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1224 WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Stets, Jan E

Professor of Sociology

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Sociology


Biography

Dr. Stets’ research focuses on using and extending identity theory in sociological social psychology. She is currently developing the moral identity. The goal is to investigate how an identity at a theoretically more abstract level relates to identities at a lower level, and how higher-ordered identities infiltrate behavior at a lower level in identity control theory. She is also developing the role of emotions in identity theory.

Former Institution

Washington State University

Degrees

BA Sociology 1980

University of Dayton

MA Sociology 1983

Indiana University

PhD Sociology 1987

Indiana University

Awards

Elected member of the Sociological Research Association
Elected member of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology


Research Area

Social Psychology, Emotions, Gender, Family

Publications

Stets, Jan E. and Jonathan H. Turner (Eds.) 2006. Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions. New York: Springer.

Stets, Jan E. 2006. “Identity Theory.” In Contemporary Social Psychological Theories, edited by Peter J. Burke. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Stets, Jan E. 2005. “Emotions in Identity Theory.” Social Psychology Quarterly 68: 39-56.

Turner, Jonathan H. and Jan E. Stets. 2005. The Sociology of Emotions. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Stets, Jan E. and Michael M. Harrod. 2004. “Verification Across Multiple Identities: The Role of Status.” Social Psychology Quarterly 67: 155-171.

Stets, Jan E. 2004. “Emotions in Identity Theory: The Effect of Status.” Advances in Group Processes 21: 51-76.