Division 5 2004 Award Winners

Dr. Douglas Jackson

Recipient of the 2004 Division 5 Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions

Dr. Douglas Jackson is the winner of the 2004 Division 5 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. He will present an award's address at the 112th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii this July-August and at that time will be awarded a plaque. Dr. Jackson received his Ph.D. in 1955 from Purdue University and currently is President of Sigma Assessment Systems, Inc and Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. jackson has been uniquely at the forefront of many developments that cut across the interests of Division 5, that is, to evaluation, measurement, as well as statistical methods. He is best known for his scientific contributions to fields such as personality assessment, personality structure, person perception, vocational interests, personnel selection, assessment of aptitude, as well as methodological issues such as components vs. factor analysis and content vs. style in responding. Dr. Jackson is unique in the field for his continuing success, across decades, in developing scientifically valid tests to measure important characteristics of human functioning, thereby impacting not only scientists but also ordinary individuals. He is justly proud that over 500,000 people have taken the Jackson Vocational Interests Survey across the years. Dr. Jackson's research achievements are indeed legendary, including over 10 published tests, over 250 published articles and four co-authored books; including one book and twenty-six papers jointly published with Sam Messick across several decades. He has received many awards including the Saul Sells Award for Lifetime Contributions to Multivariate Behavioral Research from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. He has been President of Division 5, the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Psychological Association, and three APA divisions (5, 8, 12).

Dr. Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin

Recipient of the 2004 Division 5 Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring

Dr. Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin is the winner of the 2004 Distinguished Teaching/Mentoring Award. Dr. Schmelkin will be presented with a plaque at the Division 5 business meeting at the 2004 APA annual meeting in Honolulu and will have an article about her teaching and mentoring published in the Score newsletter. Dr. Schmelkin received her Ph.D. in 1979 from New York University. She is currently the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and the Leo A. Guthart Distinguished Professor of Teaching Excellence at Hofstra University where she has taught a variety of quantitative courses for almost 25 years. Dr. Schmelkin has distinguished herself through her university teaching and mentoring, her workshop presentations, her didactic-oriented publications, and her editorial work. She has published on book with E. J. Pedhazur, Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach, and five chapters and reports. In 1990 she became a founding member of Hofstra's Center for Teaching Excellence and in 1991 became the Center's director. In this role, she is committed to fostering excellence in teaching, learning, research, and other scholarly activities.

Dr. Kristopher J. Preacher

Recipient of the 2004 Division 5 Distinguished Dissertation Award

Dr. Kristopher J. Preacher is winner of the 2004 Division 5 Distinguished Dissertation Award. Dr. Preacher will receive a check and a plaque and will present a dissertation research summary at the 2004 APA annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Preacher received his Ph.D. June 2003 from the Department of Psychology at the Ohio State University. His dissertation director was Dr. Robert C. MacCullum. He is currently in a postdoctoral position at the University of North Carolina. His dissertation examined an important issue in the analysis of covariance structures: model complexity. At the 2004 APA annual meeting, Dr. Preacher will present a talk on The Role of Model Complexity in the Evaluation of Structural Equation Models.