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- Twin Cities
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- Other Locations
Department of Psychology
psych@umn.edu
612-625-2818
psych@umn.edu
612-625-2818
Social Psychology
The social psychology graduate training program focuses on both basic and applied research in social and personality psychology, with an emphasis on developing research skills through course work, research experience with area and affiliated faculty members, field research, and interdisciplinary research opportunities. Research areas include social cognition, emotion, subjective well-being, personality and social behavior, attitude formation and change, culture, intergroup relations, social psychology and law, political psychology, decision-making and health behavior, stress and coping, dyadic social interaction and strategic social communication, prosocial action and citizen participation, and interpersonal relationships.
Core Faculty
- Ellen Berscheid, Regents' Professor
- Eugene Borgida, Professor
- Christopher M. Federico, Associate Professor and Area Director
- Patricia Frazier, Professor
- Marti Hope Gonzales, Associate Professor
- Traci Mann, Associate Professor
- Alexander Rothman, Professor
- Jeffry A. Simpson, Professor
- Mark Snyder, McKnight Presidential Chair
Affiliated Faculty
- E. Gil Clary, College of St. Catherine
- W. Andrew Collins, Institute of Child Development
- Vladas Griskevicius, Dept of Marketing at Carlson
- Barbara Loken, Carlson School of Management
- Geoffrey Maruyama, Educational Psychology
- Joanne Miller, Political Science
- John Sullivan, Political Science
Affiliated Research Centers/Groups
