UNSW Leaders in ScienceDr Thomas Denson
Lecturer, School of PsychologyMathews Building, Room 503A
Phone: +61 2 9385-1305 - Email: t.denson@unsw.edu.au Career profilePublicationsResearchSupervision & teachingFunding PhD positions available
Opportunities are now available for PhD research projects supervised by Dr Thomas Denson. Click here to find out more about postgraduate research at the UNSW Faculty of Science. Career profileTertiary and postgraduate educationPh.D., Social Psychology, 2007
M.A., Social Psychology, 2004
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA M.A., Research Psychology, 2002
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA B.A., Psychology and Germanic Languages and Literature, 1997
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Foreign Exchange Student through University of California Education Abroad Program, 1995-1996
Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany AppointmentsLecturer, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, 2007 - present Social Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Southern California: 2002 - 2007 Adjunct Faculty, Psychology Department, California State University, Long Beach: 2004 - 2007 Summer Graduate Research Associate, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA: 2006 Professional SocietiesSociety for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP; APA Division 8) American Psychological Society (APS) Society for the Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Western Psychological Association (WPA) Editorial experienceEditorial board member for the journal Terrorism Research, 2007 - present Editorial board member for the journal Analyses of Social Issues and Policy, 2005 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Ad Hoc Reviewer, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer, Motivation and Emotion Awards/Honours2007
McGuigan Award for the study of psychology from a materialistic (non-dualistic) perspective, USD$2,500 2006
Travel award for outstanding research talk, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, USD$150
Selected as one of five American PhD students to attend the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology's (EAESP) summer workshop in Padua, Italy. 2003
Psychology Department Best Thesis Award, California State University Long Beach 2002
Distinguished Graduate Award, 4.0 graduate GPA, California State University Long Beach 2001
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Gamma, Summa Cum Laude, California State University Long Beach 1997
Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Dean's Honors, University of California, Santa Barbara Fellowships2005 - 2006
John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship 2005
University of Southern California Psychology Department Special Summer Fellowship 2003 - 2004
John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship 2002 - 2003
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