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Anna Gellert, Chiara Banfi, Danielle Colenbrander, Deborah Reed, Gina Harrison, Jessica Toste, John Strong, Laura Tortorelli, Marco van de ven, Michael Hebert, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, Rebecca Marks, Sara Esmaeeli, Signy Wegener, Valeria Rigobon, Ying Guo

The next annual meeting of SSSR will be held in Calgary, Canada, from Wednesday 16th July to Saturday 19th July 2025! The First Call for Papers will be released on 3rd September 2024.

Steve Graham, Gustaf B. Skar, and Deborah Myhill are seeking papers for a special issue on writing for the journal Scientific Studies of Reading. The special issue will publish research focused on writing development, instruction, or both. Examples of appropriate studies include investigations examining how writing is taught, how to teach writing effectively, reading and writing connections, motivational beliefs and writing, writing development, cognitive and social mechanisms underlying how writing develops, testing models of writing development, and the effects of writing on learning and comprehension. We welcome high-quality investigations that apply either quantitative, qualitative, and/or other research methodologies. We are seeking abstracts for the special issue no later than November 1, 2024. Of course, they would be welcomed earlier. Abstracts should be sent to steve.graham@asu.edu. If you would like to speak directly to Steve Graham about a possible paper please contact him at his email.

FABBS invites you to nominate scholars for their Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Awards. The FABBS IDEA Awards honour distinguished research, professional practice, and activities like mentorship, which advances these principles in the behavioural and brain sciences. Nominations are open for the Lifetime Achievement IDEA Award for senior scholars and the Kellina Craig-Henderson IDEA Award for early to mid-career scholars (within 15 years post-PhD). See the call for nominations and submit a nomination form by September 15, 2024. FABBS membership is not required to nominate or be nominated (they also welcome self-nominations).

The journal Scientific Studies of Reading is seeking candidates for a new Associate Editor. Click here for the application process and further details.

The journal Scientific Studies of Reading is soliciting proposals for a Special Issue to be published in January 2027. More details can be found here.