Fred Oswald, PhD
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Professor and Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences
Department of Psychological Sciences
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Rice University

To read about Fred’s research and collaborations, see What We Do and Publications.

Professional Leadership Positions

• Member, National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC, 2022-present), advises the President and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Member, The International Expert Consortium on the Regulation, Economics and Computer Science of AI (RECSAI, 2023-present
• Chair, National Academies of Sciences (NAS) Board on Human Systems Integration (BOHSI) (2020-25; board member 2015-2019)
• Management Committee Member, AERA/APA/NCME Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (2021-present)
• Member, APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee (ACC, 2023-25)
• Member, Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing (DACMPT, 2022-2024, Chair 2025)
• Member, US Space Force Talent Science Advisory Group (TSAG 2021-2024)
• Chair, APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA, 2022)
• Chair, APA Open Science Methods Committee (OSM, 2021)
• Chair, APA Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment (CPTA, 2018-19)
• President, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP, APA Div. 14, 2017-18)

Editorial Service

• Incoming Editor – Psychological Methods (2025)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Applied Psychology (2020-2024)
• Associate Editor – Advances in Methods and Practice in Psychological Science (AMPPS) (2017-2021)
• Senior Associate Editor (Methods) – Journal of Management (2017-2020)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Management (2011-2018)
• Associate Editor – Psychological Methods (2013-2019)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Research in Personality (2015-2018)
• Associate Editor – Research Synthesis Methods (2013-2016)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Business and Psychology (2009-2012)

Editorial Boards

• Psychological Science (2024-present)
• Personality Science (2021-present)
• Psychological Bulletin, Consulting Editor (2020-2026)
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2020-present)
• Personnel Psychology (2010-present)
• Personnel Assessment and Decisions (2013-2024)
• Organizational Research Methods (2007-present)
• Psychological Assessment, Consulting Editor (2015-present)
• Journal of Business and Psychology (2008-2009, 2013-present)
• International Journal of Selection and Assessment (2003-present)
• International Journal of Testing (2015-present)
• Military Psychology (2011-2024)
• Neuropsychology Review (2020-2023)
• Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2017-2023)
• Journal of Applied Psychology (2005-2019)
• Journal of Management (2003-2011)
• Psychological Methods (2010-2012)
• Journal of Research in Personality (2011-2015)
• Archives of Research in Scientific Psychology (2016-2019)
• SIOP Frontiers Book Series (2013-2019)

University Leadership Positions

• Chief Marshal of Commencement (2020-present)
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychological Sciences (2016-present)
• I-O psychology area head (2016-present)
• Chair of the Library Committee (2017-2022)
• Faculty Senate and executive board member (2011-2017)
• Co-Chair (with Devika Subramanian), Data Science minor committee (2016-2019)
• Established STEM-CIP psychology graduate degree codes in support of international students (2019)
• Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences (2013-2014)

Professional Recognition

• National Associate – National Academy of Sciences (2020)
• Excellence in Professional Service and Leadership – Rice University (2024)
• Excellence in Professional Service Award – Rice University (2020)
• Fellow – Society for Personality and Social Psychology (APA Division 8, 2016)
• Fellow – Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP, APA Division 14, 2012)
• Fellow – Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (APA Division 5, 2012)
• Fellow – American Psychological Association (APA, 2012)
• Fellow – Association for Psychological Science (APS, 2012)

When Fred is not greatly enjoying his work with graduate students and colleagues at Rice University, he enjoys neighborhood walks, family events, and vacations with his wife, Beth. He also plays Scrabble® well and pinball enjoyably.