ARTS AND SCIENCES WELCOMES NEW OHIO EMINENT SCHOLAR IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Jennifer Crocker is Ohio State's newest Eminent Scholar in Social Psychology, joining an elite cadre of scholars noted for distinguished achievement in their field. The Ohio Eminent Scholars Program, created by the Ohio General Assembly and administered by the Ohio Board of Regents, enhances the national eminence of outstanding academic programs at Ohio universities by attracting nationally-recognized scholars. Of Ohio State’s 20 Eminent Scholars, 15 have been awarded to departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Crocker comes to Ohio State from the University of Michigan, where she had been a professor of psychology since 1995. She is also currently president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, a position recently held by Richard Petty, chair of Ohio State’s Department of Psychology. Crocker’s research focuses on how people develop their personal goals and the things they do that sabotage their success—groundbreaking work that has won national and international acclaim. Crocker plans to continue her examination of how people develop their goals, and how they are often unsuccessful when those goals center on themselves