I am delighted to tell you that the Society of Vocational Psychology presented Jo-Ida Hansen with their Lifetime Achievement Award (their highest honor). Jo-Ida is only the fourth recipient of this prestigious award. John Holland (MN PhD, 1952) was the first recipient. The tradition of excellence continues.

Congratulations to Jo-Ida for this wonderful recognition of her accomplishments.

Best,

--Gordon

I am pleased to tell you that Josh McDermott has been selected to receive the University of Minnesota Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award for 2008-09. The Award recognizes postdoctoral scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research, scholarship and/or creative activities on a national or international level and acknowledges scholars who have made optimal use of the postdoctoral appointment by actively pursuing opportunities and resources to enhance their intellectual and professional development.

Josh has been working on auditory perception with Andrew Oxenham and lab colleagues. He has been studying mid-level audition, including source separation, texture perception, and the psychoacoustic basis of music.

Congratulations to Josh!

This award to Josh is a timely reminder of the excellence of postdocs in the Psychology department and the critical roles they play in many of our research programs.

Best,

--Gordon

Irv received his Ph.D. from and is currently a Senior Fellow in our Department. Please join me in congratulating Irv on receiving this prestigious award.

Gordon Legge

The Kurt Lewin Memorial Award is presented annually to honor "outstanding contributions to the development and integration of psychological research and social action." As this year's recipient of the award, Dr. Snyder has accomplished these goals in every way.

The 2008 Award Committee consisted of Dr. Brenda Major, University of California, Santa Barbara (Chair); Dr. Daphne Bugental, University of California, Santa Barbara; Dr. Jack Dovidio, Yale University; and Dr. Louis Penner, Hudson-Webber Cancer Research Center.

This is great recognition for Rich's contributions.

Best,

--Gordon

Bruce Overmier has a truly honorific summer ahead of him. He is scheduled to receive TWO honorary doctorates. Congratulations Bruce!

On June 18, the University of Montreal will confer an honorary doctorate on Bruce. He will deliver remarks at the university convocation.

On August 29, the University of Bergen (Norway) will confer an honorary degree on Bruce, doctor honoris causa. The award letter reads “ … particular emphasis was placed on your central role in psychological research within fields such as learning studies, memory, stress and psychosomatics, your important contributions to research politics, as well as your long term and valuable cooperation with the University of Bergen.�

We all take great pride in this splendid international recognition of Bruce’s wide ranging contributions to psychological science.

--Gordon

Sincerely,
Monica Luciana and Gordon Legge
Chair's Office

Please join me in congratulating John for this splendid recognition.

--Gordon

Please join us in congratulating Gordon for this extraordinary honor.

As most of you know, Holly has played the key role in building our academic advising program. We have a program in which we can take great pride, thanks to Holly's creativity, hard work and commitment. Just think about how many Psychology students have benefited from Holly's advice, and from the input they have received from our excellent advising staff.

We all take pride in this wonderful recognition of Holly's contributions to our department and university.

--Gordon

It's a pleasure for me to tell you that Christophe Micheyl has been elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. Chris is a research associate working with Andrew Oxenham. This is a major mark of distinction for Chris, and recognizes his major contributions to psychoacoustics.

We all congratulate Chris.

--Gordon

I'm delighted to report that Bill Iacono has been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Psychophysiological Research. He will receive the award at next year's annual meeting, which will be in Austin, TX next October.

We all congratulate Bill for his stellar achievements in psychophysiological research!

--Gordon

"This program is targeted specifically to the most promising faculty granted tenure and promotion to associate professor. Funding was available to make five faculty selections based on this year's promotion and tenure dossiers.

The McKnight Presidential Fellow Award recognizes your accomplishments and supports your ongoing research and scholarship. Selection criteria include an identification by internal and external reviewers as leaders in their field; potential to build programs that will be in the top tier internationally; ability to advance University priorities; and growing national or international reputation as evidenced by record of scholarship, publications, external funding, invited presentations and symposia addresses, significant awards, or other evidence of recognition for research and scholarship."

This is terrific recognition of Wilma's many accomplishments. We all congratulate her on this splendid honor!

--Gordon

I am pleased to tell you that Jeff Simpson has accepted the editorship of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes. He will be the incoming editor on January 1, 2008, and will assume the role of editor from 2009-2014.

This is a leading psychology journal. This appointment brings distinction to Jeff and also to the Psychology Department.

Congratulations to Jeff for this important appointment!

--Gordon

As the award committee wrote, "Professor Mark Snyder represents the best of the Lewinian tradition in terms of both his theoretical and applied contributions to his discipline. A brilliant and prolific scholar, like Lewin, Professor Snyder recognizes that social behavior is the result of the complex interplay between the person and the environment. Specifically, his research brings together personality's concern with the psychology of the individual and social psychology's focus on the influence of the situation in coordinated programs of basic and applied research, conducted in laboratory and field settings, on the motivational foundations of individual and social behavior."

This is one of several lifetime awards that Dr. Snyder has recently received. In addition to the Lewin Award, Dr. Snyder has also received the Campbell Award and the Allport Award, each of which recognizes his lifetime research accomplishments at the intersection of personality and social psychology.

We congratulate Dr. Snyder for these major awards and achievements.

We all congratulate Matt for this splendid honor and recognition.

Have a look at the University press release at
http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/news_details.php?release=070612_3366&page=UMNN

The press release says:

"Matt McGue, a professor in the department of psychology, is internationally renowned in the fields of behavioral and epidemiological genetics and is considered to be the world leader in the application of sophisticated behavior genetic methods to address critical questions about why humans differ in significant psychological characteristics such as personality, intelligence and psychopathology. His earlier work demonstrated the link between schizophrenia and multiple genes and recently he has used innovative research designs and landmark longitudinal studies to understand human behavioral development. These studies were the basis for a very influential model that shows how individual risk and family rearing practices lead to addiction, how genetic and experiential factors contribute to longevity and mental health in old age and how inherited factors influence the development of differences in many adult behaviors.

He has provided leadership at the departmental, university, national and international level and has served on many committees within the institution. He served as the director of the Behavior Genetics and Individual Differences Program for ten years, and as associate department chair and then department chair. McGue is the recipient of several awards, including the Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Scholar of the College (CLA) and the James Shields Award (Behavior Genetics Association), to name a few."

Matt becomes the third Regents Professor from Psychology, joining Regents Professor Ellen Berscheid and the late Paul Meehl.

All of us in the Department take pride in Matt's appointment. Please join me in congratulating him!

--Gordon

The Herbert Heneman Jr. Award for Career Achievement is given by the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management to an individual who has distinguished himself/herself in the field of human resource management. The award winner will be announced at the 2007 Academy meeting during the HR Division Awards Ceremony.

_The award is based on the following criteria:

1. A clear record of excellence in research.

2. The impact of the nominee's research upon the science, teaching, and practice of human resource management.

3. The stature of the nominee relative to other scholars in the field of human resources management.

- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) now goes back to 1975 http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/w-isi.cgi
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) now goes back to 1975

Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present.

Additionally more years of coverage of JCR have been purchased.
- Journal Citation Reports (JCR) now extends back to 1998 http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/jcr.cgi

Coverage: 1998-2005
Journal Citation Reports on the Web provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide.

Laurel Haycock, Ph.D., Librarian for Education, Psychology,
and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Social Sciences & Professional Programs Academic Program Group
University of Minnesota Libraries
180 Wilson Library
309 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
612-624-1865

Effective immediately, for non-conference travel, the University will now
employ a formula, using the US Government General Services Administration
(GSA) lodging per diem rates (www.gsa.gov), to determine reasonableness of
rates. The University has established a guideline of 150% of the GSA rate
(excluding applicable taxes) as reasonable. For example, the GSA rate for
Atlanta, Georgia is $115. 150% of the GSA rate is $173. This means that
rooms that are less than $173 (excluding applicable taxes) for Atlanta would
be within the guideline. (Note: The GSA site shows multiple rates for some
destinations, due to pricing fluctuations based on the time of the year.)

For non-conference travel, if the lodging rate will exceed the guideline,
pre-approval from a supervisor/manager who is at least one level higher in
authority than the traveler or the appropriate designee must be obtained. If
a request for reimbursement is made for non-conference lodging which exceeds
the guideline, and the request was not pre-approved, the supervisor/manager
may deduct the overage from the reimbursement request.

A new Request for Domestic Lodging Exception (UM 1636) form is available to
facilitate and document requests to exceed the Guideline, and to document
approval if the request is approved. The new form can be found in Financial
Policy 3.8.3, in the Forms/Instructions section.

This guideline does not apply to conference travel where there is a
prenegotiated conference lodging rate.

Christopher S. Kallie
kallie@umn.edu
Elliott Hall N106
(612)624-2955
Office hours: www.kallie.org/matlab

The Gordon Allport Prize is presented by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to "the best paper or article of the year on intergroup relations, with originality of the contribution, either theoretical or empirical, given special consideration".