FORT BELVOIR, Va. – The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) hosted an In-House Research Colloquium on September 11th, 2024, at Fort Belvoir, VA. ARI conducts research to drive scientific innovation to enable the Army to acquire, develop, employ and retain professional Soldiers and enhance personnel readiness.
The In-House Research Colloquium provided an opportunity to highlight and recognize outstanding in-house research conducted by ARI researchers. Eleven papers were presented at the colloquium.
Dr. Rachel Amey received the award for ‘Best Paper – Senior Researcher’ for her paper titled “Memory Processes Behind Leader Identify Formation and its Effects on Soldier Development – A Machine Learning Approach.”
Two awards were presented for ‘Best Paper – Junior Researcher’, one to Dr. Mary-Louise Hotze for her paper titled “Servant Leadership for Noncommissioned Officers: Why it Matters and How to Measure It” and one to Dr. Elyssa Johnson for her paper titled “Improving Selection Processes for Special Operations via the NCO Special Assignment Battery (NSAB),” co-authored by Sarah Salvi and Chelsea Riccardi.
“Our in-house research colloquium was a resounding success, providing an excellent opportunity for our researchers to showcase their work and connect with colleagues from across ARI,” said Dr. Scott Shadrick, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, ARI. “It was an outstanding display of the talent and expertise of our researchers. We're incredibly proud of their achievements and grateful for their dedication to ARI and the Army,”
The colloquium covered a variety of research topics including training and education, leader competencies and development, and talent management and assessments. The day’s first session on training and education included talks on an assessment of distributed learning, a meta-analysis of team training, and indicators of success at Master Gunner training. The leader competencies and development session included talks on decision-making in uncertain situations, using machine learning to examine memory processes in interview data, measuring servant leadership, and understanding Army Leaders’ central tasks and developmental goals. The final session of the day, on talent management and assessments, including talks on understanding technical fluency in NCOs, refining the Army Talent Attribute Framework, improving NCO selection for special operations, and the development of a military assessment of strategic thinking. A technical report with the papers presented at the colloquium will be available in the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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