Curriculum Vita

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Education

B. A.   University of Michigan, l959 (Magna cum Laude and with honors in English and Psychology.)
 Ph. D.  Stanford University, l963.

Academic Appointments 

l963-66   Assistant and Associate Professor, University of   Minnesota

l966-67   Associate Professor, University of Rochester

l967-8l    Associate Professor and Professor, University of Wisconsin

l972        Guest Research Professor, Sonderforschungsbereich 24 Mannheim, West Germany

l98l-83    Chair and Professor, University of Hawai'i

l98l-        Professor,  University of Hawai'i

 

President

 

1998-1999  Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS)

 

Member

   

American Psychological Association (APA) (Fellow, Divisions 8 and 46)

               Member, Council of Representatives (1969-1974)

               Member, Publication Board (1969-1974)

               Member, Board of Scientific Affairs (1977-1981)

               Member, Distinguished Scientific Awards Committee (1977-1978)

Western Psychological Association (WPA) (Fellow, Divisions 8 and 46)

American Psychological Society (APS), Charter Fellow

Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP)

               Member, Executive Committee (1970-1973)

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE)

International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)

International Academy of Sex Research (IASR)

            Membership Committee (2004-   )

Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS)

            Fellow

            President (1997-1998)

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR)

International Academy of Forensic Sciences (IAFS)

National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Aging (1978-l981)

National Science Foundation, Social Sciences Review Committee (1971-1974)

National Institute of Mental Health, Small Grants Committee (1977-1980)

Advisory Board Sexual Health (1997-2001)

The Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (2000-   )

Society for Hawaiian Archeology (2000-     )

 

Honors

  

Winner:  American-Psychological Foundation's National Media Award for the best book in psychology:

            l979:  A New Look at Love

            l986:  Mirror, Mirror:  The Importance of Looks in Everyday Life.

Most cited social psychologist, l984-l988. [Kasmer, J. A., Haugtvedt, C. P., & Steidley, T. V. (l988).  The top 200 social psychologists mentioned in recent social psychology textbooks.  Contemporary Social Psychology, 13, 9-l6].

l989:  University of Hawaii.  Regents' Senior Scientist Excellence in Research Award. 

 

The Iowa International Network on Personal Relationships named their most important prize--"The Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Hatfield Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Close Personal Relationships"--after me and my co-worker Ellen Berscheid.  It is awarded every two years to the senior scientist who has contributed the most during his or her lifetime to the study of close relationships.

l993.  Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) -  Distinguished Scientist Award

1994.  Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS) - Award for Distinguished Scientific Achievement

1998-1999.  President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS). 

1998.  The Alfred C. Kinsey Award.  Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS).  Midcontinent Region.

Research Grants Administered

l965-l968.  NIMH Grant MH l0l92.  $2l,474.
Assignment of responsibility for an accident.

l966-l968.  NSF Grant GS l056.  $52,000.
Compensatory responses in interaction.

l967-l969.  NSF Grant GS l588 and l897.   $68,000.
Collaborative research on compensatory responses in interaction.

l969-l972.  NIMH Grant l666l.  $lll,000.
Cooperative project on interpersonal equity.

l970-l972.  NSF Grant 2932.  $83,000.
Interpersonal relations.

l97l-l975.  NSF Grant GS 30822X.  $260,800.
Studies testing a theory of positive affect.

l976-l978.  NIMH Grant MH 26680l.  $l00,000.
Equity theory and interpersonal relations.

l979-l980.  NIH Biomedical Grant l44-M-956.  $3,925.
Biomedical Research Support.

l980-l98l.  The University of Wisconsin Research Committee.  $l2,000.
Older Americans mental and physical health.

l982-l983.  NIMH Grant MH/HD 36864-0l  BR-S.  $29,000.
Self-esteem and personal relationships.
Official P. I.:  Dr. Gerald Marwell, University of Wisconsin.

1989.  U.H. Educational Improvement Fund $5,000.

Publications

Books & book chapters

Research articles