Membership

About the Membership
Society Dues for 2012
Renew Membership
Membership Criteria
Nomination Procedures
Membership Committee Procedures
Psychonomic Associates
Life Members

About the Membership

The Society currently consists of approximately 2,000 members and 650 associate members. To be eligible for membership, a person must hold the PhD degree or equivalent, and must have published significant psychological research beyond the doctoral dissertation. Candidates for membership must be nominated by a member of the Society and elected by the Membership Committee of the Governing Board. These selections are made twice a year. To be eligible for Associate membership, a person must hold the PhD degree or equivalent and must be nominated by a member of the Society.

Society Dues for 2012

Members (U.S.): $53.65 ($40 Dues, and $13.65 Federation Dues).

Members (outside U.S./Canada): $40

Associate Members: $20

Life Members: No Dues

PB&R Options

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (Vol. 19)

Print and Online: $30

PB&R taxes: Canadian Residents
*NS: $4.50
*NB, NL, ON: $3.90
*BC: $3.60
*AB, MB, NT, NU, PE, QC, SK, YT: $1.50

Online Access only: $0

Renew Membership

Current Psychonomic Society members may renew their membership online by clicking here. A downloadable renewal form is also available for Members and Associate Members.

Membership Criteria

Members shall be persons qualified to conduct and to supervise scientific research in psychology or allied sciences. To be eligible for membership, a person must (a) hold the PhD degree or equivalent, (b) have published significant independent research other than the doctoral dissertation, and (c) be actively involved in independent scientific research in psychology or allied sciences. Typically a successful candidate will be at least 2 years post-PhD and will have at least 4 research publications in high-quality refereed journals after the date of the Ph.D. Furthermore, at least two of the publications will be first-authored and at least three will be based on research subsequent to the PhD.

Nomination Procedures

Applicants for membership must be nominated by a Member of the Society. Applicants should fill in the information requested on the Nomination for Membership form and give the completed form to a Member of the Society who has agreed to nominate the individual. The nominator will fill in their name on the form, and then e-mail the form to the Secretary-Treasurer; this action will affirm the nominator’s unqualified endorsement of the application. Download Nomination Form.

Membership Committee Procedures

Twice a year, about March 1 and September 1, nominations on hand are sent to the Membership Committee for its approval or disapproval. Applicants can ordinarily expect to be informed by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee's decision 6–8 weeks later. Those in the spring group who are accepted as members are eligible to give papers at that year's meeting upon payment of that year's dues. (Accepted individuals in the fall group do not have time to submit paper applications before the deadline. Spring applicants may submit papers sponsored by a member of the Society; if both the paper and the applicant are accepted, reference to sponsorship of the paper will be deleted from the Program.) Because of time constraints, the membership of those accepted from the fall group does not take effect until the following year.

Psychonomic Associates

For individuals holding the PhD but not eligible for membership (typically because they have not yet had the time to have accumulated a record of published postdoctoral research), the Society has created the special status of Psychonomic Associate. Associates do not pay dues but receive the Meeting Program, Directory, etc., for an annual fee covering the costs of these materials. Download Associate Nomination Form

Life Members

Members in good standing who have retired or have reached age 65, and, who have paid annual dues for the previous five years, may request Life Member status. Life Members pay no dues, receive no journal credit, and must pay the registration fee, if any, to attend the Annual Meeting.