Jeffrey D. Green

Assistant professor

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-6330
E-mail: jdgreen@vcu.edu
Web sites: Green Lab and Wisdom Project

Education

Ph.D. (2000), University of North Carolina

Program affiliation

Social Psychology

Research interests

Almost all my research revolves around the self-concept. One research program has investigated how we protect the self via selective memory. I also study how affective states such as sadness and anger influence self-conceptions, and am particularly interested in mood-incongruent effects. Finally, I do some research on the connection between the self and close others (e.g., attachment theory, forgiveness).

Selected publications

Green, J. D., Sedikides, C., & Gregg, A. P. (2008). Forgotten but not gone: The recall and recognition of self-threatening memories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 547-561.

Green, J. D., Burnette, J., & Davis, J. L. (2008). Third-party forgiveness: (Not) forgiving your close other's betrayer. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 407-418.

Green, J. D., Pinter, B., & Sedikides, C. (2005). Mnemic neglect and self-threat: Trait modifiability moderates self-protection. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 225-235.

Green, J. D., & Campbell, W. K. (2000). Attachment and exploration: Chronic and contextual accessibility. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 452-461.

Sedikides, C., & Green, J. D. (2000). On the self-protective nature of inconsistency/ negativity management: Using the person memory paradigm to examine self-referent memory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 906-922.

Recent/current courses taught at VCU

• Self and Identity, graduate level
• Introduction to Psychology, undergraduate level
• Social Psychology, undergraduate level
• Social Influence, undergraduate level
• Social Cognition, graduate level