Susan Bluck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Phone: (352) 392-7059
Email:bluck@ufl.edu

Education

• Max Planck Institute for Human Development
  Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997 to 2000.
• University of California, Irvine
  Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior, 1997.
  M.A. in Social Ecology, 1994.
• University of British Columbia
  B.A. with Honors in Psychology, 1982.
   

Research Interests

Dr. Bluck's earlier work concerned thought processes associated with life events. Current research maintains this focus on social cognition, extending it to investigate how people remember their own life events, especially in late life. Her specific interests include lifespan differences and continuities in:

• The everyday functions of autobiographical memory, reminiscence, and the life story.
• Autobiographical memory abilities and the relation of memory to the self.

Faculty Profile

Dr. Bluck has received numerous awards. These include the Springer Early Career Achievement Award for Research in Adult Development and Aging, a Dissertation Research Award from the American Psychological Association, and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Dissertation Fellowship.

Dr. Bluck’s theoretical and empirical work has appeared in such journals as Psychology and Aging, The Gerontologist, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Bulletin. She has authored chapters in several new books, was Guest Editor (with Jefferson Singer) for a special issue of the Review of General Psychology, and was Guest Editor for a special issue of Memory.