FACULTY AWARD: Fiske recognized for lifetime achievement in psychological research

By the Office of Communications on March 1, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

Susan Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and professor of psychology and public affairs, has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, which is given annually by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) to honor members for their lifetime of outstanding contributions in applied psychological research. Fiske and two other Cattell honorees will be recognized at the APS annual convention May 25-28 in Boston.

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