APS Fellows

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Fellow status is awarded to APS members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application. Fellow status is typically awarded for one’s scientific contributions but may also be awarded for exceptional contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and settings. Researchers who have an outstanding record of mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, working with research participants from diverse backgrounds, and making outstanding contributions to diversity and inclusion within the field of psychological science qualify for consideration. Candidates will be considered after 10 years of postdoctoral contribution, and APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recipients are honored with Fellow status the year after receiving their award. 

The following are the most recent members to be named APS Fellows and were nominated in 2025:  

• Stephanie Al Otaiba, Southern Methodist University 

• Amy Belfi, Missouri University of Science and Technology 

• Adriene Beltz, University of Michigan 

• Elika Bergelson, Harvard University 

• Jordan Booker, University of Missouri 

• Angelo Brandelli Costa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul 

• Tony Buchanan, Saint Louis University 

• Emma Buchtel, The Education University of Hong Kong 

• Julia Buckner, Louisiana State University 

• Jing Chen, Rice University 

• Evangelia G. Chrysikou, Drexel University 

• Sara Finney, James Madison University 

• Simon Fischer-Baum, Rice University 

• Daniel Foti, Purdue University 

• Nicholas Gaspelin, University of Missouri 

• David J. Hardy, Loyola Marymount University 

• Patrick Hill, Washington University in St. Louis 

• Jia (Jasmine) Hu, Tsinghua University 

• Kaifeng Jiang, Peking University 

• Sara Konrath, Indiana University 

• Jennifer Kubota, University of Delaware 

• Brice Kuhl, University of Oregon 

• Autumn Kujawa, Vanderbilt University 

• Daniel McNeil, University of Florida 

• Paul Meyer, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 

• Christopher Monk, University of Michigan 

• Kai-Tak Poon, The Education University of Hong Kong 

• Lauren Richmond, Stony Brook University, The State University of New York 

• Juliana Schroeder, University of California, Berkeley 

• David Sobel, Brown University 

• Rong Su, University of Iowa 

• Thomas Talhelm, The University of Chicago 

• Xin Tong, University of Virginia 

• Anna Weinberg, McGill University 

• Sam Winer, The New School for Social Research 

• Rachel Wu, University of California, Riverside 

• Maureen Zalewski, University of Oregon 

In addition, the seven 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Awardees to be named APS Fellows are as follows:    

• Juan Del Toro, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

• Chaz Firestone, Johns Hopkins University 

• Justin Minue Kim, Sungkyunkwan University 

• Julia Leonard, Yale University 

• Gemma Sharp, Adelaide University 

• Mark Thornton, Dartmouth College 

• Ashley Watts, Vanderbilt University