She is a co-PI on funded projects in the areas of violence prevention for middle school students (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and teacher retention (Georgia State Department of Education).

Barbara M. Byrne (Ph.D. University of Ottawa, 1982; Post Doctoral Fellowship UCLA, 1985-1987) is Professor Emeritus in the School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada. Substantively, her research focuses on construct validation issues related to the structure and measurement of self-concept, burnout, and depression. Methodologically, it centers on the sound application of structural equation modeling (SEM) in the validation of measuring instruments and psychological constructs. Dr. Byrne has conducted over 50 workshops related to the application of SEM and is the author of five introductory books on the topic, the most recent of these being Structural Equation Modeling with EQS;Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming (Second Edition; 2006). These SEM books describe and illustrate applications based on the LISREL, AMOS, and EQS statistical programs. In addition to 80+ publications, most of which have addressed SEM application issues, she has authored the measurement reference book, Measuring Self-concept Across the Lifespan: Issues and Instrumentation (1996). Dr. Byrne is the recipient of three Distinguished Teaching Awards presented by the Canadian Psychological Association (1995), the American Psychological Association (APA; 2002), and Division 5 (Jacob Cohen Award; 2002). She is a Foundation member on the International Board of the SELF Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Australia, an elected member of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and an APA Fellow of Divisions 5 and 52. Within the APA, Dr. Byrne has served as both Membership (1988-91) and Workshop Chair (1996-99) for Division 5, and as a member of the Continuing Professional Education Committee (CPEC; 2000-02). She currently serves on the Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessments (CPTA), is one of two APA representatives on the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP), and is the APA representative for the International Test Commission (ITC). Within the ITC, she has served as Newsletter Editor (1996-99) and Treasurer (1999-present).

Howard T. Everson is currently the Executive Director of the NAEP Statistical Services Institute at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, DC.  Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Everson served as the Chief Research Scientist and V.P. for the College Board in New York.  In the Fall of ’06, he will be joining the faculty in Psychology and Psychometrics at Fordham University in New York. Dr. Everson also serves as Research Scientist at Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.  Dr. Everson’s research and scholarly interests focus on the intersection of cognition, instruction, and assessment.  He has contributed to developments in educational psychology, psychometrics, and quantitative methods. Before joining the College Board, Dr. Everson was a Psychometric Fellow at the Educational Testing Service.  Dr. Everson is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a charter member of the American Psychological Society, and past-president of the Division of Educational Psychology (Division 15) of the American Psychological Association.

Kurt F. Geisinger is currently Director of the Buros Center on Testing and W. C. Meierhenry Distinguished University Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska.  He has previously been Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Fordham University, Professor of Psychology and Dean at SUNY-Oswego, Professor of Psychology and Academic Vice President at LeMoyne College and Professor of Psychology and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of St. Thomas, in Houston, TX.  His primary interests lie in validity theory, admissions testing, proper test use, the use of tests with individuals with disabilities, the testing of language minorities and the translation or adaptation of tests from one language and culture to another.  He has been an APA delegate and chair of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (1992-1996), a member of APA’s Committee on Psychological Testing and Assessment, Chair of NCME’s Professional Development and Training Committee, Co-chair of NCME’s Program Committee (1994), Chair of the Graduate Record Examination Board, Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Graduate Record Examination, a member of the SAT Advisory Committee, a member of NCME’s Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Code of Ethical Standards Committee, and numerous other ad hoc task forces and panels.  He is presently editor of Applied Measurement in Education, and is currently or has served on the editorial committees for the International Journal of Testing, Educational and Psychological Measurement, the College Board Review, Educational Measurement:  Issues and Practice, Psychological Assessment, Practical Assessment:  Research and Evaluation, the Journal of Educational Research and Improving College and University Teaching.  He has edited or co-edited the Psychological Testing of Hispanics and Test Interpretation and Diversity, both with APA books.

Lisa Harlow (Ph.D., 1985, UCLA, Psychometrics): Past President, Division 5 (2005-06); Professor, University of Rhode Island. Main focus: increasing interest, understanding, retention and diversity in science. Research: 60+ publications on Structural Equation Modeling, Science Education and Equity, Multivariate Thinking, Health Psychology, and Psychoexistential Functioning. Honors/Awards: Div 5 Council Rep; Fellow, Divisions 5&38; 2001-02 Fulbright, Canada; Jacob Cohen Teaching-Mentoring Award; 2004 Women of the Year; Editor, LEA Multivariate Application Book Series; Associate Editor, SEM Journal; Advisory Board, Multivariate Behavioral Research; co-organizer (with Herb Eber etc), Minority Student Quantitative Psychology Conferences. Grants: $6,000,000+ for projects on advancing science, health psychology, and minority training.

Roger E. Millsap (Ph.D., 1983, Quantitative Psychology; M.A. 1980, Statistics, both from UC Berkeley) is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.  He teaches coursework in psychometrics and structural equation modeling at present.  He is the Past-President of Division 5, and the current Chair of the Elections Committee for Division 5.  His current research focuses on statistical methods for detecting bias in psychological measurement, but he is interested more generally in latent variable models, measurement problems, and multivariate statistics.  He is a Past-President of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and a former Editor of Multivariate Behavioral Research.  He is the current President of the Psychometric Society, and the incoming Editor (in 2007) of Psychometrika. Website:http://www.public.asu.edu/~millsap/

Mark D. Shermis, Ph.D., is presently Chair and a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology.  He received his B.A. at the University of Kansas and was on active duty in the U.S. Navy for three years before entering graduate school.  After finishing his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Shermis worked for a computer firm and eventually entered academe.  Dr. Shermis has played a leading role in bringing computerized adaptive testing to the world wide web, and for the last eight years has been involved in research on automated essay scoring. His most recent work has resulted in the seminal book on the topic (Jill Burstein, Ph.D., co-editor), Automated Essay Scoring: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Dr. Shermis’ first book, co-authored with Drs. Paul Stemmer, Carl Berger, and Ernie Anderson, and entitled Using Microcomputers in Social Science Research, was one of the first successful texts on the topic.  He has numerous publications in such journals as Educational and Psychological Measurement, Psychological Test Bulletin, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, and Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, to name a few.  He was recently Chair of the American Psychological Association's Continuing Education Committee and takes an active role in professional governance.  He is a licensed psychologist in the states of Florida, California, and Indiana, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 5).  Prior to coming to UF, Dr. Shermis was Associate Dean for Research and Grants and a Professor in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies at Florida International University.  

Neal Schmitt obtained his Ph. D. from Purdue University in 1972 in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is currently University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Michigan State University. He was editor of Journal of Applied Psychology from 1988-1994 and has served on ten editorial boards.  He has also been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.  He has received the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (1999) and its Distinguished Service Contributions Award (1998). He served as the Society's President in 1989-90 and is President-elect of Division 5 of APA (Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics). He was also awarded the Heneman Career Achievement Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. He has coauthored three textbooks, Staffing Organizations with Ben Schneider and Rob Ployhart, Research Methods in Human Resource Management with Richard Klimoski, Personnel Selection with David Chan, co-edited Personnel Selection in Organizations with Walter Borman and Measurement and Data Analysis with Fritz Drasgow and published approximately 150 articles. His current research centers on the effectiveness of organization's selection procedures and the outcomes of these procedures, particularly as they relate to subgroup employment and applicant reactions and behavior.  Over the past five years, he has also been working on the development and validation of noncognitive measures for college admissions.

Lawrence J. Stricker (Ph.D., 1961, New York University, Social Psychology): President, Division 5 (2005-2006); Senior Associate, Educational Testing Service.  Main focus: improving public understanding of psychological tests and advancing their appropriate use.  Research: personality measurement, test bias, test-taking motivation, social intelligence, social influence, social perception, socioeconomic status, and methodology.  Honors/Awards: Division 5 Council of Representative; Fellow, APA (Divisions 5 and 8) and APS; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center; editorial boards--Multivariate Behavioral Research, Journal of Educational Measurement, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, and Contemporary Psychology.  Current projects: stereotype threat, biographical inventories, and construct validity of tests of English as a Second Language.

Susana Urbina earned her doctorate in psychometrics from Fordham University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is Professor of Psychology at the University of North Florida, where she teaches courses in psychological testing and assessment, among others. Dr. Urbina is a licensed psychologist and practiced psychological assessment for many years. She is co-author of the seventh edition of Psychological Testing with Anne Anastasi and author of Essentials of Psychological Testing. In addition, Dr. Urbina has published numerous articles and reviews in the area of psychological testing, has conducted test validation research, and has consulted with test publishers on various test development and standardization projects. She has chaired the Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment and the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards and is currently serving on the Continuing Education Committee of the APA. Her current interests center on the history of psychology, as well as testing and assessment theory and practice.