CECILIA WAINRYB portrait
  • Director, Tanner Center for Human Rights Advocacy
  • Professor, Psychology Department
  • Investigator, Institute for Public and International Affairs
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Professional Service

  • Disaster Management Series, Springer. Role: Member. International Editorial Board. 01/2015 - 12/2015
  • Jean Piaget Society. Board of Directors. 01/2014 - 12/2017
  • Jean Piaget Society. Role: Co-organizer. International conference on Current Trends and Perspectives on Social Development. 01/2013 - 12/2013
  • Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy, University of Utah. Role: Co-organizer. National conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacemaking. 01/2013 - 12/2013
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Editorial board. 01/2012 - present
  • Jean Piaget Society. Role: Member. Board of Directors. 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2011
  • Child Development (journal). Role: member. Editorial board. 01/01/2008 - present
  • Human Development (journal). Editorial board. 01/01/2008 - present
  • Cognitive Development (journal). Role: member. Editorial board. 01/01/2001 - present

Internal Service

  • University of Asia Campus Associate Dean of Faculty Search Committee. Member, 07/2020 - 06/2021. University service.
  • Department of Psychology Executive Committee. Member, 07/2020 - 06/2021. Department service.
  • University Asia Campus Psychology Faculty Search. member, 06/2020 - present. Department service.
  • University Asia Campus Psychology Program. Director, 07/2019 - present. Department service.
  • University Asia Campus Executive Committee. Member, 07/2019 - present. University service.
  • University Asia Campus Dean of Faculty Search Committee. Member, 07/2019 - 06/2020. University service.
  • CSBS Faculty Search Advisory Committee. Member, 07/2018 - 06/2019. College service.
  • Co-Director, Department of Psychology, Utah Asia Campus. 07/2018 - 06/2019. Department service.
  • Developmental Area Coordinator. 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2019. Department service.
  • Mentor to junior faculty member, Lee Raby. 07/2016 - present. Department service.
  • Developmental Area Coordinator. 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017. Department service.
  • Developmental Area Co-Coordinator. 01/2016 - 06/30/2016. Department service.
  • Institutional Review Board. Member, 07/2015 - 06/2019. University service.
  • CSBS Faculty Mentoring Program. Mentor to Dr. Eun Bin Chung, Political Science Department. 07/2015 - 06/2018. College service.
  • Personnel Committee. Member, 07/2014 - 06/2015. Department service.
  • Diversity Committee. Member, 07/2014 - 06/2015. Department service.
  • Graduate Council Review. Member, 07/2014 - 06/2015. University service.
  • Developmental Psychology Search Committee. Chair, 07/2012 - 06/2013. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. Member, 07/2012 - 06/2013. Department service.
  • Developmental Area Coordinator. 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013. Department service.
  • Steering Committee, Latin American Studies. Member, 01/01/2009 - present. College service.
  • Institutional Review Board. Member, 01/01/2007 - 06/30/2012. University service.
  • Academic Senate. Member, 01/01/2007 - 12/31/2010. University service.
  • Steering Committee, Peace and Conflict Studies. Member, 01/01/2006 - 12/2016. College service.
  • Advisory Board, Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy. Member, 01/01/2006 - 06/30/2013. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Court-appointed Special Advocate for Abused & Neglected Children. 01/2018 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Teaching Award. University of Utah, 05/2019
  • Research Travel Award. Center for Latin American Studies, University of Utah, 01/2017
  • Superior Teaching Award (senior faculty division). College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 01/2017
  • Milstein Visiting Fellowship for Senior Scientists. Ministerio de Ciencia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 01/2016
  • Writing Residency, Bellagio Center, Italy. Rockefeller Foundation, 01/2014
  • Milstein Visiting Fellowship for Senior Scientists, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Productiva, 01/2013