Dr. Brenda Major Awarded the International Society for Self and Identity Distinguished Lifetime Career Award
Dr. Brenda Major honored for 40 years of work on the effects of stigma and discrimination on identity
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"In honor of her decades of work, the International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) has honored Major with its Distinguished Lifetime Career Award. The award “recognizes a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of self and identity throughout their career,” according to the organization.
Major, who describes herself as an experimental social psychologist, will be honored at the ISSI’s Society for Personality and Social Psychology preconference in New Orleans in February 2020.
“I’m proud, humbled and deeply honored to have received this award for the work that I’ve been doing on identity and how people protect and maintain positive identity in the face of adversity and social stigma,” Major said."
