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Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1970; B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1967.
Recent Projects
Cialdini, R. B. (2008). "Organizing for surprise: A career of arranging to be captured." In R. Levine, A. Rodrigues, & L. C. Zelezny (Eds.), Career journeys in social psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Cialdini, R. B. (2008). "Turning persuasion from an art into a science." In P. Meusburger (Ed.), Symposium on knowledge and space: Clashes of knowledge. Berlin: Springer.
Petrova, P. K., & Cialdini, R. B. (2008). "Evoking the imagination as a strategy of influence." In C. P. Haugtvedt, P. Herr, & F. Kardes (Eds.). "Handbook of Consumer Psychology."
Academic Positions
Arizona State University. Previous Appointments: Stanford University, University of Southern California, Univeristy of California at Santa Cruz, University of California at San Diego, Ohio State University
Career and Professional Leadership; Teaching Awards
Recipient, The (inaugural) Peitho Prize for Distinguished Contributions to the Science of Social Influence from the Editorial Board of Social Influence, 2006; Recipient, Distinguished Member Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Psychology, Psi Chi, 2006; Recipient, Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Contributions in Social Psychology from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003
Professional Leadership
Member, Board of Consulting Editors, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 1993-present; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Cultic Studies Journal, 1990-present; Member, Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Social Influence, 1989-1995
Representative Publications
Griskevicius, V., Goldstein, N. J., Mortensen, C. R., Cialdini, R. B., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). "Going along versus going alone: When fundamental motives facilitate strategic (non)conformity." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 281-294.
Sundie, J., Cialdini, R. B., Griskevicius, V., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). "Evolutionary social influence." In M. Schaller, J. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology (pp. 287-316). New York: Psychology Press.
Pfeffer, J., Fong, C. T., Cialdini, R. B., & Portnoy, R. R. (2006). "Why use an agent in transactions?" Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 10, 1362-1374.
