Faculty Awards & Honors
American Psychological Association
Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Social Psychology (1998/1999): Monica Biernat, [Citation appears in American Psychologist (1999), Vol. 54, pp. 897-899.]
Association for Women in Psychology
Distinguished Publication Award (2005): Monica Biernat
Byron A. Alexander Graduate Mentor Award
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas (2015): Nyla Branscombe
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being Program) Fellowship:
Docking Faculty Scholar
University of Kansas (1999 – 2003): Monica Biernat
Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology
SAGE Young Scholars Award (2010): Omri Gillath
Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology
SAGE Young Scholars Award (2011): Mark Landau
International Association for Relationship Research
Gerald R. Miller Award for Early Career Achievement (2012) Omri Gillath
International Society for Justice Research
Morton Deutsch Publication Award (2005): Chris Crandall
Kansas Women's Hall of Fame Teaching Award Recipient
(2004): Nyla Branscombe
Latin American Studies Research Cluster Award
(2010-2011): Ludwin Molina
The Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) within the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Caryl Rusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award (2011): Omri Gillath
Society for Experimental Social Psychology
Incoming Executive Officer: Monica Biernat
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Secretary Treasurer: Monica Biernat
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, Honorable Mention (2007): Chris Crandall
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award (1999) Nyla Branscombe
The J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award for 2009-2010 in the Social and Behavioral Division, University of Kansas
W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas
(2004): Monica Biernat
The 2011 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical
This prize recognizes “the most theoretically innovative article, book chapter, or unpublished manuscript of the year.” It honors theoretical articles that are especially likely to generate the discovery of new hypotheses, new phenomena, or new ways of thinking about the discipline of social/personality psychology. Sponsored by SPSP Mark Landau, Brian Meier and Lucas Keefer "A metaphor-enriched social cognition." Published in Psychological Bulletin in 2010.