PhD, The Ohio State University, 1981. Professor of Psychological Sciences Associate Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Send e-mail to kip@psych.purdue.edu Mailing address: Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences 703 Third Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081   Phone: (765) 494-0845  Fax: (765) 496-1264 Link to Homepage

My interests lie broadly in group processes and social influence. My specific research topics include ostracism, social loafing and social compensation, stealing thunder, Internet research, and psychology & law. I have a free downloadable program (newest version works on PCs and Macs) called "Cyberball" that can be used in research on ostracism, social exclusion, and rejection. I have also been convener (with Joseph Forgas and Bill von Hippel) of the annual Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series. Recent volumes in this series published by Cambridge University Press and Psychology Press dealt with such topics as 'Feeling and thinking', 'The social mind', 'Social influence', 'The social self,' 'Social judgments,' and 'Social motivation.' Our most recent Symposium, in April 2004, dealt with 'The Social Outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying'.

Recent Publications

Books:     Brewer, N., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2005). Psychology and law: An empirical perspective. New York: Guilford Publications.     Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & von Hippel, W. (2004). Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes. London: Cambridge University Press.     Williams, K. D.,  Forgas, J. P., & von Hippel, W. (Eds.) (2005). The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. New York: The Psychology Press.     Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2002). The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal, and intergroup perspectives. New York: The Psychology Press.     Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2001). Social influence: Direct and indirect process. Philadelphia: The Psychology Press.     Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D., & von Hippel, W. (2003). Social judgments: Implicit and explicit processes. London: Cambridge University Press.     Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.) (2001). The social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of interpersonal behavior. London: Cambridge University Press.     Williams, K. D. (2001). Ostracism: The power of silence. New York, NY: Guilford Publications. Journal Articles:     Dolnik, L., Case, T. I. & Williams, K. D. (2003). Stealing thunder as a courtroom tactic revisited: Processes and boundaries. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 265-285.     Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., & Williams, K. D. (2003). Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion. Science, 302, 290-292.     Govan, C. L., & Williams, K. D. (2004). Changing the affective valence of the stimulus items influences the IAT by re-defining the category labels. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 357-365.     Williams, K. D., & Warburton, W. A. (2003). Ostracism: A form of indirect aggression that can result in aggression. International Review of Social Psychology, 16, 101-126.     Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2004). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer lowers belonging, control, self-esteem and meaningful existence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 560-567. Other Publications:     Williams, K. D., Harkins, S. G., & Karau, S. J. (2003). Social performance. In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.). Handbook of social psychology (pp. 327-346). London: Sage Publications.     Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2001). Ostracism: On being ignored, excluded and rejected. In M. R. Leary (Ed.), Interpersonal Rejection (pp. 21-53). New York: Oxford University Press.