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Eugene Borgida is Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology and also held the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs for 2002-2003. In addition, Borgida is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science, serves as Co-Director of the University's Center for the Study of Political Psychology, which he co-founded, and is Co-Editor of the journal, Political Psychology. From 1992-95 he was Associate Dean and Executive Officer of the College of Liberal Arts, and from 1996-99 he served as chair of the Psychology Department. Borgida's research has been funded by NIMH, NIH, NSF, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. He received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and the system-wide Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education in 1989. With L. Rudman, Borgida won the 1994 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, and in 1989, he and colleagues J.L. Sullivan and J. Aldrich won the Heinz Eulau Award for the best paper published in the American Political Science Review. He is a Fellow of the APS and a Fellow in several APA divisions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Borgida's research interests include social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, psychology and law, and political psychology.
Specialties
- political psychology
- psychology and law
- social psychology
Educational Background
- Ph.D.: University of Michigan, 1976.
- B.A.: Wesleyan University, 1971.
Publications
- Is that what I said? Developmental differences in witnesses reponses to modifications.: Borgida, Eugene, Hunt, J. S., Law and Human Behavior, 25 (6) 583-603, 2001.
- Social capital and community electronic networks: For-profit vs. for-community approaches.: Borgida, Eugene, Sullivan, J.L., Borgida, E., Jackson, M.S., Riedel, E., Oxendine, A., & Gangl, A., American Behavioral Scientist, 45(5) 868-886, 2002.
- On the primacy of affect in the determination of attitudes and behavior: The moderating role of affective-cognitive ambivalence: Borgida, Eugene, Lavine, H., Thomsen, C.J., Zanna, M.P., Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34 398-421, 1998.
- Electronic communities: Assessing equality of access in a rural Minnesota community: Borgida, Eugene, Reidel, E., Wagoner, M.J., Dresel, L., Sullivan, J.L., Social Science Computer Review, 16 370-390, 1998.
Professional Activities
- Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 1992 - 1995
- Chair, Psychology Department, University of Minnesota: 1996 - 1999
- Co-Director, Co-Founder, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota
- Co-Editor, Political Psychology
- Professor, Law School, University of Minnesota
Awards
- College Liberal Arts Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1989
- College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 2000
- Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1989
Courses Taught
- Psy 5202 - Attitudes and Social Behavior
- Psy 8201 - Social Cognition
- Psy 8205 - Proseminar: Research in Social Psychology
- Psy 8211 - Proseminar in Political Psychology I
- Psy 8212 - Proseminar in Political Psychology II
- Psy 8993 - Directed Studies: Special Areas of Psychology and Related Sciences - Research Program
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