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Institution
University of RichmondCurrent 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
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
- Social psychology of leadership. (in press). Co-editor with C. Hoyt & A. Goethals. New York: Praeger.
Journal Articles:
- Burnette, J. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (in press). "I didn't do it:" Responsibility biases in open and closed groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
- Burnette, J. L., Taylor, K., Worthington, E., & Forsyth, D. R. (2007). Attachment working models and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1585-1596.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Inferences about actions performed in constraining contexts: Correspondence bias or correspondent inference? Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 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., Lawrence, N. K., Burnette, J. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2007). Attempting to improve the academic performance of struggling college students by bolstering their self-esteem: An intervention that backfired. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 447-459.
- Story, P. A., & Forsyth, D. R. (in press). Watershed conservation and preservation: Environmental engagement as helping. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Other Publications:
- Forsyth, D. R. (in press). Group process and group psychotherapy: Social psychological foundations of change in therapeutic groups. In J. E. Maddux & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology. New York: Guilford.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2006). Effective group meetings and decision making. In R. M. MacNair (Ed.), Working for peace: A handbook of practical psychology (pp. 88-97). Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2006). Exploring group behavior. In G. D. Oster (Ed.), Life as a psychologist (pp. 64-67). Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Therapeutic groups. In M. Brewer (Ed.), Applied social psychology. UK: Blackwell.
- Forsyth, D. R., & Burnette, J. L. (2005). The history of group research. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), The handbook of group research and practice (pp. 3-18). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Forsyth, D. R., & Nye, J. L. (in press). Seeing and being a leader: The perceptual, cognitive, and interpersonal roots of conferred influence. In C. Hoyt, G. Goethals, & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Social psychology of leadership. New York: Praeger.
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