Governing Board History - Psychonomic Society

GB History

Past Governing Boards

This may not be a complete listing of all past board members. If you have photos, newsletters, membership directories, particularly from the 60s to 80s, as well as additions or corrections, please email Lou Shomette, PS Executive Director, at lshomette@psychonomic.org. Currently, Governing Board membership is for six years. Names are ordered from longest serving to most recently elected.

Governing Boards
Membership of the Organizing Committee of the Psychonomic Society, 1959 Wilfred (Wulf) Brogden, William K. Estes, Frank A. Geldard, Clarence H. (Clancy) Graham, Lloyd G. Humphreys, Clifford T. Morgan, William D. (Dewey) Neff, S. Smith (Smitty) Stevens, Benton J. Underwood, William S. Verplanck (Secretary-Treasurer).

Clifford T. Morgan Chair	W. Dewey Neff Chair	Wilfred Brogden Chair	Lloyd G. Humphreys Chair
1960	1961	1962	1963

Governing Board Members Wilfred Brodgen William K. Estes Clarence Graham David A. Grant Lloyd G. Humphreys Donald B. Lindsley W. Dewey Neff S. Smith Stevens Benton J. Underwood	Governing Board Members Frank A. Geldard David A. Grant Lloyd G. Humphreys	Governing Board Members Judson S. Brown Frank A. Geldard Harry F. Harlow	Governing Board Members Judson S. Brown Harry F. Harlow Howard H. Kendler

David A. Grant Chair	Frank A. Geldard Chair	Richard L. Solomon Chair	Judson S. Brown Chair
1964	1965	1966	1967

Governing Board Members Judson S. Brown Frank A. Geldard Harry F. Harlow Howard H. Kendler Gregory A. Kimble	Governing Board Members Judson S. Brown Charles N. Cofer Wendell R. Garner Harry F. Harlow Howard H. Kendler Gregory A. Kimble Richard L. Solomon	Governing Board Members Judson S. Brown Charles N. Cofer Wendell R. Garner Harry F. Harlow Howard H. Kendler Gregory A. Kimble William McGill Delos D. Wickens	Governing Board Members Charles N. Cofer Wendell R. Garner Harry F. Harlow Howard H. Kendler Gregory A. Kimble William McGill Lorin Riggs Richard L. Solomon Delos D. Wickens

Howard H. Kendler Chair	William McGill Chair	Arthur W. Melton Chair	Delos D. Wickens Chair
1968	1969	1970	1971

Governing Board Members Charles N. Cofer Wendell R. Garner Gregory A. Kimble William McGill Arthur W. Melton Lorin Riggs Richard L. Solomon William S. Verplanck Delos D. Wickens	Governing Board Members Richard C. Atkinson Charles N. Cofer Wendell R. Garner Gregory A. Kimble Arthur W. Melton Lorin Riggs Richard L. Solomon William S. Verplanck Delos D. Wickens	Governing Board Members Richard C. Atkinson Harold W. Hake Frank A. Logan William McGill Arthur W. Melton Lorin Riggs William S. Verplanck Delos D. Wickens	Governing Board Members Richard C. Atkinson Gordon H. Bower Harold W. Hake Frank A. Logan Arthur W. Melton Lorin Riggs William S. Verplanck


William K. Estes Chair	Richard C. Atkinson Chair	Frank A. Logan Chair	Gordon H. Bower Chair
1972	1973	1974	1975

Governing Board Members Arthur W. Melton William S. Verplanck Richard C. Atkinson Harold W. Hake Frank A. Logan Gordon H. Bower G. Robert Grice Richard F. Thompson	Governing Board Members William McGill Harold W. Hake Frank A. Logan Gordon H. Bower Richard F. Thompson G. Robert Grice Abram Ansel	Governing Board Members Harold W. Hake Frank A. Logan Gordon H. Bower Richard F. Thompson G. Robert Grice Abram Ansel James J. Jenkins Michael I. Posner	Governing Board Members Richard F. Thompson G. Robert Grice Abram Ansel James J. Jenkins Michael I. Posner James Greeno Endel Tulving


Richard F. Thompson Chair	G. Robert Grice Chair	Abram Ansel Chair	James J. Jenkins Chair
1976	1977	1978	1979

Governing Board Members Gordon H. Bower G. Robert Grice Abram Ansel James J. Jenkins Michael I. Posner James Greeno Endel Tulving Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Tracy S. Kendler	Governing Board Members Richard F. Thompson Abram Ansel James J. Jenkins Michael I. Posner James Greeno Endel Tulving Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Tracy S. Kendler Eliot S. Hearst Saul Sternberg	Governing Board Members James J. Jenkins Michael I. Posner James Greeno Endel Tulving Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Tracy S. Kendler Eliot S. Hearst Saul Sternberg George Mandler Janet T. Spence	Governing Board Members Michael I. Posner James Greeno Endel Tulving Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Tracy S. Kendler Eliot S. Hearst Saul Sternberg George Mandler Janet T. Spence Walter Kintsch Michael R. D'Amato


James Greeno Chair	Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Chair	Saul Sternberg Chair	George Mandler Chair
1980	1981	1982	1983

Governing Board Members Endel Tulving Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Tracy S. Kendler Eliot S. Hearst Saul Sternberg George Mandler Janet T. Spence Walter Kintsch Michael R. D'Amato Fergus I.M. Craik Robert A. Rescorla	Governing Board Members Tracy S. Kendler Eliot S. Hearst Saul Sternberg George Mandler Janet T. Spence Walter Kintsch Michael R. D'Amato Fergus I.M. Craik Robert A. Rescorla Robert G. Crowder Isidore Gormezano	Governing Board Members Eliot S. Hearst George Mandler Janet T. Spence Walter Kintsch Michael R. D'Amato Fergus I.M. Craik Robert A. Rescorla Robert G. Crowder Isidore Gormezano Donald Blough Jean M. Mandler	Governing Board Members Janet T. Spence Walter Kintsch Michael R. D'Amato Fergus I.M. Craik Robert A. Rescorla Robert G. Crowder Isidore Gormezano Donald Blough Jean M. Mandler J. Bruce Overmier Richard M. Shiffrin


Walter Kintsch Chair	Fergus I.M. Craik Chair	Jean M. Mandler Chair	Donald S. Blough Chair
1984	1985	1986	1987

Governing Board Members Michael R. D'Amato Fergus I.M. Craik Robert A. Rescorla Robert G. Crowder Isidore Gormezano Donald Blough Jean M. Mandler J. Bruce Overmier Richard M. Shiffrin Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins	Governing Board Members Robert A. Rescorla Robert G. Crowder Isidore Gormezano Donald Blough Jean M. Mandler J. Bruce Overmier Richard M. Shiffrin Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins Norman E. Spear Anne M. Treisman	Governing Board Members Donald Blough Jean M. Mandler J. Bruce Overmier Richard M. Shiffrin Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins Norman E. Spear Anne M. Treisman Mary C. Potter Henry L. Roediger, III	Governing Board Members Jean M. Mandler J. Bruce Overmier Richard M. Shiffrin Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins Norman E. Spear Anne M. Treisman Mary C. Potter Henry L. Roediger, III Alice F. Healy Edward E. Smith



Richard M. Shiffrin Chair	Anne M. Treisman Chair	Henry L. Roediger, III Chair	Mary C. Potter Chair
1988	1989	1990	1991

Governing Board Members J. Bruce Overmier Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins Norman E. Spear Anne M. Treisman Henry L. Roediger, III Mary C. Potter Alice F. Healy Edward E. Smith Stewart H. Hulse Douglas L. Medin	Governing Board Members Robert C. Bolles Herbert M. Jenkins Norman E. Spear Henry L. Roediger, III Mary C. Potter Edward E. Smith Alice F. Healy Stewart H. Hulse Douglas L. Medin Marcia K. Johnson Roger Ratcliff	Governing Board Members Anne M. Treisman Norman E. Spear Mary C. Potter Edward E. Smith Alice F. Healy Stewart H. Hulse Douglas L. Medin Marcia K. Johnson Roger Ratcliff Lynn Hasher Elizabeth F. Loftus	Governing Board Members Henry L. Roediger, III Edward E. Smith Alice F. Healy Stewart H. Hulse Douglas L. Medin Marcia K. Johnson Roger Ratcliff Lynn Hasher Elizabeth F. Loftus Lynn A. Cooper Howard Egeth


Edward E. Smith Chair	Stewart H. Hulse Chair	Marcia K. Johnson Chair	Lynn Hasher Chair
1992	1993	1994	1995

Governing Board Members Alice F. Healy Stewart H. Hulse Douglas L. Medin Marcia K. Johnson Roger Ratcliff Lynn Hasher Elizabeth F. Loftus Lynn A. Cooper Howard Egeth Elizabeth D. Capaldi Neal F. Johnson	Governing Board Members Douglas L. Medin Marcia K. Johnson Roger Ratcliff Lynn Hasher Elizabeth F. Loftus Lynn A. Cooper Howard Egeth Elizabeth D. Capaldi Neal F. Johnson Roberta L. Klatzky Larry L. Jacoby	Governing Board Members Roger Ratcliff Lynn Hasher Elizabeth F. Loftus Lynn A. Cooper Howard Egeth Elizabeth D. Capaldi Neal F. Johnson Roberta L. Klatzky Larry L. Jacoby Michael Domjan James H. Neely	Governing Board Members Elizabeth F. Loftus Lynn A. Cooper Howard Egeth Elizabeth D. Capaldi Neal F. Johnson Roberta L. Klatzky Larry L. Jacoby Michael Domjan James H. Neely Rose Zacks Robert A. Bjork


Howard Egeth Chair	Neal F. Johnson Chair	Roberta L. Klatzky Chair	Robert A. Bjork Chair
1996	1997	1998	1999

Governing Board Members Lynn A. Cooper Elizabeth D. Capaldi Neal F. Johnson Roberta L. Klatzky Larry L. Jacoby Michael Domjan James H. Neely Rose Zacks Robert A. Bjork Morton Ann Gernsbacher Keith Rayner	Governing Board Members Elizabeth D. Capaldi Roberta L. Klatzky Larry L. Jacoby Michael Domjan James H. Neely Rose Zacks Robert A. Bjork Morton Ann Gernsbacher Keith Rayner Randi C. Martin Stephen E. Palmer	Governing Board Members Larry L. Jacoby Michael Domjan James H. Neely Rose Zacks Robert A. Bjork Morton Ann Gernsbacher Keith Rayner Randi C. Martin Stephen E. Palmer David Balota Russell Church	Governing Board Members Michael Domjan James H. Neely Rose Zacks Morton Ann Gernsbacher Keith Rayner Randi C. Martin Stephen E. Palmer David Balota Russell Church Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman


Rose Zacks Chair	Morton Ann Gernsbacher Chair	Stephen E. Palmer Chair	David Balota Chair
2000	2001	2002	2003

Governing Board Members Robert A. Bjork Morton Ann Gernsbacher Keith Rayner Randi C. Martin Stephen E. Palmer David Balota Russell Church Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman Daniel L. Schacter John Wixted	Governing Board Members Keith Rayner Randi C. Martin Stephen E. Palmer David Balota Russell Church Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman Daniel L. Schacter John Wixted Kathryn Bock Randall Engle	Governing Board Members Randi C. Martin David Balota Russell Church Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman Daniel L. Schacter John Wixted Kathryn Bock Randall Engle Barbara Tversky Thomas Zentall	Governing Board Members Russell Church Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman Daniel L. Schacter John Wixted Kathryn Bock Randall Engle Barbara Tversky Thomas Zentall Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman


John Wixted Chair	Randall Engle Chair	Kathryn Bock Chair	Thomas Zentall Chair
2004	2005	2006	2007

Governing Board Members Phillip M. Merikle Ed Wasserman Daniel L. Schacter Kathryn Bock Randall Engle Barbara Tversky Thomas Zentall Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman Michael E.J. Masson Suparna Rajaram	Governing Board Members Daniel L. Schacter John Wixted Kathryn Bock Barbara Tversky Thomas Zentall Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman Michael E.J. Masson Suparna Rajaram Mary Peterson Brian H. Ross	Governing Board Members Randall Engle Barbara Tversky Thomas Zentall Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman Michael E.J. Masson Suparna Rajaram Mary Peterson Brian H. Ross Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll	Governing Board Members Barbara Tversky Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman Michael E.J. Masson Suparna Rajaram Mary Peterson Brian H. Ross Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky


Suparna Rajaram Chair	Mary Peterson Chair	Brian H. Ross Chair	R. Reed Hunt Chair
2008	2009	2010	2011

Governing Board Members Nora Newcombe Barbara Spellman Michael E.J. Masson Mary Peterson Brian H. Ross Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky R. Reed Hunt Jeffrey M. Zacks	Governing Board Members Michael E.J. Masson Suparna Rajaram Brian H. Ross Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky R. Reed Hunt Jeffrey M. Zacks Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub	Governing Board Members Mary Peterson Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky R. Reed Hunt Jeffrey M. Zacks Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub Colin M. MacLeod Jeremy M. Wolfe	Governing Board Members Nelson Cowan Judith Kroll D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky Jeffrey M. Zacks Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub Colin M. MacLeod Jeremy M. Wolfe Cathleen Moore Lynne Reder


Jeffrey M. Zacks Chair	Helene Intraub Chair	Jeremy M. Wolfe Chair	Robert Logie Chair
2012	2013	2014	2015

Governing Board Members D. Stephen Lindsay Robert Nosofsky R. Reed Hunt Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub Colin M. MacLeod Jeremy M. Wolfe Cathleen Moore Lynne Reder Robert Logie Janet Metcalfe	Governing Board Members R. Reed Hunt Jeffrey M. Zacks Michael C. Anderson Colin M. MacLeod Jeremy M. Wolfe Cathleen Moore Lynne Reder Robert Logie Janet Metcalfe Teresa Bajo Aaron Benjamin	Governing Board Members Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub Colin M. MacLeod Cathleen Moore Lynne Reder Robert Logie Janet Metcalfe Teresa Bajo Aaron Benjamin Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Valerie Reyna	Governing Board Members Michael C. Anderson Helene Intraub Colin M. MacLeod Jeremy M. Wolfe Cathleen Moore Lynne Reder Janet Metcalfe Teresa Bajo Aaron Benjamin John Dunlosky Fernanda Ferreira


Cathleen Moore Chair	Aaron Benjamin Chair	John Dunlosky Chair	Laura Carlson Chair
2016	2017	2018	2019

Governing Board Members Lynne Reder Robert Logie Janet Metcalfe Teresa Bajo Aaron Benjamin Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Valerie Reyna John Dunlosky Fernanda Ferreira Edward Awh Laura Carlson	Governing Board Members Cathleen Moore Robert Logie Janet Metcalfe Teresa Bajo Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Valerie Reyna John Dunlosky Fernanda Ferreira Edward Awh Laura Carlson Marc Brysbaert James Pomerantz	Governing Board Members Teresa Bajo Aaron Benjamin Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Valerie Reyna Fernanda Ferreira Edward Awh Laura Carlson Marc Brysbaert James Pomerantz Penny Pexman Duane G. Watson	Governing Board Members Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Valerie Reyna John Dunlosky Fernanda Ferreira Edward Awh Marc Brysbaert James Pomerantz Penny Pexman Duane G. Watson Angela Gutchess Michael J. Kane


James Pomerantz Chair	Duane G. Watson Chair	Penny Pexman Chair	Angela Gutchess Chair
2020	2021	2022	2023

Governing Board Members John Dunlosky Fernanda Ferreira Laura Carlson Edward Awh Laura Carlson Penny Pexman Duane G. Watson Angela Gutchess Michael J. Kane Stephan Lewandowsky Caren Rotello	Governing Board Members Edward Awh Laura Carlson James Pomerantz Penny Pexman Angela Gutchess Michael J. Kane Stephan Lewandowsky Caren Rotello Jeanette Altarriba Priti Shah Eva Van den Bussche	Governing Board Members James Pomerantz Duane G. Watson Angela Gutchess Michael J. Kane Stephan Lewandowsky Caren Rotello Jeanette Altarriba Priti Shah Eva Van den Bussche Myra Fernandes Zenzi Griffin	Governing Board Members Penny M. Pexman Duane G. Watson Michael J. Kane Stephan Lewandowsky Jeanette Altarriba Priti Shah Eva Van den Bussche Myra Fernandes Zenzi Griffin Valérie Camos Monica Castellano


Stephan Lewandowsky Chair	Eva Van den Bussche Chair
2024	2025

Governing Board Members Angela Gutchess Michael J. Kane Jeanette Altarriba Priti Shah Eva Van den Bussche Myra Fernandes Zenzi Griffin Valérie Camos Monica Castellano Kristi Multhaup Claudia Von Bastian	Governing Board Members Stephan Lewandowsky Jeanette Altarriba Priti Shah Myra Fernandes Zenzi Griffin Monica Castellano Kristi Multhaup Claudia Von Bastian Lisa K. Fazio Jill Shelton Arturo Hernandez

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