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

Current Research Projects

Vita

Recent Papers

Recent Publications

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 Professor of Psychology and held the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs for 2002-2003. In addition, Borgida is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and has served as Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology, which he co-founded, and 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 has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Psychological Science (APS) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Borgida's research interests include social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, psychology and law, and political psychology.

Selected Publications

Oxendine, A., Sullivan, J.L., Borgida, E., Riedel, E., Jackson, M., & Dial, J. (2007). The importance of political context for understanding civic engagement: A longitudinal analysis. Political Behavior, 29, 31-67.

Borgida, E., & Kim, A. (2007). Reflections on being an expert witness in class action sex discrimination litigation. In F.J. Crosby, M.S. Stockdale, & S.A. Ropp (eds.), Sex discrimination in the workplace. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Hatsukami, D.K., Joseph, A.M., LeSage, M., Jensen, J., Murphy, S.E., Pentel, P.R., Kotlyar, M., Borgida, E., Le, C., & Hecht, S.S. (2007). Developing the science base for reducing tobacco harm. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 9 (Supplement 4), S537-S553.

Borgida, E., & Fiske, S.T. (Eds.) (2008). Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Borgida, E., Kim, A., Stark, E., & Miller, C. (2008). Educating consumers about "safer" tobacco products: Some lessons from psychology and law. In Haugtvedt, Kardes, & Herr (Eds.), Handbook of Consumer Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Stark, E., Kim, A., Miller, C. & Borgida, E. (2008). Effects of including a graphic warning label in advertisements for reduced exposure tobacco products: Implications for persuasion and policy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(2).

Borgida, E., Federico, C., & J.L. Sulivan (Eds.) (in press). The political psychology of democratic citizenship. New York: Oxford University Press.

Stark, E., Borgida, E., Kim, A., & Pickens, B. (in press). Understanding public attitudes toward tobacco harm reduction: The role of attitude structure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Ergun, D., Deason, G., Borgida, E., & Charles, G. (in press). Race and redistricting: What the print media conveys to the public about the role of race. Journal of Social Issues.

Borgida, E., Worth, K.A., Lippmann, B., Ergun, D., & Farr, J. (in press). Beliefs about deliberation: Personal and normative dimensions. Journal of Social Issues.

Fiske, S.T., & Borgida, E. (in press). Providing expert knowledge in an adversarial context: Social cognitive science in employment discrimination cases. Annual Review of Law and Social Science.