External links
- Faculty page Archived 2019-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Profile at Social Psychology Network
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Faye Crosby | |
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| Born | Faye Jacqueline Newman July 12, 1947 |
| Education | Wheaton College Boston University |
| Known for | Research on affirmative action |
| Awards | Carolyn Wood Sherif Award from Division 35 of the American Psychological Association Kurt Lewin Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues |
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| Fields | Social psychology |
| Workplaces | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | The effect of mode of interaction, sex, and acquaintance on conversation management (1976) |
Faye J. Crosby (née Faye Jacqueline Newman; born July 12, 1947) is an American social psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research has focused on topics related to social justice, particularly affirmative action, as well as gender equality and relative deprivation. Before joining the University of California, Santa Cruz, she taught at Yale University and at Smith College. In 2005, she received the Kurt Lewin Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
Faye Crosby was born to her mother, Andree Newman, a Jewish woman who had been born and raised in France, and her father, Bob Newman, a man from Kansas. She was raised on the East Coast of the United States and graduated high school in Long Island, New York before attending Wheaton College (Massachusetts) She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in European history, and in 1972 she began working on her doctorate in social psychology at Boston University.
In 1973, in her first year at Boston University Crosby had her first son, and soon after moved to London for her husband's sabbatical. While in London, she continued studying psychology at the London School of Economics. After her time in London, she continued her education at the University of Boston.
Faye Crosby is currently a professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences Division of University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC). She previously served as Cowell College Provost of UCSC from 2010-2016^2. Crosby currently teaches Psyc 100: Research Methods as well as Cowell 138A: The Place of Higher Education in a Democratic Society at UCSC.
Crosby is a distinguished award winning expert in the field of Social Psychology. In 2016 Crosby received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Justice Research, which recognizes scientific contributions to the field of social justice. Crosby also won the APA Division 35 Carolyn Wood Sherif award in 1996 which recognizes female leaders and teachers who have positively impacted the field of psychology. In 2005 Crosby received the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues(SPSSI)Kurt Lewin Award which is awarded for “outstanding contributions to the development and integration of psychological research and social action”. She is also the recipient of the Sherrie Spendlove Prize of University of California Merced which recognizes incredible work and dedication in the field of social justice.
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