Lawrence Today magazine, Fall 2004
Peter
Glick, professor of psychology, has been elected a Fellow of the American
Psychological Society for his contributions to the advancement of psychological
science. He is the first Lawrence psychologist to be so recognized.
Glick was one of only 19 psychologists nationally awarded fellowship status
in the first of two rounds of elections this year. Fellow status recognizes
APS members who have made “sustained, outstanding contributions” to
the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, or application.
Of the organization’s current 14,260 members, only 1,703 hold Fellow
status.
In announcing Glick’s selection, the APS cited him for “enhancing
the reputation” of the organization and helping it establish itself “as
the major voice for scientific psychology.”
A social psychologist, Glick’s research interests focus on both the subtle
and the overt ways in which prejudices and stereotypes foster social inequality.
In research he co-authored, Glick introduced the concept of “ambivalent
sexism,” asserting that not just hostile, but subjectively benevolent,
views of women as pure, but fragile, reinforce gender inequality. Such “benevolent
sexism,” Glick argues, rewards women for conforming to conventional
gender roles and results in hostile attitudes toward women who fail to
do so.
Glick and his research associate, Susan Fiske of Princeton University, developed
the Ambivalent
Sexism Inventory, which has since been administered to more
than 30,000 people in 30 countries. The research earned them the Gordon Allport
Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of
Social Issues in 1995.
A member of the Lawrence psychology department since 1985, Glick serves on
the editorial board of four professional journals, including the Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology and
the Psychology
of Women Quarterly and regularly delivers lectures at major conferences
and universities across the country as well as abroad.