ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1963-1966.  Assistant and Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota

1966-1967.  Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Rochester

1967-1981.  Associate Professor and Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin

1972.  Guest Research Professor, Sonderforschungsbereich 24, Mannheim, Germany

1981- Present.  Chair and then Professor of Psychology, University of Hawai‘i

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Psychological Association (APA) (Fellow, Divisions 8 and 46)

               Member, Council of Representatives (1969-1974)

               Member, Publication Board (1969-1974)

               Member, Board of Scientific Affairs (1977-1981)

               Member, Distinguished Scientific Awards Committee (1977-1978)

Western Psychological Association (WPA) (Fellow, Divisions 8 and 46)

American Psychological Society (APS), Charter Fellow

Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), Fellow

               Member, Executive Committee (1970-1973)

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE)

International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)

International Academy of Sex Research (IASR)

            Membership Committee (2004-2006)

Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS), President and Fellow (1997-1998)

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

            Member: Congress International Scientific Committee (2005-2006)

Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR)

International Academy for Intercultural Research: Fellow (IAIR)

International Academy of Forensic Sciences (IAFS)

National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Aging (1978-l981)

National Science Foundation, Social Sciences Review Committee (1971-1974)

National Institute of Mental Health, Small Grants Committee (1977-1980)

Psychologists for Social Responsibility

The Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (2000-2010)

Society for Hawaiian Archeology (2000-2005)

RESEARCH GRANTS:

1965-1968. NIMH Grant MH 10192.  $21,474.
                 Assignment of responsibility for an accident.

1966-1968. NSF Grant GS 1056.  $52,000.
                 Compensatory responses in interaction.

1967-1969. NSF Grant GS l588 and l897.  $68,000. 
                 Collaborative research on compensatory responses in interaction.

1969-1972. NIMH Grant l666l.  $111,000. 
                 Cooperative project on interpersonal equity.

1970-1972. NSF Grant 2932.  $83,000. 
                 Interpersonal relations.

1971-1975. NSF Grant GS 30822X.  $260,800. 
                 Studies testing a theory of positive affect.

1976-1978. NIMH Grant MH 266801.  $100,000. 
                 Equity theory and interpersonal relations.

1979-1980. NIH Biomedical Grant 144-M-956.  $3,925. 
                 Biomedical Research Support.

1980-1981. The University of Wisconsin Research Committee.  $12,000. 
                 Older Americans’ mental and physical health.

1982-1983. NIMH Grant MH/HD 36864-01 BR-S.  $29,000. 
                  Self-esteem and personal relationships.  Official P. I.:  Dr. Gerald Marwell,  University of                     Wisconsin.  (UH was unable to process this grant in time to be awarded.)

1989. U. H. Educational Improvement Fund.  $5,000.

HONORS:

Winner:  American Psychological Foundation's National Media Award for the best book in psychology:

            1979:  A New Look at Love

            1986:  Mirror, Mirror: The Importance of Looks in Everyday Life.

1989:  University of Hawai‘i.  Regents’ Senior Scientist “Excellence in Research Award.” 

The Iowa International Network on Personal Relationships (INPR) named their most important prize—“The Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Hatfield Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Close Personal Relationships”—for us.  It was awarded every two years to the senior scientist who had contributed the most during his or her lifetime to the study of close relationships.

The International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) named one of their prizes—“The Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement” for us.  It is awarded every year to the young scientist who has contributed the most in recent years to the study of close relationships.

1993:  Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Distinguished Scientist Award

1994:  Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS) Award for Distinguished Scientific Achievement

1998-1999:  President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS)

1998:  The Alfred C. Kinsey Award.  Society for the Scientific Study of   Sex (SSSS).  Mid-continent Region.

2012:  The Association for Psychological Science (APS).  William James Award for a Lifetime of Distinguished Scientific Research.  (Their highest award.) http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/members/awards-and-honors/fellow-award/recipent-past-award-winners/berscheid-hatfield