{"615464":{"#nid":"615464","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Susan Embretson Wins Psychometric Society Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/339\u0022\u003ESusan Embretson\u003C\/a\u003E has won the 2019 Career Award of the Psychometric Society. A professor in the School of Psychology, Embretson is the first woman to win the prestigious prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPsychometrics concerns the development of psychology as a quantitative rational science, including the advancement of theory and methodology for behavioral data analysis in psychology, education, and the social and behavioral sciences generally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award is for lifetime achievement. It honors individuals whose publications, presentations, and professional activities over a career have had widespread positive impact on the field. Nominees for the award must have demonstrated excellence in psychometric research over a minimum of 25 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWinners\u0026rsquo; contributions include theoretical or methodological developments, applications of psychometric theory and methods, and innovative ideas that have significantly affected psychometric practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmbretson will receive the award during \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.psychometricsociety.org\/content\/imps-2019\u0022\u003Ethe 2019 annual international meeting of the Psychometric Society\u003C\/a\u003E, on July 15-19, 2019, in Santiago, Chile. In that meeting, she will give a keynote lecture titled \u0026ldquo;Modeling Cognitive Processes, Skills and Strategies in Item Responses: Implications for Test and Item Design.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My interactions with colleagues at the Psychometric Society have greatly impacted the quality of my research,\u0026rdquo; Embretson says. \u0026ldquo;I feel very honored to receive this award.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmbretson\u0026rsquo;s research interests include explanatory item response theory models, automatic item generation, and dynamic measurement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has served as president of the Psychometric Society, the Society of Multivariate Psychology, and the American Psychological Association\u0026rsquo;s Division of Measurement, Evaluation \u0026amp; Statistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecognition of her research on interfacing cognitive psychology with psychometric models includes the Saul Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research, from the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and the Career Contribution Award, from the National Council on Measurement in Education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Career Award recognizes lifetime achievements and impact on the field"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/339\u0022\u003ESusan Embretson\u003C\/a\u003E has won the 2019 Career Award of the Psychometric Society. A professor in the School of Psychology, Embretson is the first woman to win the prestigious prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Career Award recognizes lifetime achievements and impact on the field."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-12-14 22:52:52","changed_gmt":"2018-12-14 22:54:07","author":"A. 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Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}