1922-1982

* Purdue University – received Undergraduate Degree

* University of Iowa - received Master's Degree in 1944

* University of Texas - received Ph.D. in 1961

* a social psychologist

* visiting professor of Psychology and Sociology at Cornell (1969-197O)

* became a professor at Penn State in 1970

* co-authored the famous Robbers Cave Experiment with her husband, Muzafer Sherif

* a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Association, the American Psychological Association Division 35 (Psychology of Women)

* Social Judgment Book (1961)

* The Role of the Educated Woman (1964)

* Orientation in Social Psychology (1976)

* organized the first Affirmative Action Committee division in the APA

* fought for equality of women psychologists

* significant research that contributed to social psychology and the psychology of women

* did significant research on social judgments and involvement approaches to study of attitudes

* elected to the status of Fellow in the American Psychological Association in 1976

* awarded the Association for Women in Psychology's Distinguished Publication Award in 1980

* received a Psi Chi Certificate of Recognition in 1980

* been named Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who of American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the Eastern United States, and Who's Who in America