Social Psychology, Global Edition

Nyla R. Branscombe

Professor Branscombe has published more than 140 articles and chapters, has been twice co-recipient of the Otto Kleinberg prize for research on Intercultural and International Relations, and twice the co-recipient Society of Personality and Social Psychology Publication Award. She co-edited the 2004 volume Collective Guilt: International Perspectives, published by Cambridge University Press, the 2007 volume Commemorating Brown: The Social Psychology of Racism and Discrimination, published by the American Psychological Association, the 2010 volume Rediscovering Social Identity, published by Psychology Press, the 2013 volume Handbook of Gender and Psychology, published by Sage, and the 2015 volume Psychology of Change: Life Contexts, Experiences, and Identities.

Professor Branscombe' s current research addresses a variety of issues concerning Intergroup Relations from a Social Identity perspective. How people think about groups that have a history of victimization, when and why privileged groups may feel collective guilt for their past harm doing, and the consequences of experiencing discrimination for psychological well-being have been key topics investigated. She gratefully acknowledges ongoing research support from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research: Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being Program.

Robert A. Baron

Professor Baron is a Fellow of APA and a Charter Fellow of APS. He has published more than 140 articles and 45 chapters and is the author or co-author of 49 books in Psychology and Management. He serves on the boards of several major journals and has received numerous awards for his research (e. g. , Thought Leader award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 2009 the Grief award, for the most highly cited paper in the field of Entrepreneurship). He holds three U. S. patents and was founder and CEO of IEP, Inc. (1993-2000).

His current research interests focus on applying the findings and principles of social psychology to the field of entrepreneurship, where he has studied such topics as the role of perception in opportunity recognition, how entrepreneurs social skills influence their success, and the role of positive affect in entrepreneurship.