Social Motivation Lab

Lab Alum News

Gabe Adams ('06) is going to London!!

Gabe Adams London School of Economics

Gabe Adams ('06) (receiving her PhD at Stanford University this spring) is going to be an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the London School of Economics beginning Fall 2011. A founding member of the lab when it was located at Colby (class of 2006), Gabe has been studying Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She will now becarrying on her reserch into all things related to justice in London. Congratulations Gabe!

New Graduate School Plans

Alex Wesnousky Class Valedictorian!!

New York University

Alex Wesnousky ('10) graduated #1 in her class, andwill be going to New York University next fall for a PhD in Social Psychology. Congratulatioins Alex!!!

Recent Publications

Tory and I have wrotea chapter for the2008 edition of the Annual Review of Psychology. Higgins, E. T., & Pittman, T. S. (2008). Motives of the human animal: Comprehending, managing, and sharing inner states. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 361-385.

Tory and I have a paper on intrinsic motivation at Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Higgins, E. T., Cesarion, J., Hagiwara, N., Spiegel, S., & Pittman, T. S. (2010). Increasint or decreasing interest in activities: The role of regulatory fit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.98, 559-572.

Recent Events

Conferences:

Colby Hosts SESP in Portland in 2009

Colby hosted the meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) this year in Portland, Maine, October 15 - 17.