The Ombuds Blog: Society for Personality and Social Psychology Creates Ombuds Program for Annual Conference

January 17, 2019

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Creates Ombuds Program for Annual Conference

The largest organization of social psychologists and personality psychologists has contracted with ProActive ReSolutions to provide independent, confidential Ombuds services for its members and conference attendees. Ashley Moore and Shirley Nakata will be available by phone and email during and immediately after the SPSP annual convention set for February 7 - 9, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.

Moore has been a Conflict Management Consultant with ProActive ReSolutions since 2014 and has worked in the ADR field since 2010. She graduated from Concordia University and earned an MA in Conflict Analysis and Management at Royal Roads University. Nakata is also the Ombudsperson for the University of British Columbia. ProActive ReSolutions also provided Ombuds services for the American Statistical Association's annual conference last year. (SPSP Ombuds.)

Related post: American Statistical Association Implements Ombuds Program for Members.

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January 17, 2019

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Creates Ombuds Program for Annual Conference

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