Dean Keith Simonton, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California,
Davis
Contents
Contact Information | Biographical Data | Personal Interests
Expertise
Archival data analysis -
cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical,
and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric
analyses of eminent personalities, notable events, and creative products.
History of psychology -
including analyses from the standpoint of the
psychology of science, especially the psychology of distinguished scientists
and eminent psychologists.
Universities - Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California (all campuses except the new UC Merced), Florida State, Georgia, Göttingen, Harvard, Michigan, National Defense, NYU, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, San José State, Stanford, USC, Yale; Colleges - Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Occidental, Pitzer; Medical College of Wisconsin;
Organizations - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, National Bureau of Economic Research, Santa Fe Institute, European Science Days, Commonwealth Club, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milken Family Foundation, Belin National Center for Gifted Education, Center for Creative Leadership, Creative Education Foundation, Positive Psychology Center, Torrance Center.
Course Websites
| Number | Title | Type |
| Psychology 151 | Social Psychology | Upper-division undergraduate survey course |
| Psychology 175 | Genius, Creativity, and Leadership | General Education: Social Sciences - Expository Writing |
| Psychology 185 | History of Psychology | Capstone course in undergraduate major |
| Psychology 204B | Causal Modeling of Correlational Data | Second course in first-year graduate statistics series |
| Psychology 220 | History of Psychology | Graduate seminar |
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N.B.: These are for the scale item "My instructor is an excellent teacher, overall." The teaching evaluations received are not significantly different across courses, levels, enrollments, quarters, or years.The only statistically significant effect is for 185 to earn slightly higher ratings (+.106, p = .004).
Professional Service
Associate Editor: Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology (2007-2009)
Guest Editor:
Leadership Quarterly (two-part Special
Issue on "Political Leadership," 1996-98);
Review of General Psychology (Special
Issue on "Positive Psychology," with R. F. Baumeister, 2003-04).
Editorial Boards:
Journals: Review of General Psychology (1998-present), Perspectives on Psychological Science (2007-present), Journal of Personality (1985-93), Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (2006-present), Creativity Research Journal (1988-present), Journal of Creative Behavior (1999-present), International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving (2008-present), Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (2002-2008), Empirical Studies of the Arts (1994-present), Bulletin of Psychology and the Arts (2001-2006), Political Psychology (1997-2005), Leadership Quarterly (1998-2001), the Oxfordian (2005-2007), PsycCRITIQUES (2006-present), Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2007-present).
Book series: Expertise: Research and Applications, Routledge (formerly Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995-present).
Executive Advisory Board: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Academic Press (1996-1999).
Advisory Boards:
Oxford Guide to Creativity Research Methodology,
Oxford University Press (2004-present);
History and Systems in Psychology, Oxford
University Press (2006-present);
Encyclopedia of Creativity (2nd ed.),
Elsevier (2009-present).
Publications Committee: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (APA Division 10; 2003-2007)
Corresponding Associate Commentator: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1990-present).
Reviewer:
Organizations (46 evaluations / 15 organizations): National Science Foundation (19), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (6), John Templeton Foundation (4), Guggenheim Foundation (3), European Science Foundation (2), National Endowment for the Humanities, National Research Council (The National Academies), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Sloan Foundation, Spencer Foundation, National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, APA Program Committees (Divisions 5, 8, 10), Hampton Research Grants Programme, Ohio State University Seed Grant Program, Jackson State University Center for University Scholars, APA Student Travel Award Program.
Publishers (84 evaluations / 27 publishers): Lawrence Erlbaum (15), Oxford University Press (11), Academic Press (10), Cambridge University Press (8), Elsevier (6), Sage Publications (4), Guilford Press (3), Psychology Press (3), Prentice-Hall (2), Brooks/Cole (2), Westview (2), Freeman (2), Kluwer Academic Publishers (2), APA Books, Harvard University Press, Harvard Business School Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Princeton University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Harcourt Brace Janovich, Allyn & Bacon, Basic Books, Jossey-Bass, Greenwood Press, Wadsworth, Wiley, Worth.
Journals (525 evaluations / 119 journals): Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (60); Review of General Psychology (36); Journal of Creative Behavior (27); Journal of Personality (25); Political Psychology (24); Leadership Quarterly (21); Psychological Bulletin (21); Creativity Research Journal (19); Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (14); Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (14); Psychological Review (11); American Psychologist (10); Multivariate Behavioral Research (10); Psychological Science (10); Empirical Studies of the Arts (9); IEEE Spectrum (9); Psychology and Aging (9); Personality and Individual Differences (7); Psychology of Music (7); Gerontologist (6); Music Perception (6); Sex Roles (6); Developmental Review (5); International Journal of Aging and Human Development (5); Journal of Applied Social Psychology (5); Perspectives on Psychological Science (5); Social Studies of Science (5); Behavioral Science (4); British Journal of Psychology (4); International Journal of Psychology (4); Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (4); New Ideas in Psychology (4); Personality and Social Psychology Review (4); Poetics (4); Developmental Psychology (3); Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology (3); The Oxfordian (3); Perceptual and Motor Skills (3); Synthese (3); Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2); Comparative Civilizations Review (2); Current Directions for Psychological Science (2); Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines (2); History of Psychology (2); Human Performance (2); Intelligence (2); Journal of Cultural Economics (2); Journal for the Education of the Gifted (2); Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (2); Journal of Research in Personality (2); Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences (2); Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (2); Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2); Philosophical Psychology (2); Psychological Inquiries (2); Psychological Reports (2); Social Forces (2); Social Psychology Quarterly (2); Acta Biotheoretica; Administrative Science Quarterly; American Bar Foundation Research Journal; American Journal of Psychology; American Political Science Review; Animal Cognition; Appetite; Assessment; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Behavior Genetics; Behavior Science Research; Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Science; Complexity; Computers and the Humanities; Configurations; Consciousness and Cognition; Cultural Trends; Decision Sciences; The Economic Journal; Educational Psychology Review; European Journal of Neurology; Evaluation and Program Planning; High Ability Studies; History of Science; Human Development; Human Relations; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; International Journal of Behavioral Development; International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving; International Studies in the Philosophy of Science; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Journal of Family Psychology; Journal of Gerontology; Journal of Positive Psychology; Journal of Sports Sciences; Learning and Individual Differences; Leonardo; Life Span Development and Behavior; Methods; Musicae Scientiae; Political Research Quarterly; Population and Development Review; Psychological Methods; Psychonomic Bulletin and Review; Research Policy; Scientometrics; Social Behavior and Personality; Social Science Quarterly; Sociological Methods and Research; South African Journal of Art History; Sports Medicine; Theory & Psychology.
Offices: President, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (1998-2000); President, APA Division 10 (1985-86); Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, APA Division 10 (1980-82); Chair, Program Committee, APA Division 10 (1984); Member, Fellow Nomination Committee, APA Division 10 (1999-2000, 2003-04); Member, Awards Committee, APA Division 10 (2004-05); Member, Fellow Nomination Committee, IAEA (2003-04); Member, Program Committee APA Division 10 (2002-03); Member, Advisory Board, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (2003-04); Member, Executive Committee, International Congress on Creativity and Psychology of the Arts, Perm, Russia (2003-05); Member, Program Committee, Computational Creativity Workshop at the 7th European Conference in Case-Based Reasoning, Madrid, Spain (2003-04); Honorary Advisor, Center for Creativity and Innovation Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Presidential Nominee, APA Division 1 (2010).
Consultant: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium; National Defense University, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; California Youth Authority, Sacramento; Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC; Creative Problem Solving Institute, Buffalo, NY; Arvin Perlmutter, Inc.; Milken Family Foundation; Student Achievement and Advocacy Service Corporation; Templeton Foundation.
Member, Committee on Academic Personnel.
University of California, Davis Campus:
Committee Chair: Academic Personnel; Distinguished Teaching Awards; Arts and Lectures; Teaching Excellence and Merit; Davis Honors Challenge Administrative Review Committee.
Committee Member: Academic Planning Council; Academic Senate Executive Council; Executive Council Advisory Group; Teaching; UC Davis Prize; Registration Fee; Computing Administrative Advisory; Center for Performing Arts Program Planning; Emeriti; Chancellor's Teaching Fellowship Advisory; Courses and Bylaws Subcommittee of the Graduate Council; Child Care; Human Subjects; Sub Work Group on Retention; Search for Director of Teaching Resources Center; Institute for Governmental Affairs; Chancellor's UCD 75th Anniversary Celebration Advisory Council; Program Review (Statistics; Rhetoric and Communication); Winslow and Gilhooly Award Selection; Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowships.
President, Kappa Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa.
Liaison Officer, Danforth Foundation.
Participant, Recorder, or Discussion
Leader: Chancellor's Fall Conferences.
Member, Human Development and Statistics
Graduate Groups.
Faculty Advisor, Epsilon Sigma Rho (Multicultural
Fraternity).
College of Letters and Sciences:
Chair of the Faculty, for the Executive
Committee and Representative Assembly.
Vice-Chair of the Faculty.
Committee Chair: College Personnel; Nominations
and Elections.
Committee Member: College Personnel; Educational Policy; Courses of Instruction; Nominations and Elections; Search, Executive Associate Dean; Search, Associate Dean of Academic Personnel; Undergraduate Computing Lab Workgroup for the Division of Social Sciences; Task Force to Review the Composition Requirement.
Commencement Speaker for the 1994 Graduation Ceremonies.
Faculty Coordinator, Fulmor Scholarship
Program.
Advisor, Education Abroad Program.
Department of Psychology:
Departmental Vice-Chair.
Committee Chair: Undergraduate Advising and Student-Faculty Liaison; Undergraduate Honors Advisor; Undergraduate Curriculum; Graduate Advising; Search for Social Psychologist; Search for Quantitative Psychologist.
Committee Member: Graduate Admissions; Computer; Equipment; Search Committee.
Faculty Graduate Advisor.
Undergraduate Honors Advisor.
Faculty Sponsor, Psi Chi (National Honorary
Society).
Master Advisor.
Representative, Representative Assembly
of the Academic Senate.
Representative, College Assembly of Letters
and Science.
Office phone: 530-752-1677 FAX: 530-752-2087
Address:
Department of Psychology
One Shields Avenue
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8686
USA
Departmental Office: 102D Young Hall
Office Hours (2009-2010 Academic Year):
I am currently on a year-long sabbatical leave. I'm writing a major book and several book chapters and encyclopedia articles. Therefore, I will hold no regular office hours. Nonetheless, I will be available for appointments most weekday afternoons except when away at scientific conferences.
January 27, 1948, Glendale, CA (Los Angeles Metropolitan
Area)
Ancestry:
Scottish, English, Serbian, and French-Canadian
(i.e., Gàidhlig, West Germanic, South Slavic, and Gallo Romance)
Education:
| Occidental College | B.A. | 1970 | Psychology | |
| Harvard University | M.A. | 1973 | Social Psychology | |
| Harvard University | Ph.D. | 1975 | Social Psychology |
N.B.: Actually, the M.A. and Ph.D. are both written entirely in Latin, and hence the degrees were not really in "social psychology" but rather in some obscure Latin translation.
Academic Positions:
2004 Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis (to present; Above Scale II in UC System; go here);
1985 Professor, University of California, Davis (to 2004);
1985 Visiting Research Psychologist, Institute for Personality Assessment and Research, University of California, Berkeley;
1980 Associate Professor, University of California, Davis (to 1985);
1976 Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis (to 1980);
1974 Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas (to 1976);
1971 Teaching Fellow, Introductory Psychology and Social Psychology, Harvard University (to 1973);
1969 Section Leader, History of Civilization, Occidental College (to 1970).
Scholastic Awards and Achievements:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY:
Doctoral General Exams passed “with Distinction” (top in class, 1972);
Fellow, National Science Foundation (1970-1972);
Fellow, Danforth Foundation (1970-1974).OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE:
Phi Beta Kappa (1970);
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors in Psychology; 1970);
Psi Chi (National Honorary Psychology Society, 1969);
99+ Percentile on Graduate Record Examination Psychology Subject Test (1969);
Arnston Memorial Award for essay contest regarding “Man’s Place and Function in the Universe” (1969);
College Scholar (1967-1970);
California State Scholarship (1966-1970).JOHN H. FRANCIS POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL:
Salutatorian (second highest GPA in mid-year graduating class of 256 students, 1966);
Three Special Awards (top in mid-year graduating class) for Science, Social Studies, and English (1966);
Ephebian Society (Los Angeles metropolitan society honoring character, leadership, community service, and scholastic achievement, 1966);
Self-Government Award (1966);
Seal Bearer (Lifetime Member, California Scholarship Federation, 1966);
Scholar Quiz Award (won televised competition for Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, 1965);
Team Captain, Knowledge Bowl Team (1965);
Member, California Scholarship Federation (1964-1966).RICHARD E. BYRD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduation Speaker on theme “Light the Path to Knowledge” (1963);
Two Awards of Merit (top in mid-year graduating class) for Science and Social Studies (1963);
Sextants (Scholarship Society, 1962-1963);
Junior Research Science (Los Angeles metropolitan summer program for scientific talent, 1962).
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