The Society for Consumer Psychology is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for SCP Fellow status. Please consult the announcement document for the nomination procedure, criteria, and further information.

SCP announces its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. The winner will receive $1,000, and two runners-up will receive $500. In addition to the monetary award, the three recipients will present their research at the 2013 Society for Consumer Psychology Conference in San Antonio, TX, and will be recognized at the conference. The deadline for submission is May 21, 2012. Please consult the contest page for further information.

The Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce the election of Professor Darren Dahl of the University of British Columbia as President-Elect of the Society as of February 17, 2012. In this capacity, he will serve a three-year term in the executive leadership of the Society: one year as President-Elect, one year as standing President, and one year as Immediate Past President. Darren Dahl is the Fred H. Siller Professor in Applied Marketing Research, and Professor and Chair, Marketing Division at the Saunder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, where he also received his Ph.D.

The publications committee of the Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce that Cornelia (Connie) Pechmann will be the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. Connie will start processing new manuscripts on January 1, 2012. C.W. Park, who has served as editor since 2008, will continue processing revisions through June 30, 2012. After that date Connie will process all manuscripts. SCP wants to thank C.W. for his dedication and excellent service to JCP.

The Society of Consumer Psychology (SCP) is thrilled to announce that C. W. Park has been named an SCP Fellow, which is SCP's highest honor. The SCP Fellowship is awarded to recognize an SCP member's unusual and outstanding contribution to or performance in the field of consumer psychology. We will make a public announcement of this award at the upcoming SCP conference in Las Vegas, February 16-18, 2012, where C.W. will make a Fellow's address.

C.W. Park is the Joseph A. DeBell Professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining USC, Professor Park was the Albert Wesley Frey Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh (1979-1997). He holds a B.A. degree in German language and literature from Seoul National University in Korea, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois.

C.W. has been awarded this honor both for his active service to SCP and for his contributions as a scholar to the field of consumer psychology. C.W. Park has been an active member of SCP for many years, and has served as the Editor of our leading journal, the Journal of Consumer Psychology since 2008. He has published numerous articles in our field's leading journals and has made important contributions to our understanding of individual and dyadic decision-making and choice, information processing, marketing communications, social influence, branding, and attachment.

Please join me in congratulating C.W. for this well-deserved honor. Please also join me in thanking SCP's fellow committee; Richard Lutz (chair), Joe Alba, and Frank Kardes.

Vicki Morwitz
President, SCP