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GARY D. SHERMAN
PUBLICATIONS

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
January 2009

Office Address
102 Gilmer Hall
P.O. Box 400400
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Phone: (434) 243-2328
Email: gsherman@virginia.edu

Education
University of Virginia, Ph.D. Student in Social Psychology, 2005-
University of Virginia, M.A., Psychology, 2008
University of Virginia, B.A., Psychology, with Highest Distinction, 2004
            Distinguished Majors Program, Psychology

Honors
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, (2005-2008)
Second Place Poster Award, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition (2008)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Student Travel Award (2008)
Participant in Summer Institute of Social Psychology (SISP) (2007)
First Place Poster Award, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition (2006)
Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society (inducted 2004)
Distinguished Majors Program in Psychology, University of Virginia (2003-2004)

Publications

  1. Sherman, G. D., & Clore, G. L. (in press). The color of sin: White and black are perceptual symbols of moral purity and pollution. Psychological Science.
  2. Sherman, G. D., Haidt, J., & Coan, J. A. (2009). Viewing cute images increases behavioral carefulness. Emotion, 9, 282-286.
  3. Oishi, S., Rothman, A. J., Snyder, M., Su, J., Zehm, K., Hertel, A., Gonzales, M. H., & Sherman, G. D. (2007). The socio-ecological model of pro-community action: the benefits of residential stability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 831-844.
  4. Oishi, S., Lun, J., & Sherman, G. D. (2007). Residential mobility, self-concept, and positive affect in social interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 131-141.

Manuscripts Under Review or In Preparation
Sherman, G. D., & Clore, G. L. (2008). Morality in black and white: Moral meaning affects perceptions of darkness. Manuscript in preparation.

Sherman, G. D., Haidt, J., & Coan, J. A. (2007). The psychophysiology of moral disgust: tightness and heart rate deceleration. Manuscript in preparation.

Sherman, G. D., Oveis, C., Haidt, J. & Coan, J. A. (2007). Why good deeds make us cry: Interpersonal Tenderness and Vagal Withdrawal. Manuscript in preparation.

Chaired Symposia
What’s so bad about Bin Laden’s sweater? New research on the moral psychology of purity and contamination. (2009). Symposium to be presented at the10th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. (Co-Chair: Jonathan Haidt; Speakers: Paul Rozin, David Pizarro, Simone Schnall, and Gary Sherman).

Conference Talks
“The Color of Sin: The Black-White Spectrum as a Metaphor for Moral Purity.” (2009).Talk to be given at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Presentations
Sherman, G. D., & Clore G. L. (2008, January). Morality in black and white: How Moral Meaning alters perceptions of darkness. Poster presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Sherman, G. D., Oveis, C, Haidt, J, & Coan, J. A.. (2007, January). The psychophysiology of elevation: Vagal withdrawal, vagal rebound, and tenderness. Poster presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Sherman, G. D., Haidt, J., & Coan, J. A. (2006, October). Is immorality disgusting? Sociomoral disgust, throat tightness, and heart rate deceleration. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Sherman, G. D., & Haidt, J. (2006, January). The infectious skill of role models: Learning via admiration exceeds deliberate learning. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Sherman, G. D., & Haidt, J. (2006, March). The infectious skill of role models: Learning via admiration exceeds deliberate learning. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition. Charlottesville, VA.

Editorial Experience
Ad Hoc Reviewer,
            Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
           Emotion, Brain Research

Popular Press Coverage of Research

"The Color of Sin -- Why The Good Guys Wear White" by Wray Herbert, Scientific American Mind, 11/09.

"When Black and White Aren't Black and White" by Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune, 10/18/09.

"Morality and Colour: Dark for Dark Business" by Matt Kaplan, The Economist, 7/30/09.

"The Secret to Better Performance: Kittens" by Kevin Lewis, The Boston Globe, 5/10/09.

“Road Trip! APS visit UVA” by Ann Conkle, Jesse Erwin, Eric Wargo, and Catherine West, APS Observer, February, 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 2).

"The Depths of Disgust” by Dan Jones, Nature, 7/14/07.

Professional Affiliations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Psychophysiological Research