• Extended Call for Programs & Papers

  • Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 18, 2021, 11:59 pm ET.

    As we just finished out the evaluation of our papers and proposals, we have identified a few key areas where we need more content.

    To round out our current program, SPA is calling for additional symposia, papers, or collected case studies that include multi-method assessment and integration of data, application of personality assessment in non-clinical settings (for example, organizational and health psychology), and topics demonstrating the utility of assessment.

    This new call for papers and proposals will close on November 18, so please consider submitting a proposal today, as well as forward along this request to your colleagues proficient in these areas.

    These sessions will held at the 2022 SPA Convention and Workshops in Chicago, IL from March 9-13. We have a few new program submission types, so we encourage you to visit the call for programs page to learn more about the different proposal options, including our new Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Track.


    If you have any questions, please reach out to SPA at info@spaonline.org.

  • In lieu of a 15-minute paper presentation, presenters are given the opportunity to give a live 3-minute overview of their completed project or proposal (using PowerPoint or similar) to all attendees during a presentation time slot, as well as have a poster featured during one of the two poster session time blocks.

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  • Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice Track (EISJ)


    The Society for Personality Assessment is responding to the call for action from our membership to foster equity, inclusion, and social justice in our work as assessment psychologists. Our goal is to encourage work that applies to groups who are not typically represented in assessment research, presentations, and dialogues. This special track will be a home base and a launchpad for infusing the entire conference with energy and momentum towards these goals. Please be prepared to present and/or attend with a curious, positive and non-shaming attitude. All are welcome to participate.


    Programs requested will be proposals that include systematically oppressed groups in their study, that extend the application of a test to other populations such as through translation to another language or establishment or new/updated norms, theoretical programs based on assessment with non-dominant groups or proposals that foster discussion of equity, inclusion, and social justice values and issues as they apply to assessment psychology.


    Equity means that everyone gets what they need to succeed (Project READY, 2021). Inclusion is reflected in “organizational strategies and practices that promote meaningful social and academic interactions among persons and groups who differ in their experiences, their views, and their traits” (Tienda, 2013, p. 467). Social justice “is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we call institutions. In turn, social institutions, when justly organized, provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to collaborate with others...[and] to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development” (Center for Economic and Social Justice, 2021).

  • The SPA Program Committee and SPA Board of Trustees have come up with a variety of ways to categorize sessions. This information will enable attendees to search and filter our sessions. You can see the full listing of categories at the following link: Click Here 

    In the following categories below, please select all that apply to your overall session. 

  • To learn more about SPA Interest Groups, please click here. 

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