Penn PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín, who directs the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Communication Science division, has been honored with the 2025 Career Contribution Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).
The society’s Career Contribution Award is a senior career award “that honors a scholar who has made major theoretical and/or empirical contributions to social psychology and/or personality psychology or to bridging these areas together,” according to the SPSP. “This award may recognize recipients who have been under-recognized for their distinguished scholarly contributions across long and productive careers.”
Albarracín, a psychologist who studies communication, attitudes, and behavior, is the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor and director of the Social Action Lab at Penn. She has joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the department of psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Albarracín is a fellow of the SPSP, served as its president from 2022-24, and was honored with the society’s 2020 Diener Award for Outstanding Mid-Career Contributions in Social Psychology. Earlier this year, she received the 2025 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Science for her work on attitudes and persuasion.
