The International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) is a scientific society for researchers in human intelligence. It was founded by

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in 2000. The society advocates for ongoing support for scientific research on cognitive ability. A 2018 ''

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'' article called two editors of ''Intelligence'' "eugenicists" and that ISIR conferences have included speakers who are part of "the infiltration of mainstream academia by eugenicists". The society runs the journal ''

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''.

Presidents

The following persons are or have been president of the society: *2010

*2011

Earl B. Hunt Earl B. Hunt (January 8, 1933 – April 12 or 13, 2016) was an American psychologist specializing in the study of human and artificial intelligence. Within these fields he focused on individual differences in intelligence and the implications ...

*2012

Linda Gottfredson Linda Susanne Gottfredson (née Howarth; born 1947) is an American psychologist and writer. She is professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Delaware and co-director of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of I ...

*2013

David Lubinski David J. Lubinski is an American psychology professor known for his work in applied research, psychometrics, and individual differences. His work (with Camilla Benbow) has focussed on exceptionally able children: the nature of exceptional abi ...

*2014 Aljoscha C. Neubauer *2015

Michael McDaniel Michael A. McDaniel is an American industrial and organizational psychologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Management at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was concurrently a research professor in the Department of Psycholog ...

*2016

Richard J. Haier Richard J. Haier is an American psychologist who has researched a neural basis for human intelligence, psychometrics, general intelligence, and sex and intelligence. Haier is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Pediatric Neurology Division of ...

*2017

Timothy Bates Timothy C. Bates (born 1963) is a professor of differential psychology at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include the genetics of reading and spelling, intelligence, and personality. Biography He is a member of the e ...

*2018

William Revelle William Roger Revelle (born c. 1944) is a psychology professor at Northwestern University working in personality psychology. Revelle studies the biological basis of personality and motivation, psychometric theory, the structure of daily m ...

*2019

Rex Jung Rex Eugene Jung is an American psychologist who has researched on the neural basis of human intelligence and creativity. He is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, where he is the director of neuropsychological services. Jung is ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.isironline.org/ International scientific organizations Intelligence Psychology organizations Organizations established in 2000