Margaret Clark (psychologist)
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Margaret (“Peggy”) Sydnor Clark is an American
psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...
. Clark received her B.A. in Government and Psychology from
Franklin and Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Frankli ...
in 1973, and obtained a Ph.D. in Psychology at the
University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
in 1977. She joined the faculty of
Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...
as Assistant Professor upon completing her studies, and taught there until moving to
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
in 2005. At Carnegie Mellon she served as chair of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for a year. At Yale, Clark has served first as master, a position subsequently renamed as head, of Trumbull College since 2013, was named John M. Musser Professor of Psychology in 2015. and in 2021 was named Dean of Academic Affairs for Yale College. She has served as the president of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) is an academic society for personality and social psychologists focused on promoting scientific research that explores how people think, behave and interact. It is the largest organization o ...
and of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. In 2015, Clark was elected to membership of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...
.


Research contributions

Clark is an experimental social psychologist specializing in the psychology of interpersonal relationships and emotion. Since the late 1970’s, she has published extensively on several topics in psychology including the norms governing benefits in close relationships, such as favors and repayments, the norms governing benefits in communal relationships, and the ability of people to adhere to norms in intimate relationships, such as marriages. She has also investigated the social functions of emotion in both communal relationships. This has included the value of experiencing and communicating emotion, including guilt, hurt, and gratitude, in preserving and strengthening communal relationships.


Awards and honors

In 1991, Dr. Clark received the Berscheid-Hatfield Mid-Career Award from the International Association for Relationships Research (IARR). In 2014, she was awarded the Distinguished Career Award from the IARR. In 2015, Clark was elected to membership of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...
. She has received several awards for excellence in teaching, including the Elliot Dunlop Smith Award and the Ryan Award both from Carnegie Mellon.


References

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