John F. Dovidio, PhD
John F. Dovidio (MA, PhD in social psychology from the University of Delaware) is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Before coming to the university, he was Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology at Colgate University, where he also served as Provost and Dean of the Faculty. Dr. Dovidio is also Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology – Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes. He has been Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Associate Editor of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society. Dr. Dovidio has been President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Division 9 of APA, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Dr. Dovidio’s research interests are in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; social power and nonverbal communication; and altruism and helping. He shared the 1985 and 1998 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize for the best paper of the year on intergroup relations with Samuel L. Gaertner for their work on aversive racism and ways to reduce bias, and the 2001 Prize with Kerry Kawakami for their research on reducing spontaneous stereotyping. He received SPSSI’s Kurt Lewin Award in 2004 for his career contributions to the study of prejudice and discrimination.
