William Roger Revelle (born c. 1944) is a

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

professor at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

working in

personality psychology Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include: * construction of a c ...

. Revelle studies the biological basis of personality and motivation,

psychometric Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

theory, the structure of daily mood, and models of attention and

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Early life and education

Revelle was raised in La Jolla, California. His father,

Roger Revelle Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (March 7, 1909 – July 15, 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global ...

, was an early theorist in

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. Revelle graduated from Pomona College in 1965, abandoning a mathematics major in favor of psychology. He spent two years in

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, Malaysia, as a volunteer in the

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before earning his PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1973. He became a member of the Northwestern Faculty in 1973.

Career

Revelle has previously served as the President (2005-2009) of the

International Society for the Study of Individual Differences The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) is a scientific society founded in 1983. According to its by-laws, the Society exists to "foster research on Individual Differences, individual differences in temperament, in ...

(ISSID), the President (2008-2009) of the

Association for Research in Personality The Association for Research in Personality (abbreviated ARP) is an American learned society dedicated to advancing research into personality. Its mission statement does not mention specific disciplines such as social psychology or policy research, ...

(ARP), and the President (1984) of the

Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is a small academic organization of research psychologists who have interests in multivariate statistical models for advancing psychological knowledge. It publishes a journal, '' Multivari ...

(SMEP). Currently, he is vice-chair of the Governing Board of the ''

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'', having previously served as Chair (2009-2012). He also serves as the President (2018–present) of the

International Society for Intelligence Research The International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) is a scientific society for researchers in human intelligence. It was founded by Douglas K. Detterman of Case Western Reserve University in 2000. The society advocates for ongoing suppo ...

(ISIR). Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; 1996–present), the Association for Psychological Science (APS; 1994–present), the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

(APA Division 5; 2011–present), and the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) is an academic society for personality and social psychologists focused on promoting scientific research that explores how people think, behave and interact. It is the largest organization o ...

(SPSP; 2015–present). He resides in Evanston, Illinois.

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