| Activity | Date of Birth: 04/01/1953 UK
University & Professional Qualifications:
Newham College, Cambridge. BA (Hons), Natural Sciences, 1971-1974
Newham College, Cambridge. PhD, 1974-1977
Professional Career:
Demonstrator, Dept. of Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1977-1978
Lecturer then Reader, Dept. of Psychology, University of Nottingham, 1978-1990
Professor of Psychology (Personal Chair), University of Nottingham, 1990-1992
Professor of Psychology (Established Chair), University of Stirling, 1992-2002
Deputy Principal (Research), University of Stirling, 1995-2000, 2001-2002
Vice-Principal and Head of College of Humanities and Social Science, University of Edinburgh, 2002-2008
Head of School of Psychology, Newcastle University, 2008
Professional Appointments:
Member, Economic and Social Research Council, 1992-1996
Member, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, (SHEFC), 1995-2001
Member, Broadcasting Council for Scotland, 1999-2001, 2003-2006
Member, Council for Science and Technology, 2000-2003
Member, Northern Ireland Higher Education Council, 2002-2009
Honours and Distinctions:
Honorary Fellowship of the British Psychological Society, 1997
Order of the British Empire (OBE), HM Government, 1997
Dame of the British Empire (DBE), HM Government, 2015
British Psychological Society: Presidents' Award for distinguished contributions to psychological knowledge, 1977
Fellow of the British Academy, 1999
British Psychological Society: Cognitive Psychology Award (joint), 2000
British Psychological Society: Book Award (joint), 2001
Honorary DSc, of University of London from Goldsmiths College, 2002
Honorary Fellowship, University of Cardiff, 2005
Honorary DSc, University of St Andrews, 2006
Honorary Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art, 2008
Honorary D.Univ, University of York, 2010
Membership of Professional Bodies and Learned Societies:
Editor: British Journal of Psychology, 1995-2000
Editor of special "Centenary" edition of British Journal of Psychology, 2001
Consulting Editor: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 1994-2001
Consulting Editor: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2001-2007
President, European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 1996-1998
President, British Psychological Society, 2001-2002
Member of Council, British Academy, 2000-2003
President, Experimental Psychology Society, 2010-2012
President, Psychology Section of the British Association for Science, 2014
Member, later Chair, SHEFC Research Policy Advisory Group, 1995-2001
Chair, panel awarding the SHEFC Research Development Grant, 1996-2000
Chair, Main Panel K (Education, Psychology, Sport), RAE, 2008
Chair, Social Sciences Panel, Hong Kong Research Assessment Exercise, 2013-2014.
Sources: Professor Bruce's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected Publications:
In the eye of the beholder: the science of face perceptions (with A Young, 1998) , Oxford University Press
Recognising Faces, Vicki Bruce. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hove and London, 1988.
Visual Perception Physiology, Psychology and Ecology, Vicki Bruce, Mark A. Georgeson , Patrick R. Green, Publisher: Psychology Press; 4 edition (7 Aug 2003)
Bruce V, Young A. Face Perception. London: Psychology Press, 2012.
Riby DM, Jones N, Brown PH, Robinson LJ, Langton SRH, Bruce V, Riby LM. Attention to Faces in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2011, 41(9), 1228-1239.
Young AW, Bruce V. Understanding person perception. British Journal of Psychology 2011, 102(4), 959-974.
Frowd CD, Bruce V, Smith AJ, Hancock PJB. Improving the quality of facial composites using a holistic cognitive interview. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 2008, 14(3), 276-287.
Riby DM, Doherty-Sneddon G, Bruce V. The eyes or the mouth? Feature salience and unfamiliar face processing in Williams syndrome and autism. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 2009, 62(1), 189-203. |