PAUL H WHITE portrait
  • Vice Chair, Institutional Review Board
  • Associate Professor, Psychology Department

Professional Service

  • American Psychologist. Consulting Editor. 01/2024 - present
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship. Co-Chair (Psychology Panel). 12/2022 - 04/2023
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship. Panel Reviewer (Psychology). 02/2019 - 03/2024

Internal Service

  • Social Psychology Search Committee (Member). 07/2022 - 03/2023. Department service.
  • Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Strategy Council: Climate Working Group (member(. 06/2022 - present. University service.
  • Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee. Member, 07/2021 - present. College service.
  • Education, Culture, & Society (ECS) History of Education Search Committee. Committee Member, 10/2017 - 05/2018. Other service.
  • Academic Senate. Executive Committee Member, 07/2016 - 06/2017. Department service.
  • Assistant Vice President for Office of Equity & Diversity Search Committee. 07/2015 - 06/2016. University service.
  • Social Psychology Job Search. Member, 08/2014 - 05/2016. Department service.
  • RPT Committee for Ethnic Studies. Member, 03/2014 - 05/2015. Other service.
  • Diversity Committee. Chair, 07/2011 - 05/2015. Department service.
  • Ethnic Studies Program Director Search Committee. Member, 07/2011 - 07/2013. Department service.
  • Diversity Requirement Committee (Undergraduate Studies). Member, 07/2009 - 06/2012. University service.
  • Institutional Review Board. Member, 08/2008 - present. University service.
  • Institutional Review Board . Member, 08/2008 - present. University service.
  • Diversity Advisory Council (Graduate School). Member, 08/2007 - 08/2010. Other service.
  • Athletic Advisory Council: Equity & Diversity Subcommittee . Chair, 2007 - 2009. University service.
  • Clinical Job Search Committee. member, 2007 - 2008. Department service.
  • Social Psychology Area Coordinator. Chair, 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2010. Department service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Coordinator, 06/2006 - 08/2010. Other service.
  • Athletic Advisory Council: Equity & Diversity Subcommittee . Member, 2006 - 2007. University service.
  • Black History Month Committee. Member, 2006 - 2006. Other service.
  • University of Utah Graduate School Internal Reviewer (Education, Culture, & Society). Member, 2006 - 2006. Other service.
  • Center for Ethnic Students Affairs Review Committee . Member, 2005 - 2006. University service.
  • Diversity Symposium Committee for President Michael Young’s Inauguration. Member, 2005 - 2005. Other service.
  • Personnel Committee. Member, 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2008. Department service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Administrator, 06/2004 - 08/2010. Other service.
  • NCAA Certification Steering Committee: Academic Integrity Subcommittee . Member, 2004 - 2005. University service.
  • University of Utah Diversity Committee . Alternate Member, 2004 - 2005. University service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Coordinator, 2003 - 2003. Other service.
  • Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Member, 2002 - 2004. University service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Administrator, 2001 - 2002. Other service.
  • Research Participation Committee. Member, 2001 - 2002. Department service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Coordinator, 2001 - 2001. Other service.
  • Associate Vice President for Diversity Search Committee. Member, 1999 - 2000. University service.
  • Career Opportunities in Research Education & Training (COR) Conference. Department representative, 1999 - 1999. Department service.
  • Diversity Committee. Member 1998-2001, Chair 2001-2006, 1998 - 2006. Department service.
  • Black History Month Committee. Member, 1998 - 2000. Other service.
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Commission. Member, 1998 - 2000. University service.
  • Joint Psychology-Women’s Studies Search Committee. Member, 1998 - 1999. Department service.
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program in Psychology. Coordinator, 1998 - 1999. Other service.
  • Undergraduate Committee. Member, 1997 - 2000. Department service.
  • Research Participation Committee. Member, 07/01/1996 - 1997. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. Member, 1995 - 1996. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • James McCune Smith Award of Veneration . Black Faculty & Staff Association, University of Utah, 02/2022
  • Impact Leader Award . The National Society of Leadership & Success, University of Utah Chapter, 12/2021
  • Faculty of the Game (University of Utah Men’s Basketball; First one honored in basketball) . University of Utah Athletics, 01/2018
  • Graduate Committee Teaching Commendation . Dept. of Psychology (University of Utah) , 05/2006
  • Graduate Committee Teaching Commendation . Dept. of Psychology (University of Utah), 12/2005
  • Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Berea College, 11/2005
  • Overall Best Psychology Professor. Psi Chi (University of Utah), 05/2001
  • Most Humorous Psychology Professor. Psi Chi (University of Utah), 05/2001

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