Research Center for Group Dynamics

Shelly Gable from University of California, Santa Barbara - will speak on "Goal-Directed Processes in Close Relationships"
Monday, December 8th, 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. 6050 ISR

Dorwin (Doc) Cartwright, the first director of Michigan’s RCGD, passed away on July 18 after a long illness. We will all miss him and never forget his outstanding contributions to RCGD and ISR. Doc is survived by his wife Barbara of Santa Barbara, California.To honor him and commemorate his contributions, RCGD will be holding a memorial event for him. We will announce the details soon.

Not only do we remember “Doc” as one of the founders of the field of group dynamics, but also as a brilliant colleague and great friend to RCGD. His obituary appeared in the July 28, 2008 issue of the UM Record.

Science News quotes Paul Boxer, co-PI in CDC funded Aggression Research study about media violence and aggression.
Podcast of the 2008 Katz-Newcomb lecture, Affective Adaptation and the Pleasure of Uncertainty presented by Professor Timothy Wilson from the Univ. of Virginia now available online.
Daphna Oyserman is the recipient of the 2009 Society for Social Work Research Excellence in Research Award for her article entitled "Identity-based Motivation and Health".
Discussing research about the age at which children make connections between what they know is wrong and their behavior, the Star Ledger and Michigan Today quotes RCGD researcher Pamela Davis-Kean.
The "2008 Best Article Award" from the Association for Consumer Research is "How Warnings about False Claims Become Recommendations" by Ian Skurnik, Carolyn Yoon, Denise C. Park, and Norbert Schwarz.