The University of Rochester has named Sarah Mangelsdorf, PhD, as its incoming president. She currently serves as the provost and chief operating officer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to that, she was the dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University and of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has presented its Champion for Diversity Award to psychology professor Stephen Hupp, PhD, for his commitment to diversity and inclusion as the social-emotional consultant to St. Clair County’s Head Start/Early Head Start programs. Hupp and his graduate students implement social-emotional programming for Head Start that aims to increase opportunities for children in lower-income communities.
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has presented its Outstanding Mentor Award to Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD, a distinguished professor of clinical psychology at Palo Alto University in California, for his “exceptional dedication to providing direction to a diverse group of mentees, caring about both career success and overall well-being.” Muñoz is also recognized for including his mentees in his research on the prevention and treatment of depression, smoking cessation and Latino health.
APA has appointed Russell D. Shilling, PhD, as its first chief scientific officer, responsible for leading the association’s science agenda and advocating for the application of psychological science in government, industry and other settings. Shilling spent much of his career working as an aerospace experimental psychologist for the U.S. Navy until 2014, when he retired as a captain. Most recently he was a senior innovation fellow for education research and development with the nonprofit organization Digital Promise Global. Prior to that, he spent three years as executive director of the Office of STEM in the U.S. Department of Education and four years as a program manager at the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Shilling also spent six years as a program manager for the Sesame Street/Electric Company’s military child resilience programs.
University of California, Berkeley psychology professor Stephen Hinshaw, PhD, has won the 2018 American Book Fest “Best Book” Award for autobiography/memoir. His memoir, “Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness,” details the impact his father’s misdiagnosed bipolar disorder—and the enforced silence surrounding it—had on his family, and underscores the importance of destigmatizing mental illness.
Fourteen psychologists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by the association’s section on psychology. Fellows are recognized for their extraordinary achievements in advancing science. The new fellows are: Jennifer Crocker, PhD, The Ohio State University; Eric Eich, PhD, University of British Columbia; Russell H. Fazio, PhD, The Ohio State University; William E. Haley, PhD, University of South Florida; Steven C. Hayes, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno; Daphne McDonell Maurer, PhD, McMaster University; Brian A. Nosek, PhD, University of Virginia’s Center for Open Science; Robert M. Nosofsky, PhD, Indiana University; K. Daniel O’Leary, PhD, Stony Brook University; Ellen Peters, PhD, The Ohio State University; Toru Shimizu, PhD, University of South Florida; Peter M. Todd, PhD, Indiana University; Elaine F. Walker, PhD, Emory University; and Elke U. Weber, PhD, Princeton University.