John Kihlstrom
American psychologist (born 1948)
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The third child of Presbyterian pastor Rev. Waldo Helge Kihlstrom (1913–1970), and Harriet Kihlstrom (1915–2009), née Foster, John Frederick Kihlstrom was born in New York State on October 24, 1948.
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Academia
He received his AB in Psychology from Colgate University (1970) and his PhD in Personality and Experimental Psychopathology from the University of Pennsylvania (1975).
After completing a clinical psychology internship in the Department of Psychiatry, Temple University Health Sciences Center, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Relations (as it was then known) at Harvard University (1975-1980). He moved to the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, where he was promoted to Professor, without prefix (1980-1987). He then moved to the University of Arizona (1987-1994), and Yale University (1994-1997).
He moved to the University of California, Berkeley (1997-2017), where he was appointed the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in the Division of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies (2013-2017). He retired in 2017 as Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
Research
Kihlstrom is known for his research on the unconscious mind. He was formerly the editor-in-chief of Psychological Science.
Honors
- 1979: Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology, in the area of personality, from the American Psychological Association.
- 1980: Morton Prince Award for distinguished contributions to the development of hypnosis in the science and profession of psychology from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the American Board of Examiners in Psychological Hypnosis.
- 1991: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- 2003: Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.