<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Members of the <span style="font-size:14.6667px">Cognitive Science Society,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">I am the co-chair of the international committee of Society for Research on Adolescence, and I am writing with a request. </span>Our committee hopes <span style="color:black">to understand the challenges researchers might face in conducting and publishing research with international populations in the leading journals in our field. </span>If you are a scholar i<span style="color:black">n </span>psychology, education, human development and family studies and related fields, and <span style="color:black">work at an institution of higher education or research institute located in low- and middle-income countries in </span>Africa, Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America, or Oceania, we want to hear from you. Please complete this online <a href="https://miamioh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_248dbUp3LUSbLcq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,122,192)">survey of scholars</span></a> describing your current work distribution, resources available, experiences of conducting and publishing your research, and potential barriers you might face.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:11.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Completing this survey is voluntary. Please contact me (<a href="mailto:ravalvv@miamioh.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ravalvv@miamioh.edu</span></a>) with any questions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:11.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:11.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Vaishali</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Vaishali V. Raval, PhD <font size="1">(</font><span style="font-size:x-small">she/her)</span><br>Professor, <a href="http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/psychology/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Department of
Psychology</a></div><div>Miami University<br></div><div>90 N Patterson Ave.</div><div>Oxford, OH, USA</div><div dir="ltr"><div>Phone: (513) 529-6209<br></div><div>Fax: (513) 529-2420</div><div><font size="1" color="#0000ff"><a href="https://miamioh.edu/diversity-inclusion/land/" target="_blank">Read Miami University's l<span style="line-height:10.7px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">and acknowledgement</span></a></font><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/psychology/about/faculty-staff/raval-vaishali/care-lab/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1L5HpLEXd-rATuPhtqHmPOgk_4GhKCPfQ&export=download"></a><br></div><div><font size="1" color="#0000ff"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.85pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><img alt=""><font size="1" color="#0000ff"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.85pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt"></span></p></div><div><h2 style="font-family:"Proxima Bold",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.154em;color:rgb(195,20,45);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.6em;letter-spacing:0.01em"><img alt=""><br></h2></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>