Edward Lemay

Bio

Edward Lemay is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University. Dr. Lemay is director of the Interpersonal Relationships Lab at University of Maryland. Research in the lab examines cognition, emotion, behavior, and motivation within the context of social interaction and interpersonal relationships, such as friendships, romantic relationships, and coworker relationships. Current research projects examine the pursuit of self-esteem, social approval, belonging, and status; the interpersonal consequences of loneliness and world beliefs; the impact of social class on interpersonal perception; communal motivation; and empathy. The projects involve a variety of methods, including dyadic studies utilizing behavioral observation, longitudinal, and daily experience methods. He has published in outlets such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Emotion, and Psychological Science. He serves on numerous editorial boards in social-personality psychology and is Associate Editor for Emotion. Dr. Lemay received the Sage Young Scholars Award, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award, the International Association for Relationships Research Dissertation Award, the Caryl E. Rusbult Early Career Award from Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the James Grossman Best Dissertation Award at Yale University, and the Gerald Miller Early Career Award from the International Association for Relationships Research. In addition, he was nominated as a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Lemay is a first-generation faculty member.