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Richard John Crisp (born 6 November 1973) is a professor of psychology at the Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent[1] , and a leading social psychologist[2][3] who is well known for his work on social behaviour.

He graduated from the University of Oxford in Experimental Psychology in 1995 and obtained his D.Phil. in Psychology from the University of Cardiff in 1999. Then, he moved to the University of Birmingham where he became a lecturer in social psychology in 1999, a senior lecturer in 2003, and a reader in 2004. Since 2007, he is a professor of psychology at the University of Kent where he was Head of the School of Psychology from 2008-2011.

He has published widely in journals in social psychology (e.g. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) and multi-disciplinary journals (e.g. American Psychologist, Current Directions in Psychological Science, and Psychological Bulletin).

His major topics of research are multiculturalism and diversity, mental simulation and tolerance, social identity and stereotype threat.[4]

He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the Social Psychology editor for the British Psychological Society endorsed Wiley-Blackwell Textbooks in Psychology series, and consulting editor for Sage’s Social Psychology publishing programme. He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. He is a past recipient of the British Psychological Society's Spearman Medal (2006)[5] , and the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (2011)[6] .

He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.


Books

  • Crisp, R. J. & Turner, R. N. (2010). Essential Social Psychology (2nd ed.). London: Sage.

(also available in Chinese, Polish and Portuguese)

Edited Books

  • Crisp, R. J. (Ed.) (2011). Social Psychology: Critical Concepts in Psychology. Hove, E. Sussex: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
  • Crisp, R. J. (Ed.) (2010). The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity. Oxford: SPSSI-Blackwell.
  • Crisp, R. J. & Hewstone, M. (Eds.) (2006). Multiple Social Categorization: Processes, Models and Applications. Hove, E. Sussex: Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).[7]

References

  1. ^ Crisp, Richard J. "School of Psychology, University of Kent". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Crisp, Richard J. "Biography". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ Crisp, Richard J. "Essential Social Psychology". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Crisp, Richard J. "Research". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ The British Psychological Society. "Spearman Medal". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. "The Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ Crisp, Richard J. "Books". Retrieved 14/02/2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)