Call for Papers: 60th Annual MMPI/MPQ Symposium

SUBMISSION FORMS & ABSTRACTS ARE DUE MARCH 28, 2025

The University of Minnesota Press is partnering with the Society of Personality Assessment to host the MMPI/MPQ Workshops & 60th Research Symposium!

The MMPI/MPQ Workshops will be held Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025. For more information and to register, visit the SPA website here.

The 60th Annual MMPI/MPQ Symposium will be held Wednesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 5, 2025.

Both the Workshops and Symposium will be held in Minneapolis, MN at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

For the MMPI/MPQ Research Symposium, we encourage authors to consider submitting one (or more) of the following:

  1. Integrated Paper Session: Consisting of 3-4 papers with an identified chair and discussant (75-90 minutes).
  2. Comprehensive Paper Presentation: Comprehensive report and/or integration of research findings from multiple studies (30 minutes).
  3. Brief Report: Concise report of a single study (15 minutes).
  4. Poster: Poster-board based research report.

Owing to time constraints, it may not be possible to accommodate presenters’ preferred format. On the Proposal Submission Form, you will be asked whether you would be willing to present in an alternative format.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS:

Please email to Mainhia Moua at mouax388@umn.edu by Friday, March 28, 2025.

  1. A completed Proposal Submission Form (click here to download).
  2. Abstract. For an integrated paper session, a 150-word general abstract plus a 150-200-word abstract for each paper; a 200-400-word abstract for comprehensive presentations; and a 200-300-word abstract for brief reports and blitz talks with posters.

By submitting the form and abstract, you are committing to attend the meeting and present your paper or poster if your submission is accepted.

Authors will be notified of the status of their submission in April. A schedule of presentations and information about the meeting will be sent at a later date.

For an example of a past program, click here to review the 2024 MMPI Symposium schedule.

REGISTER ON THE SPA WEBSITE: Coming soon! More details here.

HOTEL RESERVATION: Visit the Graduate Minneapolis to book your room!

QUESTIONS: Please direct questions regarding submissions to one of the program co-chairs, Martin Sellbom (msellbom@psy.otago.ac.nz) or Dustin Wygant (Dustin.Wygant@eku.edu). Please contact Katie Nickerson, Test Division Manager (nickerso@umn.edu), with any general queries about the MMPI/MPQ Workshops & Research Symposium.

About the CE Sponsor:

The University of Minnesota Press Test Division is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Minnesota Press Test Division maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The University of Minnesota Press Test Division provides continuing education programs focused on the MMPI and MPQ for psychologists and other mental health professionals, including in-person and virtual training, a research symposium, and book-based exams for titles published by the University of Minnesota Press.