Executive Committee

Recently elected to serve on the SESP Executive Committee for three year terms are Emily Balcetis, Mina Cikara, and Abigail Scholer. Congratulations to these individuals!

Nominations for the election of Executive Committee members for 2024-2026 will take place in the summer of 2023. Please consider nominating yourself of a colleague for service to SESP at that time. 

The functions of the Executive Committee include arranging for meetings and programs; disseminating information pertinent to SESP; developing policies and proposals for consideration of membership applications; appointing committees and subcommittees; collecting dues; maintaining appropriate continuity in the affairs of the Corporation; implementing plans produced by deliberations of the Corporation; and such other functions as are enumerated in the SESP By-Laws.

Officers and Committees

The Executive Officer of SESP is Steve Stroessner from UCLA. You can read about SESP's founding officers in a historical account published by Edwin Hollander in 1968.

A list of current Executive Committee members (officers) and other committee members appears below.
 

Standing Committees for 2022 Committee Member Names and Affiliations Conference Program Committee Nick Rule (Chair), University of Toronto Lora Park, University of Buffalo​   Kerri Johnson (Past President), UCLA Membership Committee David Amodio (Chair), University of Amsterdam Gordon Moskowitz, Lehigh University Steve Stroessner (Executive Officer), UCLA Distinguished Scientist Award Committee Shira Gabriel (Chair), University of Buffalo​  Gordon Moskowitz, Lehigh University Sarah Gaither (Non EC Member), Duke University Career Trajectory Award Committee Lisa Molix (Chair), Tulane University Gordon Moskowitz, Lehigh University Lora Park, University of Buffalo  Scientific Impact Award Committee Grainne Fitzsimons (Chair), Duke University Nick Rule, University of Toronto Shira Gabriel, University of Buffalo​ Dissertation Award Committee Ed Hirt (Chair), Indiana University  Lisa Molix, Tulane University David Amodio, University of Amsterdam Katherine Zee (past winner), Columbia University Publication Committee David Amodio (Chair), University of Amsterdam Kerri Johnson (SPPS Representative), UCLA   Shira Gabriel, University of Buffalo Lora Park, University of Buffalo​  FABBS Representatives Roxane Cohen Silver, University of California, Irvine Kerri Johnson, UCLA Diversity Science Award Committee Ed Hirt (Chair), Indiana University  Lora Park, University of Buffalo​  Nick Rule, University of Toronto Diana Sanchez (Previous Winner), Rutgers University