James Jones (psychologist)

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| name = James M. Jones

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| birth_name = James McCoy Jones

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| nationality = American

| fields = Social psychology

| workplaces = University of Delaware

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| education = Oberlin College
Temple University
Yale University

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| thesis_title = Cognitive Factors in the Appreciation of Humor: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis

| thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books/about/Cognitive_Factors_in_the_Appreciation_of.html?id=3F0snQEACAAJ

| thesis_year = 1970

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| awards = Guggenheim Fellowship (1973–74)
Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association (2011)
Gold Medal Award for Life Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Foundation (2018)

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James McCoy Jones is an African-American social psychologist and cultural diversity scholar. He is Trustees' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Black American Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity at the University of Delaware. He is a past president of both the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.He previously taught at Harvard University and Howard University before joining the University of Delaware.{{cite web |title=James M. Jones |url=https://www.psych.udel.edu/people/full-list-searchable/jmjones |website=University of Delaware |accessdate=1 February 2019}} In 2011, he received the Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association.{{cite web |title=A champion for social justice, minority education |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/10/honors-jones.aspx |website=Monitor on Psychology |accessdate=1 February 2019 |language=en |date=October 2011}} He retired from the University of Delaware in 2018, and gave a retirement lecture on diversity on April 16 of that year.{{cite web |title=April 16: Celebrating James Jones |url=https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/april/james-jones-retirement-lecture/ |website=UDaily |accessdate=1 February 2019 |language=en |date=2 April 2018}}