Steven J. Heine

Professional Experience:
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2007-
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2002 - 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2000 - 2002
Visiting Researcher, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1997 - 2000
Visiting Researcher, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1996 - 1997
Visiting Researcher, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 1995 - 1996

Education:
Ph.D. in Psychology (Social), University of British Columbia, 1993 - 1996
Dissertation Title: Culture and the need for positive self-regard: The Japanese case.
M.A. in Psychology (Social), University of British Columbia, 1991 - 1993
Thesis Title: Cultural variation in unrealistic optimism.
B.A. in Psychology (Minor in Japanese), University of Alberta, 1984 - 1989

Awards:
Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2016
Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 2012
Career Trajectory Award, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2011
Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2009
Elected Fellow, Society for Social and Personality Psychology, 2008
News Story of the Year, UBC "Year in Headlines", for "Dar-Nimrod & Heine, Science", 2007
UBC Killam Research Fellowship, 2007
UBC Killam Research Prize, 2006
UBC Alumni Award for Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2005
Distinguished University Scholar, UBC, 2004
Finalist, Otto Klineberg Award, SPSSI, 2003
Distinguished Scientist Early Career Award for Social Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2003
Early Career Award, International Society of Self and Identity, 2002
Member, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2001
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Early Career Scholars Program, 2001
Japan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2000
Hosei University International Foreign Scholars Fellowship, 2000 (declined)
2nd place, Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award, 1997
Morris Belkin Dissertation Prize, University of British Columbia, 1997
Japanese Ministry of Education Grant In-Aid, 1996
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 1996
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, SSHRC Canada, 1996
Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1995
Japanese Ministry of Education Research Student Fellowship, 1995 (declined)
Doctoral Fellowship, SSHRC Canada, 1994
Department of Psychology Teaching Assistant Award, University of British Columbia, 1994
University Graduate Fellowship, UBC, 1992, 1994 (declined)

Grants:

SSHRC Grant (PI), “Genetic Essentialism: Understanding the Impact of Genetic Attributions on People's Worldviews,” 2014-2019, ($209,900)

SSHRC Grant, “Self-enhancement and well-being across cultures.” 2011-2014, ($135,680)

SSHRC Grant, "Is there a sensitive window for the acquisition of culture?" 2008-2011. ($143,000)

Hampton Research Endowment Fund. "What's special about genetic thinking?" 2008-2010. ($48,500)

SSHRC Grant, “Personality Utility across Cultures.” 2004-2007, ($122,000)

APA Conference Grant. “Mind, Culture, and Evolution: 1st UBC Summer Symposium.” 2004, ($20,000 USD)
SPSSI Grant-in-Aid, “Mind, body, and the experience of emotion: A cross-cultural comparison.” 2002-2003, ($2000 USD)

SSHRC Grant, “Meaning maintenance: An integration of terror management, belongingness, and cultural psychological perspectives on self-esteem.” 2001-2004, ($70,000)

NIMH R01 Grant, “A cultural investigation of self-improving motivations,” 2001-2006 ($300,000 USD)

University Research Foundation Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 1999 ($15,000)

Course Development Grant, Center for East Asian Studies, Penn, 1999 ($3000)