Professor Trish Devine (Psychology) received the 2011 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
The Scientific Impact Award honors the author(s) of a specific article or chapter offering a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contribution that has proven highly influential over the last 25 years.
The award will be presented in October at the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
Devine is being honored for her article "Stereotypes and prejudice: Their automatic and controlled components. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 5-18."
Throughout her career, Devine has become widely known and highly regarded for her groundbreaking research and innovative theoretical analyses of the psychology of intergroup prejudice.
Her research reflects a rare confluence of classic questions about the nature of prejudice with imaginative applications of modern theories and methodologies. Her research has brought vitality to the study of stereotyping and prejudice.
In the decade preceding Devine’s initial publication in this area, there were very few articles published on stereotyping and prejudice.
In the decades following the initial publication of her article, the number of articles addressing these issues skyrocketed, and research activity on the nature of stereotypes, prejudice, and intergroup relations remains at forefront of agenda of social psychologists.
Much of this work directly addresses issues stemming from Devine’s specific research, but the effect has been much broader. Devine challenged the field to address these pressing issues of enduring social significance and her has work has been agenda setting for the field. Her impact has been truly extraordinary.