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Reef Youngreen, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Telephone: 617-287-3909
  • Fax: 617-287-6288
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,04,00002

Areas of Expertise

Social Psychology, Status Processes, Deviance

Degrees

PhD, University of Iowa

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • 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.

Additional Information

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Current 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.