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

Mathew Finkelman, Gabriel Wallin

Vacancies

Several regular members.

Election Committee

Description

The Election Committee monitors and suggests 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.

Members

The Election Committee consists of the current president and secretary (see the Executive Committee) and one other person, currently Carolyn Anderson.

Vacancies

One regular member, 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

Andries van der Ark

Members

Terry Ackerman, Mike Edwards, Ed Merkle.

Past Members

Li Cai, Duanli Yan.

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

Niccolò Cao, Motonori Oka, Yue Zhao, Ziwei Zhang.

Past Members

James Balamuta, Alex Brodersen, Tuba Gezer, Janine Jackson, Auburn Jimenez, Anqi Li, Meng Qiu, Corissa Rohloff, Eric Wayman, Theren Williams, 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

Peter Halpin - peter.halpin@unc.edu

Members

Minjeong Jeong.

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

Jee-Seon Kim- jeeseonkim@wisc.edu

Members

Hao Wu and Tracy Sweet

Past Members

Jorge González, Heungsun Hwang, Dylan Molenaar, Marie Wiberg

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, Mo Zhang.

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.