Dr. Matlin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Canadian Psychological Association. She received the State University of New York Chancellor s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1977, the American Psychological Association s Teaching of Psychology Award for four-year institutions in 1985, the American Psychological Foundation s Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award in 1995, and the Society for the Psychology of Women s Heritage Award for outstanding lifetime contributions to the teaching of the psychology of women in 2001.