Wednesday, November 08, 2006

INFO: APA Journals program soliciting editor nominations

Dear Colleagues,

The APA Journals Program is soliciting nominations for the editorships of five of its journals. Information about the nomination process is appended below. The contact person on this is Susan J. A. Harris, Senior Director, APA Journals, 202-336-5607 - voice, 202-336-5630 - fax, sjharris@apa.org.

Best regards, Liz

Call for Nominations

The Publications and Communications (P&C) Board has opened nominations for the editorships of Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes (IRGP), and Journal of Educational Psychology for the years 2009-2014. Sheldon Zedeck, PhD, Harris Cooper PhD, Howard J. Shaffer, PhD, Charles S. Carver, PhD, and Karen R. Harris, PhD, respectively, are the incumbent editors.

Candidates should be members of APA and should be available to start receiving manuscripts in early 2008 to prepare for issues published in 2009. Please note that the P&C Board encourages participation by members of underrepresented groups in the publication process and would particularly welcome such nominees. Self-nominations are also encouraged.

Search chairs have been appointed as follows:

· Journal of Applied Psychology, William C. Howell, PhD and J Gilbert Benedict, PhD

· Psychological Bulletin, Mark Appelbaum, PhD and Valerie F. Reyna, PhD

· Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Linda P. Spear, PhD and Robert G. Frank, PhD

· Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: IRGP, David C. Funder, PhD

· Journal of Educational Psychology, Peter A. Ornstein, PhD and Leah L. Light, PhD

Candidates should be nominated by accessing APA’s EditorQuest site on the Web. Using your Web browser, go to http://editorquest.apa.org. On the Home menu on the left, find “Guests”. Next, click on the link “Submit a Nomination,” enter your nominee’s information, and click “Submit.”

Prepared statements of one page or less in support of a nominee can also be submitted by e-mail to Susan J.A. Harris, P&C Board Search Liaison, at sjharris@apa.org.

Deadline for accepting nominations is January 10, 2007, when reviews will begin.

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