Special Events for Division 5’s 2008 Convention Program
 
The Division 5 program for the 2008 APA Convention is already taking shape. The official Call for Papers will come to you from APA. In addition, however, we are planning two additional events for the program.

President’s Symposium. Neal Schmitt, who will preside over the 2008 meetings, has asked the program committee to organize a symposium session on Quantitative Training. This session will consist of speakers who will present information on how colleagues at all stages of their career development can find the training opportunities they need.  The session will cover on-line programs, web-cast programs, and Summer training programs. In addition, the training options that students can pursue will also be presented, including undergraduate training opportunities, masters programs, and traditional quantitative Ph.D. programs.

Meet and Greet Poster Session. In an effort to welcome graduate students and new investigators to participate in the intellectual activities of Division 5, we are holding a Meet and Greet poster session. The Meet and Greet session is ear-marked for graduate students, post-docs, and junior colleagues to present their work in a non-threatening session.  The session will be attended by a panel of established scholars who are charged with being a sounding board for the presenters’ ideas and work. These senior mentors will provide helpful feedback and encouragement. This session will have break-out areas where presenters and mentors can sit and discuss ideas. The senior mentors will also be charged with identifying particularly meritorious work that will receive a Certificate of Merit. Submissions for this session MUST indicate that the submission is intended for the Meet and Greet session and student submitters should clearly identify themselves.

General Submission Information. In addition to these special events we will have invited presentations by this year’s award winners and we will have numerous poster session opportunities. We would like to encourage both members and non-members to submit their work. As a reminder we are eager to review proposals for symposia and posters related to assessment, evaluation, measurement, and statistics. We have very few time slots for symposia, so individual posters or poster symposia are strongly encouraged and we may need to convert paper symposia to the poster format. Given our limited program hours, we are not able to accommodate individual papers. Research for the presentations (except the Meet and Greet session) must be completed at the time of submission. As always, we follow an anonymous review process for these general submissions. If you are willing to be a reviewer for division 5 submissions to the 2008 program, or if you have questions about the upcoming program, please contact the 2008 program chair, Todd D. Little (yhat@ku.edu).

On behalf of the past program co-chairs (Deborah Bandalos & Rachel Fouladi) and the incoming chair (Scott Hofer), we extend our deepest gratitude to all of you who have either contributed proposals or provided reviews and feedback.