`VITA

 

JOHN B. PRYOR

January 2008

Born: January 16, 1951

Citizenship: USA

 

CURRENT ADDRESS

 

Office: Department of Psychology                        Home: 12 White Place

Illinois State University                                        Bloomington, IL

Normal, IL                                                                 61701

61790-4620                                                                (309) 827-0993

(309) 438-5191         

Email:  pryor@ ilstu.edu

FAX :(309) 438-5789                  

           

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

 

B.A. (1973) in Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

M.A. (1975) in Psychology, Princeton University

Ph.D. (1977) in Psychology, Princeton University

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

 

„ Professor, 1990-present, Illinois State University, taught Theory and Research in Social Psychology, Human Sexuality, Experimental Methods, Independent Studies, Senior Seminar.

„ Visiting Professor, 1999, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign.

„ Acting Chair, 1998-1999, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University.

„ Director, 1995-1998, College of Arts and Sciences Research Office, Illinois State University.

„Associate Professor, 1985-1990, Illinois State University, taught Human Sexuality, Social Psychology, Experimental Methods, Independent Studies, Computer Applications of Statistics.

„Assistant Professor, 1979-1985, University of Notre Dame, taught Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Social Development, Attitudes, Psychological Study of Social Issues, Experimental Methodology & Design, Independent Studies.

„Post-doctoral Fellow & Research Associate, 1977-1979, Ohio State University.

„Adjunct Assistant Professor & Instructor, 1978-1979, Ohio State University, taught Social Psychology, Independent Studies.

„Research Associate, 1976-1977,  Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Program in Criminal Justice.

„Assistant in Instruction, 1973-1977, Princeton University, taught precepts in Social Psychology, Introductory Psychology, Personality, Abnormal Psychology.

„Research Associate & Assistant, 1972-1973, University of Texas, Department of Psychology.

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

Fellow (Division 8) - American Psychological Association

Fellow - Association for Psychological Science

Member - Midwestern Psychological Association

Member - Society for Experimental Social Psychology

Member - Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

 

„ Reviewed manuscripts for:

 

Academy of Management Journal, Acta Psychologica,

Aggressive Behavior, AIDS and Behavior,

AIDS Education and Prevention, American Journal of Public Health,

American Psychological Association Convention Proceedings (Division 8),

Basic & Applied Social Psychology,

Child Development, Developmental Psychology,

European Journal of Social Psychology

Gerontology and Geriatics Education, Health Psychology,

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology,

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory &

  Cognition,

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,

Journal of Interpersonal Violence,

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology,

Journal of Social and Personal Relations,

Journal of Sex Research,

Law & Human Behavior,

Mental Retardation,

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,

Psychological Bulletin,

Psychology, Public Policy & Law,

Psychological Science,

Psychology of Women Quarterly,

Sex Roles, Social Cognition,

Social Science Quarterly,

Social Science & Medicine

 

„ Reviewed grants for:

 

The National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIMH & NIDA), Wayne Placek Award (APA), & Social Science and Humanities Research Counsel of Canada.

 

„ Guest editor of Basic and Applied Social Psychology  (co-editor: Kathleen McKinney) - Special Issue on Sexual Harassment.

 

„ Member of the Editorial Boards - Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, Sex Roles.

 

„ Program Committee - Midwestern Psychological Association, 2005-2007.

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

The organization of social information (written in collaboration with Thomas M. Ostrom). Funded by the Office of Naval Research, 1978-1980. Amount: $127,783.

 

Person perception processes in small groups. (written in collaboration with Thomas M. Ostrom) Funded by the Office of Naval Research, 1980-1983. Amount: $287,020.

 

Judgments of sexual harassment. Funded by the Jesse H. Jones Research Fund, University of Notre Dame, 1984-1985. Amount: $2,000.

 

Sexual harassment proclivities in men. Funded by the Office of Research, Services and Grants, Illinois State University, 1986-1987. Amount: $3,000.

 

Reactions to AIDS victims.  Funded by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Illinois State University, 1987-1988. Amount: $3,000.

 

Attitudes toward condom use among sexually active heterosexuals.  Funded by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Illinois State University, 1988-1989. Amount: $3,000.

 

Summer Faculty Research Associateship. Funded by the U. S. Navy/American Society for Engineering Education. Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1988. Amount: $10,000.

 

University Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1988. Amount: $500.

 

Sexual harassment in the U.S. military.  Funded by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Illinois State University, 1989-1990. Amount: $4,000.

 

Children's understanding of AIDS(written in collaboration with Steven Landau).  Funded by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Illinois State University, 1990-1991. Amount: $8,000.

 

Children's reactions to persons with AIDS: A study of social, cognitive and moral development (written in collaboration with Steven Landau).  Funded by Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, 1990-1992. Amount: $117,128.

 

 

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS (continued)

 

Illinois co-operative agreements initiating university programs for health education to prevent HIV infection (written in collaboration with D. Kachur, T. McCarty, G.D. Reeder, A. Cohen, R. Weller, W. Ericson, & N. Bowen). Funded by the National Centers for Disease Control, 1990-1995. Amount: $1,900,000.

 

Outstanding College Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 1990. Amount: $500.

 

Arts and Sciences Lecturer, Illinois State University, 1993-1994. Amount: $2,700.

 

Outstanding University Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 1996. Amount: $3,000.

 

Antecedents and consequences of sexual harassment in the military (PI: Maureen Murdoch – Minneapolis VA Medical Center). Funded by Department of Veterans Affairs, 1998-2002. Amount: $463,900. Subcontract to John B. Pryor, Illinois State University, Amount: $42,257.

 

How stigma affects employment decisions: The reflexive/reflective model. Funded by the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, 2003. Amount: $5,000.

 

Participant Award -Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA. Funded by the National Science Foundation (PI: Michael Birnbaum, Department of Psychology, CSUF), 2003.

 

Research Award - Project Title: The Roots of Sexual Prejudice (PIs: J. B. Pryor, G. D. Reeder, & J. Ernst). Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), a National Science Foundation funded project (PIs: Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania, & Authur Lupia, University of Michigan).

 

Interventions to Reduce HIV/AIDS Stigma in South Carolina (PI: J. B. Pryor). Funded by AED/Ford Foundation, 2005. Amount: $23,987.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Manosevitz, M., & Pryor, J. B. (1975). Cage size as a factor in environmental enrichment. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 89, 648-654. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Gibbons, F. X., Wicklund, R. A., Fazio, R. H., & Hood, R. (1977).  Self-focused attention and self-report validity. Journal of Personality, 45, 513-527. *

 

Pryor, J. B., & Kriss, M. (1977). The cognitive dynamics of salience in the attribution process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, 850-856. *

 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Seligman, C., Kriss, M., Darley, J. M., Fazio, R. H., Becker, L. H., & Pryor, J. B. (1979). Predicting residential energy consumption from homeowners' attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 9, 70-80. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1980) Self-reports and behavior. In D. M. Wegner & R. R. Vallacher (Eds.), The self in social psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Pryor, J. B. (1980). A first encounter sociability scale for males. News on Tests, 2, 2.

 

Ostrom, T. M., Lingle, J. H., Pryor, J. B., & Geva, N. (1980). The cognitive organization of person impressions. In R. Hastie, T. Ostrom, E. Ebbesen, R. Wyer, D. Hamilton, & D. Carlston (Eds.), Person memory: The cognitive bases of social perception. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.

 

Ostrom, T. M., Pryor, J. B., & Simpson, D. D. (1981). The organization of social information. In E. T. Higgins, C. P. Herman, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Social cognition: The Ontario symposium (vol. 1). Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Ostrom, T. M. (1981). The cognitive organization of social information: A converging operations approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 628-641. *

 

Pryor, J. B., & Ostrom, T. M. (1982). Perception of persons in groups. In H. Hiebsch, H. Brandstatter, & H. H. Kelley (Eds.), Social Psychology.  Amsterdam: North Holland Publishers, Inc.

 

Quintanar, L. R., Crowell, C. R., Pryor, J. B., & Adamopoulos, J. (1982). Human-computer interaction: A preliminary social psychological analysis. Behavior Research Methods and Implementation, 14, 1210-220. *

 

Rholes, W. S., & Pryor, J. B. (1982). Cognitive accessibility and attributions.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 8, 719-727. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Simpson, D. D., Mitchell, M. L., Ostrom, T. M., & Lydon, J. E. (1982).  Structural selectivity in the retrieval of social information. Social Cognition, 1, 336-357. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Ostrom, T. M., Dukerich, J. M., Mitchell, M. L., & Herstein, J. A. (1983). Pre-integrative categorisation in the retrieval of social information: The role of persons as organizing categories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 923-932. *

 

Ostrom, T. M., & Pryor, J. B. (1984). Person organization in small groups.  Representative Research in Social Psychology, 14,  52-64. *

                                 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Pryor, J. B., Kott, T. L., & Bovee, G. R. (1984). The influence of information redundancy upon the use of persons and traits as organizing categories.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 20, 246-262. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Rholes, W. S., Ruble, D. N., & Kriss, M. (1984). A developmental analysis of salience and discounting in attribution. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 14, 30-40. *

 

Pryor, J. B., & Day, J. D. (Eds.) (1985). The development of social cognition.  New York: Springer-verlag.

 

Kassin, S. M., & Pryor, J. B. (1985). The development of social attribution processes. In J. B. Pryor & J. D. Day (Eds.), The development of social cognition. New York: Springer-Verlag.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Merluzzi, T. V. (1985). The role of expertise in processing social interaction scripts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 21, 362-379. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1985). The lay person's understanding of sexual harassment.  Sex Roles, 13, 273-278. *

 

Burgio, K. L., Merluzzi, T. V., & Pryor, J. B. (1986). The effects of performance expectancies and self-focused attention on social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,50, 1216-1221.*

 

Pryor, J. B. (1986). The influence of different encoding sets upon the formation of illusory correlations and group impressions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 216-226. *

 

Pryor, J. B., & Ostrom, T. M. (1986). Social cognition theory. In B. Mullen & G. R. Goethals (Eds.), Theories of group behavior. New York: Springer-Verlag.

 

Pryor, J. B., McDaniel, M. L., & Kott-Russo, T. L. (1986).The influence of the level of schema abstractness upon the processing of social information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 22, 312-327. *

 

Levi, A. S., & Pryor, J. B. (1987). Use of the availability heuristic in probability estimates of future events: The effects of imagining outcomes versus imagining reasons. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 40, 219-234. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1987). Sexual  harassment proclivities in men. Sex Roles, 17, 269-289. *

 

Pryor, J. B., & Day, J. D. (1988). Interpretations of sexual harassment: An attributional analysis. Sex Roles, 18, 405-417. *

 

 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., Vinacco, R., & Kott, T. L. (1989). The instrumental and symbolic functions of attitudes toward persons with AIDS. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 19, 377-404. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1990).  Conceptions of causality [Review of Contemporary science and natural explanation:  Commonsense conceptions of causality ].  Contemporary Psychology, 35, 58-59.

 

Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., & McManus, J. (1991).  Fear and loathing in the workplace: Reactions to AIDS infected co-workers.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 17, 133-140. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1991).  The many facets of the AIDS epidemic. [Review of AIDS: Social representations, social practices].  Contemporary Psychology, 36,  692-693.

 

Pryor, J. B. (1991).  Psychological dimensions of the HIV epidemic. [Review of Psychosocial perspectives on AIDS: Etiology, prevention, and treatment].  Contemporary Psychology, 36,  1066-1067.

 

Pryor, J. B. (1992).The social psychology of sexual harassment: Person and situation factors, which give rise to sexual harassment. In Sex and Power Issues in the Workplace Conference Proceedings. Seattle, Washington: Northwest WomenÕs Law Center.

 

Reeder, G. D., Pryor, J. B., & Wojciszke, B. (1992). Trait-behavior relations in social information processing. In G. Semin & K. Fieldler (Eds.), Language and social cognition. New York: Sage.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Reeder, G. D. (1993).  The social psychology of HIV infection.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Reeder, G. D. (1993).  Collective and individual representations of HIV/AIDS stigma. In J. B. Pryor & G. D. Reeder (Eds.), The social psychology of HIV infection.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pryor, J. B., LaVite, C., & Stoller, L. (1993). A social psychological analysis of sexual harassment: The person/situation interaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior   (Special Issue), 42,  68-83. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1993).  A generation at risk for HIV infection [Review of Adolescents and AIDS: A generation in jeopardy ].  Contemporary Psychology, 38, 942-943.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Pryor, J. B., & Stoller, L. (1994). Sexual cognition processes in men who are high in the likelihood to sexually harass. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 163-169. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1994).  AIDS in society [Review of The social impact of AIDS in the United States ].  Contemporary Psychology, 39, 741-742.

 

Bargh, J. A., Raymond, P., Pryor, J. B., &  Strack, F. (1995).  The attractiveness of the underling:  An automatic power sex association and its consequences for sexual harassment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 768-781. *

 

Haefli, K., Pryor, J. B., & Landau, S. (1995). Best practices in addressing HIV/AIDS issues in the school. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.) Best practices in school psychology (3rd Edition). Washington, D.C.: The National Association of School Psychologists.

 

Landau, S., Pryor, J. B., & Haefli, K. (1995). Pediatric HIV: School-based sequel¾ and curricular interventions for infection prevention and social acceptance. School Psychology Review, (Special Issue on Health-related Issues in Early Childhood), 24, 213-229. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1995). The psychosocial impact of sexual harassment on women in the U.S. Military.  Basic and Applied Social Psychology , 17, 581-603. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Giedd, J. L.,  & Williams, K. B. (1995). A social psychological model for predicting sexual harassment. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 69-84.  *

 

Pryor, J. B., & McKinney, K. (1995). Research advances in sexual harassment: Introduction and overview. Basic and Applied Social Psychology , 17,  421-424.

 

Pryor, J. B., & McKinney, K. (1995). Research on sexual harassment: Lingering issues and future directions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology , 17,  605-611.

 

Pryor, J. B. (1995). The phenomenology of sexual harassment: Why does sexual behavior bother people in the workplace?  Consulting Psychologist: Practice and Research, 47, 160-168.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Whalen, N. J. (1997). A typology of sexual harassment: Characteristics of harassers and the social circumstances under which sexual harassment occurs. Chapter in W. O'Donohue (Ed.), Sexual Harassment: Theory, Research, and Treatment (pp.129-151). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Reeder, G. D., Pryor, J. B., & Harsh L. (1997). Activity and similarity in safer-sex workshops led by peer educators. . AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 9 (Sup. A), 77-89. *

 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Landau, S., Mangione, C., & Pryor, J. B.  (1997). HIV and AIDS.  In G. Bear, K., Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs II:  Development, Problems and Alternatives.  Washington, DC:  National Association of School Psychologists.

 

Pryor, J. B., DeSouza, E. R., Fitness, J., Hutz, C., Kumpf, M., Lubbert, K., Pesonen, O., & Erber, M. W. (1997). Gender differences in the interpretation of social/sexual behavior: A cross-cultural perspective on sexual harassment. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 28, 509-534. *

 

Pryor, J. B. (1998). The Likelihood to Sexually Harass Scale. In C. M. Davis, W. H. Yarber, R. Bauserman, G. Schreer, & S. L. Davis (Eds.), Sexuality-related measures: A compendium (pp. 295-298) . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

 

Herek, G. M., Burris, S., Chesney, M., Devine, P., Fullilove, M. T., Fullilove, R., Gunther, H. C., Levi, J., Michaels, S., Novick, A., Pryor, J. B., Snyder, M., & Sweeney, T. (1998). AIDS and stigma: A conceptual framework and research agenda. AIDS and Public Policy, 13, 36-47. *

 

DeSouza, E. R., Pryor, J. B., & Hutz, C. (1998). Reactions to sexual harassment charges among North Americans and Brazilians. Sex Roles, 39, 913-928. *

 

Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., & Landau, S. (1999). A social psychological analysis of HIV-related stigma: A two-factor theory. American Behavioral Scientist, 42, 1193-1211.  *

 

Reeder, G. D., & Pryor, J. B. (2000). Attitudes toward persons with HIV/AIDS: Linking a functional approach with underlying process. Chapter in G. Maio and J. Olson (Eds.), Why we evaluate: Functions of attitudes (pp. 295-323). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Meyers, A. B. (2000). Men who sexually harass women. In L. B. Schlesinger (Ed.), Serial Offenders: Current thought, recent findings, unusual syndromes (pp. 207-228)., Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press LLC.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (2003). Sexual harassment research in the United States. Chapter in StŒle Einarsen, Helge Hoel, Dieter Zapf & Cary L. Cooper (Eds.), Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice (pp.79-100). London: Taylor & Francis.

 

      DeSouza, E. R., Pryor, J. B., Ribeiro, J., Mello, J.,  & Camino, C. (2003). Female nursesÕ and educatorsÕ reactions to sexual harassment charges: A cross-cultural perspective. Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 38, 31-38 .*

 

Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G.D., Yeadon, C., & Hesson-McInnis, M. (2004). A dual process model of reactions to perceived stigma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 436-452.*

 

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED

 

Pryor, J. B. (2004). A tribute to an eminent social psychologist, William J. McGuire. PsycCRITIQUES, 49, Supplement 9.

 

             Reeder, G. D., Pryor, J. B., Wohl, M. J. A., & Griswell, M. J. (2005). On attributing negative motives to others who disagree with our opinions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1498-1510.*

           

Landau, S., Meyers, A. B., & Pryor, J. B.  (2005).  HIV and AIDS.  In G. Bear, K., Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs III:  Development, Problems and Alternatives (pp. 719-729).  Washington, DC:  National Association of School Psychologists.

 

Pryor, J. B., & Reeder, G. D. (2006). A critique of dueling models of dual processes. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 231-236.*