Jack L. Powell
I began teaching at the University of Hartford in 1988.
My research has been applied in nature and has primarily landed in three areas: (1) In the area of decision making, I have been especially interested in the errors and biases that affect judgments of the self and others; (2) In the psychology of religion, I have been interested in the roles that religion and religious upbringing play in attitudes; and (3) In program evaluation, I have assisted in the evaluation of several statewide programs designed to educate new parents and reduce child abuse and neglect.
I am a member of the American Psychological Association (Divisions of Teaching of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychology of Religion), the American Psychological Society, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the Society for the Advancement of Social Psychology.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Nonverbal Behavior
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Earls, F., Robins, L. N., Stiffman, A. R., & Powell, J. L. (1989). Comprehensive health care of high-risk adolescents: An evaluation study. American Journal of Public Health, 79, 999-1005.
- Patterson, M. L., Churchill, M. E., Burger, G. K., & Powell, J. L. (1992). Verbal and nonverbal modality effects on impressions of political candidates: Analysis from the 1984 presidential debates. Communication Monographs, 59, 231-242.
- Patterson, M. L., Churchill, M. E., & Powell, J. L. (1991). Interpersonal expectancies and social anxiety in anticipating interaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 4, 414-423.
- Powell, J. L. (1991). An attempt at increasing decision rule use in a judgment task. Organizational Behavior and Human Decisions Processes, 48, 89-99.
- Powell, J. L. (1988). A test of the knew-it-all-along effect in the 1984 presidential and statewide elections. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 18, 760-773.
- Powell, J. L., & Black, T. (2002). Questioning the assumptions of youth violence prevention programs: The role of reflexive evaluation in program development. Journal of Applied Sociology.
- Powell, J. L., Christensen, C., Abbott, A. S., Katz, D. S. (1998). Adding insult to injury: Blaming persons with HIV disease. AIDS and Behavior, 2, 307-317.
- Powell, J. L. & Drucker, A. D. (1997). The role of peer conformity in the decision to ride with an intoxicated driver. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 43,.1-7
- Powell, J. L., Matacin, M. L., & Stuart, A. E. (2001). Body-esteem: An exception to self-enhancing illusions? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 1951-1978.
- Powell, J. L., Meil, W. Patterson, M. L., Chouinard, E. F., Collins, B., Kobus, T. J., Habermeier, W., & Arnone, W. L. (1994). Effects of timing of touch on compliance to a request. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 153-162.
- Pryor-Brown, L. J., Powell, J. L., & Earls, F. (1989). Stressful life events and psychiatric symptoms in black adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Research, 4, 140-151.
- Stiffman, A. R., Powell, J. L., Earls, F., & Robins, L. N. (1990). Pregnancies, child rearing, and mental health problems in adolescents. Youth and Society, 21, 483-495.
Courses Taught:
- Experimental Psychology
- History and Systems of Psychology
- Honors Seminar
- Inferential Statistics
- Introduction to Psychological Research
- Introductory Psychology
- Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
- Social Psychology (graduate)
- Social Psychology (undergraduate)
Jack L. Powell
Department of Psychology
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut 06117
United States of America
- Phone: (860) 768-4720
- Fax: (860) 768-5292
