 She won the George W. Atherton teaching award, a university wide honor, in 1966, and became a full professor.Gergen was given the title of Emerita upon retiring from the college in 2006.In the early 1990s, she was one of the seven founders of The Taos Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of social constructionist ideas within diverse practice areas, including therapy, organizational consulting, and education.