NEW DIRECTORY
The 1998 Directory is being mailed with this newsletter. Please
check your entry and report any errors to Colleen Moore. You can
use the form on page 7 to report corrections. Also note that there is
now a geographical index beginning on p. 47 of the directory. We
hope you find this new feature useful.
CALL FOR DISSERTATIONS
As a regular feature, I would like to publish the titles of doctoral
dissertations in the JDM area in this newsletter. I think this would
be a good way to publicize the research of the new members of our
profession and to celebrate our educational efforts. To get this
started, please send me information for dissertations in which you
have been involved, either as the writer or as faculty advisor, over
the last 5 years. Once begun, I will ask you to send titles annually.
I leave it to your discretion to decide whether the dissertation is in
the field of judgment and decision making. For each dissertation
send:
Author, Title, University, Date, (Dissertation Abstracts
abstract identification number if available)
My contact information is on page 2 of the newsletter. Please send me this information now while it is on your mind. Let's publicize these important contributions to our field!
Shawn Curley, Editor
From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Nominations Ballot. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
On-Line Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upcoming Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dues and Journal Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Presidents of the JDM Society . . . . . . . . . . 8
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT J/DM NEWSLETTER: September 4, 1998
1998 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Elke Weber, President, <weber.211@osu.edu>
Irwin P. Levin, President-Elect, <irwin-levin@uiowa.edu>
Hal R. Arkes, Past President, <arkes@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
Jonathan Baron, 1997-1998, <baron@psych.upenn.edu>
George Loewenstein, 1997-1999, <gl20+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Gretchen Chapman, 1998-2000, <gbc@rci.rutgers.edu>
Colleen Moore, Secretary/Treasurer, <cfmoore@facstaff.wisc.edu>
EDITOR:
Shawn P. Curley
Department of Info. & Decision Sciences
University of Minnesota
321 19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-6546
Fax: (612) 626-1316
scurley@csom.umn.edu
DUES, ADDRESSES, & CORRECTIONS:
Colleen F. Moore/JDM
Psychology Department
University of Wisconsin
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Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-4868
cfmoore@facstaff.wisc.edu
The J/DM Newsletter welcomes submissions from individuals and groups. However, we do not publish substantive papers. Book reviews will be published. If you are interested in reviewing books and related materials, please write to the editor.
There are few ground rules for submissions. The best way to send your contribution is via EMAIL or a 3.5" diskette. Send an IBM-compatible text file or word-processed document up to versions WordPerfect 8 or Word 7.0 for Windows 95. If you must send hard-copy (e.g., if you are using special graphics or do not have computer access), please submit camera-ready copy. This means that the copy should be typed single-spaced on white 8 1/2 by 11 paper. If possible, use a carbon or film ribbon. Please mail flat -- do not fold.
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Address corrections: Please check your mailing label carefully. Because the J/DM Newsletter is usually sent by bulk mail, copies with incorrect addresses or which are otherwise undeliverable are neither forwarded nor returned. Therefore, we have no way of knowing if copies are delivered. Address changes or corrections should be sent to Colleen Moore.
THE SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Nominations for J/DM Executive Board Members
Please take a few minutes to think about suitable candidates for these positions and send in your nominations. Your participation in this process is very important. Either send in this form or send your nominations to Colleen Moore at the address below.
The Society bylaws provide for election of two officers each year: the President-Elect (who thereafter becomes President, then Past President, and then leaves the Board); and one member of the Executive Board (who serves for three years, and then rotates off). The first step in the process is the nomination of candidates for these posts. This is the task of the membership, i.e., YOU. The election ballot will be mailed in the September issue of the Newsletter.
Please take a moment to think of people that you would like to see leading our Society. You may nominate up to FIVE for the Board, up to TWO for President-Elect. Note that ex-Presidents are not eligible for reelection as President, though they may serve as Board members. (For your information, a list of the society's presidents is on page 8 of this newsletter.) Any Presidential nominations ineligible by this rule will be counted as Board nominations. Please do nominate at least a few candidates--quite modest numbers of nominations have put candidates on the ballot in past years. Also, if you made a nomination for the board in the call for Society volunteers made last December, you do not need to renominate these individuals; their nominations have been recorded.
Nominate up to FIVE people as candidates for the Executive Board:
Nominate up to TWO people as candidates for President-Elect:
Return your nominations to:
J/DM Nominations
c/o Colleen Moore
Psychology Department
University of Wisconsin
1202 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
or send by e-mail:
cfmoore@facstaff.wisc.edu
NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: August 14, 1998
We welcome suggestions and comments about new features.
Alan Cooke <acooke@sjdm.org>
Alan Schwartz <alansz@sjdm.org>
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REFERENCE ARCHIVE
The system allows users to store and retrieve book and chapter
references related to the fields of judgment and decision making.
The archive is located at:
references@mail.sjdm.org
You can also access the reference archive through the Society's web site (address below). For more information send the message "help" to the e-mail address.
WORLD WIDE WEB
The J/DM Society has a set of pages on the World-Wide Web,
providing information about the Society and Society Membership,
upcoming events, all our electronic services (including course
syllabi, easy-to-use forms for subscribing to SJDM mailing lists,
and help with the reference archive), links to related Web sites that
may be of interest to members, copies of the JDM Newsletter (for
society members), and the SJDM directory with links to members'
home pages. The URL (uniform resource locator) for the Web
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Decision Making: Cognitive Models and Explanations
Edited y Rob Ranyard (Bolton Institute, UK), W. Ray Crozier
(University of Wales, UK), and Ola Svenson (Stockholm
University, Sweden)
For further information contact Julie Lewis Routledge, 11 New
fetter Lane, London, EC4P 4EE, +44 171 842 2054, fax: +44 171
842 2303, <info.research@routledge.co.uk>.
See the hard copy of the newsletter for more information.
JULY 4-7, 1999
The 5th International Decision Sciences Institute Conference will
be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Athens, Greece. The
conference theme is: "Integrating Technology and Human
Decisions - Global Bridges into the 21st Century". Deadline for
paper/panel/workshop submissions is October 11, 1998. For more
information, contact either the program chairman, Prof. S. Zanakis,
Florida International University, email: <dsi_athens@fiu.edu>; or
the conference co-chairman, Prof. G. Doukidis, Athens University
of Economics and Business email: <douk@aueb.gr>. Extensive
pre- & post-conference tour packages are available. Details about
the conference are available at <http://www.dsi99.athens.aueb.gr>.
Context-Sensitive Decision Support Systems: Bled, Slovenia,
July 13-15, 1998. For information contact: George R. Widmeyer,
University of Michigan Business School, 701 Tappan St., Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1234 USA, +1 313 763 5808, fax: +1 313 764
3146, <widmeyer@umich.edu>,
<http://www.personal.umich.edu/~widmeyer/ifipwg83>.
Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence: Univ of Wisconsin Business School, July 24-26, 1998. For information contact: <uai98@cbmi.upmc.edu>, <http://www.uai98.cbmi.upmc.edu>.
Cognitive Science Society: Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, August 1-4, 1998. For information about conference registration and housing contact: <CS98REG@macc.wisc.edu>. For society information contact: Colleen Seifert, Univ of Michigan, (313) 764- 4253, fax (313) 763-7480 (aatn: Prof. Seifert), <cogsci@umich.edu>, <http://www.umich.edu/cogsci>.
Society for Mathematical Psychology: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee USA, August 6-9, 1998. For information contact: Sylvia Ruppel, Department of Psychology, 301 Wilson Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240 USA, <psych1@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu >, phone: 1-615-322-0070, fax: 1-615-343-8449, <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/smp98/>.
Society for Medical Decision Making: Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA, October 25-28, 1998. For information contact: Society for Medical Decision Making, The George Washington University, Office of CEPH, 2300 K Street NW, Washington DC, 20037 USA, (202) 994-8989, fax; (202) 994-1791, <smdm- office@smi.stanford.edu>, <http://www.gwu.edu/~smdm>.
Society for Computers in Psychology: Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, November 19, 1998. For information contact: Dr. Curt Burgess, Department of Psychology, 1419 Life Sciences Bldg, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0426 USA; (909) 787-2392; fax: (909) 787-3985, <curt@cassandra.ucr.edu>, <http://www.lafayette.edu/allanr/scip.html>.
The Psychonomic Society: Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, November 19-22, 1998. For information contact: Roger L. Mellgren, Secretary-Treasurer, Dept of Psychology, Box 19528, University of Texas, Arlington TX 76019-0528 USA, (817) 272- 2775, fax: (817) 272-2364, <mellgren@uta.edu>
Society for Judgment and Decision Making: Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, November 21-23, 1998. See the March issue of the newsletter for information about submissions. The abstract deadline is July 1, 1998. More details about the meeting will appear in the September issue.
Upcoming JDM Meetings
1999: Los Angeles, November 20-22
2000: New Orleans
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