Professor William Revelle of the department of psychology recently received the Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Study of Individual Differences from the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID).
According to the ISSID, the award recognizes those who have made a “substantial contribution to individual differences/psychometric research, scholarship and practice.” The award has only been received by four individuals in the past 39 years, with the initial prize given to prolific psychologist Hans Eysenck.
Professor Revelle served as president of the ISSID from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. At Northwestern he works with the Personality, Motivation and Cognition Laboratory to examine the interaction between personality and situational factors when determining motivational states. The goal with this research is to “develop a better understanding of how individual differences interact with situational moderators to affect efficient information processing.”
Learn more about the ISSID and their previous awardees on their website.