Christopher P. Kelley
Christopher’s research agenda is focused on the social psychology of leadership, age-status, and experimental tests of the relationship between physiological stresses social structure. His MA work on Age-Status employed the use of virtual reality technology to test the function of age as a status characteristic throughout the lifecourse. His specializations are in Social Psychology and The Lifecourse. Additional research interest includes interpersonal processes, social psychology, theory construction, self and identity, agency, and the processes of identity change. Christopher holds an MA in Sociology from Iowa, a BA in Political Science from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and BAs in English and Sociology from The University of Akron.
Other professional activities include currently serving as the Managing Director at the Center for the Study of Group Processes, and Assistant Managing Editor of Current Research in Social Psychology (http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html). Christopher is one of the founding members of the Terra-Hawk Leadership Group, Inc. and is a member on the Board of Directors. Terra-Hawk is a nonprofit organization developed to train undergraduates who mentor local community youth using strategies for effective leadership based in sound social psychological research. He also developed and maintains a website (Best Schools for Athletes) to inform high profile athletes of the best schools to showcase their athletic talents and earn a college degree.