Dr. Dan Putka was recently elected to fellowship status in APA's Division 19, Society for Military Psychology

Dr. Dan Putka was recently elected to fellowship status in APA's Division 19, Society for Military Psychology. Dan's research contributions to military psychology cover the range of issues for both enlistment personnel and officers including recruitment and entrance standards, personnel selection and job classification, promotion, performance evaluation, and attrition.

He also works extensively in building a variety of human capital systems within Federal civilian agencies. In addition to his work, Dan has published in numerous journals such as Military Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He co-authored several book chapters on reliability and validity in publications such as the Handbook of Employee Selection, the Encyclopedia of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and the Oxford Handbook of Assessment and Selection.

In recognition of his contributions to military personnel research, Dan received the 2008 Arthur W. Melton Early Career Achievement Award from Division 19.