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Program Faculty Publications for 2010
The Center for Human Culture has been very active in submitting for Journal Publications during 2010. Due to the prolific publication of CHCB faculty to the scientific literature, a new portion of the site documenting these achievements will be coming shortly.
SPSP Consciousness Preconference
The SPSP preconference will be held in San Antonio, Texas on January 27th, 2011. The topic to be discussed is Conciousness: Facts, Fictions, Functions. Dr. Ezequiel Morsella Associate Director of the CHCB has been invited to speak at this once in a lifetime opportunity. For more information please visit the conference website.
CHCB in the New York Times 4/6/2010
Kathleen Rives Bogart obtained her Masters degree in Social Psychology at San Francisco State University (SFSU) before applying to Tufts University to pursue her Doctorate. During her time at SFSU she became a member of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory (CERL) headed by Dr. David Matsumoto and one of the contributing laboratories to the Center for Human Culture and Behavior. Under Dr. Matsumoto's supervision Kathleen finished her thesis titled,"Facial Expression Recognition, Social Competence, and Adjustment in People with Moebius Syndrome". Her research now has made national attention and brought a nationwide awareness to Moebius syndrome.
To read the New York Times article go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/health/06mind.html
To listen to a slideshow narrated by Kathleen visit: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/05/health/20100406_facialparalysi s/index.html
Research Colloquia
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, EP 304, 12:00 noon
Prof. Daniel Cervone, PhD.
Professor of Psychology
University of Illinois, Chicago
About Professor Cervone: One of the world's leading experts on the nuts and bolts comprising one's personality, Daniel Cervone is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of many landmark books, including The Coherence of Personality, and Personality: Determinants, Dynamics, and Potentials. His groundbreaking research has appeared in journals such as Psychological Review and Psychological Science.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, EP 304, 12:00 noon
Prof. Jeff Sherman, PhD.
Professor of Psychology
University of California, Davis
About Professor Sherman: Dr. Sherman's research investigates the cognitive processes underlying social psychology and behavior. In particular, he is interested in how people perceive themselves, other people, and groups of people. Much of his research focuses on stereotyping and prejudice. The topics he studies include: how people acquire stereotypes and prejudice, how stereotypes and prejudice affect our perceptions and memories of other people, the extent to which these biases are efficient or even automatic, and how people may or may not control unwanted stereotypes and prejudices. He is the Editor of Social Cognition.
Friday, 15 October 2010, EP 304, 12:00 noon
Prof. Arthur M. Glenberg, PhD.
Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University
About Professor Glenberg: Dr. Glenberg, the father of research on embodied cognition, is Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Glenberg's recent, pioneering research has revealed a) how actions in a situation are an essential prerequisite for new learning; b) how language comprehension takes advantage of one's knowledge of how actions can be combined; and c) how linguistic structures coordinate with action-based knowledge to result in language comprehension. He has also begun to investigate application embodiment theories to enhance children's reading comprehension and mathematical problem solving.
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, HSS 285, 12:00 noon
Prof. Roy Baumeister, PhD.
Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology
Florida State University
Dr. Roy F. Baumeister is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, and aggression. He has authored nearly 300 publications and has written or co-written 20 books including his most recent work, "The Cultural Animal." He earned his A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University and his M.A. from Duke University. He returned to Princeton University with his mentor Edward E. Jones and earned his Ph.D. from the university's Department of Psychology in 1978. He is a fellow of both the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Baumeister was named an ISI highly cited researcher in 2003.
Note: Page last updated March 16, 2010
