Harmon-Jones to Receive UAB Distinguished Alumni Award in Psychology

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology alumnus and Texas A&M University Professor Eddie Harmon-Jones, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2009 UAB Distinguished Psychology Alumni Award.

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology alumnus and Texas A&M University Professor Eddie Harmon-Jones, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2009 UAB Distinguished Psychology Alumni Award.

The award will be presented during a special ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at Campbell Hall, Room 327, 1300 University Blvd. The event is open to UAB students, faculty and psychology alumni. Call the UAB Department of Psychology at 205-934-3850 for more details.

During the ceremony, Harmon-Jones will deliver an address titled "Separating Motivational Direction from Emotional Valence: Implication for Asymmetrical Frontal Cortical Activity, Anger and Positive Emotion."

The UAB Distinguished Psychology Alumni Award was created to recognize alumni of the Department of Psychology for their professional achievements, exceptional human qualities and contributions to the university and society.

Harmon-Jones is a social psychologist and director of the Social Emotive Neuroscience Lab at Texas A&M. His research has focused on emotion and motivation, attitudes, neuroscience and cognitive dissonance theory. He is the co-author of several books and has won grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. In 2002 he won the Society for Psychophysiological Research Distinguished Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology.

Harmon-Jones earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from UAB in 1990. He later received his master's degree in psychology from the University of Kansas in 1992 and his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Arizona in 1995.

About the UAB Department of Psychology

The UAB Department of Psychology is recognized nationally for its significant contributions to cutting-edge research and scholarship as well as teaching. The department's undergraduate program is one of the largest majors on campus. The department also offers graduate programs in medical psychology, lifespan developmental psychology and behavioral neuroscience.