Department chairs and program heads are invited to gather at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco (Friday, 4 January, 8:00 - 9:00 AM, Regency A) to discuss issues related to doing research using human subjects. Dr. Joan Sieber, acting director of the NSF program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology, will lead the discussion. Dr. Sieber is professor emerita of psychology at CSU-Hayward, the 1991 recipient of that institution's Outstanding Professor Award, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her research emphasis during the last 25 years has been the behavior of scientists in relation to value issues that arise in social and behavioral science, including data sharing, design of research to solve validity and ethical problems simultaneously, development of culturally sensitive research procedures, approaches to informed consent, and methods of assuring privacy and confidentiality. The premise of this work is that social science theory and methods can be used to study how ethical dilemmas arise in research and to devise methods for ameliorating or circumventing them. She frequently presents workshops on ethical problem solving in research at universities, agencies, and meetings of professional organizations. Her recent books include Research Ethics: A Psychological Approach (with B. Stanley and G. Melton), Planning Ethically Responsible Research, The Ethics of Social Research (Vol. 1 & 2), Social Research on Children & Adolescents (with B. Stanley), and Sharing Social Science Data: Advantages and Challenges. She is currently writing a book entitled Good Protocols, that will have an accompanying web site.