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Contact

scross@iastate.edu

515-294-3224

1347 Lagomarcino Hall
901 Stange Rd.
Ames IA 50011

Bio

Research interests

My research focuses on how people define themselves and the consequences of self-definition for thinking, feeling, and behaving. Currently, my research integrates three domains of inquiry:

  • The nature and function of self-construal, particularly relational self-construal
  • Close relationships
  • Cultural psychology, with special interests in E. Asia and Turkey

Topics of interest

Cultural psychologyCulture of honorSelf-construal

Education

PhD, Social Psychology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990

MA, Higher Education Ohio State University, Columbus, 1982

BS, Floriculture Texas A&M University, College Station, 1979