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NORMAN, OKLA. – Psychology professor Shane Connelly, Ph.D., has been selected as the University of Oklahoma’s recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award supported by the Southeastern Conference. Member schools’ recipients go on to compete for a national SEC Professor of the Year award selected from the colleges’ nominees.
“We are immensely proud of Dr. Connelly for earning this prestigious recognition,” said OU Senior Vice President and Provost André-Denis Wright. “Her impactful research, leadership, and dedication to advancing knowledge exemplify the highest standards of academic excellence. We are grateful for her significant contributions to advancing our academic and research goals at the University of Oklahoma.”
Connelly is the director of the OU Institute for Community and Society Transformation, co-director of the Center for Applied Social Research, a George Lynn Cross Professor and a leading Industrial/Organizational psychologist. She has published more than 150 articles and book chapters and has received more than $15 million in research grants from agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Army Research Institute.
She serves on many editorial boards of journals, including The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business and Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, and Human Performance. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Management and a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science.
Her research focuses on leadership, particularly the role of emotions in leadership dynamics, skills that contribute to effective leadership over time, as well as ethical decision-making in organizations, with an emphasis on assessing and training research ethics across scientific fields. She also investigates psychological processes associated with ideological extremism and ideological communication in online settings.
Prior to joining OU in 1999, Connelly held roles as a project director and research scientist with the American Institutes for Research where she collaborated with several federal agencies on workplace interventions. She has also served as a personnel psychologist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has a doctorate and master’s degree from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from Loyola College, Baltimore.
About the University of Oklahoma
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