Hofer elected president of professional society

Dr. Scott Hofer (psychology) has been elected President of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) for the 2013 year. Hofer is highly respected for his contributions to the understanding of cognitive and social functioning over the life course, with special emphasis on creative approaches to the design and analysis of longitudinal data that are informative about stability and change in later life. He is also recognized for the service he has provided to SMEP in the role as coordinating officer. Election to the presidency of this 50-year-old society is one of the highest honours that one can receive in quantitative psychology.