SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

At the University of Texas

Jennifer Beer. Assistant Professor. Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, 2002. Social neuroscience, self, emotion, social cognition. Webpage

Sam Gosling Associate Professor. Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, 1998. Interpersonal perception and impression formation; Personality and temperament in non-human animals; Evolutionary psychology; Historical trends in psychology. Webpage

Bob Josephs. Associate Professor. Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, 1990.
Social Endocrinology Webpage

Jamie Pennebaker. Professor and Department Chair. Ph.D. from the University of Texas, 1977.
Writing about emotional experiences and physical health; Naturalistic language use and personality; How individuals, groups, and entire cultures cope with traumas. Webpage

Bill Swann. Professor. Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, 1978.
The self, identity and group relations, close relationships, person perception and health.
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Rebecca Bigler. Professor. Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, 1991.
Social cognition in children, gender role development, racial stereotyping. Webpage

David Buss. Professor. Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley.
Evolutionary psychology of human mating strategies; Conflict between the sexes; Prestige, status, and reputation; Jealousy; Social relationships, including coalitions and dyadic friendships. Webpage

Ted Huston. Professor of Human Ecology and Psychology. Ph.D. from SUNY at Albany.
The nature of intimate relationships and how they change over time; links between courtship, marriage, and divorce; longitudinal research; diary data collection methods. Webpage

Judy Langlois. Professor. Ph.D. from Louisiana State University.
Social development and social information processing; the effects of individual characteristics (physical appearance, gender, age) on the differential socialization of males and females and on the development of social behavior; the origin of social stereotypes. Webpage

Norman Li. Assistant Professor. Ph.D. from Arizona State University
Integrating economic principles with social and evolutionary psychology, and applying dynamical models to the study of social and evolutionary systems; understanding the adaptive social functions of humor Webpage

Tim Loving. Assistant Professor. Ph.D. from Purdue University.
How relationship events impact partners' physiological and health outcomes, including endocrine and immune function; the reasons for, and consequences of, romantically involved individuals' conversations with their friends and family about their romances.

Stephanie Rude. Associate Professor. Ph.D. from Stanford University.
The role of cognitive processing biases in conferring vulnerability to depression; emotion-regulation strategies and attitudes about emotional experience as mediators of depression vulnerability. Webpage.