Scott T. Allison

Institution University of Richmond Current Position Professor of Psychology Highest Degree Ph.D. in Psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987 Research Interests Applied Social Psychology Group Processes Judgment/Decision Making Motivation/Goal Setting Person Perception Laboratory Home Page Heroes Laboratory Group Blog Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them Courses Taught Heroes and Villains History and Philosophy of Psychology Social Psychology   Scott T. Allison Department of Psychology University of Richmond 28 Westhampton Way Richmond, Virginia 23173 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (804) 289-8127 Fax: (804) 287-1905 I'm originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, although I did most of my growing up in Los Angeles, California. I decided early on that the beach was the ideal educational environment, and thus I did my undergraduate and graduate work at the two "most coastal" University of California campuses (San Diego and Santa Barbara, respectively). The University of Richmond has been the only job I've known, and I'm quite happy here. The students are outstanding, the facilities world-class, and the campus breathtakingly beautiful. The only thing missing is the beach, but fortunately the Atlantic Ocean is a mere 90 minutes away. My students and I are currently involved in several research projects focusing on the psychological processes underlying judgments of heroes, villains, underdogs, great leaders, martyrs, and dead legends. My latest book, co-authored with George Goethals, is called Heroes: Who They Are and Why We Need Them. It is available in the Fall of 2010. Books: Allison, S. T., & Goethals, G. R. (in press). Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them. New York: Oxford University Press. Journal Articles: Allison, S. T., Eylon, D., Beggan, J. K., & Bachelder, J. (2009). The demise of leadership: Positivity and negativity in evaluations of dead leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 20, 115-129. Eylon, D., & Allison, S. T. (2005). The frozen in time effect in evaluations of the dead. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1708-1717. Kim, J., Allison, S. T., Eylon, D., Goethals, G., Markus, M., McGuire, H., & Hindle, S. (2008). Rooting for (and then abandoning) the underdog. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 2550-2573. Other Publications: Allison, S. T., & Burnette, J. (2010). Fairness and preference for underdogs and top dogs. In R. Kramer, A. Tenbrunsel, & M. Bazerman, (Eds.), Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments. New York: Psychology Press. Allison, S. T., & Eylon, D. (2004). The demise of leadership: Death positivity biases in posthumous impressions of leaders. In D. Messick & R. Kramer (Eds.), The Psychology of Leadership: Some New Approaches (pp 295-317). New York: Erlbaum. Allison, S. T., & Goethals, G. R. (2008). Deifying the dead and downtrodden: Sympathetic figures as exceptional leaders. In C. L. Hoyt, G. R. Goethals, & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Leadership at the crossroads: Psychology and leadership. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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