Dr. Sheldon Zedeck

Professor of Psychology
University of California at Berkeley

Dr. Zedeck has been at Berkeley since 1969 and served as Chair of the Department from 1993-98; and Director of the campus' Institute of Industrial Relations from 1988-92. He has co-authored four books on topics in behavioral science and research design, written numerous research articles and has served as editor to book series including Work, Family, and Organizations (1992), which is part of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Frontiers Series. Dr. Zedeck has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals including Human Performance, a journal that he and Frank Landy founded in 1988. As of January 1, 2002, Dr. Zedeck is the incoming editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology

Dr. Zedeck has been quite active in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American Psychological Association [APA]). He has been on the Society's Educational and Training Committee; its Workshop Committee; a Member-at-Large; editor of the Society's newsletter, TIP; served on two ad hoc committees concerned with revising the Society's "Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures;" represented the Society on the APA Council of Representatives; and in 1986-87 was the President of the Society. Dr. Zedeck has also served on the executive committees for the Academy of Management's Personnel/Human Resources Division and for the Society for Organizational Behavior. Finally, Dr. Zedeck has been quite active in consulting with private and public sector organizations and serving as an expert witness in discrimination cases.

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