Faculty
The Social Psychology Program faculty and their current research interests are:
David Matsumoto, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley, 1986)
Theoretical and empirical research is focused on relationship between culture and all aspects of emotion and the role of emotion in intercultural adjustment.
Contact:
Office: EP 328
Office Hours: TBA
Phone: (415) 338-1114
E-mail: dm@sfsu.edu
I am the director of the Culture and Emotion Research Lab.
Recent Publication:
Matsumoto, D., Willingham, B., & Olide, A. (in press). Sequential dynamics and culturally-moderated facial expressions of emotion. Psychological Science.
Areas of expertise to supervise research
Emotion regulation, intercultural adjustment; facial expressions; microexpressions; gesture; nonverbal behavior; emotion and deception
Ezequiel Morsella, Ph.D. (Columbia University, 2002)
Action production, conscious/unconscious processing, social cognitive neuroscience, self-regulation, language production and use, working memory.
Contact:
Office: EP 324
Office Hours: M/W 2:30-4 and by appointment
Phone: (415) 338-1831
E-mail: morsella@sfsu.edu
I am the director of the Action and Consciousness Lab.
Recent Publication:
Morsella, E., Bargh, J.A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Oxford hanbook of human action. New York: Oxford University Press.
Areas of expertise to supervise research
Experimental psychology and neuroscience
James W. Newton, Ph.D. (Stanford University, 1977)
conflict resolution and peace; psychology of nonviolence; power, influence and independence; intergroup relations, prejudice, and discrimination, and social movements and crowds.
Contact:
Office: EP 309
Office Hours: T 11-12pm, 2-3pm; W2-3pm and by appointment.
Phone: (415) 338-7557
E-mail: jnewton@sfsu.edu
I am semi-retired so I am not accepting new thesis students.
Charlotte Tate, Ph.D. (University of Oregon, 2006)
Subjective definitions of social categories, attitudes, prejudice and discrimination, forecasting/prediction.
Contact:
Office: EP 310
Office Hours: T/Th 11-12 and by appointment
Phone: (415) 338-2267
E-mail: ctate2@sfsu.edu
I am the director of the Social Perception, Attitudes, Mental Simulation Lab.
Recent Publication:
Clark, K. D., & Tate, C. (2008). Measuring racial prejudice in a multiracial world: New methods and new constructs. In M.A. Morrison & T. G. Morrison (Eds.), The Psychology of Modern Prejudice (pp. 93-122). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Areas of expertice to supervise research
Social perception; social identity; attitudes; prejudice and discrimination; forecasting/prediction and counterfactuals
Seung Hee Yoo, Ph.D. (Yale University, 2009)
Interpersonal functions of emotion, cross-cultural research on emotions and context
Contact:
Office: EP 218
Office Hours: T 3:45-4:45pm; W 4-5pm (and by appointment)
Phone: (415) 405-3477
E-mail: syoo@sfsu.edu
I am the director of the Social Interaction Lab.
Recent Publication:
Matsumoto, D., Yoo, S. H., Nakagawa, S., et al. (2008). Culture, emotion regulation, and adjustment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 925-937.
Areas of expertise to supervise research
Emotional expressions; intercultural and close relationships; cross-cultural psychology
