J. Brown Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Division of Behavioral Sciences

Ph.D. Experimental Social Psychology, New Mexico State University
M.A. Psychology, New Mexico State University

Courses Taught
Case Studies in Espionage
Psychology of Terrorism
Research & Experimental Methods
Sensation and Perception
Statistics

Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
Social attribution, Attitudes, Gender, the Self

Publications and Presentations

Trafimow, D., Clayton, K., Sheeran, P., Darwish, A. E. & Brown, J. (in press) How do people form behavioral intentions when others have the power to determine social consequences? Manuscript accepted at The Journal of General Psychology.

Fitzpatrick, K., Gordy, L. & Brown, J. (2009, November). Applying lessons learned from assessing social science classes in general education. Panel presentation at the New England Educational Assessment Network. College of the Holy Cross, November 2009, Worcester, MA. With Laurie Gordy and Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

Brown, J., Trafimow, D. & Gregory, W.L. (2004). The generality of hierarchically restrictive behaviors. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 1-21.

Trafimow, D., Sheeran, P., Lombardo, B., Finlay, K.A., Brown, J. & Armitage, C. J. (2004). Affective and cognitive control of persons and behaviors. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 1-18.

Brown, J. & Trafimow, D. (2003). The generalization of the negativity effect to self-attributions. Psychological Reports, 93, 638-640.

Brown, J., Thompson, L. A. & Trafimow, D. (2002). The father-daughter relationships rating scale. Psychological Reports, 90, 212-214.

Trafimow, D., Brown, J., Grace, K., Thompson, L. & Sheeran, P. (2002). The relative influence of attitudes and subjective norms from childhood to adolescence: Between-participants and within-participants analyses. American Journal of Psychology, 115, 395-414.

Professional Memberships

  • Human Evolution and Behavior Society
  • American Psychological Association
  •  American Psychological Society
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • New England Psychological Association
  • Team Based Learning Collaborative
  • New England Educational Assessment Network
  • Psi Chi

Personal Interests
Running, reading, training my black lab.

J Brown