Awards and Honors:

• Winner, William James Book Prize, Division of General Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2007 for Psychology of Science & the Origins of the Scientific Mind
• Founding President, International Society for the Psychology of Science & Technology (ISPST)
• Past-President, Division 10 (The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts) of American Psychological Association, 2005-2006.
• Vice-President and Founding Executive Board Member of Society for Applied Psychological Research in the Performing Arts.
• Article of the Year, Journal of Research in Personality (“Predicting creativity from early to late adulthood: Intellect, potential, and personality,” Frank Barron co-author), 2004.
• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, Davis, 2004.
• Early Career Achievement Award (Berlyne Award), Division 10 (The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts), American Psychological Association, 2000.
• Reves Center for International Studies Travel Award, William & Mary, 1999.
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1990.
• Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
• MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-88.
• Commonwealth Scholar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-85.
• Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 1984-85.