Psi Chi is pleased to announce that Christopher Koch, PhD, from George Fox University (OR) has been appointed as the new editor of the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. Dr. Warren Jones, who has served as editor since 2001, will complete his term with the Summer 2007 issue. Psi Chi thanks Dr. Jones for his outstanding work on the Journal and his many years of service to the honor society.

Dr. Koch received a BS in psychology with honors from Pennsylvania State University, a MS in experimental psychology, and a PhD in cognitive-experimental from the University of Georgia. Currently in his 13th year at George Fox University, he has served as director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology, director of External Scholarship, and headed University Assessment. During that time, he has also promoted research in psychology by planning a biannual undergraduate research conference, and worked with youth organizations and local high school classes on psychologically-based research projects. He has served as a councilor for the Psychology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research and the President and Western Region Vice-President of Psi Chi. He has held a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities at the University of Virginia, was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Russia, and is a fellow of the Western Psychological Association. His primary research interests focus on the interaction between attention and cognitive and perceptual processes.

Information about submitting manuscripts will be forthcoming on the Psi Chi website and in upcoming issues of the online Digest. During the transition between editors, we ask that students contact Dr. Koch through email at psichijournal@georgefox.edu.

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