{"676739":{"#nid":"676739","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Psychologist Randall Engle Receives APS William James Fellow Award ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/randall-w-engle\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERandall W. Engle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehas been honored by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) with the William James Fellow Award for his lifetime of significant contributions to the field of psychology. APS is the largest international organization representing scientific psychology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am honored to receive this award from APS,\u201d says Engle. \u201cFor over 40 years, I have been interested in individual differences in our ability to focus and maintain attention while performing complex tasks. Georgia Tech has given me the opportunity to work with incredibly bright, hard-working, and inquisitive students over my career. This award really belongs to them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to congratulate Randy on receiving the William James Fellow Award, one of the highest honors in our field,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/tansu-celikel\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETansu Celikel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, chair and professor of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis award is a testament to his groundbreaking research on attention and cognitive control, as well as his profound impact on generations of students and scholars. His contributions continue to shape our understanding of the mind, and we are immensely proud of his achievements.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEngle\u2019s research\u0026nbsp;explores the nature of our ability to focus and maintain attention in the face of distractions, both external (\u201cwhat a pretty butterfly!\u201d) and internal (\u201cI wonder what my friend is doing now?\u201d). His\u0026nbsp;work has been influential across a wide array of areas \u2014 including social psychology, emotion, psychopathology, developmental psychology, and psychological testing \u2014 and has contributed to modern theory of cognitive and emotional control.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ERandall Engle received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Ohio State University and joined Georgia Tech in 1995 as chair of the School of Psychology. In 2008, he stepped down from that role in order to establish the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cabi.gsu.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia State University\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI)\u003C\/a\u003E, serving as the center\u2019s director for four years. Engle was editor of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECurrent Directions in Psychological Science\u003C\/em\u003E for over 10 years and has been on the editorial board of many other journals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHe has received numerous awards throughout his career and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association of Psychological Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Experimental Psychology, the Memory Disorders Research Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELearn more about his research group here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/englelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eenglelab.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Association for Psychological Science\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/\u0022\u003EAssociation for Psychological Science\u003C\/a\u003E (previously the American Psychological Society) is the premier international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology and its representation as a science. Founded in 1988, it is the scientific home of thousands of leading psychological science researchers, practitioners, teachers, and students from around the world and spanning\u0026nbsp;the entire spectrum of scientific, applied, and teaching specialties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S., developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers\u202fbusiness, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts,\u202fand\u202f sciences degrees. Its more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students represent 54 U.S. states and territories and more than 143 countries. They study at the main campus in Atlanta, at instructional sites around the world, or through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Psychology Professor\u0026nbsp;Randall W. Engle\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehas been honored by the Association for Psychological Science with the William James Fellow Award for his lifetime of significant contributions to the field of scientific psychology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Psychology Professor\u00a0Randall W. 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