Susan Fiske

Who is this?

Susan Tufts Fiske (born August 19, 1952) is an American psychologist who served as the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs in the Department of Psychology at Princeton University until her retirement in 2023. She is a social psychologist known for her work on social cognition, stereotypes, and prejudice. Fiske leads the Intergroup Relations, Social Cognition, and Social Neuroscience Lab at Princeton University. Her theoretical contributions include the development of the stereotype content model, ambivalent sexism theory, power as control theory, and the continuum model of impression formation.

Career

1. 1952
   Born
2. 2008
   Won William James Fellow Award
3. 2009
   Won Guggenheim Fellowship
4. 2010
   Won APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology
5. 2014
   Won Kurt Lewin Award
6. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
7. Member of National Academy of Sciences
8. Won Harvard Centennial Medal

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Chicago
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: psychologist
• •Spouse: Douglas Massey