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ISPP Best Dissertation Award - DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 1
All Ph.D. dissertations within the field of political psychology are eligible for consideration, regardless of home discipline. Dissertations should represent an independent piece of research that is the sole work of the author and gains the highest degree at the author’s university.
Nominations are due by March 1, 2012, for dissertations completed and successfully defended between Jan. 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2011. Nominees must be current ISPP members.
Nominations should be submitted electronically and must include a one-page abstract (300 word), a 10-page (3,000 word) summary of the dissertation, and a letter of recommendation from the thesis adviser or committee member, all in English.
Please send nominations to the 2012 Award Committee Chairs:
As a part of the selection of a new Executive Director a special committee of the current and two past councillors has been tasked with revising our Constitution and By Laws to allow for a professional central office should that be the ultimate choice on how to relocate the central office in June of 2012.
We propose the attached Constitution. The principal major changes are that to Article XII which pertain to the Central Office. There are more modest changes which alter the role of the executive director sprinkled throughout (these largely assign to the executive director the status as ex-officio). For the sake of comparison our existing Constitution can be found under the "About ISPP" tab above. We are distributing this proposed Constitution and invite your comments and suggestions prior to submitting it to the membership for its endorsement (or rejection). Please submit your comments to ispp@vcu.edu by January 8, 2012.
A special issue of Political Psychology will focus on the psychological dimensions of narratives and myths. In particular, contributions to the special issue should ask how identity and agency are constructed and acted upon in relation to narratives of societal and existential security and insecurity. Some of the most significant master narratives of security involve ideas about nationhood, culture, religion, and gender. As narratives, they serve as powerful linkages between past, present and the future as they are told, experienced and sometimes mythologized in conceptions of self and other.
The co-editors of the special issue – Molly Andrews, Catarina Kinnvall and Kristen Monroe – ask that people submit their papers by May 31, 2012. All papers will be reviewed and returned within approximately three months. All revise and resubmits should be returned by November 30, 2012 in order to appear in the June or October 2013 issue of Political Psychology.
We are pleased to welcome Lydia Murithi as our new Office Assistant. Lydia is a Public Policy and Administration doctoral student at the VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Her research interests are in Public Health – primarily, Maternal and Child Health Policy in the context of sub-Saharan African countries. Lydia holds a Masters of Public Policy (MPP) degree from George Mason University with a major in Global Medical and Health Policy and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has worked with various international health organizations both in Kenya and the U.S. at different capacities including advocacy, research, and program management on key public health issues including HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, and reproductive health. Lydia is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha National Honors Society and Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars.
Faculty Member in Social Psychology Focus: Societal/political psychology Department of Psychology Arts and Science.
The Department of Psychology at New York University invites applications for a tenure-track position in social psychology, focusing on the relationship between the individual and society, especially the area of political psychology. We are primarily seeking applicants at the assistant professor level, but outstanding candidates at a higher level will be considered. The position is to begin September 1, 2012, pending budgetary and administrative approval. We will begin evaluating applications after October 15, 2011. To apply, see the NYU Department of Psychology web site at http://www.psych.nyu.edu/. The application should include a vita, statements of research and teaching interests, representative publications, and three letters of reference. Questions may be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Professor John T. Jost at john.jost@nyu.edu. New York University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.