2007 John B. Carroll Award for Research Methodology
Dylan Molenaar
Biosketch:
Dylan Molenaar studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Due to his mathematical orientation he got interested in statistical models to describe human behavior. Therefore, he specialized in methodology and psychometrics at the Department of Psychological Methods, where he completed his Master’s thesis on modeling of ability distributions. In May 2007, he received a personal grant from the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research for his PhD project entitled "Statistical modeling of (cognitive) ability differentiation". He ...
2007 ISIR Templeton Prize for Best Student Paper
Joni Lakin
Biosketch:
Joni Lakin is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology at the University of Iowa. For the past four years, she has worked with Dr. David Lohman on the Cognitive Abilities Test. She received her B.S. in Applied Psychology at Georgia Tech working with Drs. Phillip L. Ackerman and Ruth Kanfer on knowledge and skill acquisition in adults. Her current research interests include the construction and validation of measures of abilities and other aptitudes for learning, with a particular interest in the participation of women in STEM careers.
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2006 ISIR Templeton Prize for Best Student Paper
Greg Park
Biosketch:
Greg grew up in Columbus, Ohio and received his undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University, majoring in psychology and philosophy. He stayed at Case, working as a research assistant with the Western Reserve Twin Project, until entering graduate school in 2005. When awarded, greg was a PhD student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where he published primarily on the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) and effects of IQ on creativity. His research interests include the relationships between creativity, cognitive ...
2006 John B. Carroll Award for Research Methodology
Elliot M. Tucker-Drob
Cris Rabaglia
Jeffrey E. Pink
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award: Arthur Jensen
The Lifetime Achievement Award is ISIR’s highest honor, reserved for individuals who have, over their professional lifetime, substantially advanced the field of intelligence.
The 2006 awardee was Professor Arthur R. Jensen
