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FABBS and Federation Announce New Executive Director FABBS and the Federation are pleased to welcome Paula R. Skedsvold, J.D. Ph.D. as the incoming Executive Director for both organizations. Dr. Skedsvold will bring a unique blend of policy and science experience that will further the missions of both the Federation and FABBS. Federation President, Dr. Leaetta Hough, says “Dr. Skedsvold is an exceptional individual, passionate about our sciences. We are very fortunate that she is joining the Federation and FABBS as our new Executive Director. She will be a significant force for our sciences." As FABBS Executive Director, Dr. Skedsvold will organize experts to educate and communicate about the value of these sciences. FABBS President Dr. Susan T. Fiske notes, “Paula Skedsvold has an amazing variety of experience that will enable her to connect with all the communities that matter to our sciences. Together with the rest of our talented staff, she brings new ideas, expertise, and energy to the Federation and FABBS.” Dr. Skedsvold is currently the Director of Education Research Policy at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She brings firsthand knowledge of and experience with policy initiatives both on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies. She is a talented advocate for the behavioral, psychological, and cognitive sciences and their contributions to improving individual lives, communities, and organizations. In addition to her work at AERA, Dr. Skedsvold has been involved in planning behavioral and social science initiatives at the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and in addressing research oversight and policy issues as senior staff of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Working Group on Human Research Protections, a working group of the former National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee. She has worked in the offices of U.S. Representatives Nancy Pelosi and John Lewis and served as Scientist in the Public Interest for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Dr. Skedsvold received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Bar Association, and the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
New Video: Watch Why Leading Scientists Support FABBS Recently FABBS created a video that features prominent individuals in the behavioral sciences explaing why exactly it is so important to support FABBS. It also highlights some of the larger and upcoming projects that FABBS has initiated, so please take a moment today and watch. Watch why leading scientists support FABBS
Science Cafe SAGE Publications was pleased to sponsor this event. As the country gears up for the next presidential election, we all speculate on who will win – and why. Does it matter if the candidate is male or female, minority or majority, attractive or not—or whether the country simply wants change? Click here to learn more about this event
Susan Fiske, PhD and Morton Gernsbacher, PhD Assume Presidential Roles FABBS is pleased to announce that Susan Fiske, PhD, will assume the role of President, and Morton Gernsbacher, PhD, the role of President-Elect, on January 1, 2008. Both scientists currently serve on the FABBS board: Fiske as Vice-President, and Gernsbacher as an At-Large Member, and have been instrumental in making FABBS a visible and effective force in educating the public about the importance of the behavioral and brain sciences. Fiske will succeed James Pomerantz, PhD (Rice University) who will conclude a very productive and creative three-year term as President at the end of this year. Susan Fiske, PhD, who received her doctorate from Harvard University, is Eugene Higgins Professor in Psychology at Princeton University and is a well-known and eminent scholar in the area of social psychology. She serves as Editor for “Annual Review of Psychology” and her honors and publications are too numerous to mention. For an appreciation of her contributions to science, this is a link to her vitae: http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/fiske/cv.pdf Morton Gernsbacher, PhD, noted scientist in the area of language comprehension with a special expertise in autism, received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently holds the post of Vitas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She holds numerous awards in research and teaching, with an impressive publication record, and calls the study of autism her “passion.” To learn more about her, click on her vitae: http://psych.wisc.edu/lang/pdf/Gernsbacher's_vita.pdf Over the years, both scientists have served in key leadership roles with other scientific associations and societies (such as the American Psychological Association) and have dedicated much energy to providing outstanding service to our discipline. FABBS is fortunate to have such talented scientists serving in leadership roles! |
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