Distinguished Scientist Lecturer Program
The Distinguished Scientist Lecturer Program, an annual Science Directorate program developed in 1990 by the Board of Scientific Affairs, supports up to three psychological scientists to speak at Regional Psychological Association meetings. Nominations are solicited in the fall of each year.
Distinguished Scientist Lecturers 1990-2008
2008
- Henry Roediger, The Critical Role of Learning in Retrieval: From the Lab to the Classroom - Midwestern Psychological Association
- Renee Baillargeon, New England Psychological Association
- James H. Woods, Cocaine esterase: A start toward pharmacological therapy of cocaine abuse - Southwestern Psychological Association
2007
- Gordon Burghardt, Toward a Deep Evolutionary Psychology: The Challenge of Animal Play - Western Psychological Association
- Steve Lopez, Conceptions of Culture: Implications for Clinical Research and Practice - Southeastern Psychological Association
2006
- Alan Kazdin, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Needed Changes in Clinical Research and Practice - Eastern Psychological Association
- Shigehiro Oishi, Cultural Differences in the Self-concept and Subjective Well-being - Midwestern Psychological Association
- Jeffrey Alberts, Anatomy of a Super-Organism - Southwestern Psychological Association
2005
- J. Richard Hackman, What Makes for a Great Ensemble? - New England Psychological Association
- Bartley Hoebel, Sugar Addiction: Behavior and Neuroscience - Western Psychological Association
- Laurence Steinberg, Not Guilty by Reason of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective on Youth and the Law - Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
2004
- Mahzarin Banaji, Mind Bugs: The Psychology of Ordinary Prejudice - New England Psychological Association
- John Gabrieli, How the Human Brain Regulates Thoughts, Feelings, and Memories: Evidence from Functional Neuroimaging - Southwestern Psychological Association
- Randy Gallistel, An Information Processing Perspective on Conditioning - Midwestern Psychological Association
2003
- Carol Anne Dwyer, Construct Validity: Theory into Practice - Southeastern Psychological Association
- Bruce McEwen, The End of Stress as We Know It - Southwestern Psychological Association
- David E. Meyer, New Prospects for Computational United Theories of Cognition and Action - Midwestern Psychological Association
2002
- John Cacioppo, Social Isolation and Health: The Subtle Differences Between Social Isolates and Health, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Megan Gunnar, Stress and Early Development, New England Psychological Association
- Joseph LeDoux, Synaptic Self, Southwestern Psychological Association
2001
- David Buss, Jealousy, Infidelity, and Why Men and Women Torture Each Other, Midwestern Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
- Ed Diener, Are Some Societies Happier Than Others? An Examination of Subjective Well-Being Across Cultures, New England Psychological Association
- Peter Salovey, Preventing Cancer and HIV with Appropriately Framed Messages, Southwestern Psychological Association
2000
- Sarah T. Boysen, Chimpanzee Cognition and Communication, New England Psychological Association
- Morton Ann Gernsbacher, The Role of Suppression in Language Comprehension, Eastern Psychological Association
- Lewis P. Lipsitt, Pleasure, Attachment, and Annoyance in Humans: Lessons in Reciprocity From Infants, Southwestern Psychological Association
1999
- Phoebe Ellsworth, Juries: Truths, Lies, and New Developments, WPA; Where You Are and What You Feel: Culture, Status & Emotion, New England Psychological Association
- George R. Mangun, Probing Attention and Awareness: From Cognitive Theory to Brain Function, Eastern Psychological Association
- Bruce McEwen, Long-Term Effects of Sex and Stress Hormones on the Brain, Southwestern Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
- Richard Petty, Are Thinkers More or Less Susceptible to the Contaminating Effects of Mood, Prejudice, and Priming of Social Judgments and Behavior?, Midwestern Psychological Association, Southeastern Psychological Association
1998
- Robert Bjork, When Forgetting Enables Learning: Implications for Theory and Practice, Western Psychological Association
- Thomas Carew, Mechanistic Relationships Between Development and Learning in Aplysia, Eastern Psychological Association
- Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Poor Families, Poor Outcomes: Income, Education, and Parenting Practices, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Michael Turvey, Dynamical Themes in Perception and Action, Southeastern Psychological Association
1997
- Richard Davidson, Affective Style and Affective Disorders: Perspectives From Affective Neuroscience, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Adele Diamond, Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive Development, Eastern Psychological Association
- Sheldon Cohen, Stress, Social Support, and Immunity: The Case of the Common Cold, Southeastern Psychological Association, New England Psychological Association
1996
- Peter Lang, Emotion and Attention, Southwestern Psychological Association, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Sara Shettleworth, The Ecology of Spatial Memory: The Case Study in Evolutionary Psychology, Eastern Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
- Larry Squire, Memory Systems of the Brain, Southeastern Psychological Association
1995
- Thomas Bouchard, Nature's Twice-Told Tale: Identical Twins Reared Apart--What They Tell Us About Humans' Individuality, Western Psychological Association
- Mavis Hetherington, Families in Transition: Divorce and Remarriage, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Robert Kaplan, Opportunity Costs in Health Care Reform, Eastern Psychological Association
1994
- Elliot Aronson, A Talk to Teachers: Bending Twigs and Affecting Eternity, Eastern Psychological Association
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Janet Spence, AIDS/HIV Prevention: Contributions Psychology Can Make to Disenfranchised Communities, Southeastern Psychological Association
- Harry Triandis, Mindful Decision Making, Midwestern Psychological Association, Southwestern Psychological Association
1993
- Norman Anderson, Why Do African Americans Suffer Illness and Die at a Higher Rate than other Americans? Eastern Psychological Association
- Robert Plomin, Genetics and Experience, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Michael Posner, The Functional Anatomy and Circuitry of Visual Word Reading, Southeastern Psychological Association
1992
- Linda Bartoshuk Why Do We Live in Different Taste Worlds? Southeastern Psychological Association
- Martin Seligman Learned Optimism: Depression, Achievement and Health, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Richard Thompson In Search of Memory Traces, Southwestern Psychological Association
1991
- Gordon Bower Emotion and Social Perception, Western Psychological Association,
- Stephen Suomi Up-tight and Laid-Back Monkeys: Individual Differences in Biobehavioral Development, Southeastern Psychological Association, Eastern Psychological Association
- Robert Zajonc Emotions and Brain Temperature, Western Psychological Association
1990
- Jerome Kagan Childhood Fears, Midwestern Psychological Association
- Eleanor Maccoby Gender Differences in Children, Southwestern Psychological Association
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