[visionlist] VSS 2026 | Board Nominations Open February 3

Tue Feb 3 08:55:34 -05 2026

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Now Accepting Nominations for the VSS Board of Directors

Each year, the Vision Sciences Society's Board of Directors loses two members and nominations are solicited for their replacement.

Board Member Responsibilities

Terms last for 4-5 years. Typically, one of the two 4th-year members serves as President for one year, with the other 4th-year member serving as Vice President. The President also serves a 5th year on the Board for continuity and so that the Board always has 9 members.

Primary responsibilities for Board members include:

*     Serving on sub-committees that oversee various topics such as travel awards, satellite events, community outreach, workshops, graphic competitions, and awards

*     Attending roughly bi-monthly Board meetings via Zoom

*     Preparing for and attending the in-person Board meeting in January where the program is formed for the May conference

*     Attending the VSS conference, including a subset of designated talk sessions and events associated with sub-committee roles

*     Dealing with special unexpected issues, such as the potential need to work with Meeting Perfect to find and vet alternative meeting sites

Board members' travel costs and accommodations for the January Board meeting, and accommodations and registration for the annual meeting are covered by VSS. Board members may not give talks at the meeting, or participate in symposia during their service (although members of their lab may do so). In addition, Board members cannot submit nominations or letters of support for VSS Awards.

Any regular VSS member in good standing may be nominated, with the exception of individuals now on the board, or who have served on the board within the last 4 years.

Nomination Procedure

Each nomination must be endorsed by 3 regular or postdoc VSS members. One person should email the nomination to  <mailto:vss at visionsciences.org> VSS Staff with a cc: to the other two nominators. The other two nominators should then indicate their endorsement by forwarding the nominating email to  <mailto:vss at visionsciences.org> VSS Staff. Please include a recent CV and a short paragraph describing the qualifications of the nominee, as well as assurance that the nominee is willing to serve. With their consent, nominees may remain on the nominee list for three years.

Selection Slate of Candidates

The VSS bylaws provide for a  <https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vx9d7BgDKVa5a2oU9NWx8qUYIgeJOAxQQCQ9pTFerlhU9XHWPEnHNodXSBL-aNDL9Hgc2QLpokXNxP8tm6XIW5vB-E2DtNQOAuavJYvqv-4bLewZC40Z9G0b16jmhMySFhsm7UetjwcmqgOpj4Rc7TGINJvQ6gE4WHYPIEBA3vY7CzqwwBVKT-zWfWTmDS0d&c=yTff90yenYHyfu2N0AOzh1hX9pj0g_lX_xAhtC6JNHNnSczPXN7uvA==&ch=GBvewGvZ1lD-7lrUTGYg0Ho-m9sYLsgVAUh-6uFHtUmKP3s2hytN1Q==> Nominating Committee, composed of VSS members who are highly respected scientists chosen to represent the broad range of disciplines representative of VSS members (the VSS President chairs the Nominating Committee). The current members of the Nominating Committee are Michael Landy(Chair), Roland Fleming, Mary Hayhoe, Tatiana Pasternak, and Ruth Rosenholtz. For each open Board position, the Nominating Committee selects from the nominees a slate of candidates who are highly respected scientists and who, when added to the Board of Directors, would result in broad representation of the disciplines representative of VSS members.

Current Board of Directors 

The names, term start and end dates and areas of expertise of the  <https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vx9d7BgDKVa5a2oU9NWx8qUYIgeJOAxQQCQ9pTFerlhU9XHWPEnHNuaxuHPk8gUSDA7t4GEII28Ow_zrjwp_cz3RomOcK1JDTigrdwr7OtZD89F0GQgIcKgJKJ70QmfV4OauNMnpM9tNQE_xE4OjpmRbcBBjV9RnGByn6jjrGSk=&c=yTff90yenYHyfu2N0AOzh1hX9pj0g_lX_xAhtC6JNHNnSczPXN7uvA==&ch=GBvewGvZ1lD-7lrUTGYg0Ho-m9sYLsgVAUh-6uFHtUmKP3s2hytN1Q==> Board members are listed below. Board terms end immediately after the VSS meeting of the year listed.

Michael Landy (2023-2027), President 

3D Perception, Binocular Vision, Sensory Integration, Perception and Action, Texture and Spatial Vision, Material Perception, Psychophysics, Computational Models

Anya Hurlbert (2022-2026), Vice President

Color and Light, Object Recognition, Scene Perception

Krystel Huxlin (2023-2026), Past President

Motion, Perceptual Learning, Plasticity, Psychophysics, Vision Loss, Visual Rehabilitation, Visual Restoration, Anatomy, Neurochemistry

Martin Rolfs (2024-2027), Treasurer 

Saccadic Eye Movements, Motion, Attention, Awareness, Eye-tracking

Richard Krauzlis (2024-2028), President Elect 

Attention, Pursuit, Electrophysiology in Mice and Monkeys

Paola Binda (2025-2028 or 2029), Director

Eye Movements and Pupillometry, fMRI, Multisensory Processing, Visual Plasticity

MiYoung Kwon (2025-2028 or 2029), Director 

Spatial Vision, Eye Movements, Binocular Vision, Clinical Vision, Psychophysics, fMRI, Computational Modeling

Chris Baker (2026-2029 or 2030), Director 

High-level vision (objects, scenes, faces, bodies), learning, plasticity, neuroimaging

Julie Golomb (2026-2029 or 2030)

Attention, Perception, Working Memory, Object Recognition, Eye movements, Psychophysics, fMRI, EEG

Nominations Accepted: February 3, 2026

Nominations Close: March 2, 2026

Election Opens: April 1, 2026

Election Closes: April 24, 2026

Important Dates

February 10 - Call for VSS SPC Applications

February 11 - Caregiver Grant Applications Open

February 12 - Demo Night Proposals Open

May 15-19, 2026 - VSS 2026 

May 20, 2026 - Applied Vision Science meeting

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