Psychology: Eugene Borgida

Eugene Borgida

Professor of Psychology and Law
N387 Elliott, (612) 625-3381
borgi001@umn.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1976, University of Michigan
B.A., 1971, Wesleyan University

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Current Research Projects

Vita

Recent Papers

Courses Taught
Attitudes & Social Behavior
Social Cognition
Law, Race, and Social Psychology

Political Psychology Center

Statement of Interests

Eugene Borgida is Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology and also held the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs for 2002-2003. In addition, Borgida is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science, serves as Co-Director of the University's Center for the Study of Political Psychology, which he co-founded, and is Co-Editor of the journal, Political Psychology. From 1992-95 he was Associate Dean and Executive Officer of the College of Liberal Arts, and from 1996-99 he served as chair of the Psychology Department. Borgida's research has been funded by NIMH, NIH, NSF, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. He received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and the system-wide Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education in 1989. With L. Rudman, Borgida won the 1994 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, and in 1989, he and colleagues J.L. Sullivan and J. Aldrich won the Heinz Eulau Award for the best paper published in the American Political Science Review. He is a Fellow of the APS and a Fellow in several APA divisions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Borgida's research interests include social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, psychology and law, and political psychology.

Selected Publications

Hunt, J.S., & Borgida, E. (2001). Is that what I said? Developmental differences in witnesses reponses to modifications. Law and Human Behavior, 25,(6), 583-603.

Sullivan, J.L., Borgida, E., Jackson, M.S., Riedel, E., Oxendine, A., & Gangl, A. (2002). Social capital and community electronic networks: For-profit vs. for-community approaches. American Behavioral Scientist, 45(5), 868-886.

Borgida, E., Sullivan, J.L., Oxendine, A., Jackson, M.S., Riedel, E., & Gangl, A. (2002). Civic culture meets the digital divide: The role of community electronic networks. Journal of Social Issues, 58 (1), 125-141.

Hunt, J.S., Borgida, E., Kelly, K.A., & Burgess, D. (2002). Gender stereotyping: Scientific status. In D. Faigman, D.H. Kaye, M.J. Saks, & J. Sanders (Eds.), Modern scientific evidence: The law and science of expert testimony. (pp.374-426). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.

Borgida, E., & Hunt, J.S. (2003). Psychology and law. Chapter in S.E. Taylor, L.A. Peplau, & D.O. Sears, Social Psychology. (pp.496-514). Eleventh Edition. Upper Sadle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishers.

Haney, B., Borgida, E., and Farr, J. (2002). Citizenship and civic engagement in public problem-solving. In M. X. Delli-Carpini, L. Huddy, and R.Y. Shapiro (eds.), Research in Micropolitics: New Directions in Political Psychology. (pp.225-252). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Sullivan, J.L., Borgida, E., Jackson, M.S., Riedel, E., & Oxendine, A.R. (2002). A tale of two towns: Assessing the role of political resources in a community electronic network. Political Behavior, 24 (1), 55-84.

Riedel, E., Gangl, A., Oxendine, A., Jackson, M., Sullivan, J.L., & Borgida, E. (in press). The role of the Internet in national and local news media use. Journal of On-Line Behavior.

Oxendine, A., Borgida, E., Sullivan, J.L., & Jackson, M.S. (in press). The importance of trust and community in developing and maintaining a community electronic network. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.