He recieved his B.A. magna cum laude in Psychology and History from Monmouth College (Monmouth, IL) and his Ph.D. in Personality / Social Psychology from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Sherman’s teaching of students has been recognized with the FAU College of Science Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award (2013). His research on the psychological properties of situations and their interaction with personality has been awarded federal support from the National Science Foundation (#1420105 (link is external)). In 2016 Dr. Sherman was named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science and received Florida Atlantic University’s Reseacher of the Year Award.