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Oscar Ybarra
Oscar Ybarra is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Illinois Gies College of Business, and Director of the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society at the University of Illinois. Oscar is also Professor Emeritus of Psychology, and Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan, and Faculty Associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. Dr. Ybarra received his Ph.D. in social psychology from New Mexico State University.
Dr. Ybarra’s research examines the social underpinnings of cognition, motivation, and wellbeing, how people navigate their web of relations with others for better or worse, and how people create or fail to create a synergy between connecting with others and pursuing personally valued goals.
Ybarra has published in the top journals in his field. His research on the importance of social connections for staying mentally sharp, and social media use and wellbeing, has received much national and international media attention. His research on aging and cognitive decline has also been used in presentations before Congress.
e-mail: oybarra@illinois.edu
CV: VitaOscarYbarra
Current and Past Collaborators and Topic Areas
Andrew Baron, adaptive approaches, behavioral flexibility
Eugene Burnstein, mental exercising, social cognition, adaptive approaches
Emily Chan, social cognition, goals, fundamental dimensions, attitudes, unpredictability in people
Todd Chan, social rejection, social media & cognitive function
Serena Chen, social cognition, power, evaluation
Chongzhen Bi, neuroscientific approaches, self-judgment, fundamental dimensions
Hiroko Dodge, mental exercising, social skills, cognitive aging & training
Peter Dorfman, global leadership and social-emotional intelligence
Barbara Fredrickson, affect, weather & cognition, adaptive approaches
Stephen Garcia, behavioral decision making, behavioral flexibility, entrepreneur cognition
Richard Gonzalez, social processes, decision-making, problem solving
Jeffrey Hutsler, evolution of intelligence, comparative approaches
John Jonides, social networking and wellbeing
Liam Kavanagh, mental exercising through socializing
Matthew Keller, adaptive approaches, behavioral flexibility, weather & cognition
Amy Kiefer, automatic social cognition, gender, power
Shirli Kopelman, conflict, negotiation, culture
Ethan Kross, social networking, emotion regulation, social-emotional intelligence, big data
Jason Lawrence, intergroup relations, social cognition
David Seungjae Lee, social basis of striving, when social support hurts or helps, social networking and wellbeing, cognitive biases in decision making, fundamental dimensions, negotiation
Fiona Lee, culture, training
Mel Manis, mental exercising, social cognition
Scott Moeller, interpersonal processes, negotiation
Benoit Monin, fundamental dimensions, culture, morality
Eric Neuman, culture, conflict, work and organizational life
Dick Nisbett, culture, conflict, social cognition, training
Denise Park, cognitive aging, social cognition, fundamental dimensions
Hyekyung Park, culture, social cognition, fundamental dimensions
Vicky Plaut, intergroup relations, multicultural vs. color-blind philosophies
Rick Price, innovation, entrepreneurship,
Christina Ramón, conflict, negotiation, intergroup relations
Kimberly Rios, automatic social cognition, intergroup relations, social threats, behavioral flexibility
Joel Rodriguez, mental exercising, social cognition
Diana Sanchez, automatic social cognition, gender, power
Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, culture & conflict, work and organizational life, behavioral flexibility, social-emotional intelligence
Lynne Schaberg, social cognition, social vigilance, fundamental dimensions
Norbert Schwarz, affect, automatic social cognition, attitudes
Joan Severson, cognitive assessment, lifestyle effects on cognitive dysfunction
Hyunjin Song, affect, social cognition
Christine Stanik, culture, social cognition, fundamental dimensions
Walter Stephan, intergroup relations, social cognition, social selection
David Trafimow, behavioral decision making, goals, attitudes, culture
Philippe Verduyn, social networking and wellbeing, depression, big data
Piotr Winkielman, mental exercising, social networking, mind-reading, social factors in decision- making
Irene Yeh, mental exercising, mixed-motives
Yufang Zhao, neuroscientific approaches, creativity and breaking mental sets, emotion regulation and intergroup conflict, fundamental dimensions