Reef Youngreen

Office: Wheatley, 4th floor, Rm 7
Telephone: 617-287-3909
Email: reef.youngreen@umb.edu

Research

Developing and extending experimental research on deviance and creativity; Elaborating on the workings of identity commitment in situations of conflicting first- and second-order interaction expectations; Exploring the relative cohesion among groups of minority and majority groups and the identity transformations emerging from groups on the minority/majority cusp; Creating research and practical links between social processes tested in the laboratory and "real world" groups.

Representative Publications

Troyer, Lisa and Reef Youngreen. 2009. “Conflict and Creativity in Groups.” Journal of Social Issues v.65, n.2

Youngreen, Reef, Bridget Conlon, Dawn T. Robinson and Michael J. Lovaglia. 2009. “Identity and Cognitive Performance: Theory and Test.” Social Science Research v.38, pp. 438-446.

Youngreen, Reef and Christopher D. Moore. 2008. “The Effects of Status Violations on Hierarchy and Influence in Groups.” Small Group Research v.38, n.5, pp. 569-587.

Youngreen, Reef. 2006. "Kurt Lewin" in George Ritzer (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Sociology: Blackwell Publishing.

Lovaglia, Michael J., Reef Youngreen, Jeffrey W. Lucas, Leda E. Kanellakos, Elisabet Rutstrom, and David Willer. 2004. "Stereotype Threat and Differential Expected Consequences: Explaining Group Differences in Mental Ability Test Scores." Sociological Focus, v.37, n.2.