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| Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L. Wilson Professor Distinguished of Sociology
 - Contact Info:
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday and Thursday 2-3:30pm
- Education:
| Ph.D. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 1978 |
| M.A. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 1976 |
| BA | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1973 |
| B.A. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 1972 |
- Research Interests:
I study emotion, identity, and action. I’m interested in the basic question of how identities affect social interaction. I use experimental, observational, survey and simulation methods to describe how identities, actions and emotions are interrelated. The experiments I do usually involve creating social situations where unusual things happen to people, then seeing how they respond behaviorally or emotionally. I observe small task group interactions to see how identities influence conversational behavior. My survey work often focuses on gender and other social positions that influence the groups and networks in which people are imbedded. My simulations studies involve affect control theory, a mathematical model of how identities, actions and emotions affect one another. Now, I’m putting affect control theory together with McPherson’s ecological theory of affiliation to show how social systems, identities, and emotional experience are connected.
- Areas of Interest:
- Social Psychology,
Emotions,
Gender,
Group Processes
- Curriculum Vitae
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Kate Parkinson
- Steven Foy (co-chair of committee)
- Kim Rogers (chair of committee)
- Helen Wu
- Mark Walden
- Katrina Jongman-Sereno
- Brent Curdy
- Jon Morgan
- Molly S. Weeks
- Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
- Allison Wisecup (chair of committee)
- Molly Stroud Weeks
- Jennifer Guadagno
- Eugenia Wu
- Kimberly Rogers
- Gerald W. Mollenhorst
- Lijun Song
- Tif Guidry
- Joonmo Son
- Katelin Isaacs
- Stephen Nelson
- Jess Sauter
- Postdocs Mentored
- Brandon Berry (Aging Center Postdoc, 2012-13)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
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- Freeland, RE; Smith-Lovin, L; Rogers, KB; Hoey, J; Quinn, J "IDENTIFIABLE IDENTITIES AND CONSEQUENT EMOTIONS IN HOOKUP CULTURE’S TAXONOMY OF UNDEFINED RELATIONSHIPS." Advances in Group Processes. December, 2024: 57-77. [doi] [abs]
- Quinn, JM; Freeland, RE; Maloney, EK; Rogers, KB; Smith-Lovin, L "Meaning Change in U.S. Occupational Identities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Was It Temporary or Durable?." December, 2024: 513-524. [doi] [abs]
- Kroska, A; Powell, B; Rogers, KB; Smith-Lovin, L "Affect Control Theories: A Double Special Issue in Honor of David R. Heise." January, 2023: 3-11. [doi] [abs]
- Quinn, JM; Freeland, RE; Rogers, KB; Hoey, J; Smith-Lovin, L "How Cultural Meanings of Occupations in the U.S. Changed During the Covid-19 Pandemic.." January, 2023: 125-147. [doi] [abs]
- Maloney, EK; Rogers, KB; Smith-Lovin, L "Status as Deference: Cultural Meaning as a Source of Occupational Behavior." November, 2022: 70-88. [doi] [abs]
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