Unraveling the Complexities of Social Life: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert B. Zajonc (Decade of Behavior)

John A. Bargh is professor of psychology and director of the graduate program in social psychology at New York University, where he has been on the faculty since 1981. He graduated summa cum laude in psychology from the University of Illinois in 1977 and received his PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1981. His dissertation that year, under the supervision of his advisor, Robert B. Zajonc, received the annual Dissertation Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Dr. Bargh is the coeditor of three other books: Unintended Thought (with J. Uleman), The Psychology of Action (with P. Gollwitzer), and The Use and Abuse of Power (with A. Lee-Chai). He is the author of more than 100 research and theoretical publications centering on unintended, nonconscious influences on a person’s judgments, emotions, motivations, and behavior. In 1989, Dr. Bargh received the Distinguished Early Career Contribution in Psychology award from the American Psychological Association, and in 1990 he and Peter Gollwitzer were awarded the Max Planck Society (Germany) Research Prize for their collaborative research. Deborah K. Apsley has been with the University of Michigan since 1985. Currently she is an administrative associate in the School of Information, where she is in charge of human resources and personnel services. She worked formerly for the Department of Psychology, from 1994 to 1999. From 1985 to 1994, she worked for Robert B. Zajonc, first while he was director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, and then while he was director of the ISR. Most recently, she served as managing editor of the journal Peers and Preventions: AJournal of Undergraduate Peer Helping Research (Sherry L. Hatcher, Ed.). In 1998 she received support staff recognition for Outstanding Leadership from the University of Michigan. She received her BS degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1991.

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