About Bella DePaulo

Education:

B.A., Vassar College, 1975.
Ph.D. in psychology, Harvard University, 1979.

Honors and Awards:

Excellence in Research Award, American Association for Single People, 2003
Research Scientist Development Award, 1988-1993
James McKeen Cattell Award, 1985-86
Fellow, Division 8, American Psychological Association, 1985--present.
Charter Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1988-present.
Spencer Foundation Fellow, l982-l985
National Science Foundation Fellow, 1975-1978
Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

Alternatives to Marriage Project
American Association for Single People
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
International Network on Personal Relationships
International Society for Research on Emotion
International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships
National Council on Family Relations
Society of Experimental Social Psychology

Other Professional Activities:

APA Program Chair, Division 8, 1985
Executive Committee, Directors of Graduate Training Programs, Division 8, APA, 1987-1988
Co-organizer, Society of Experimental Social Psychology annual meeting, l987
Dissertation Award Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1992; Chair, 1993.
Program Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1994.
Membership Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1995.
Executive Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1992--1995.
National Institutes of Health Study Section, 1988: Behavioral Medicine; Social Sciences and Population.
National Institutes of Mental Health Study Section (1989): Behavioral Sciences
Member, Committee of Visitors to review the Social Psychology Program at NSF, 1996.
Department of Defense Study Section, 1999.
APA Division 8 Fellows Committee, 1999.
Executive Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1999–2003.
Chair, Program Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2000.
Secretary/ Treasurer, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2001.
President, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2002.
Chair, Academic Advisory Board, American Association for Single People, 2002–present.

Other Public Service Activities:

Advisory Workshop, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, June, l986.
Workshop for High School Teachers of Psychology, Virginia Psychological Association, October, 1994.
The Science of Deception: Integration of Theory and Practice. Workshop co-sponsored by the CIA, American Psychological Association, and the RAND Corporation. July, 2003.

Grants:

Special ways of talking to children, foreigners, and mentally retarded adults: Verbal and nonverbal characteristics and effects on listeners' perceptions, mood, and task performance. With Lerita Coleman. National Science Foundation Doctoral
Dissertation Grant, 1979-1980.
Social interaction processes in asking for help. NIMH Grant, 1980-1981.
Age changes in reactions to help. Foundation for Child Development, 1982-1983.
Research in education. National Academy of Education Honorary Award, 1982-1985.
Affective communication and communicative competence: I. NIMH, 1984-1987.
Affective communication and communicative competence: II. NIMH, l987-l990.
The communication of deception. NIMH Research Scientist Development Award, 1988-1993.
Detecting deception: Sex differences, social motives, and untapped knowledge. NSF, 1994-1999.
Emotion, personality, and nonverbal behavior. NIMH, 1994-1999.
Conference on expectancy effects, nonverbal communication, and research methodology. NSF, 1997-1998.
The scientific study of people who are single: The state of the research. Marchionne Foundation, 2002-2003.

Editor:

Guest Editor (1988). Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Special Issue on Deception, 12 (3).
Guest Editor (1988). Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. Special Issue on Deception, 12 (4).

Editorial Boards:

Basic and Applied Social Psychology (1994-1997)
British Journal of Social Psychology (1985-1989)
Journal of Language and Social Psychology Monograph Series (1986-1990)
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (1984-1988; 1997–2000)
Journal of Personality (1985-1990)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology:
Attitudes and Social Cognition (1988-1991)
Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes (1986-1990; 1996–2002)
Personality Processes and Individual Differences (1987-1990)
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (1983-1984)
Psychological Inquiry (2003-2005)
Review of Personality and Social Psychology (1989-1992)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (editorial advisory board) (1986-1988)

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