Becoming a Peer Reviewer for NIH: Four Ways to Engage

There are a few simple ways to bring your research expertise and interest in serving as a peer reviewer to the attention of Scientific Review Officers at NIH. More

The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) Seeks Quality of Research Reviewers

The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is recruiting candidates to become certified reviewers tasked with rating the methodological quality and effectiveness of program evaluations. Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), NREPP is an evidence-based repository and review system providing reliable information on More

Taking Responsibility for Our Field’s Reputation

To put it bluntly, academic psychology’s public reputation seems to be in free fall. When the press coverage of the “replicability crisis” in psychological science first began a few years ago, reporters generally broached the topic in a respectful and delicate fashion, hinting at problems but not trumpeting them. That More

‘Hello From the Other Side’ at ICPS 2017: Editors Answer Researchers’ Questions About Publishing Integrative Science

Psychological scientists are increasingly integrating multiple areas of study and levels of analyses into their research, but they face myriad challenges in doing so. Editors from some of the most esteemed journals in the field discuss their viewpoints on conducting and publishing integrative science. More

Achieving ‘Good Article’ Status in Wikipedia

In a senior seminar on language acquisition, a group of seven students successfully edited two Wikipedia articles and achieved Good Article status. A Good Article meets a basic set of criteria that indicate the material is well written, neutral, and appropriately sourced. It is not a particularly high bar, but More

Reflections on Wikipedia in the Classroom

Learning in today’s internet-dependent world requires new pedagogies. There is a real need to design assignments that better appeal to today’s students and allow them to engage more meaningfully and responsibly in the world we currently live in. I joined the APS Wikipedia initiative for the first time this semester More