Welcome to ARP!
Welcome to the online home of the Association for Research in Personality. ARP is a scientific organization devoted to bringing together scholars whose research contributes to the understanding of personality structure, processes, and development. ARP aims to further the scientific study of personality through our biennial conference, our newsletter, a major journal co-sponsored with several other scientific associations (Social Psychological and Personality Science), several personality-focused awards, and a collection of resources promoting research in personality psychology . We invite you to browse our website and learn more about the Association and the field of personality psychology. If you are interested in joining ARP, please visit our membership page.
News and Updates
Dates have been announced for the ARP Conference in June 2025!
The 9th Biennial Meeting of the Association for Research in Personality will be held in Evanston, Illinois in June 2025. The main conference will begin in the late afternoon on June 25 and will conclude with the Conference Dinner on June 29.
See the Conference page for more information about registration and the schedule of events.
Dr. Thomas Costello wins the 2023 Tanaka Dissertation Award
The Tanaka Dissertation Award Committee has identified Dr. Thomas Costello as the recipient of the Tanaka Dissertation Award for dissertations defended in 2023. The committee was uniformly impressed by Dr. Costello’s interdisciplinary and rigorous program of research.
Dr. Costello’s dissertation is titled “Revisiting the rigidity-of-the-right hypothesis: A meta-analytic review.” His PhD supervisors were Scott O. Lilienfeld (deceased) & Arber Tasimi.
Congratulations to Dr. Costello, and thank you to all of the 2023 Tanaka award applicants for the excellent work they are doing to further personality science!
Kate McLean wins the 2022 Murray Award
Dr. Kate McLean, Full Professor at Western Washington University, has been awarded the 2022 Henry A. Murray and Ravenna Helson award for distinguished contributions to the study of individual lives and whole persons. Professor McLean was honored at the biennial convention of the Association for Research in Personality in June 2023.
2023 Early Career Award Winner is Dr. Amber Gayle Thalmayer
ARP is happy to announce that Amber Gayle Thalmayer is the winner of the Association for Research in Personality’s Early Career Award for 2023. Dr. Thalmayer received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2013 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Zürich. She is one of the leading personality psychologists working to make the field more internationally representative. In particular, her lexical studies of personality in multiple African languages (Khoekhoegowab, Maa and Supyire-Senufo) have broken new ground in our understanding of cross-cultural differences in personality structure. Dr. Thalmayer has utilized emic (indigenous, bottom-up) approaches, built and empowered global collaborative networks of scholars, and has included community members as researchers. Her work is at the forefront of personality psychology’s quest to become a truly representative and global science. Given these achievements, it is not surprising that her research has attracted substantial grant funding. She also serves as Associate Editor at Personality and Social Psychology Review. Congrats, Amber!
New ARP President and Board Members Elected
January, 2024 — We are excited to announce that Dan Mrozcek has been elected as the next ARP President, and that Eileen Graham and Erica Baranski have been elected as Members-at-Large of the ARP Executive Board. Their terms began on January 1, 2024. Congratulations!