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William B. Swann, Professor (Social-Personality Area), Adjunct Clinical
SEA 3.216
Ph: (512) 475-8493
Email: swann@mail.utexas.edu

Personality and Interpersonal Processes Lab

Dr. Swann does not plan to admit a new clinical graduate student for fall of 2010.

William B. Swann, Jr., received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He has been a fellow at Princeton University and at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford and is the recipient of two research scientist development awards. He has also received multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Mental Health. He has authored numerous articles and a book on self-esteem, depression, and relationships. His current research focuses on the self, blirtatiousness, victimization, and gender in close relationships. Dr. Swann is a professor in the areas of Social-Personality and Clinical Psychology.

Selected Publications:

2007 Swann, W. B., Jr. Chang-Schneider, C. & McClarty, K. (2007) Do our self-views matter? Self-concept and self-esteem in everyday life. American Psychologist, 62, 84-94.

Wiesenfeld, B. M., Swann, W.B ., Jr, Brockner, J. & Bartel, C. (2007). Is More Fairness Always Preferred? Self-Esteem Moderates Reactions to Procedural Justice. Academy of Management Journal, 50.

Sellers, J.G., Woolsey, M.D. & Swann, W. B. Jr, (2007). Is silence more golden for women than men? Observers derogate effusive women and their quiet partners. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 57, 477-482.

Swann, W. B., Jr. Chang-Schneider, C., & Angulo, S. (in press). Self-verification in relationships as an adaptive process. J. Wood, A. Tesser & J. Holmes (Eds.) Self and Relationships, Psychology Press: New York.

English, T., Chen, S., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (in press). A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Self-Verification Motives. Chapter to appear in R. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi, (Eds.) Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures, Elsevier: San Diego, CA Invited submissions

Swann, W.B., Jr. & Bosson, J. (2006). Identity negotiation: A Theory of Self and Social Interaction. Chapter prepared for O. John, R. Robins, & L. Pervin (Eds.) Handbook of Personality Psychology: Theory and Research. New York: Guilford.