a good candidate. No prior SPSP leadership experience is required.
SPSP encourages nominations of colleagues and self-nominations nominations from both academic (large and small universities and colleges) and non-academic settings.
The following positions will be on the ballot this spring:
Dec 12, 2018
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology has opened nominations for the editorship of its flagship blog, Character and Context. The editor's term is three years, transitioning in early 2019. Candidates for the position should have experience writing for the general public, as well as for colleagues in the field.
Nov 20, 2018
The SPSP Student Committee, one of the association’s most active committees, works to promote the interests of SPSP’s graduate and undergraduate student members. Their work includes producing a student focused monthly newsletter, SPSPotlight, liaising with committees across SPSP on behalf of the student voice, and organizing and executing events and activities specifically for students at the annual SPSP convention as well as year-round. The 2019-2020 committee will transition to their roles during the 2019 SPSP Annual Convention.
2019-2020 SPSP Student Committee
Chair
Nov 07, 2018
The time has come to select your 2019 Student Committee members. The SPSP Student Committee, one of the association’s most active committees, works to promote the interests of SPSP’s graduate and undergraduate student members. Their work includes producing a student focused monthly newsletter, SPSPotlight, liaising with committees across SPSP on behalf of the student voice, and organizing and executing events and activities specifically for students at the annual SPSP convention as well as year-round. All current undergraduate and graduate student members, as of November 7, 2018, will be emailed a ballot to vote.
Nov 06, 2018
In an effort to improve transparency in the election of Board members and appointment of committee members, the SPSP Board of Directors approved a new structure for its Nominations and Elections Committee. At this time, SPSP seeks initial members of this new committee.
Nov 01, 2018
With National Science Foundation funding, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology is pleased to offer a two-week intensive summer school for up to 100 pre-doctoral students in Social and Personality Psychology. Since its first session in 2003, the Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology (SISPP) is offered in odd-numbered years.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 SISPP, to be hosted at New York University, July 14-25, 2019. The faculty organizers for SISPP 2019 are Professors Tessa West and Jay Van Bavel, and the grad student coordinator is Oana Dumitru.
