James R. Pomerantz is a cognitive psychologist specializing in visual perception. He received his BA with distinction and high honors from the University of Michigan in 1968 and, following research at Bell Telephone Labs, his PhD from Yale in 1974. He taught at Yale, Johns Hopkins, and SUNY Buffalo before joining Rice University in 1988 as Elma Schneider professor and dean of social sciences, where he proposed and helped launch the Baker Institute for Public Policy, now ranked as the top university-affiliated think tank in the world. He moved to Brown University in 1995 as professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences, Brown University provost, and VP for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. In 1997 he became Brown’s acting president and fellow (trustee) of the Brown Corporation. He then returned to Rice in 2000 as professor and director of neuroscience. Pomerantz is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists. He served as President of the FABBS Foundation and as member and chair of the governing board of the Psychonomic Society. He is currently professor emeritus of Psychological Sciences at Rice.

Website: https://jamesrpomerantz.com/

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James R. Pomerantz
Department of Psychological Sciences, MS-25
Rice University
490 Sewall Hall
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005-1827 USA

Phone: 713-348-0000
Email: pomeran@rice.edu

The Psychonomic Society announces James R. Pomerantz to become 2020 Governing Board Chair. 

The Psychonomic Society Governing Board has elected James R. Pomerantz, Rice University, as the 2020 Chair.

"It's an honor and privilege to serve on the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, which is the world’s preeminent society for the experimental study of cognition," Pomerantz said. "In becoming its chair, I am fortunate to follow a distinguished line of cognitive psychologists dating back to 1960. The first publication of my career was in a Psychonomics journal, and the Society has been my go-to professional organization ever since."

Pomerantz currently chairs the Society's Finance Committee and is a member of the Publications Committee. Looking to the future of the Psychonomic Society, he said, "It’s a time of great opportunity for us to expand our international presence still further while meeting profound forces of change looming on the horizon in academic publishing. We have grown significantly in recent years both in membership (now at 4,000+) and diversity, and we have grown as well in the range and quality of our scholarly publications. My goal will be to work with the full Board and our Executive Director and staff to continue that upward trend."

In September, Angela Gutchess, Brandeis University, and Michael J. Kane, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, were elected by the Society’s membership and will join the Governing Board in January for a six-year term.

In January 2019, Laura Carlson, University of Notre Dame, becomes Governing Board Chair and John Dunlosky, Kent State University, will be Past Chair. Governing Board Members who conclude their terms in 2018 are Teresa Bajo, University of Granada, Spain, and Aaron Benjamin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

A complete list of the 2018 Governing Board members and Psychonomic Society Committees is here.