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DIALOGUE Page 1 Volume 22, No. 2 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Fall, 2007 The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, Co-Editors SPSP’s 9th Annual Meeting in Inside the Albuquerque, February 2008 Current Issue: By Julie Norem As in past years, activities will begin on Thursday (Feb. 7) with 13 preconferences. The new Foundation for 4, SPSP is heading west! Get your kicks on Take a look at all the choices at: http:// Personality and Social 11, sunny Route 66! The 9th Annual Meeting of www.spspmeeting.org/preconferences.htm Psychology 34 The convention itself will begin Thursday the Society for Personality and Social Convention news 5,7, afternoon at 5:00 with the Presidential Psychology will be held in Albuquerque, NM, 39 February 7-9, 2008. Symposium, which will be followed by a welcome reception. On Friday and Saturday APA Council of 6 The Conference will be held in the the program will continue with a host of Representatives Report Albuquerque Convention Center, conveniently symposia, poster sessions, invited addresses, publisher exhibits, and special events. located near to the convention hotels and many Comings and Goings 8 Albuquerque attractions. All of the convention pre-conferences will also be at the Convention Each year we think that we must have Center. We have blocked rooms at the reached asymptote in terms of numbers of Embassy Suites Hotel, The Hyatt Regency, the submissions. That certainly was the case last Committee News: Diversity, 10, DoubleTree Hotel, and the Hotel Blue. (As of year, but once again we have been proven Graduate Student, and 23, wrong. This year, 131 symposia (up from last Training Committees 29, this writing, rooms are still available at the 40 convention rate at the Hotel Blue, an art deco year’s 124) and 1408 posters (up from last hotel with a fitness center and pool. See the year’s 1340) were submitted. In the end we Kelman on Torture 12 conference website for information http:// accepted 66 (or 47%) of the symposia and 1335 (95%) of the posters. There will be 7 www.spspmeeting.org/hotel.htm) All of the hotels symposia in parallel sessions and the convention center are conveniently Harry Reis’ Presidential 20 located with respect to local restaurants, Highlights of this year’s conference include: Column shopping, and the Albuquerque International (Continued on page 18) Airport. Passings, Announcements, 16, Awards 28, 32 2007 SPSP Election Results Nida in the Spin Room 22 The results are in and new second three-year term on the membership of the Executive officers for the Executive American Psychological Committee from 9 to 11. In Committee at SPSP have been Association’s Council of 2008, SPSP will again run elected. Joining the Executive Representatives. elections for President-Elect Executive Committee 2 Committee next year for three- and two members-at-large. In Report: Society growth year terms will be Richard Don Forsyth of the University 2009, the Society will run Petty of Ohio State University of Richmond was appointed to elections for President-Elect, Citation Counts; Highly 24, as President-Elect (President in a special one-year term as one member-at-large position, Cited Publications 27 2009), with John Lydon of Member-at-Large. Secretary-Treasurer, and McGill University and Nicole APA Council Representative. Shelton of Princeton as Readers will note that the The Glass Ceiling Meets the 36 Members-at-Large. number of positions up for Many thanks to all who Maternal Wall election this year was quite voted, for those who stood for Janet Swim of Penn State was large. This was because the election, and for those who NSF News 38 re-elected by Division 8 to a Society has increased the will serve. ■ Page 2 DIALOGUE Executive Committee Report: Society Grows in Number, Impact, and Functions The Executive Committee of SPSP met convention, which helped contribute to average, 8.3 weeks). Editors continue on August 20 in San Francisco, the bottom line. to triage articles with a very low following the APA Convention. The probability of being accepted (23%). Executive Committee meets twice a In all, the Society enjoys a surplus Although it is dismaying to be triaged, year, once following APA, and once somewhat larger than one year’s a rejection that comes quickly can be following the SPSP conference. It is budget. But it is clear that the Society more useful to one’s career than a during these two meetings that much relies to a very large extent on royalty rejection comes after a significantly of the Society business takes place. income from Sage for our financial longer wait, The Associate Editor This report serves as the primary way health. Although we enjoy a mutually roster is now fixed through the end of that the Society communicates with its beneficial relationship with Sage, the Judy Harackiewicz 's term. members on a variety of issues. Society is mindful of the potential PSPR continues to prosper. Its impact danger of relying on a single source for rating is very high, second only to The results of the recent election were underwriting Society programs and JPSP among social psychology reported: Richard Petty is the benefits. Will the income stream from journals. However, the submission rate President-Elect, and Nicole Shelton publication stay stable? Will our for the journal is lower than ideal, and and John Lydon are the new members increased membership stay stable? Editor Galen Bodenhausen continues of the Executive Committee. In to encourage SPSP members to submit addition, the Executive Committee their work. PSPR’s decision lag is welcomes Don Forsyth as a voting The Society is larger than only 2.2 months, with a publication lag member, with a special portfolio of ever—up to 5,346 of 7.6 months. The Publications electronic media. members. The primary Committee and Editor are looking for a way to get the journal online more Membership. The Society is larger than growth of the Society is quickly. ever—up to 5,346 members. The among graduate students. primary growth of the Society is The announcement that the 2006 among graduate students; the Student Publication Award went to popularity of presenting at the Arlen Moller, for his article (with E.L. Convention—which requires SPSP The Executive Committee found Deci & R.M. Ryan, 2006) Choice and membership—likely contributes to this themselves in a pleasant quandary. ego-depletion: The moderating role of growth. The Society does not as yet There is currently a positive cash flow autonomy, Personality and Social collect any information on the into our coffers, and this can be met by Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1024-1036) employment status, age, ethnicity, one of two basic strategies: (1) was met with a round of applause. income, etc. of its members, but it does accumulating money to maintain a There were 37 submissions for this not appear that SPSP is facing the positive stream (e.g., developing an award, and four finalists. About 25% same “aging of membership” issue that endowment) or (2) giving the money of all PSPB articles were submitted for concerns the APA. There is a sense away to all who ask (e.g., increasing the award—students are often first that European and Asian membership programming). These issues are authors in PSPB articles, making them is increasing, but a formal study of the currently under discussion. If you have eligible for the award. membership and its trajectory is still in an opinion, contact a voting member of the planning stages. the Executive Committee (see the back The search for the next PSPB Editor page of Dialogue) or consider writing continues. There have been more than Budget. The budget is larger than ever and article for Dialogue. 30 nominations, which the committee before. Income from memberships reduced to a shortish list of 10 plays a small role in this, although Publications. Publication Committee candidates, which was further whittled servicing members with mailings, Chair Trish Devine reported that down to a very short list of 3 people. PSPB, PSPR and Dialogue uses most PSPB’s impact is increasing. The The Publication Committee has been in of this income. Royalties from Sage for operation is running smoothly under discussion with this smaller group, PSPB and PSPR play a very important Editor Judy Harackiewicz, but it is with an eye toward making a role in the financial health of the challenging, as the submission rate is recommendation to the Executive Society. In addition, there was a high and continues to grow. Despite Committee at the Convention in modest profit from the 2007 this load, the review lag is short (on (Continued on page 3) DIALOGUE Page 3 Continued invitations made to dignitaries— Society Grows, researchers nominated by Travel Award winners because of particular (Continued from page 2) voted to in favor of Tampa, Florida as interest in their work. Maddox reported Albuquerque. the location for the 2009 meeting. on the very high levels of interest and activity that last year's reception drew, Because the Chair of the Publication and the Executive Committee Committee is rotating off and Richard The 2009 SPSP meeting effectively doubled the budget for this Petty will have to step down to serve as will be held Feb 5th-7th at event for 2008. President-Elect, the Publications Committee will be short two members. the Tampa, Florida The Executive Committee discussed Fred Rhodewalt will join the committee Convention Center. The increasing the number and range of for one year (stepping back in after he hotels are the Marriott opportunities to undergraduates of left the committee early to become under-represented groups at the editor of PSPB), and Wendy Wood will Waterside, the Hyatt Convention.