Current Officers of SMEP

  • 2026 President: Michael Neale, Virginia Commonwealth University [michale.neal at vcuhealth dot edu]
  • 2025 President: Laura Stapleton, University of Maryland
  • 2024 President: Sy-Miin Chow, Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-2026 Coordinating Officer: Jonathan Templin, University of Iowa
  • 2022-2025 Financial Officer: Mijke Rhemtulla, University of California, Davis

 

Multivariate Behavioral Research

  • Interim Editor: Jeffrey Harring
  • Special Editor for Tutorials: Adriene Beltz, University of Michigan
  • Associate Editor: Sarah Depaoli, University of California, Merced
  • Associate Editor: Sacha Epskamp, National University of Singapore
  • Associate Editor: Daniel McNeish, Arizona State University
  • Associate Editor: Jason Rights, University of British Columbia
  • Associate Editor: Felix Thoemmes, Cornell University
  • Associate Editor of Special Issues: Stephen G. West, Arizona State University
  • Associate Editor: Dexin Shi, University of South Carolina
  • Associate Editor: Zhiyong Zhang, University of Notre Dame

 

Editorial Advisory Board:

  • Lesa Hoffman (chair), University of Iowa
  • Jeffrey Harring, University of Maryland
  • Jolynn Pek, Ohio State University

 

Past Editors of MBR:

  • Alberto Maydeu-Olivares (2021-2024)
  • Jeffrey Harring (2020)
  • Peter Molenaar (2016-2020)
  • Steven G. West (2015-2015)
  • Keith F. Widaman (2011-2015)
  • Joseph L. Rodgers (2006-2011)
  • Roger Millsap (1996-2005)
  • Stan Mulaik (1988-1995)
  • James H. Steiger (1986-1987)
  • Ralph Hakstian (1983-1985)
  • Ben Fruchter (1973-1983)
  • Donald Fiske (1972-1973)
  • Desmond Cartwright (1966-1971)

 

Local Arrangements Chairs

  • 2025 Meeting (South Bend, IN): Ken Kelley, Notre Dame University
  • 2024 Meeting (Ithaca, NY): Felix Thoemmes, Cornell University
  • 2023 Meeting (Iowa City, IA): Jonathan Templin, University of Iowa
  • 2022 Meeting (Monterey, CA): Alan Nicewander, Progressive Measurement
  • 2021 Virtual Meeting
  • 2020 Virtual Meeting
  • 2019 Meeting (Baltimore, MD): Jeffrey Harring, University of Maryland
  • 2018 Meeting (Albuquerque, NM): Todd Little, Texas Tech University
  • 2017 Meeting (Minneapolis, MN): Niels Waller, University of Minnesota
  • 2016 Meeting (Richmond, VA): Michael Neale, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
  • 2015 Meeting (Los Angeles, CA): Li Cai, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Committee Chairs

  • Dissertation Award Coordinator: Emilio Ferrer

 

Board of Trustees

  • The Board of Trustees of SMEP is comprised of nine persons: President, Past President, President-Elect, Coordinating Officer, Financial Officer, Editor of MBR, Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board, and the Local Arrangements Chairs for the upcoming/current meeting and for the meeting immediately following.