John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences Department of Psychology Harvard University 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: (617) 495-3898 email: na@wjh.harvard.edu

NALINI AMBADY received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University in 1991. After teaching at Holy Cross College, she joined the faculty at Harvard in 1994. Her research interests include examining the accuracy of social, emotional, and perceptual judgments, how personal and social identities affect cognition and performance, dyadic interactions especially those involving status differentiated dyads, and nonverbal communication. She is particularly interested in applying innovative and integrative methods to examine these phenomena from multiple perspectives ranging from the biological to the sociocultural.

Honors and Awards

Excellence in Mentoring Award, Graduate Student Council, Harvard University, 2000

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 1998

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 1998

American Association for the Advancement of Science Behavioral Science Research Prize, 1993 (with Robert Rosenthal)

American Psychological Association Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics) Dissertation Award, 1994