Discovering Psychology, 2nd Edition |

John T. Cacioppo was the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor and director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. A former chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he also was a past president of several scientific societies, including the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Social Neuroscience, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Society for Psychophysiological Research. His numerous awards include the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and the Campbell Award and the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. Cacioppo was a member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; chair of the Board of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences at the National Research Council and a member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate; and a former member of both the Council for the NIH Center for Scientific Review and the Council for the National Institute on Aging.

Ashley Waggoner Denton is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto. Ashley teaches over 2,500 Introductory Psychology students each year, as well as teaching courses in Social Psychology and Statistics. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from Indiana University and completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto (Psychology Research Specialist Program). She is the author of numerous instructional resources, including an award-winning resource on teaching critical thinking that is available on the website of the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology. Ashley conducts research on topics that lie at the intersection of social psychology and pedagogy, and she has published in outlets including Social Psychology of Education, College Teaching, and Psychology Learning and Teaching. She has received numerous teaching grants and presented her research at regional and national conferences. She is passionate about creating opportunities for her students to learn and grow both inside and out of the classroom, and she has championed numerous initiatives within her department that provide students with opportunities for community-building and professional skill development (such as the creation of a second-year learning community for psychology students). Ashley is an active member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) and has served on the STP Presidential Task Force on Re-Envisioning Intro Psych. Ashley is the 2019 recipient of the Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award for early career educators given by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2).