Awards and Recognition

1977-1982	Spencer Fellowship Awarded by the National Academy of Education, for promising research and professional development contributing to the theory and practice of education
1982	Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award Presented by Division 7 of APA, for distinguished theoretical contribution and programmatic research efforts in the field of developmental psychology
2001	Cited in Carnegie-Mellon University's Centennial Magazine as one of its 87 most successful undergraduates
2006	Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, Senior Category For "innovative research of landmark impact in several research areas", University of Pittsburgh

Fellow (all elected or invited)

1986	Fellow, Division 7, APA
1988	Fellow, Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs, APA
1996-1997	Resident Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA
1992	Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
2002-2005	Resident Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
2002	Fellow, Cognitive Science Society

Keynote Speaker at Conferences (excluding declined ones)

1993	The 10th International Conference on Machine Learning
1995	The 17th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
1999	Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, St. Louis, June.
2003	The 10th European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Padova, Italy.

Special Citation and Recognition of Scholarly Work

1993	Chi, Feltovich & Glaser (1981), (Publication #17 in the reference list) was identified as a Citation Classic.
2000	Chi (1997) (Publication #65), was noted in the editorial of the Journal of the Learning Sciences (Kolodner, 2000, p. 2), as one of its "most cited papers" on methodology.
2002	Highlighted in "Reach for the Stars," an American Educational Research Association basic research in reading and literacy poster session that showcased the research careers of distinguished scholars.
2004	Chi (1978) (Publictaion #13) was voted as the 7th "Most Fascinating Studies in Child Psychology", as surveyed by the Society for Research in Child Development, published in their Oct. newsletter.
2006	Two of my papers are among the top 10 most highly cited papers published in Cognitive Science: Chi, Feltovich & Glaser (1981) (Publication #17), and Chi, Bassok, Lewis, Reimann, & Glaser (1989) (Publication #42), are ranked 1st and 7th , respectively. (from Rob Goldstone's 2006 Editor's report).
2007	Noted by the journal Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, as one of its most frequently cited authors