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BGSU psychologist named AAAS Fellow BOWLING GREEN, O. — Dr. Milt Hakel, a professor of psychology and an Ohio Eminent Scholar at Bowling Green State University,
has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his efforts to encourage investment
in research to address international concerns.
Hakel is being recognized for “distinguished scholarly and organizational contributions to the field of psychological science
and for innovative leadership in advancing the field’s reach and impact on society.” He will receive his honor in February
at the association’s annual meeting in Seattle.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1848 to represent all disciplines of science to support
scientific exchange and discussion of scientific and societal issues. It publishes one of the world’s most prestigious scientific
journals, Science.
Hakel, who joined the University in 1991, is a specialist in industrial/organizational psychology. A creator of the Human
Capital Initiative, he headed an international committee of psychologists committed to working together to answer pressing
questions involving health care, education, drug addiction, crime, the elderly, and other seemingly intractable issues.
As one of the founders of the American Psychological Society, which is concerned with the application of basic scientific
research in psychology, Hakel has participated in “summit” meetings to set agendas for what researchers should be working
on for the greatest good.
Like all other research, psychological research must produce results that are replicable and withstand public scrutiny, he
said. “I think sometimes ours is the ‘hardest’ science,” Hakel said, “because our subjects are so problematic so much of the
time.”
In 2001 he chaired the U.S. National Committee for the International Union for Psychological Science, whose aim was to promote
and coordinate relationships between U.S. psychologists and those in other countries for mutual benefit.
At Bowling Green, he has served as interim head of the Institute for Psychological Research and Application (in 1997-98),
worked with student assessment, and he chaired the committee that developed the Academic Plan.
Hakel is highly interested in investigating how people learn and helping them enhance their learning skills. His current project
at BGSU is the development of electronic portfolios for students, which can be used to store examples of their work over all
their years in college. “This would provide a very useful tool to enhance the learning experience on our campus,” he said.
(Posted November 03, 2003 )
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