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Institution
University of Richmond
Current Position
Professor, Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology (Experimental/Social) from University of Florida
Research Interests
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| Group Processes |
| Interpersonal Processes |
| Research Methods/Assessment |
| Social Cognition |
Courses Taught
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Donelson R. Forsyth
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Jepson Hall
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia 23173
U.S.A.
Home Page
Phone: (804) 289-8461
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Professor Don Forsyth joined the Jepson School faculty in 2005 after long service at Virginia Commonwealth University as a Professor in the Department of Psychology with a joint appointment in sociology. The heart of Professor's Forsyth's work is to build knowledge about why people feel, think and act as they do. An authority on group dynamics -- whose text Group Dynamics is in its fourth printing -- Forsyth focuses on groups' reactions to success and failure, the interpersonal functions of groups, including small group decision making.
Professor Forsyth has received a number of grants, fellowships, and awards for teaching. These honors include the Award of Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University, the State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Virginia Social Science Association, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Distinguished Teaching Award. He is also active in a number of scientific, honorary and professional societies, including the Association for Psychological Science, American Sociological Association, American Psychological Association, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
 Books:
 Forsyth, D. R. (2006). Group dynamics (4th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2003). The professor's guide to teaching: Psychological principles and practices. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
- Forsyth, D. R. (1995). Our social world. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
- Higginbotham, H. N., West, S. G., & Forsyth, D. R. (1988). Psychotherapy and behavior change: Social, cultural, and methodological perspectives. New York: Pergamon.
Journal Articles:
- Derlega, V. J., Cukur, C., Kuang, J. C. Y., & Forsyth, D. R. (2002). Interdependent construal of self and the endorsement of conflict resolution strategies in interpersonal, intergroup, and international disputes. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 33, 610-625.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Inferences about actions performed in constraining contexts: Correspondence bias or correspondent inference? Current Psychology, 23, 41-51.
- Forsyth, D. R., Garcia, M., Zyzniewski, L. E., Story, P. A., & Kerr, N. A. (2004). Watershed pollution and preservation: The awareness-appraisal model of environmentally positive intentions and behaviors. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 4, 115-128.
- Forsyth, D. R., Zyzniewski, L. E., & Giammanco, C. A. (2002). Responsibility diffusion in cooperative collectives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 54-65.
Other Publications:
- Forsyth, D. R. (in press). Group process and leadership. In Dictionary of psychological terms. Washington: American Psychological Association.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Therapeutic groups. In M. Brewer (Ed.), Applied social psychology. UK: Blackwell.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2002). Clinical psychology of group psychotherapy. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. New York: Elsevier Science.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2001). Therapeutic groups. In M. A. Hogg & R. S. Tindale (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. 3: Group Processes (pp. 628-659). Oxford, UK: Blackwell
- Forsyth, D. R. (2000). Social comparison and influence in groups. In J. Suls & L. Wheeler (Eds.), Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research (pp. 81-103). New York: Plenumgroup resources inventory. International Journal of Action Methods.
- Forsyth, D. R., & Burnette, J. (2005). The history of group research. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), The handbook of group research and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Forsyth, D. R., & Corazzini, J. G. (2000). Groups as change agents. In C. R. Snyder & R. E. Ingram (Eds.), Handbook of Psychological Change: Psychotherapy Processes and Practices for the 21st Century (pp. 309-336). New York: Wiley.
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