Self and Identity, the flagship journal of The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI), is seeking a new editor through an application process. The editorial term is four years and would begin January 1, 2024 and continue through December 31, 2027.
Candidates for Editor are not restricted by discipline and membership in ISSI is not a requirement.
In order to apply, please submit your application through:
https://buffalocas.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6R6c5eYOrX5PiEC
Applications are due by June 1, 2023.
Candidates should also send a copy of their CV to Shira Gabriel, Chair, Self and Identity Search Committee: sgabriel@buffalo.edu . The search committee (Serena Chen, Shira Gabriel, and Kim Rios) will make its recommendation to the ISSI Executive Committee and the new Editor will be selected by August 15, 2023.
The International Society for Self & Identity (ISSI) is delighted to announce the awardees for our 2022 Mini Research Grant Program.
In this second year of the program, we received 35 proposals. These proposals spanned a wide range of topics on the self and identity and came from researchers from across the world.
We were able to fund 5 proposals submitted by faculty, post-docs, and graduate students.
Identity Denial and Multicultural Identity Reassertion
Brenda Straka, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Identities in Transition: Sexual Fluidity and Sexual Satisfaction in Partners of Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals
Katherine Goldey, Associate Professor, St. Edward's University
The Effects of Identity Conflict on Minority Police Officers' Job Satisfaction and Vocational Connectedness
Kityara James, PhD Student, University of Texas at El Paso
Representation and hairstyle matter: The effect of scientists’ hairstyle on Black women’s anticipated belonging across STEM contexts
Nadia Floyd, PhD Student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Antecedents, mechanisms, and consequences of psychological need sacrificing
André St-Jacques, PhD Student, Université du Québec à Montréal
We offer our congratulations to each of these awardees. We look forward to seeing their work, as well as the work of all the submitters, in upcoming ISSI preconferences and in the pages of Self and Identity.
Look out for next year’s call for mini grant proposals, which will likely come out around August 2023.
We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology in Kraków that will take place between June 30th-July 4th, 2023.
The General Meeting is one of the largest meetings of social psychologists, which takes place in Europe every three years. Researchers are invited to present their work about a wide range of topics in social psychology including but not limited to: Attitudes, Emotion and Motivation, Group Processes, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Processes, Social Cognition, and Self and Identity.
Apart from the conference itself, there are also pre-conferences and summer school planned. All the events will be held in person.
For more information regarding the conference, events, and submissions, please, visit our website: https://www.easp2023krakow.com/.
Do not hesitate, as the submission portal closes on December 7th. Pre-conference proposals are accepted until the end of December.
See you in Krakow!
The Organizational Committee of EASP GM 2023
Congratulations Dr. Robert J. Vallerand for being the recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award. This award is made annually to recognize a scientist who has made sustained and important contributions to our understanding of self and identity throughout their academic career.
Dr. Vallerand will present a distinguished address at the 2023 SPSP Self and Identity Pre-Conference (February 23rd in Atlanta, GA), along with submitting an Award Address paper to the journal, Self & Identity.
Thank you to this year's selection committee: Shira Gabriel [Chair], Angel Gomez, & Cathy R. Cox.
Congratulations Dr. Marina Milyavskaya for being the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Early Career Award. This award is made annually to recognize and encourage a distinguished junior scientist who has made outstanding theoretical and empirical contributions to the scientific study of self and identity.
If you have an announcement that you would like to include, please email your request to Cathy Cox (c.cox@tcu.edu).