PAULA G WILLIAMS portrait
  • Associate Chair, Psychology Department
  • Professor, Psychology Department
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Professional Service

  • Health Psychology (journal). Consulting Editor. 09/2022 - present
  • Journal of Research in Personality. Associate Editor. 03/2022 - present
  • American Psychosomatic Society. Role: member. Climate Change, Sustainability and Health Special Interest Group. 03/2022 - present
  • University of Maine. RPT Reviewer. 10/2021 - present
  • American Psychosomatic Society. Member, Program Committee. 01/2011 - 06/2015

Internal Service

  • Cognition and Neural Science Faculty Search Committee. Co-Chair, 10/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • Associate Chair. 08/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Climate Change and Sustainability Committee. Chair, 08/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. member, 08/2022 - present. Department service.
  • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS) Research Advisory Committee. 08/2022 - present. College service.
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Reviewer, 04/2022 - 05/2022. University service.
  • Behavioral Medicine Research Group. Coordinator, 08/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. 07/2015 - 07/2022. Department service.
  • Space Committee. 07/2015 - 07/2016. Department service.
  • Institutional Review Board. 09/01/2012 - 07/2015. University service.
  • Member, Intellectual Explorations Area Committee--Social Sciences. 01/2012 - 07/2015. College service.
  • Member, Health, Society, & Policy Advisory Board (formerly Behavioral Science and Health Committee), University of Utah, 2011-present. 07/2011 - 07/2015. University service.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. 07/01/2011 - 05/2012. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Abstract Citation Award. American Psychosomatic Society, 03/2022
  • Alumnus of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award Dept. of Psychology, Illinois State University . 06/2021
  • Abstract Citation Award, American Psychosomatic Society. 03/2020
  • Innovative Teaching Award. University of Utah, 11/27/2012

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