PhD, Illinois, 1987.  Professor of Psychological Sciences Associate Editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice Send e-mail to kelly@psych.purdue.edu Mailing Address: Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences 703 Third Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081 Phone: (765) 494-9474  Fax: (765) 496-1264

Major research interests are (1) group interaction process analysis; (2) the social psychology of time, with a focus on temporal patterning in group performance and interaction; and (3) the effects of cognitive states (mood) and social factors (gender composition, degree of acquaintance) on group and dyadic interaction.

Recent Publications
 

Kelly, J. R. (2004). Mood and emotion in groups. In M.B. Brewer & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Emotion and motivation: Perspectives on Social Psychology. Oxford , UK : Blackwell Publishing. (reprint of Kelly, 2001)   Kelly, J. R., & Loving, T. J. (2004). Time pressure and group performance:  Exploring underlying processes in the Attentional Focus Model.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 185-198.   Karau, S. J., & Kelly, J. R.  (2004). Time pressure and team performance:  An attentional focus integration.  In B. Mannix, M. Neale, & S. Blount  (Eds.), Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Time in Groups (pp. 185-212). Oxford , UK : Elsevier Ltd.   Spoor, J. R., & Kelly, J. R. (2004). The evolutionary significance of affect in groups: Communication and group bonding. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 7, 401-415.   Meyer, R., Berdahl, J. L., Brashers, D. E.,  Considine, J. R., Kelly, J. R., Moore, C., Peterson, J. L., & Spoor, J. R.  (2005).  Investigating groups from a feminist perspective.  Chapter to appear in M. S. Poole & A. B. Hollingshead (Eds.), Theories of small groups: An interdisciplinary perspective.  Newbury Park , NJ : Sage Publications.   Kelly, J. R., Murphy, J. D., Craig, T. Y., & Driscoll, D. M.  (2005). How exposure to nonverbal behaviors associated with the likelihood to sexually harass affects the performance and perceptions of women. Sex Roles, 53, 689-701.    Kelly, J. R., & Spoor, J. R. (2006). Affective influences in groups. In J. Forgas (Ed.), Affect in social thinking and behavior (pp. 311-325). NY: Psychology Press.  Kelly, J. R., & Spoor, J. R.  (2007).  Naive theories of mood in groups:  A preliminary investigation.  Group Process and Intergroup Relations, 10, 205-224.  Jones, E. E., & Kelly, J. R. (2007). Contributions to a group discussion and perceptions of leadership: Does quantity always count more than quality? Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11, 15-30.