Shelley E. Taylor
Professor of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles

The Tending Instinct: Women, Men and the Biology of Relationships
Times Books/Henry Holt, 2002

Positive Illusions: Creative Self-deception and the Healthy Mind
Basic Books, 1989

Health Psychology, Random House, 1986

Social Cognition, Random House, 1984

Employment

• 1981-present Professor
• 1979-1981 Associate Professor
  Department of Psychology
  University of California, Los Angeles
• 1977-1979 Associate Professor
  Department of Psychology and Social Relations
  Harvard University
• 1972-1977 Assistant Professor
  Department of Psychology and Social Relations
  Harvard University
• 1971-1972 Visiting Faculty
  Department of Administrative Sciences
  Yale University
• 1968-1972 NIMH Predoctoral Fellow
  Department of Psychology
  Yale University

Awards and Honors

• Phi Beta Kappa, 1967
• Winthrop Scholar, 1967
• Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1968
• N.I.M.H. Predoctoral Fellow, 1968-1972
• Visiting Sloane Fellow, Yale University, 1978
• Basic Sociocultural Research Review Committee, NIMH, 1979-1983
• Co-Chair, Health Psychology Program, UCLA, 1979-present
• Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1980
• Research Scientist Development Award, NIMH, 1981-1986; 1986-1991
• Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Invitee, 1981-present
• Katz-Newcomb Lecturer, University of Michigan, 1982
• Fellow of the American Psychological Association, 1982 (Divisions 8, 9, and 38)
• "Flying Fellow", British Psychological Society, 1986
• Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1986
• MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time), NIMH, 1987-1995
• Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 1987
• Science Weekend Lecturer, American Psychological Association, 1988
• Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Univ. of Iowa, 1988
• Master Lecturer, American Psychological Association, 1989
• American Psychological Society, Charter Fellow, 1989
• Chair, Social Psychology Program, UCLA, 1990-1994
• Prokasy Lecturer, University of Utah, 1990
• Regents Lecturer, Arizona State University, 1990
• Distinguished Visiting Speaker, University of California at Davis, 1991
• President, Western Psychological Association, 1993-1994
• American Psychological Association Board of Scientific Advisors, 1992-1997
• Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences Advisory Board, 1992-1996
• Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award, Division 38 (Senior Level), Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1994
• Donald Campbell Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution to the Field of Social Psychology, 1995
• Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. American Psychological
  Association, 1996
• Science Leadership Council, American Psychological Association, 1997-2000.
• SES and Health Network, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1997-2001
• Harkness Lecturer, Yale University, 1998
• Ferne Forman Fisher Lecturer, 1998, University of Kansas
• Board of Governance, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1997-2000.
• Election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998
• Psychological Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, UCLA, 1998
• Member, International Advisory Board, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1998-2000
• President, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1999
• Member, Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Science Research at the National Institutes of Health, National Academy of Sciences, 1999-2000
• Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal of the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association, 2000
• Phi Beta Kappa Lectureship, 2000
• Tercentennial Medal of Yale University, 2001
• William James Fellow Award, American Psychological Society, 2001
• Committee on Scientific Awards, American Psychological Association, 2002-2005
• American Psychological Association Board of Governance (1997-2000; 2002-2005)
• College Medal, Connecticut College, 2003
• Hilgard Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 2003
• Thomas M. Ostrom Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Theory and Research in Social Cognition, 2003
• Distinguished Scientist Award, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2003
• Distinguished Scientist Award, Positive Psychology Initiative, 2003
• Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
• Election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2003

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association
• Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPISSI)
• Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP)
• Western Psychological Association (WPA)
• Jonsson Cancer Center, UCLA, Associate Member
• Society of Behavioral Medicine, Fellow

Education

• A.B., Psychology Connecticut College, 1968
  (Magna cum Laude)
• Ph.D., Social Psychology Yale University, 1972