Dawn T. Robinson
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Dawn T. Robinson is Professor of Sociology and Fellow in the Owens Institute of Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia where she founded and co-directs the Laboratory for the Study of Social Interaction and the Computational Social Science Work Group. Dr. Robinson received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University and held a postdoctoral fellowship in Normal and Abnormal Group Processes at Stanford University. Prior to coming to the University of Georgia, Dr. Robinson taught at the University of Iowa and at Louisiana State University.
Dr. Robinson's research examines how macro-level social structures are produced, conserved, and altered during face-to-face interaction. She works with formal theories of identity and emotion that model the link between structure, culture, and individual social action and experience. Much of Dr. Robinson's work involves testing these theories using experimental methods.
In 2009, Dr. Robinson was selected as a Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. She is past Chair of the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section, the Social Psychology Section, and of the Sociology of Emotion Section of American Sociological Association. She also has held elected offices in the International Society for Research on Emotion and the Southern Sociological Society. Dr. Robinson is a member of the professional honor society, the Sociological Research Association. She served on the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foundation program on Human and Social Dynamics.
Dr. Robinson's recent research includes a four-country study on representations of affective-linguistic culture, developing new mathematical models of cross-cultural interactions, developing non-reactive emotion measures of emotion in social interaction (with Jody Clay-Warner), studying emotional responses to injustice, research on gender and networks, and investigations of social structure and conversational interaction. Her co-edited book (with Jody Clay-Warner), Social Structure and Emotion, received the 2010 Best Book Award from the ASA Section on the Sociology of Emotion. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Office of Naval Research, and the Army Research Office and has appeared in outlets including American Sociological Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Social Forces, and Social Psychology Quarterly. Her latest project, funded by the Army Research Office, is on Computational Models of Cultural Meaning and Social Interaction.
Primary Interests:
- Communication, Language
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Gender Psychology
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Nonverbal Behavior
- Self and Identity
- Sociology, Social Networks
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Journal Articles:
- Cai, Y., Reeve, J., & Robinson, D. T. (2002). Home schooling and teaching style: Comparing the motivating styles of home school and public school teachers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(2), 372-380.
- Clay-Warner, J., & Robinson, D. T. (2015). Infrared Thermography as a Measure of Emotion Response. Emotion Review, 7(2), 157-162.
- Clay-Warner, J., Robinson, D. T., Smith-Lovin, L., Rogers, K. B., & James, K. R. (2016). Justice Standard Determines Emotional Responses to Over-Reward. Social Psychology Quarterly.
- Feld, S. L., & Robinson, D. T. (1998). Secondary bystander effects on intimate violence: When norms of restraint reduce deterrence. Journal of Social and Personal Relations, 15(2), 277-285.
- Kriegel, D. J., Abdul-Mageed, M., Clark, J. K., Freeland, R. E., Heise, D. R., Robinson, D. T., . . . Smith-Lovin, L. (2017). A Multilevel Investigation of Arabic-Language Impression Change. International Journal of Sociology, 47(4), 278-295.
- Moore, C. D., & Robinson, D. T. (2006). Selective identity preferences: Choosing from among alternative occupational identities. Advances in Group Processes, 23, 253-281.
- Owens, T. J., Robinson, D. T., & Smith-Lovin, L. (2010). Three faces of identity. Annual Review of Sociology, 36, 477-499.
- Ridgeway, C. L., Boyle, E. H., Kuipers, K. J., & Robinson, D. T. (1998). How do status beliefs develop? The role of resources and interactional experience. American Sociological Review, 63, 331-350.
- Robinson, D. T. (2007). Control theories in sociology. Annual Review of Sociology, 33, 157-174.
- Robinson, D. T., & Balkwell, J. W. (1995). Density, transitivity, and diffuse status in task-oriented groups. Social Psychology Quarterly, 58(4), 241-254.
- Robinson, D.T., Clay-Warner, J.C. Moore, C.D., Everett, T., Watts, A. Tucker, T.N. & Thai, C. (2012), Toward an Unobtrusive Measure of Emotion During Interaction: Thermal Imaging Techniques. Advances in Group Processes, (29):225 - 266.
- Robinson, D. T., Rogalin, C., & Smith-Lovin, L. (2004). Physiological measures for theoretical concepts: Some ideas for linking deflection and emotion to physical responses during interaction. Advances in Group Processes, 21, 77-115.
- Robinson, D. T., & Smith-Lovin, L. (2001). Getting a laugh: Gender, status, and humor in task discussions. Social Forces, 80(1), 123-158.
- Robinson, D. T., & Smith-Lovin, L. (1999). Emotion display as a strategy for identity negotiation. Motivation and Emotion, 23, 73-104.
- Robinson, D. T., & Smith-Lovin, L. (1992). Selective interaction as a strategy for identity maintenance: An affect control model. Social Psychology Quarterly, 55, 12-28.
- Robinson, D. T., Smith-Lovin, L., & Tsoudis, O. (1994). Heinous crime or unfortunate accident? The effects of remorse on responses to mock criminal confessions. Social Forces, 73(1), 175-190.
- Youngreen, R., Conlon, B., Lovaglia, M. J., & Robinson, D. T. (2009). Identity maintenance and cognitive test performance. Social Science Research, 38, 438-446.
Other Publications:
- MacKinnon, N. J., & Robinson, D. T. (2014). Back to the Future: 25 Years of Research in Affect Control Theory. Advances in Group Processes (Advances in Group Processes, Volume 31) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 31, 139-173.
- Rogers, K. B., & Robinson, D. T. (2014). Measuring affect and emotions. In Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions: Volume II (pp. 283-303). Edited by J Stets and J Turner. Springer Netherlands.
Courses Taught:
- Collective Behavior and Social Movements
- Current Sociological Theory
- Experimental Research in Sociology
- Gender and Interaction
- Group Proceses
- Self, Role, and Identity
- Social Network Analysis
- Social Psychology
Dawn T. Robinson
Department of Sociology
University of Georgia
Baldwin Hall
Athens, Georgia 30602-1611
United States of America
- Phone: (706) 542-0417
- Fax: (706) 542-4320