Research Interests:

Emotion and emotional pathology

Motivation

Social cognition and belief systems

Cross-cultural psychology

Political psychology

Current Research:

Emotion, social cognition, cross-cultural psychology:

Testing and refining a theory of the appraisal determinants of emotions

Applying the theory to account for cultural, developmental, and individual differences in emotional response

Investigating differences and similarities among particular emotions in phenomenology, physiology, expressions, action tendencies, actions, goals, and response “strategies”

Examining relationships among particular emotions (including emotion families, and the system of emotional response alternatives)

Relating emotion-eliciting appraisals to emotional responses, within an overarching model of the emotion system

Studying how people attempt to regulate emotions using cognitive, motivational, and behavioral strategies; and comparing the efficacy of different regulatory mechanisms

Applying basic research on appraisals and emotions to help understand, diagnose, and treat emotional pathology

Motivation:

Examining relationships between motivation and emotion, and their distinct and complementary contributions to the explanation of behavior

Refining and testing a theory of motivational extremes

Political psychology, belief systems:

Applying basic research on emotion and motivation to issues of social and political concern, such as voting, responses to political communications, and racial prejudice

Testing and refining theories of ideological structure and individual attachment to ideologies; identifying factors that produce belief systems resistant to disconfirmation

Teaching Experience:

Emotion

Motivation

Belief systems

Introduction to social psychology

Social Psychology

Research methods

Survey research methods

Fieldwork in psychology

Psychology and law

Psychology of visual art

Research Support:

Cultural Differences and Similarities in Emotions and Emotional Pathology, $11,596.00, American Institute of Indian Studies / National Science Foundation grant INT 8304294 A02, 1986, Ira Roseman, Principal Investigator.

Service to the Profession:

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Grants:

National Science Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation

Professional Journals:

Cognition and Emotion

Emotion

European Journal of Social Psychology

Journal of Cognitive Systems Research

Journal of Personality & Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition

Journal of Personality & Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations & Group Processes

Journal of Personality &Social Psychology:Personality Processes&Individual Differences

Personal Relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Psychological Bulletin

Psychological Reports

Psychological Review

Social Research

Academic Publishers:

Cambridge University Press

Harvard University Press

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Oxford University Press

John Wiley

Service to the Faculty, College, and Department:

Member, Faculty Senate, Camden FAS

Member, Women's Studies Program Faculty, CCAS

Member, Courses of Study Committee, Camden FAS

Member, Committee on Long Range Planning, Camden FAS

Member, Committee on Teacher Evaluation, CCAS

Advisor for Transfer Students, CCAS

Supervisor, special research methods tutorial, Psychology Dept.

Member, Ad Hoc Colloquium Committee, Psychology Dept.

Co-Author, Graduate Program Proposal, Psychology Dept.

Member, Committee on Student Life, CCAS

Chair, Committee on Student Life, CCAS

Member, Industrial/Organizational Search Committee, Psychology Dept.

Member, Space Committee, Psychology Dept.

Member, Academic Policy Committee, CCAS

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on University Restructuring

Member, Curriculum Committee, Psychology Dept.

Member, Executive Committee, graduate program, Psychology Dept.

Member, Peer Evaluation Committee, Psychology Dept.

Chair, Peer Evaluation Committee, Psychology Dept.

Publications:

Roseman, I. J. (1983). Cognitive determinants of emotions. (Doctoral dissertation, Yale University, 1982). Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 4200B.

Roseman, I. J. (1984). Cognitive determinants of emotions: A structural theory. In P. Shaver (Ed.), Review of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 5, pp. 11-36). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Roseman, I. J., Abelson, R. P., & Ewing, M. F. (1986). Emotion and political cognition: Emotional appeals in political communication. In R. R. Lau & D. O. Sears (Eds.), Political cognition: the 19th annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition (pp. 279-294). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Roseman, I. J., Spindel, M. S., & Jose, P. E. (1990). Appraisals of emotion-eliciting events: Testing a theory of discrete emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 899-915.

Roseman, I. J. (1991). Appraisal determinants of discrete emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 5, 161-200.

Roseman, I. J. (1994). The psychology of strongly-held beliefs: Theories of ideological structure and individual attachment. In R. C. Schank & E. Langer (Eds.), Beliefs, reasoning, and decision-making: Psycho-logic in honor of Bob Abelson (pp. 175-208). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Roseman, I. J. (1994). Emotions and emotion families in the emotion system. In N. H. Frijda (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions (pp. 171-175). Storrs, CT: International Society for Research on Emotions.

Roseman, I. J., Wiest, C., & Swartz, T. S. (1994). Phenomenology, behaviors, and goals differentiate discrete emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 206-221.

Roseman, I. J., Dhawan, N., Rettek, S. I., Naidu, R. K., & Thapa, K. (1995). Cultural differences and cross-cultural similarities in appraisals and emotional responses. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 26, 23-48.

Dhawan, N., Roseman, I. J., Naidu, R. K., Thapa, K., & Rettek, S. I. (1995). Self-concepts across two cultures: India and the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 26, 606-621.

Roseman, I. J. (1996). Why these appraisals? Anchoring appraisal models to research on emotional behavior and related response systems. In N. H. Frijda (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions (pp. 106-110). Storrs, CT: International Society for Research on Emotions.

Roseman, I. J., Antoniou, A. A., & Jose, P. E. (1996). Appraisal determinants of emotions: Constructing a more accurate and comprehensive theory. Cognition and Emotion, 10, 241-277.

Roseman, I. J. (1998). Progress in understanding the emotion system: Distinguishing shame from guilt, contempt from anger, and disgust from frustration. In A. Fischer (Ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions (pp. 199-204). Amsterdam: International Society for Research on Emotions.

Roseman, I. J. (2001). A model of appraisal in the emotion system: Integrating theory, research, and applications. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal processes in emotion: Theory, methods, research (pp. 68-91). New York: Oxford University Press.

Roseman, I. J., & Kaiser, S. (2001). Applications of appraisal theory to understanding, diagnosing, and treating emotional pathology. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal processes in emotion: Theory, methods, research (pp. 249-267). New York: Oxford University Press.

Roseman, I. J., & Smith, C. A. (2001). Appraisal theory: Overview, assumptions, varieties, controversies. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal processes in emotion: Theory, methods, research (pp. 3-19). New York: Oxford University Press.

Roseman, I. J. (2002). Dislike, anger, and contempt: Interpersonal distancing, attack, and exclusion emotions. Emotion Researcher, 16(3), 5-6.

Roseman, I. J. (2004). Appraisals, rather than unpleasantness or muscle movements, are the primary determinants of specific emotions. Emotion, 4, 145-150.

Roseman, I. J., & Evdokas, A. (2004). Appraisals cause experienced emotions: Experimental evidence. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 1-28.

Roseman, I. J., & Read, S. J. (2005). In Memoriam: Robert P. Abelson (1928 - 2005). Psychological Science Agenda, 19, 7-12.

Read, S. J., & Roseman, I. J. (Eds.). (2006). In Memoriam: Robert P. Abelson (1928 - 2005). APS Observer, 19, 19-25.

Roseman, I. J. (2006). In Memoriam: Robert P. Abelson (1928 - 2005). APS Observer, 19, 21-22.

Roseman, I. J., & Read, S. J. (2007). Robert P. Abelson (1928-2005). American Psychologist, 62, 247-248.

Roseman, I. J., & Read, S. J. (2007). Psychologist at play: Robert P. Abelson's life and contributions to psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 86-97.

Fischer, A. H., & Roseman, I. J. (2007). Beat them or ban them: The characteristics and social functions of anger and contempt. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 103-115.

Roseman, I. J. (2008). Motivations and emotivations: Approach, avoidance, and other tendencies in motivated and emotional behavior. In A. J. Elliot (Ed.), Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation (pp. 343-366). New York: Psychology Press.

Roseman, I. J. (in press). Agency. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford companion to the affective sciences. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Roseman, I. J. (in press). Legitimacy. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford companion to the affective sciences. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication:

Roseman, I. J., Swartz, T. S., Newman, L., & Nichols, N. (2008). Phenomenology, behaviors, and goals also differentiate positive emotions. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Unpublished Manuscripts:

Roseman, I. J. (1977). The comprehension and recall of probable and improbable goal, action, and outcome information in brief stories. Unpublished master's thesis. Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Roseman, I. J. (1982). Cognitive determinants of emotions. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Yale University.

Roseman, I. J. (1995). The determinants of emotions are not just cognitive. Unpublished manuscript, Rutgers University.

Works in Progress:

Sulik, M. J., & Roseman, I. J. (2008). Appraisals distinguishing attack emotions from exclusion emotions. Manuscript in preparation.

Roseman, I. J. (2008). A theory of emotional responses: Discrete emotions form a coherent set of coping strategies. Manuscript in preparation.

Roseman, I. J. (2008). The emotion system. Manuscript in preparation.

Roseman, I. J. (2008). Some positive emotions are as well differentiated as negative emotions: A cross-cultural study. Manuscript in preparation.

Conference Presentations, Lectures:

Roseman, I. J. (1979, September). Cognitive aspects of emotion and emotional behavior. In S. Fiske (Chair), Social cognition and affect. Symposium conducted at the 87th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Lehnert, W., Roseman, I. J., & Abelson, R. (1980). Affect analysis and text comprehension. Paper presented at 2nd Annual Meeting, Cognitive Science Society, New Haven, CT.

Roseman, I. J. (1983, June). A "cognitive" theory of emotions and its implications for psychopathology. Paper presented at International Conference on Emotion, Stress, and Conflict, Nag's Head Conference Center, Kill Devil Hills, NC.

Abelson, R. P., & Roseman, I. J. (1984, May). Love appeals and anger appeals in political persuasion. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Roseman, I. J. (1984, June). Why do we have emotions? Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Affect and Emotion, Nag's Head Conference Center, Kill Devil Hills, NC.

Roseman, I. J. (1984, August). The structure of emotion antecedents: Individual and cross-cultural differences. In P. Shaver (Chair), New approaches to emotion structure and process. Symposium conducted at the 92nd Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, Toronto.

Roseman, I. J. (1984, October). A motivation-plus-cognition theory of emotion: What we want and what we get. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Snowbird, Utah.

Roseman, I. J. (1985). The structure and functions of the emotion system: Relationships between antecedents and components of basic emotions. Paper presented at the Summer Institute on Cognition-Emotion Interrelationships, Winterpark, CO.

Roseman, I. J. (1986, February). Studies of cognitive appraisal and emotional response in India and the United States. Paper presented at Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Roseman, I. J. (1987, August). Ways of differentiating anxiety and depression. In J. R. Riskind, & I. J. Roseman (Chairs), Differentiating anxiety and depression. Symposium conducted at 95th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Dhawan, N., & Roseman, I. J. (1988). Self-concepts across two cultures: India and the United States. Paper presented at the 9th International Congress, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Roseman, I. J. (1989). The emotion systems: Why we have the feelings that we do. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Affect and Adjustment, Nag's Head Conference Center, Kill Devil Hills, NC.

Roseman, I. J. (1990, November). The emotion system: Strategies for coping with crises and opportunities. Colloquium presented at Department of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Roseman, I. J. (1991, January). The emotion system: Strategies for coping with crises and opportunities. Colloquium presented at Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Roseman, I. J. (1991, February). The emotion system: A coherent set of strategies for coping. Colloquium presented to the Social Psychology area, UCLA.

Roseman, I. J. (1991, March). The emotion system: A coherent set of strategies for coping. Colloquium presented to Social Psychology area, University of Southern California.

Roseman, I. J. (1991, May). The emotion system: A coherent set of strategies for coping. Colloquium presented to Social Psychology area, Yale University.

Roseman, I. J. (1993, January). The emotion system. Colloquium presented to the Department of Psychology Emotion Research Group, University of Delaware.

Roseman, I. J. (1993, September). The psychology of strongly-held beliefs. Invited paper presented at the Festschrift for Bob Abelson, Mystic, CT.

Roseman, I. J. (1993, October). The emotion system: A coherent set of strategies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Barbara, CA.

Roseman, I. J. (1994, July). The discrete emotions form a coherent set: A theory of emotional responses. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

Roseman, I. J., Swartz, T. S., Newman, L., & Nichols, N. (1994, July) Behaviors and goals can differentiate positive emotions. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

Roseman, I. J. (1994, July). Emotions and emotion families in the emotion system. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions. Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Roseman, I. J., & Evdokas, A. (1995, June). Appraisals do cause real emotions: Experimental evidence. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, New York, NY.

Roseman, I. J. (1996, April). Appraisal guidance of the emotion system: Converging evidence and an integrative model. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference, German Society of Experimental Psychology, Eichstätt, Germany.

Roseman, I. J. (1996, August). Why these appraisals? Anchoring appraisal models to research on emotional behavior and related response systems. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions. Toronto, Canada.

Bradley, R. L., & Roseman, I. J. (1997, April). Relations between negative emotions, coping strategies, and outcome measures among adolescents. Paper presented at the annual Society for Research in Child Development conference, Washington, D.C.

Roseman, I. J. (1997, April). Proposals for an integrated appraisal theory. Paper presented at the 5th Journees d'Etude sur les Emotions conference, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Roseman, I. J. (1997, April). Applications of appraisal theory. Paper presented at the 5th Journees d'Etude sur les Emotions conference, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Roseman, I. J. (1998, May). One appraisal distinguishes disgust from frustration, contempt from anger, shame from guilt. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Roseman, I. J. (1998, August). Progress in understanding the emotion system: Distinguishing shame from guilt, contempt from anger, and disgust from frustration. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions, University of Würzberg, Würzberg, Germany.

Roseman, I. J. (1999, May). Agendas for research on emotional response: Behaviors, actions, and emotivational goals. Invited paper presented at the Free University of Amsterdam Symposium on Emotions and Behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Roseman, I. J. (2000, June). New evidence on similarities within families of negative emotions. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, Miami, FL.

Roseman, I. J. (2000, August). Regret vs. guilt: Self-directed distancing vs. attack emotions. Paper presented at the 11th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Quebec City, Canada.

Roseman, I. J. (2000, November). Appraisal, emotion, and emotion regulation. Colloquium presented to the Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Allahabad, India.

Roseman, I. J., van Dijk, W. W., & Slawinski, T. D. (2001, August). Appraisal regulation of emotion. Paper presented at the 109th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Roseman, I. J. (2002, July). Distancing, attack, and exclusion responses: A summary of progress in differentiating negative emotions. Paper presented at the 12th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Cuenca, Spain.

Roseman, I. J., Copeland, J. A., & Fischer, A. (2003, February). Contempt vs. anger in interracial attitudes. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Meeting, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles.

Smith, C. A., & Roseman, I. J. (2004, July). Appraisal. Topic table presented at the 13th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions, New York City.

Roseman, I. J. (2005, January). How do I perceive thee? The appraisal basis of attack and exclusion. In P. C. Ellsworth (Chair). New directions in appraisal theory of emotions. Symposium conducted at the 6th Annual Meeting, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Roseman, I. J. (2005, April). The emotion system: Minding what matters (and what to do about it). Lecture presented as part of the colloquium series Mental breakdown: The gray area between brain and mind. Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.

Roseman, I. J. (2005, May). The emotion system: Theory, research, and applications. Colloquium presented at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Roseman, I. J. (2005, May). Research methods for studying appraisal and emotions. Invited lecture, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Roseman, I. J. (2005, September). What it was like to be a student of Bob Abelson. Robert P. Abelson Memorial Service, New Haven, CT.

Roseman, I. J., & Sulik, M. J. (2006, May). Appraisals distinguish attack emotions from exclusion emotions. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Convention, Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Roseman, I. J. (2006, August). Attack them, reject them: Aggression and exclusion in social life. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting, International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, GA.

Sulik, M. J., & Roseman, I. J. (2006, August). Instructions can elicit less confounded memories of emotional experiences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, GA.

Roseman, I. J. (2006, August). Attack and rejection as fundamental patterns of emotion and behavior. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, GA.

Sulik, M. J., & Roseman, I. J. (2007, May). Controllability may help distinguish attack emotions from exclusion emotions. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Convention, Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Sulik, M. J., & Roseman, I. J. (2008, February). Moral codes and moral emotions: Some additional support for the CAD-triad hypothesis. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.