Social Cognition, Social Identity, and Intergroup Relations: A Festschrift in Honor of Marilynn B. Brewer

Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social condition -- how we think about others, identify ourselves with others, and interact with groups of others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations, respectively, as major fields of inquiry have been among the crowning theoretical developments in social psychology over the past three decades. Marilynn Brewer has been a leading intellectual figure in the advancement of each of them. Her theory and research have had international impact on the way we think about the self and its relation to others. This festschrift celebrates Marilynn's numerous contributions to social psychology, and includes original contributions from both leading and rising social psychologists from around the world.

The volume will be of interest to social psychologists, industrial/organizational psychologists, clinical psychologists, and sociologists.

Roderick Kramer is the William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Business School. Kramer received a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California Los Angeles. Kramer is the author or co-author of more than one-hundred scholarly articles and essays on topics such as creativity, decision making, cooperation, conflict and trust.

Geoffrey Leonardelli is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Leonardelli received a Ph.D. in social psychology from the Ohio State University. His work focuses on how self-perception enhances human effectiveness, particularly in group processes, leadership, and negotiations.

Robert Livingston is Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Livingston received a Ph.D. in social psychology from the Ohio State University. He employs social cognitive approaches to studying issues related to diversity and leadership. His work has appeared in major outlets such as Psychological Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.