2023 Newsletters

Spring 2023

May 23, 2023

IMPS 2023 Graduate Research Competition
The 2023 International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) Graduate Student Research Competition calls for proposals on the use of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, to advance psychometric research. The competition is open to all graduate students who can form teams of up to 4 people. Each team is required to submit a proposal outlining their study design, research questions, data sources or collection plan, and analysis methods. The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize of $2,000, co-sponsored by the Psychometric Society and the Vector Psychometric Group, LLC. For more information, please visit the competition’s information page.

Postdoctoral Associate position at Boston University Center of Antiracist Research
We are currently pursuing pilot projects addressing criminalization, the social safety net, reparations, higher education, and youth justice. The Postdoctoral Associate will manage the higher education Racial Policy Tracker, focusing on student loan debt forgiveness policies. The Associate will work with the Principal Investigator (Professor Jerry Whitmore) and community partners to (1) identify specific policies to track; (2) co-design and conduct qualitative and/or quantitative research; (3) draft ultimate policy products; and (4) design the project webpage. At the discretion of the PI, the Postdoctoral Associate, and relevant community partners, this project may also involve writing scholarship, op-eds, or other narrative products. For more information, please see the position posting.