Short bio:
Nancy Eisenberg is Regents’ Professor Emerita of Psychology at Arizona State University. Her interests are in social, emotional, and moral development, as well as socialization influences, especially in the areas of self-regulation and adjustment. She was President of the Western Psychological Association, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and was editor of Psychological Bulletin and Child Development Perspectives. She has been recipient of the 2007 Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Career Contribution to General Psychology, Division 1, American Psychological Association; the 2008 International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; the 2009 G. Stanley Hall Award Recipient Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology, Division 7, American Psychological Association; the 2011 William James Fellow Award for career contributions in the basic science of psychology from the Association for Psychological Science, and the 2015 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award, Society for Research in Child Development.