OFFICE:
Department of Psychology
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
E mail: major@psych.ucsb.edu

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1978, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana: Social Psychology (Minor: Consumer Psychology)
M.A., 1975, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Social Psychology
B.A., 1972, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio; Psychology

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa
Departmental Honors in Psychology (The College of Wooster)
Summer Research Fellowship, 1974 (Miami University)
Summer Research Fellowship, 1978 (Purdue University)
Elected to Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1982
Recipient of 1985 Distinguished Publication Award from Association for Women in Psychology
Elected to Fellow Status, American Psychological Association, 1986
Recipient of 1986 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (with K. Deaux) from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; Div 9 of APA) for the best paper on Intergroup Relations written in 1986
Invited by APA to provide expert testimony on abortion to Surgeon General Koop, Dec., 1987
Recipient of 1988 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (with J. Crocker) from SPSSI for the best paper on Intergroup Relations written in 1988
Honored by Phi Sigma Sigma for exceptional teaching, March, 1989; April, 1990
Recipient of NYS/UUP Excellence Award for Outstanding Service, Teaching, & Research, 1990
Selected by students at SUNY/Buffalo as one of 20 "Best Professors" at UB, 1992
Selected as a California Wellness Foundation/University of California Distinguished Wellness Lecturer for 1997 (one of six UC system-wide)
James McKeen Cattell Fellowship, 2000
American Philosophical Society Fellowship, 2000
Honorable Mention for 2002 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI for the best paper on Intergroup Relations written in 2002
Recipient of Erskine Award from University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2005
Elected President, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, 2006-2007
Selected as Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 2010
Elected President, Society of Experimental Social Psychology (will serve in 2011)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Offices in National Professional Organizations:
President, Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), 2006-2007
Executive Committee of Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), 1986-1989; 1998-2001 (Elected)
Publications Committee (Member and Chair), Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) and Division 8 of APA, 1998-2001
Executive Board, International Society for the Study of Self and Identity
Chair, Fellows Committee of Division 8 of APA (SPSP), 1993
Executive Committee of Division 8 of APA (SPSP), 1984-1987; 1989-1992 (Elected)
Member and Chair, Membership Committee of SESP, 1979-1981; 1986-1988; 1989-1990
Member, Distinguished Scientist Award Committee of SESP, 1987
APA Council of Representatives, 1984-1985 (Elected)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, American Psychological Society
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Fellow, Division 8 (Personality and Social Psychology)
Fellow, Division 35 (Psychology of Women)
Fellow, Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)
Member, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
International Society for the Study of Self and Identity

EDITORIAL AND REVIEWING ACTIVITIES:
Member, National Institute of Mental Health Social and Group Processes Peer Review Panel, 1993-1997; 2005
Associate Editor, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2006-2007
Associate Editor, Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 1988-1989

EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1992-
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1994-
Social Psychology Quarterly, 2001-
Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 1994-1997
Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 1994-1998.
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 1982-1985
Sex Roles, 1988-1997
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989-1994
Social Justice Research, 2003-

AD HOC REVIEWER FOR:
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Psychological Bulletin
Archives of General Psychiatry
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Sex Roles
Journal of Research in Personality
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Academy of Management Journal
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Social Psychology Quarterly
Journal of Applied Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Journal of American Medical Association
National Science Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health
Academy of Management
American Psychological Association
Eastern Psychological Association
Various Publishing Companies

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
APA site visitor to various universities for APA Clinical Accreditation
Member of APA Special Task Force on psychological consequences of abortion, 1989
External examiner for Ph.D. dissertations in Canada and Australia
On-line Instructor for the Abortion Conversation Project, 2004
Consultant for Exhale, a post-abortion hot-line service
Chair of APA Task force on mental health implications of abortion, 2006-
Consultant to PBS program on Post-abortion syndrome, 2007

GRANT SUPPORT:
National Institute of Mental Health. Gender differences in reward allocations, July, 1980-January, 1982. $13,483.
University Award Committee, SUNY Research Foundation. Factors affecting self-pay of women and men, March, 1980-April, 1981. $2,600.
Biomedical Research Support Grant, SUNY at Buffalo. Gender, self-esteem and subjective self-worth, July, 1981-October, 1982. $ 2,808.
University Awards Committee, SUNY Research Foundation. Social comparisons and judgments of self-worth, March, 1982-June, 1983. $3,800.
National Science Foundation. Social stigma and self-esteem. PI. (with Jennifer Crocker). August 1, 1987-June 30,1990. $260,613.
NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant. Cognitive predictors of emotional sequel and depression after abortion. May, 1989-May 31, 1990. $7,800.
National Science Foundation. Social Stigma: The consequences of attributional ambiguity.
P.I. (with Jennifer Crocker). August 15, 1990-July 31, 1993. $241,800.
National Institute of Health. Predicting psychological adjustment to abortion. June 1, 1992-May 31, 1996. $901,062.00.
National Science Foundation. Reactions to Stigma: The mediating role of deserving. P. I. (with Jennifer Crocker). May 31, 1994-June 30, 1997. Direct Costs: $315,587.
UCSB Academic Senate Committee on Research. Self-protection and the social construction of personal values. June 1, 1996-May 31, 1997. $2,000.
UCSB Academic Senate Committee on Research. Social stigma and resolving attributional ambiguity. June 1, 1997-May 31, 1998. $3,860.
California Wellness Foundation. Beyond Choice: Myths and Facts about adjustment to abortion. July 1, 1997-Dec 31, 1997. $4,000.
National Science Foundation. Stigma and coping with intergroup threat: Impact of legitimacy appraisals. P.I . August 1, 2001-July 31, 2004. $519,822.
National Institute of Mental Health Research Service Award. Sponsor for Cheryl Kaiser. Resilience to perceived prejudice. July 1, 2000-June 31, 2003. $63,332
UCSB Academic Senate Committee on Research. Women's thoughts and feelings about abortion. July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004. $5,244.00.
UCSB Academic Senate Committee on Research. Discrimination and Stress. July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005. $8,000.
National Institute of Health. The effects of perceived discrimination on mental and physical health. P.I. April 1, 2006-March 21, 2011. $2,300,000.