CURRICULUM VITAE
Ellen S. Cohn
September, 2009
Department of Psychology Home Address:
University of New Hampshire 124 Broad Street
Durham, New Hampshire03824 Portsmouth, New Hampshire03801
Education:
1974 B.A., Psychology and Sociology, ClarkUniversity
1976 M.A., Social Psychology, TempleUniversity
1978 Ph.D., Social Psychology, TempleUniversity
Professional Experience:
2003 – presentFounding Coordinator, Justice Studies Program
1994 – presentProfessor, Department of Psychology,
University of New Hampshire
1999 – 2003Coordinator, Justice Studies Group
1984 1994 Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of New Hampshire
1991 1992 Visiting Faculty Scholar, Department of
Psychology, BrownUniversity
1986 1987 Interim Director, UNH Institute for Policy
Research
1986 - 1987 Interim Director, UNHCenter for Social Science Research
l978 1984 Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of New Hampshire
Academic Honors:
2009-UNH Carsey Institute Senior Fellow
2004-2007UNH Lamberton Professor of Criminology
2000-2001University of New Hampshire Faculty Scholar
1998 University of New HampshireCollege of Liberal
Arts Summer Faculty Fellowship
1992 1993 Faculty award for contributions to women's
salary equity from the UNH Women's Commission
(shared with Rebecca Warner and Susan White)
1991 University of New Hampshire Summer Faculty
Fellowship
1989 1990 First recipient of the UNH Outstanding Faculty
Award to an Associate Professor
1985 University of New Hampshire Summer Faculty
Fellowship
Research Grants:
2006-2009 National Science Foundation, “Cognitive Developmental and Rule-
Violating Factors: The Role of Personality and Attitudinal Factors”
($266,530) (with Cesar Rebellon and Karen Van Gundy)
2005-2007UNH President’s Office, “Panel Study of Unwanted Sexual Experiences
on Campus”
($20,000) (with Victoria Banyard, Sally Ward, Wendy Walsh, Mary Moynihan)
2005-2006Carsey Institute, “Cognitive Developmental and Rule-Violating
Factors: The Role of Personality and Attitudinal Factors”
($5,500) (with Cesar Rebellon and Karen Van Gundy)
2003-2004Elliot Fund, “Community Attitudes toward Community Policing”
($6000) (with Jack Humphrey and Andrew Smith)
2000-2001Umbrella Group to PlanCenter for Social, Behavioral and Health
Sciences: “Policing New Hampshire’s Communities”
($7000) (with Jolley Emrey)
2000 Byrne Program of the NH Department of Justice:
“Tri-StateVictimAssistanceAcademy Planning Grant” from the Byrne Program of the NH Department of Justice
($35,000) (with Ted Kirkpatrick)
1999-2001UNH President’s Office:
“Twelve year follow-up on Unwanted Sexual Experiences on Campus”
($20,000) (with Victoria Banyard, SallyWard, Cari Moorhead, Elizabethe Plante, Jane Stapleton)
1993 1998 National Science Foundation Grant: "Orientations toward Law and
NormativeOrdering" ($325,746)
1992 1994 National Science Foundation Grant: “Planning Meeting: Collaborative
Researchon Orientations toward Law and Normative
Ordering" ($17,970)
1986 1989 National Science Foundation Grant:"Theinteraction between legal
reasoning and socialcontext on people's use of rules" ($120,000)
(with S. O. White)
1989 University of New Hampshire UndesignatedGifts Fund Award: "Physical and sexual aggression on campus" ($6,500)
(with S. Ward, S. O. White, K. Williams)
1986 University of New HampshireCollege of LiberalResearch Grant ($2,005) (with S. O. White)
1981 1984 National Science Foundation Grant: "Cognitive and social determinants of
the internalization of legal norms" ($84,900) (with S. O. White)
1982 1983 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesBiomedical Support
Grant for the acquisition ofa dictator transcriber ($1,575) (with S.O.
White)
1980University of New Hampshire Research SupportFund: “Characteristics of
rural rape victims" ($350) (with R.M. Latta)
1977 1978 U.S. Department of Justice Law EnforcementAssistance Administration
Dissertation YearFellowship: "Fear of crime and feelings of
helplessness" ($7,700)
Publications:
Book:
Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1990). Legal Socialization: A study of norms and rules. New
York: SpringerVerlag.
Articles:
Cohn, E.S., Bucolo, D., Rebellon, C.J., & Van Gundy, K. (in press). An integrated model of
legal and moral reasoning and rule-violating behavior: The role of legal attitudes. Law and Human Behavior.
Bucolo, D. O., & Cohn, E. S. (in press). Playing the race card: Making race salient in defense
opening and closing statements. Legal and Criminological Psychology.
Banyard, V., Moynihan, M. M., Walsh, W. A., Cohn, E. S., & Ward, S. (in press). Friends of
survivors: The community impact of unwanted sexual experiences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Walsh, W. A., Banyard, V. L., Moynihan, M. M., Ward, S., & Cohn, E. S. (in press). Service use
on a college campus after an unwanted sexual experience. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.
Cohn, E.S., Bucolo, D., Pride, M., & Sommers, S. R. (2009). Racial salience and racial bias in
the courts: Do racial attitudes make a difference? Journalof Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1953-1973.
Cohn, E. S., Dupuis, E. C., & Brown, T. (2009). In the eye of the beholder: Sex, resistance,
reputation and perpetrator differences in date rape. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1513-1535.
Cohn, E. S., & Modecki, K.L. (2008). Legal socialization. In B.L. Cutler (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Law and PsychologyVolume 2 (p. 450-453). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Banyard, V. L., Ward, Cohn, E.S., Plante, E. G., Moorhead, C., & Walsh, W. (2007).
Unwanted sexual experiences on campus: A comparison of women’s and men’s
experiences. Violence and Victims, 22, 57-70.
Spinney, C. A., Goforth, E. C., & Cohn, E. S. (2007). Factors influencing the reporting
of dating violence prevalence. In K.A. Kendall-Tackett and S. M. Giacomoni (Eds.) Intimate Partner Violence(pg. 1501-1521). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
Cohn, E. S., & Modecki, K. L. (2007) Gender differences in predictingdelinquent behavior: Do
individual differences matter? 35(6), Social Behavior and Personality, 35, 359-374.
Banyard, V. L., Plante, E. G.,Cohn, E. S., Ward, S., Moorhead, C., Walsh, W. (2005).
Revisiting unwanted sexual experiences on campus: A twelve-year follow-up.Violence against Women,11, 426-446.
Lyon, K. D., Tickle-Degnen, L., Henry, A., & Cohn, E. S. (2004). Behavioural cues of
personality in Parkinson’s Disease. Disability and Rehabilitation.26, 463-470.
Lyon, K. D., Tickle-Degnen, L., Henry, A., & Cohn, E. S. (2004). Impressions of personality
in Parkinson’s disease: Can rehabilitation practitioners see beyond the symptoms?Rehabilitation Psychology, 49, 328-333.
Martin, T. A., & Cohn, E. S. (2004). Attitudes toward the criminal legalsystem: Scale
development and predictors. Psychology, Crime and Law, 10(4), 367-391.
Martin, T. A., & Cohn, E. S. (2004). The attitudes toward the criminal justice system
scale. In L.S. Wrightsman, A.L. Batson, & V.A. Edkins (Eds.) (p. 13-18), Measures of Legal Attitudes. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Cohn, E. S., White, S. O., & Sanders, J. (2000). Distributive and procedural justice in
seven nations. Law and Human Behavior, 24 (5), 553-580.
Reprinted in T.R. Tyler (Ed.) (2005). International Library of Essays in Law and Society: Procedural Justice Volume II (pg. 437-463). Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Shanelaris, C. E., Luneau, H. W., Cohn, E. S., & Bauman, K. (1998). Ten-year gender survey.
The New Hampshire Bar Journal, 39, 56-78.
Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1997). Legal socialization effects on democratization.
International Social Science Journal: Special Issue on Democratization, 152, 151-171.
(N. Tate, Editor).
Asdigian, N. L., Cohn, E. S., & Hennessy Blum, M. (1994). Gender differences in distributive
justice: The role of selfpresentation revisited. Sex Roles, 30, 303-318.
Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1992). Taking reasoning seriously. In J. McCord (Ed.), Facts,
Frameworks, and Forecasts: Advances in Criminology, Vol. 3 (pp. 95114). New York: Aldine.
Mooney, K. M., Cohn, E. S., & Swift, M. B. (1992). Physical distance and AIDS: Too close for
comfort? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22, 14421452.
Ward, S., Chapman, C., Cohn, E. S., White, S. O., & Williams, K. (1991). Acquaintance rape
and the college social scene. Family Relations, 40, 6571.
Cohn, E. S., & Neyhart, M. L. (1991). Factors affecting public acceptance of mediation. In K.
Duffy, P. Olczak, & J. Grosch (Eds.). Community Mediation: A Handbook for Practitioners and Researchers (pp. 167-183). New York: Guilford Publications.
Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1991). The relationship between legal reasoning and behavioral
context. Droit et Societe, 19, 389-408.
Triplet, R. G., Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1988). The effect of residence hall judicial policies
on attitudes toward rule violating behaviors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 18, 1288-1294.
Sugarman, D. B., & Cohn, E. S. (1986). Origin and solution attributions of responsibility for
wife abuse: Effects of outcome severity, prior history, and sex of subject. Victims and Violence, 1(4), 291303.
Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1986). Cognitive development versus social learning approaches to
studying legal socialization. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 7 (3), 195209.
Triplet, R., & Cohn, E. S. (1984). Social learning versus attributional interpretations: The effect
of task familiarity on task performance perceptions and future success expectancies. Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 7584.
Cohn, E. S. (1983). Effects of victims' and helpers' attributions for problem and solution on
reactions to receiving help. In A. Nadler, J.D. Fisher, and B.M. DePaulo (Eds.) New Directions in Helping: Applied Research in HelpSeeking and Reactions to Aid. Vol. 3 (pp. 4370). New York: Academic Press.
Karuza, J., Coates, D., Cohn, E., Kidder, L., & Rabinowitz, V. C. (1983). Responsibility and
helping. Academic Psychology Bulletin, 5 (2), 183194.
Brickman, P., Kidder, L. H., Coates, D., Rabinowitz, V., Cohn, E., & Karuza, J. (1983). The
dilemmas of helping: Making aid fair and effective. New Directions in Helping: Recipient Reactions to Aid. Vol. 1 (pp. 1849). New York: Academic Press.
Brickman, P., Rabinowitz, V. C., Karuza, J., Coates, D. Cohn, E., & Kidder, L. (1982). Models
of helping and coping. American Psychologist, 37 (4), 368384.
Kidder, L. H., Fagan, M. A., & Cohn, E. S. (1981). Giving and receiving: Social justice in close
relationships. In M.J. Lerner and S.C. Lerner (Eds.) The Justice Motive in Social Behavior in Social Behavior: Adapting to Times of Scarcity and Change (pp. 235259). New York: Plenum.
Goldstein, J. H., Davis, R. W., Kernis, M., & Cohn, E. S. (1981). Retarding the escalation of
aggression. Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 6570.
Sugarman, D. B., & Cohn, E. E. (1980). Social comparisons of three generations of women.
Gerontologist, 20, 209-209.
Cohn, E. S., & Sugarman, D. B. (1980). Marital abuse: Abusing the one you love. Victimology,
5 (24), 203212.
Cohn, E.S., & Perlman, B. (1979). Restitution and imprisonment: How fair are these sentences
to the victim, offender, and society? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5 (3), 259-259.
Kidder, L. H., & Cohn, E. S. (1979). Public views of crime and crime prevention. In I. Frieze,
D. BarTal, & J. Carroll (Eds.) New Approaches to Social Problems (pp. 237264). San Francisco: JosseyBass.
Cohn, E. S., Kidder, L. H., & Harvey, J. (1978). Crime prevention versus victimization
prevention: The psychology of two different reactions. Victimology, 3, 285296.
Kidder, L. H., Belletirie, G., & Cohn, E. S. (1977). Secret ambitions and public performances:
The effect of anonymity on reward allocations made by men and women. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 13 (1), 7080.
Under Review:
Trinkner, R., Bucolo, D., Cohn, E. S., Rebellon, C. J., & Van Gundy, K. Power up! The
moderating role of aggressive personality and violent video games in adolescents’ aggressive
behavior. Aggressive Behavior.
Rebellon, C.J., Cohn, E.S., & VanGundy, K. (under review) Specifying the nature of the
relationship between differential association and delinquency: Further evidence concerning socialization, selection and tautology. Quanititative Criminology.
VanGundy, K., Stracuzzi, N. F., Rebellon, C. J., & Cohn, E. S. (under review). Community
integration and the stress process sin youth: Implications for depressed mood, problem substance use, and delinquent behavior. Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
In Preparation:
French, J., Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C. J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, May). Gender differences in
predictors of rule-violating behavior: The role of legal attitudes and individual difference
factors. Journal of Research in Personality.
Plante, E. G., Cohn, E. S., Coppens, K., Ward, S. K., Moorhead, C. A., Banyard, V. A., &
Walsh, W. A. Sex differences in verbal versus nonverbal perception of consent: It depends on how you ask the question. Victims and Violence.
Cohn, E. S., Walsh, W. A., Banyard, V. A., Plante, E. G., Ward, S., & Moorhead, C.A.
Perceptions of safety among college students. Victims and Violence.
Cohn, E. S., & Baker, E. Social Support differences and similarities between lay versus
professional Parkinson’s Disease support group leaders: The effects of being a caregiver.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Cohn, E. S., & Lund, D. A. Social support on the internet. Journal of Health and Social
Behavior.
Recent Presentations:
2009
French, J., Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C. J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, May). Gender differences in
predictors of rule-violating behavior: The role of legal attitudes and individual difference
factors. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association,
Denver, Colorado.
Cohn, E.S., Trinkner, R., Rebellon, C.J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, May). The relation between
legitimacy and rule-violating behavior: The role of parental monitoring perceptions. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Denver, Colorado.
Trinkner, R., Bucolo, D., Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C.J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, March). Parental
style and delinquency: Does parental legitimacy mediate the relation? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, San Antonio, Texas.
Cohn, E. S. (2009, February). Predictors of delinquency: Legitimacy, legal norms, and peers.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.
Bucolo, D., Trinkner, R., Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C.J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, February).
Violence video game exposure and aggression: Differential effects among adolescents of various ages. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.
Trinkner, R., Bucolo, D., Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C.J., & Van Gundy, K. (2009, February). Violent
video game exposure predicts real world aggression: A cross-sectional model. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.
2008
Cohn, E.S., Rebellon, C., & Van Gundy, K. (2008, May). Testing the legal socialization model:
The role of legal attitudes as mediators of the relation between legal reasoning and rule-violating behaviors. Paper presented as part of symposium, How law views youth and how youth views the lawat the Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Montreal.
Cohn, E.S., Moynihan, M., Banyard, V.L., Walsh, W., & Ward, S. (2008, February). Debunking
the myths: The context of unwanted sexual experiences. Presented at the American Psychological Association Summit on Trauma and Violence, Bethesda, MD.
Cohn, E.S., & Goforth, E. (2008, February).In the eye of the beholder: Do behavior, reputation,
and individual differences affect victim and perpetrator responsibility for acquaintance rape? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bucolo, D., & Cohn, E.S. (2008, February). Minorities’ experiences of bias and satisfaction with
outcomes in the federal courts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2007
Cohn, E.S., VanGundy, K., & Rebellon, C. (2007, July). The relation between legal reasoning
and rule-violating behavior in middle school and high school students: Do legal attitudes make a difference? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Berlin.
Bucolo, D., & Cohn, E.S. (2007, May). The ‘CSI Effect’? The association between legal
attitudes and watching crime dramas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, WashingtonD.C.
Bucolo, D., & Cohn, E.S. (2007, March). The role of race salience and racial attitudes on
reducing juror bias. Paper presented at the 100th Anniversary Hugo von Munsterberg Conference. New York.
2006
Cohn, E.S., Pride, M.C., & Somers, S. S.(2006, March). Race salience in the courtroom: The effects of individual differences and cognitive factors. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Psychology and Law Society, St. Petersburg, Florida.
2005
Finkenauer, J., Grant, H., & Cohn, E.S. 2005, June). A multi-dimensional approach to legal
reasoning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Las
Vegas.
Modecki, K. & Cohn, E.S. (2005, June). Legal reasoning as maturity of judgment. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society, Las Vegas.
Modecki, K., & Cohn, E.S. (2005, November). Legal reasoning as maturity of judgement.,
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto
2004
Modecki, K., & Cohn, E.S. (2004, November). Maturity of judgment in delinquent youth.
Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville.
Cofrin, M.P., Cohn, E. S., Straus, M.A., & Modecki, C.J. (2004, November). Moms punishing
daughters: Does the style of spanking really matter? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville.
Modecki, K., & Cohn, E. S. (2004, May). Adolescent maturity of judgment: Psycho-Social
maturity and its relation to delinquency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Society, Chicago.
Cohn, E. S., & Modecki, K. (2004, May). Predictors of delinquent behavior: Sex differences in
the role of personality and legal attitude factors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Law and Society Association, Chicago.
Cohn, E. S., & Modecki, K. (2004, April). Predictors of adolescent rule-violating behaviors:
authoritarianism, attitudes toward the criminal legal system, and belief in a just world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
2003
Jenkin, C., & Cohn, E. S. (2003, November). Fear of crime and perception of risk: Implications
for airline security policy. Part of session, Terrorism recruitment and consequences. AmericanSociety of Criminology Annual Meeting, Denver.
Modecki., K., & Cohn, E. S. (2003, November). Maturity of judgement in delinquent youth.
Part of session, Contemporary issues in juvenile justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver.
Cohn, E. S., & Sussman, H. E. (2003, June). Cultural contributions to individualism and
collectivism: Demographic, social, and political influences. Paper presented as part of symposium, State, Rights and Power at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Pittsburgh.
2002
Cohn, E. S. (2002, October). An experimental approach to studying the effects of
democratization: Procedural and distributive justice differences. Invited Colloquium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
Cohn, E. S. (2002, May). Legal socialization in seven countries: East/West differences can
disappear. Invited Colloquium, PlymouthStateUniversity, Plymouth, NH
Cohn, E. S. (2002, February). Legal socialization in seven countries. Colloquium given as
part of the UNH Justice Colloquium series, Durham, NH.
Invited Colloquia:
BostonUniversity
BrownUniversity
College of William and Mary
Northwestern University
PlymouthStateUniversity
Rhode IslandCollege
StateUniversity of New York at Geneseo
TrinityCollege
University of Connecticut (twice)
University of MassachusettsMedicalSchool
University of New Hampshire
University of Rhode Island
University of Southern Maine
YaleUniversity
Maine Psychological Association
New England Social Psychology Association
Professional Reviewing
Developmental Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Law and Human Behavior
Law and Society Review
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Victimology
Victims and Violence
Violence against Women
American Psychological Association convention program
Eastern Psychological Association convention program
National Science Foundation
Professional Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
American Psychology and Law Society (Dvision 41 of APA)
American Psychological Society
American Society of Criminology
Eastern Psychological Association
Law and Society Association
Personality and Social Psychology Society (Division 8 of APA)
Society for the Advancement of Social Psychology
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
(Division 9 of APA)
Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Courses Taught
Graduate Courses
Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology: Attitudes
Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology: Fairness in Interpersonal Relationships
Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology: Justice, Injustice, and Stigma
Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology: Perceived Control
Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology: Victimization
Advanced Topics in Justice Studies: Delinquency
Research Methodology and Statistics I
Research Methodology and Statistics II
Social Psychology
Undergraduate Courses
Advanced Social Psychology
Advanced Topics: Psychology of Delinquency
Experimental Social Psychology
Honors Seminar in Psychology
Psychology and Law
Psychology of Crime and Justice
Research Methods
Research Methods in Social Psychology
Social Psychology
Statistics and Methodology
Theses Committees Chaired
Doctoral
Kathleen Bauman
Donald Bucolo
Heather Chabot
Erin Goforth
Clint Jenkin
Tracey Martin
Mae Lynn Neyhart
Kimberly Smirles
Karen Towell-Roberts
Rick Trinkner
Tom Van de Water
Masters (Psychology)
Nancy Asdigian
Kathleen Bauman
Donald Bucolo
Heather Chabot