Administration
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 edut]
- 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: 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.