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SCIENCE
The science of
evil: “bad barrels” or “bad apples”?
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• John
F. Dovidio is a psychology professor at the University of Connecticut at
Storrs. He is a social psychologist and co-author of the chapter “Contemporary
Racial Bias: When Good People Do Bad things” in The Social Psychology of
Good and Evil. Contact 860-486-6260, John.Dovidio@uconn.edu
(email contact preferred).
• Jack
Levin is a professor of sociology and criminology and director of the Brudnick
Center on Conflict and Violence at Northeastern University in Boston. He
has taught and written about domestic terrorism, hate crimes, youth violence,
ethnic conflict and mass and serial murder. Contact 617-373-4983 (office) or
781-789-9007 (cell), jlevin1049@aol.com.
• Barbara
Kellerman is the James McGregor Burns Lecturer in the Leadership at the
Center for Public Leadership of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University and the author of Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens,
Why It Matters. Contact 617-495-7570,
barbara_kellerman@harvard.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• Samuel L. Gaertner is a psychology professor at the University of
Delaware in Newark. He is a social psychologist and co-author of the chapter
“Contemporary Racial Bias: When Good People Do Bad Things” in The Social
Psychology of Good and Evil. Contact 302-831-2268, gaertner@udel.edu.
• Susan
Fiske is a psychology professor at Princeton University and co-author of
a 2004 Science magazine article, “Policy Forum: Why ordinary people torture
enemy prisoners.” Contact 609-258-0655, sfiske@princeton.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
•
Nicholas Carnagey
is visiting professor of psychology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,
N.C., and co-author of the chapter “Violent Evil and the General Aggression
Model” in The Social Psychology of Good and Evil. Contact 336-758-4648,
carnagnl@wfu.edu.
• June
Tangney is a psychology professor at George Mason University in Fairfax,
Va. She is co-author of the chapter “A Moral-Emotional Perspective on Evil Persons
and Evil Deeds” in The Social Psychology of Good and Evil. Contact 703-993-4051,
jtangney@gmu.edu.
• John
Donelson Ross Forsyth holds the Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Chair
in Ethical Leadership at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies of the University
of Richmond and teaches a course in the psychology of good and evil. Contact
804-289-8461, dforsyth@richmond.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Jerome Rosenberg is a professor
in the psychology department and New College Programs at the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa and specializes in the Holocaust and genocide, ethics and prejudice.
Contact 205-348-8414, jrosenbe@bama.au.edu.
• Sung
Hee Kim is an associate professor of psychology and a member of the social
psychology core group at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Her research
interests include conflict, group processes and vengeance. Contact 859-257-4643,
shkim00@uky.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Craig
Anderson is a psychology professor at Iowa State University in Ames and
co-author of “Violent Evil and the General Aggression Model” in The Social
Psychology of Good and Evil. Contact 515-294-3118,
caa@iastate.edu.
• C.
Daniel Batson is a psychology professor at the University of Kansas and
holds a doctorate from Princeton Theological Seminary. Contact 785-864-9831,
dbatson@ku.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Arlin
J. Benjamin Jr. is associate professor of psychology at Oklahoma Panhandle
State University in Goodwell. In his research, he applies social psychological
theories of aggression to help understand how torture and genocide happen. He
is the author of “Human aggression and violence: Understanding torture
from a psychological perspective,” published in National Social Science
Journal in 2006. Contact 580-349-2470, ajbenjamin
@opsu.edu.
• Adam Cohen is an assistant professor of social psychology at Arizona
State University in Tempe. His interests include moral judgment. Contact 480-965-7345,
adamcohen@asu.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
•
Elliot
Aronson is emeritus professor of psychology at University of California,
Santa Cruz, and author of Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After
Columbine. Contact 831-459-5084.
• Carl
Backman is emeritus professor of sociology and an emeritus member of the
faculty of the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Nevada
in Reno. He has studied how situational and personal factors contribute to justifying
and perpetrating moral transgressions. His writings include “ Identity, self
presentation and the resolution of moral dilemmas: Towards a social psychological
theory of moral behavior” in The Self and Social Life. Contact carlb@unr.nevada.edu.
• Jack
Glaser is a social psychologist and assistant professor of public policy
at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California-Berkeley.
He studies the social psychology of hate crimes and intergroup violence. Contact
510-642-3047, jackglaser@berkeley.edu.
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