PSYCDATA Board of Directors
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R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University
Cyndi McDaniel, Northern Kentucky University
Todd Walter, D'Youville College
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elandru@boisestate.edu
mcdaniel@nku.edu
waltert@dyc.edu
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Bill Hill
Chris Hakala
Janie H. Wilson
Nancy Hamilton
Dan Moriarty
Annette Taylor
Tami Musumeci-Szabo
Dennis Goff
Adam C. Carle
Bob Wildblood
John Collins
Andrew Peck
Gayle Morse
Beth Seebach
Tim Shearon
Beverly Dolinsky
Ann Lynn
Thomas J. Capo
Linda Walsh
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Mary Jo Carnot
Tracie Burke
Shelia Kennison
Steve Del Chiaro
Meera Rastogi
Melody Graham
Maureen McCarthy
Lori Rosenthal
Daniel Nelson
Hal Miller
Jessica Kohout
Sarah K. Sifers
Susan McCammon
Kathleen Barker
Ken Weaver
Thomas J. Tomcho
Ken Keith
Diana Rice
Sue O'Donnell
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History
Based
on a symposium hosted at the American Psychological Association
national convention in 2007, Eric Landrum and Chris Hakala proposed a
coordinated effort, based on a national coalition, to systematically
study national issues facing undergraduate psychology students, alumni,
and faculty members in Departments of Psychology. Part I of this effort
is to coordinate national information about psychology departments and
programs. Such information is vital to better understanding what our
colleagues do, and to identify and share best practices. The creation of
a national clearinghouse for this type of information would allow
faculty members access to ‘one-stop shopping’ for information concerning
undergraduate psychology departments/program characteristics,
curriculum matters, outcomes assessment, etc.
Part
II of this effort is to organize a national coalition of psychology
faculty who coordinate an annual or semi-annual study of psychology
majors, alumni, and/or psychology faculty. Many important career and
graduate school questions remain unanswered on the national level
because no mechanism exists to survey graduating seniors, for example.
Individual researchers occasionally publish research based on data from
one-institution, but concerns over external validity and
generalizability of that information makes this initiative essential to
systematically studying undergraduate psychology majors on a continual
basis.
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I am grateful for the assistance of my Fall 2007-Spring 2008 research assistants from Boise State University who assisted in the development of portions of the PSYCDATA project: Maribeth Horan, Amber Klein, and David Wynn. -- REL
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