- Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York for being the “founding father of forensic psychology as an academic discipline”
- Recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law from the American Psychology-Law Society
- Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service from the American Psychological Association
- Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to the American Psychological Association
- Founding Editor of the journal “Law and Human Behavior”
- First Editor of the journal “Psychology, Public Policy, and Law”
- Fellow of the American Psychological Association
- Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
- Elected member of the American Law Institute
- Fellow of the American Psychology-Law Society
- Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- Fellow of the Society of Clinical Psychology
- Fellow of the Society for General Psychology
- Twice elected and served as President of the American Psychology-Law Society
Bruce D. Sales
Virginia L. Roberts Professor
Psycholinguistics