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Sidanius Wins The Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Scientific Impact Award

June 13, 2019

Professor James Sidanius and colleagues have won The Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Scientific Impact Award for their 1994 paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology paper titled Social dominance orientation: A personality variable predicting social and political attitudes.

Matthew Nock Named Harvard College Professor

May 8, 2019

Matthew K. Nock, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, was recently named a Harvard College Professor. The Harvard College Professorships were...

Jesse Snedeker Selected for Mendelsohn Award

April 3, 2019

Professor Jesse Snedeker been selected for a 2019 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award. This award, sponsored by the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Student Council, recognizes faculty members who truly go out of of their way to mentor graduate students.

Talia Konkle Wins VSS Young Investigator Award

March 27, 2019

Assistant Professor Talia Konkle is the winner of the Vision Sciences Society's 2019 Young Investigator Award. The Young Investigator Award is an award given to an early stage researcher who has already made a significant contribution to their field. The award is sponsored by Elsevier, and the awardee is invited to submit a review paper to Vision Research highlighting this contribution.

Mina Cikara Selected for APS Spence Award

February 1, 2019

Assistant Professor of Psychology Mina Cikara has been selected to receive the 2019 Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The Spence award recognizes young researchers who cross traditional sub-disciplinary lines in psychological science and honors contributions that reveal the organization underlying complex behavior by... Read more about Mina Cikara Selected for APS Spence Award

Steven Pinker Wins the 2018 Carl Sagan Award

December 2, 2018

Steven Pinker wins the 2018 Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science from the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. The award is given annually by the society to recognize an individual for outstanding achievement in improving the public understanding and appreciation of science.

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Schacter Wins 2019 CNS Distinguished Career Contribution Award

October 15, 2018

The Cognitive Neuroscience Society's Distinguished Career Contributions Award...

Banaji Wins APS Golden Goose Award

September 17, 2018

Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics and Harvard College Professor, was presented with the rare and prestigious APS Golden Goose Award by the United States Congress....

Phelps Wins 2019 APS William James Fellow Award

September 12, 2018

Professor Elizabeth A. Phelps has been awarded the 2019 Association of Psychological Science William James Fellow Award. This award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Recipients must be APS members recognized internationally for their outstanding contributions to scientific psychology.

Weisz Wins Gund Prize

August 22, 2018

Professor John Weisz was selected by Scientific Research Council to receive the 2019 Sarah Gund Prize for Research and Mentorship in Child Mental Health. The award is given to an individual who has made a seminal contribution to the field of child mental health and has mentored others who have continued to advance the research of the field. Read more about Weisz Wins Gund Prize

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