amélie mummendey (19 june 1944 – 17 december 2018) was a german social psychologist. from 2007 until her death she was a vice-rector for the graduate academy at the friedrich schiller university jena. she was born in bonn, germany. she held a chair in social psychology at the university of münster (1980–1997) before taking up a chair in social psychology at the friedrich schiller university jena in 1997.