Current Officers of SMEP

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

Multivariate Behavioral Research

• Interim Editor: Jeffrey Harring
  [email: harring at mailbox dot umd dot edu]
• Special Editor for Tutorials: Adriene Beltz, University of Michigan
  [email: abeltz at umich dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Sarah Depaoli, University of California, Merced
  [email: sdepaoli at ucmerced dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Sacha Epskamp, National University of Singapore
  [email: sepskamp at nus dot edu dot sg]
• Associate Editor: Daniel McNeish, Arizona State University
• [email: dmcneish at asu dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Jason Rights, University of British Columbia
• [email: jrights at psych dot ubc dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Felix Thoemmes, Cornell University
  [email: felix.thoemmes at cornell dot edu]
• Associate Editor of Special Issues: Stephen G. West, Arizona State University
  [email: sgwest at asu dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Dexin Shi, University of South Carolina
• [email: shid at mailbox dot sc dot edu]
• Associate Editor: Zhiyong Zhang, University of Notre Dame
  [email: zhiyongzhang at nd dot edu]

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
  [email: eferrer at ucdavis dot edu]

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.