Education and Positions

2002-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of
Wyoming
1998-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of
Wyoming
1996-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Clinical and Social Sciences in
Psychology, University of Rochester
1994-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic
University
1995Ph.D., University of Toledo
1992M.A., University of Toledo

Graduate Students

Jim Perkins, M.S.Perceptions of police use of force, evolutionary psychology
Dana Binder, M.S.Group dynamics, jury decision making
Chrissy Adams, M.S. Jury procedures, jury decision making
Suzanne Karis Jurors' Perceptions of NGRI plea
Jerry Cullum, M.S. Religiosity and prejudice, emergence of group norms
Nick Schwab Heritability and social impact
Jess Hatz, M.S. Detection of Deception
Bridget Waack Factors affecting eyewitness perception and memory

Current Courses

PSYC 2000 Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC/STAT 5060 Graduate Statistics in Psychology

Recent Grant Activity

(2004) The Dynamics of Attitudes and Public Opinion: From Individual Beliefs to Cultural Norms (with PI Helen Harton). National Science Foundation, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Initiative.
(2003) Enhancing juror and jury reasoning (with Co-PI Narina Nunez). National Science Foundation, Law & Social Sciences Program.
(2001) Research Experiences For Undergraduates supplement for: Variations in individual juror reasoning and its impact on jury decision making (with PI Narina Nunez). National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program.
(2000) Variations in individual juror reasoning and its impact on jury decision making (with PI Narina Nunez). National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program.

Recent Publications

Perkins, J., & Bourgeois, M.J. (in press). Perceptions of police use of deadly force. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Bourgeois, M.J., & Harton, H.C. (in press). The psychology of large groups and mass movements. In V. Hinsz (Ed.) Encyclopedia of life support systems.
Harton, H.C., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2004). Cultural elements emerge from dynamic social impact. In M. Schaller & C. Crandall (Eds.) The psychological foundations of culture. NY: Erlbaum.
Bourgeois, M.J., & Perkins, J. (2003). Testing an evolutionary explanation of reactions to sexual harassment. Sex Roles, 49,343-351.
Bourgeois, M.J. (2002). Heritability of attitudes constrains dynamic social impact. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1063-1072.
Hoegh, D.G., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2002). Prelude and postlude to the self: Correlates of achieved identity. Youth and Society, 33, 573-594.
McKay, W.L., MacLean, W., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2002). Cluster analysis of maternal characteristics and perceptions of child behavior problems in a behavioral pediatrics practice. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Bourgeois, M.J., & Bowen, A.M. (2001). Self-organization of alcohol-related attitudes and beliefs in a campus housing complex: An initial investigation. Health Psychology, 20, 434-437.
Bowen, A.M., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2001). The contribution of pluralistic ignorance, dynamic social impact, and contact theories to attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual college students. Journal of American College Health, 50, 91-96.
Sommer, K.L., Horowitz, I.A., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2001). When juries fail to comply with the law: Biased evidence processing in individual and group decision making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 309-320.
Horowitz, I.A., Bordens, K.S., Victor, E., Bourgeois, M.J., & ForsterLee, L. (2001). The effects of complexity on jurors' verdicts and construction of the evidence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 641-652.
Latane, B., & Bourgeois, M.J.(2001). Simulating dynamic social impact: Three levels of prediction. In J. Forgas & K. Williams (Eds.) Sydney Symposium on Social Psychology (pp. 61-76). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
Latane, B., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2000). Dynamic social impact and the consolidation, clustering, correlation, and continuing diversity of culture. In R.S. Tindale & M. Hogg (Eds.) Handbook of social psychology volume 4: Group Processes. London: Blackwell.