Nalini Ambady
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After completing her PhD in 1991, she quickly entered the ranks of academia by accepting a position as an assistant professor at the college of the Holy Cross; she become an associate professor at Tufts University. Ambady later joined the Stanford faculty in 2011, becoming the first individual of Indian origin to teach in Stanford’s department of Psychology. Most notably in her academic career she introduced and conducted extensive research around the concept of thin slice judgments. While teaching at Stanford she founded the SPARQ center and worked to build it until her death in 2013 from leukemia. Her death sparked campaigns to increase the number of South-Asian bone marrow registries globally.
Ambady was described by the professor of psychology Nicholas Rule as "leav[ing] behind a legacy in social psychology, cultural psychology, and the social and cultural neurosciences to which we are all beneficiaries ... an inspiring example of excellence in science and of how perseverance, passion, and unexpected luck can transform one’s life and make an impact beyond what one might ever expect one could". Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: c2008.
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Published: [2002]
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