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Amy G. Halberstadt, Ph.D., Professor Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor

Department of Psychology Poe Hall 755, Box 7650 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7801

Phone: 919-515-1730 FAX: 919-515-1716 E-mail: Halbers@unity.ncsu.edu Social Development Lab Webpage

Education A.B., Colgate University M.A., The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

Current Teaching Psy 376: Developmental Psychology Psy 406: Psychology of Gender Psy 491: Psychology of Emotion Psy 506: Psychology of Gender Psy 787: Social Development Psy 789: Socio-Emotional Processes in Adulthood and Aging

Current research interests:

• Emotional experience and expression
• Family relationships through the lifespan
• Affective social competence
• Gender issues through the lifespan

Grants

NICHD: Parents’ beliefs about children’s emotions. ($143,617), 2003- 2005

NCSU Pilot Program Grant (on behalf of the Psychology Department): Curriculum Diversity ($12,000), 2001-2002.

NCSU Grant for Teaching Innovation: Psychology of Gender ($6,650), 1995-1996

NIH National Research Scientist Mentor (Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to Julie Dunsmore under my tutelage): Effects of maternal emotions on young children’s memory for events. ($46, 308), 1994-1996

NICHD: Socialization of Emotion Expression ($69,916), 1987-1989

NIMH: Emotion expression in preschool children ($15,469), 1986-1987

Edited Books

Ellyson, S. L., & Halberstadt, A. G. (Eds.), (1995).  Explorations in Social Psychology.  New York:  McGraw-Hill.

Halberstadt, A. G., & Ellyson, S. L. (Eds.), (1990). Social psychology readings: A century of research.  New York:  McGraw Hill. 

Recent Publications

Halberstadt, A. G., & Parker, A. E. (in press). Function, structure, and process as independent dimensions in research on emotion. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 14.

McElwain, N.*, Halberstadt, A. G., & Volling, B. (in press). Mother- and father-reported reactions to children’s negative emotions: Relations to young children’s emotional understanding and friendship quality. Child Development, 78.

Thompson, J. A.*, & Halberstadt, A. G. (in press). Sibling jealousy and implicit beliefs. Social Development, 16.

Dunsmore, J. C., Halberstadt, A. G., Eaton, K. L.* & Robinson, M. L. (2005). Mothers’ typical and event-specific positive expressions influence children’s memory for events. Social Development, 14, 339-360.

Dunsmore, J. C., Halberstadt, A. G., & Robinson, M. L. (2004). Mothers’ negative evaluations of children’s performance enhance boys’ memory for crafts. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 165, 345-365.

Halberstadt, A. G., & Eaton, K. L.* (2002). Socialization of emotion expression, and understanding in the family. Marriage and Family Review, 34, 35-62.

Halberstadt, A. G., Dunsmore, J. C.*, & Denham, S. A. (2001). Spinning the pinwheel, together: More thoughts on Affective Social Competence. Social Development, 10, 130-136. (Reply to the commentaries on our lead article referenced just below.)

Halberstadt, A. G., Denham, S. A., & Dunsmore, J. C.* (2001). Affective social competence. Social Development, 10, 79-119.

Carpenter, S., & Halberstadt, A. G. (2000). Causes of anger in family relationships. Social Development, 9, 458-477. (authorship determined by coin toss)

* Collaboration with students

Professional Affiliations

International Society for Research on Emotion

Society for Research in Child Development

Society for Experimental Social Psychology

American Psychological Society

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