Welcome Professor Howard Giles to the editorial board of Journal of Psychological Research

We are pleased to announce that Professor Howard Giles has been appointed to the Editorial Board of JPR!

Prof. Howard Giles is a Distinguished Research Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia . Past President of the International Communication Association (ICA: 2000-01). He was also former Reserve Detective Lieutenant at the Santa Barbara Police Department and, currently, is its Founding Director of Volunteers in Policing.  He is an elected Fellow of 8 learned societies (e.g., the Royal Society of Medicine) and recipient of numerous academic awards, including the inaugural Career Productivity award from ICA in 2000. Giles has researched language and communication across a range of intergroup settings, including police-community and intergenerational ones, and published 30 books, 20 journal special issues, Handbooks, and an Encyclopedia as well as many hundreds of academic articles and chapters.

We thank the Professor for joining us and look forward to seeing the journal move forward!