William Ickes
William Ickes received his Ph.D. in 1973 at the University of Texas. His intellectual mentors were Robert Wicklund and Elliot Aronson. He has held academic positions at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the University of Texas at Arlington, where he has been since 1981. In the decade from 1975-1985, his research focused on personality influences on behavior in naturally occurring, dyadic interactions. Since 1986, his work has focused on the study of empathic accuracy (everyday mind reading) and other intersubjective phenomena.
In 1997, he received the Berscheid / Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement from the International Network on Personal Relationships. In 1998, he received the New Contribution Award from the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships. His creativity as a methodologist has been compared to that of one of his mentors, Elliot Aronson.