Carlson School Assistant Professor Kathleen Vohs Receives McKnight Land-Grant Award
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (2/13/2007) — Carlson School assistant professor Kathleen Vohs has been awarded one of eleven prestigious McKnight Land-Grant Professorships by the University of Minnesota. The award is granted to the University’s most promising junior faculty members and is designed to advance the careers of assistant professors who are at the beginning stages of their professional careers. Vohs will be honored by the University of Minnesota in a special ceremony on Feb. 28.
“This is the most significant and most competitive university-wide award available to a junior faculty member,” said John Fossum, Carlson School acting associate dean and professor. “Kathleen’s work places her among a group whose early performance points toward career-long leadership in scholarship and discovery.”
Vohs’ research on the subject of why people fail at self-control has been widely published and has appeared in Science, Scientific American Mind, and top academic journals in psychology and marketing. Vohs recently published a paper in Science on the effects of money on behavior which received international media attention, including a summary of her research that appeared in the New York Times.
The McKnight Land-Grant Professorship is a two-year appointment that includes a research grant of $30,000 each year to be used for research and scholarly activities and a full year of research leave during the second year.
The recipients of the award were chosen for the significance of their research; the degree to which past and present achievements demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the potential for significant contribution to the discipline; the quality of scholarly publication; and the potential for attracting outstanding students.
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