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 e d u c a t i o n
 

  • University of Colorado at Denver, B.A., Psychology, 1981
  • Princeton University, Ph.D., Social Psychology, 1985
 a c a d e m i c   h i s t o r y
 

  • Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1985 - 1990
  • Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1990 - 1995
  • Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1995 - 1996
  • Professor, Harvard University, 1996 - present
  • Ford Visiting Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago School of Business, 2003
  • Harvard College Professor, Harvard University, 2005 - 2010
h o n o r s
 

  • B.A. from University of Colorado at Denver, summa cum laude, 1981
  • Outstanding Graduate Award, University of Colorado at Denver, 1981
  • Nell G. Fahrion Award for Excellence in Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver, 1981
  • Princeton University Merit Prize, 1981, 1982, 1983
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
  • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 1981-84
  • Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University, 1984-85
  • Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1987-88
  • President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1990-91
  • National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award, 1991-96
  • American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, 1992
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1991-92
  • Elected Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1996
  • Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, 1997
  • Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1993
  • James McKeen Cattell Award, 1999
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1999
  • American Philosophical Society Fellowship, 1999
  • Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, Harvard University, 1999
  • 13th Most Frequently Mentioned Contributor to Social Psychology, 2002 (note 1)
  • Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2003
  • Author of 2 of the "Top 20 Most Cited Articles in JPSP from 1965-2000" (note 2)
  • "Miswanting" named by Macmillan Dictionary as the 8th most popular new word of 2004
  • Harvard University's "Favorite Professors" chosen by the Classes of 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
  • Harvard College Professorship, 2005-2010
  • The Royal Society General Book Prize for Stumbling on Happiness, 2007
  • Diener Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Psychology, Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, 2008
  • Elected Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2008
  • Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists, 2009
  • Massachusetts Psychological Association, Presidential Citation, 2010

(1) Tesser, A., & Bau, J. J. (2002). Social psychology: Who we are and what we do. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 6, 72-85.

(2) Quinones-Vidal, Lopez-Garcia, Peneranda-Ortega, & Tortosa-Gil (2004). The nature of social and personality psychology as reflected in JPSP, 1965-2000. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 435-452.

 
h o n o r a r y   l e c t u r e s
 

  • Donald O. Hebb Lecture, McGill University, 1999
  • Edward E. Jones Memorial Lectures, Princeton University, 2003
  • Forry and Micken Lecture, Amherst College 2005
  • Association for Psychological Science "Bring the Family" Address, 2007
  • Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture, Princeton University, 2007
  • Quinn Memorial Lecture, University of British Columbia, 2007
  • Fritz Heider Memorial Lecture, University of Kansas, 2007
  • Donald W. Fiske Distinguished Lecture, University of Chicago, 2008
  • Royal Society Public Lecture, 2008
  • Carl Hovland Lecture, Yale University, 2008
  • Santa Fe Institute Community Lecture, 2008
  • Science and Math Lecture, North Dakota State University, 2009
  • John T. Lanzetta Lecture, Dartmouth University, 2009
  • Opening Keynote Address, American Psychological Association, 2010
  • The Sally and Forrest Hoglund Lecture, Center for Brain Health, 2011
 d o c t o r a l   s t u d e n t s