Stephenson Beck, assistant professor of communication, was selected as program chair for the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Researchers conference in 2013 in Chicago.

According to its website, scholars in the network study groups and teams across many social scientific disciplines such as communication, organizational behavior, psychology and sociology. It is the primary interdisciplinary association that advances theoretical and methodological understanding of group research group dynamics through interdisciplinary research.

As program chair, Beck will coordinate the solicitation, review and selection of research proposals for presentation at the conference.