Kennon M. Sheldon

Curriculum Vita

(April 2008)

Dpt. of Psychological Sciences, 112 McAlester Hall

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

Email: SheldonK@missouri.edu. Phone: 573-884-1547. FAX: 573-882-7710

Academic Position

   Professor of Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Education and Experience

  2002 - 2006. Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  1997 - 2002. Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  1994 - 1997. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

  1992 - 1994. Post-Doctoral Fellow supported by NIMH Training Grant, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

  1986 - 1992. Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology. University of California, Davis, CA.

  1983 - 1984. Seattle University, Seattle WA. Spent one year in a Masters program in existential-phenomenological psychotherapy.

  1978 - 1981. B.S. in Psychology. Duke University, Durham, NC.

Research Interests

  Investigating factors that promote the attainment of personal goals, examining the effects of goal pursuit and attainment upon mental health.

  Developing means of assessing implicit motivation and revealing self-deception.

  Studying the relationship of creativity to motivational conflict and style.

  Exploring the nature of cooperative and competitive behavior in social dilemmas, from an evolutionary perspective.

  Integrating cognitive-behavioral and organismic perspectives on personality, social behavior, and psychological development.

  Helping to develop the science of positive psychology.

Grant Support

  Primary investigator on an NIMH grant titled "Self-concordant goals, self- regulation, and personality integration." $500,000. 2002-2006.

  Co-Primary investigator on an NIMH grant titled "Factors influencing sustainable increases in positive affect" (Sonya Lyubomirsky, co-P.I.). $650,000. 2004-2008.

  Co-Investigator on an NIAAA grant titled "Adolescent alcohol use and high risk sexual behavior" (Lynne Cooper, P.I.). $2,490,000. 1999-2003.

  Primary investigator on a grant from the MU Research Council, titled "Re- assessing freshman goals participants in their senior year." $4200. 2002.

  Primary investigator on a grant from the Templeton Foundation, titled "Factors influencing sustainable increases in happiness." $10,000. 2001-2002.

  Primary investigator on a grant from the Positive Psychology network, titled "Causes and consequences of materialistic ways of coping with negative emotions." $2,000. 2001-2002.

  Primary investigator on a grant from the Fetzer Institute, titled "Using response latencies to validate personal goal ratings." $28,000. 2000-2001.

  Primary investigator on a B/Start grant from NIMH titled "Self-infiltration and personal goals." $25,000. 1999-2000.

  Primary investigator on a Research Board Grant from the University of Missouri titled "Predicting adjustment in incoming freshmen." $36,000. 1998-1999.

  Primary investigator on a grant from the MU Alumni association to study personal goals in a community sample. $900. 1998.

  Primary investigator on a grant from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst to collaborate for two months with Professor Julius Kuhl at the University of Osnabrueck in Germany. $2,000. 1997.

  Research Associate on a grant from NIMH titled "The Relation of Values and Goals to Mental Health" (Richard Ryan, P. I.). $400,000. 1997-1998.

Awards

  Chancellor's award for outstanding research creativity in the social sciences, University of Missouri.  2006.

  John Templeton Foundation's "Positive Psychology" prize. $30,000. 2002.

  Winner, best paper of 2006 award, made by the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, for a paper published in Journal of Happiness Studies

Publications

 Books

  Sheldon, K. M. (2004). Optimal human being: An integrated multi-level perspective. New Jersey: Erlbaum.

  Sheldon, K. M., Joiner, T., & Williams, G. (2003). Self-Determination Theory in the Clinic: Motivating physical and mental health. Yale University Press.

  Schmuck, P. & Sheldon, K.M. (Eds) (2001). Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving. Seattle, Toronto, Bern, Goettingen: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

Chapters

Sheldon, K. M. & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Change your actions, not your circumstances: An experimental test of the Sustainable Happiness Model. To appear in Notre Dame Symposium on             Well-Being.

Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Actualizing tendency. To appear in S. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology.

Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Authenticity. To appear in S. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology.

Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Goal-striving across the life-span: Do people learn to select more self-concordant goals as they age? To appear in M.C. Smith & T.G. Reio (Eds.), The handbook of               research on adult development and learning.

Sheldon, K.M. (2007). The interface of motivational science and personality: Self-concordance, quality motivation, and multi-level personality integration. In J. Shah and W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook   of motivational science (pp. 465-480). Guilford.

Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Extrinsic motivation. In R. F. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Intrinsic motivation. In R. F. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Considering the optimality of personality: Goals, self-concordance, and multi-level personality integration. In B. Little, K. Salmelo-Aro, J. Nurmi, & S. Phillips (Eds.), Personal     projects pursuit: Goals, action and human flourishing (pp. 355-374). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Considering the nature of optimal motivation, with extensions to sports psychology. Swedish Journal of Sports Psychology.

Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Considering the optimality of personality: Goals, self-concordance, and multi-level personality integration. In B. Little, K. Salmelo-Aro, J. Nurmi, & S. Phillips (Eds.), Personal       projects pursuit: Goals, action and human flourishing (pp. 355-374). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Bettencourt, B. A., Molix, L., Talley, A. E., & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). Social roles within group memberships: Meeting needs for connectedness and authentic self-expression. In T. Postmes & J.             Jetten (Eds), Individuality and the Group: Advances Social Identity (pp. 196-214). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Sheldon, K. M. (2006). Getting older, getting better? Recent psychological evidence. In M. Csikszentmihalyi (Ed.), A life worth living: Perspectives from positive psychology (pp. 215-229).                       Washington, D.C.: Gallup.

Sheldon, K. M. & Vansteenkiste, M. (2005). Personal goals and time-travel: How are future places visited, and is it worth it? In A. Strathman & J. Joireman (Eds.), Understanding behavior in the             context of time: Theory, research, and application (pp. 143-163). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Caporael, L., Wilson, D.S., Hemelrijk, C., Orbell, J., & Sheldon, K.M. (2005). Groups from an evolutionary perspective. In Poole, M. S. & Hollingshead, A. B. (Eds), Theories of Small Groups:             Integrative Perspectives (pp 369-396). Newbury Park, Sage.

 Sheldon, K.M. (2004). Integrity/Honesty. In C. Peterson & M. Seligman (Eds.), Character strengths and virtues (pp 249-272). Oxford University Press.

 Sheldon, K. M. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2004). Achieving sustainable new happiness: Prospects, practices, and prescriptions (pp 127-145). In A. Linley & A. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology in               practice. John Wiley & Sons.

 Kasser, T., Ryan, R. M., Couchman, C., & Sheldon, K. M. (2004). Materialistic values: Their causes and consequences. In T. Kasser & A. Kanner (Ed.), Psychology and consumer culture: The             struggle for a good life in a materialistic world (pp. 11-28). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

 Kasser, T. & Sheldon, K.M. (2004). Non-becoming, alienated becoming, and authentic becoming: A goal-based approach. In J. Greenberg, S. Koole, & T. Pzcyzynski (Eds.), Handbook of                   experimental existential psychology. New York: Guilford.

 Sheldon, K. M., Turban, D.V., Brown, K., Barrick, M., & Judge, T. (2003). Applying self-determination theory to organizational research (pp 357-394). Research in Personnel and Human Resources      Management, Vol. 22. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

 Sheldon, K.M. (2002). The self-concordance model of healthy goal-striving: When personal goals correctly represent the person. In E.L. Deci & R.M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of self-determination         research (pp. 65-86). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

 Osbaldiston, R. & Sheldon, K. M. (2002). Social dilemmas and sustainable development: Promoting the motivation to "cooperate with the future." In P. Schmuck & W. Schultz (Eds.), The psychology     of sustainability (pp. 37-58). Boston: Kluwer.

Sheldon, K.M. (2001). The self-concordance model of healthy goal-striving: Implications for well-being and personality development. In P. Schmuck & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being:         Towards a positive psychology of human striving (pp 17-35). Seattle, Toronto, Bern, Goettingen: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

Sheldon, K.M. & Schmuck, P. (2001). Conclusion: Suggestions for healthy goal striving. In P. Schmuck & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving   (pp 213-226). Seattle, Toronto, Bern, Goettingen: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

  Schmuck, P. & Sheldon, K.M. (2001). Introduction: The frontiers of life-goals research. In P. Schmuck & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving   (p. 1-16). Seattle, Toronto, Bern, Goettingen: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1999). Conformity and Creativity (pp 341-346). In M. Runco & S. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Creativity. Academic Press.

  Ryan, R.M., Sheldon, K.M., Kasser, T., & Deci, E.L. (1996). All goals are not created equal: The relation of goal content and regulatory styles to mental health (pp 7-26). In J.A. Bargh & P.M.               Gollwitzer (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior. New York: Guilford.

  Emmons, R.A., King, L.A., & Sheldon, K.M. (1993). Goal conflict and the self regulation of action. In D.M. Wegner & J.M. Pennebaker (Eds.) Handbook of mental control (pp. 528-551). Prentice       Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Journal Articles

Sheldon, K. M. & Kasser, T. (in press). The effects of psychological threat upon goal striving. Motivation and Emotion.

Sheldon, K. M. & Filak, V. (in press). Manipulating autonomy, competence, and relatedness in a game-learning context: New evidence that all three needs matter. British Journal of Social Psychology.

Sheldon, K. M. & Nichols, C. (in press). Comparing the values of Republicans and Democrats. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Sheldon, K. M. & Cooper, M. L. (in press). Goal striving within agentic and communal roles: Functionally independent pathways to enhanced well-being. Journal of Personality.

Sheldon, K. M. & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Is it possible to become happier? (And if so, how?) Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Gender differences in preferences for singles ads that proclaim extrinsic versus intrinsic values. Sex Roles.

Abad, N. & Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Parental autonomy-support and ethnic culture identification among second-generation immigrants. Journal of Family Psychology.

Nichols, C., Sheldon, K.M., & Sheldon, M.S. (in press). Evolution and personality: What should a comprehensive theory address, and how? Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Ciani, K., Summers, J., Easter, M, & Sheldon, K.M. (in press). Collaborative learning and positive experience: Does letting students choose their own groups matter? Educational Psychology.

Filak, V. & Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Transmission down the line: Teacher motivation, student motivation, and college teacher-course evaluations. Educational Psychology.

Kasser, T. & Sheldon, K. M. (in press). Material and time affluence as predictors of subjective well-being. Journal of Business Ethics.

Sheldon, K. M. (2008). Assessing the sustainability of goal-based changes in well-being over a four-year period. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 223-229.

O'Gorman, R., Sheldon, K. M., & Sloan-Wilson, D. S. (2008). For the good of the group? Exploring group-level evolutionary adaptations using multilevel selection theory. Group Dynamics, 12, 17-26.

Sheldon, K. M. & Tan, H. (2007). The multiple determination of well-being: Independent effects of positive needs, traits, goals, selves, social supports, and cultural contexts. Journal of Happiness Studies, 8, 565-592.

Sheldon, K. M., Sheldon, M. S., & Nichols, C. P. (2007). Reply to Nettles: Traits and trade-offs are insufficient for evolutionary personality psychology. American Psychologist, 62, 1073-1074.

Sheldon, K. M., King, L. A., Houser-Marko, L., Osbaldiston, R., & Gunz, A. (2007). Comparing IAT and TAT measures of power versus intimacy motivation. European Journal of Personality, 21, 236-280.

Sheldon, K. M. & Krieger, L. K. (2007). Understanding the negative effects of legal education on law students: A longitudinal test and extension of self-determination theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 883-897.

Sheldon, K. M. & Schachtman, T. R. (2007). Obligations, motivational internalization, and excuse-making: Testing and extending the triangle model of responsibility. Journal of Personality, 75, 359-382.

Rudy, D., Sheldon, K. M., Awong, T., & Tan, H. (2007). Autonomy, culture, and well-being: The benefits of inclusive autonomy. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 983-1007.

Turban, D., Tan, H., Brown, K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2007). Antecedents and outcomes of perceived locus of causality: An application of self-determination theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2376-2404.

Sheldon, K. M., & Niemiec, C. (2006). Its not just the amount that counts: Balanced need-satisfaction also affects well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 331-341.

  Sheldon, K. M. (2006). Catholic guilt? Comparing Catholics' and Protestants' religious motivations. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 16, 209-224.

  Sheldon, K. M. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). Achieving sustainable happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-86.

  Sheldon, K. M. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The benefits of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1,           73-82.

  Sheldon, K. M., Houser-Marko, L., & Kasser, T. (2006). Does autonomy increase with age? Comparing the motivation and well-being of college students and their parents. Journal of Research in           Personality, 40, 168-178.

  Vansteenkiste, M. & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). There is nothing so practical as a good theory: Integrating self-determination theory and motivational interviewing theory. British Journal of Clinical                 Psychology, 45, 63-82.

  Houser-Marko, L., & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). The self-as-doer construct: Implications for sustained motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1037-1049.

  Sheldon, K. M., Kasser, T., Houser-Marko, L., Jones, T., & Turban, D. (2005). Doing one's duty: Chronological age, felt autonomy, and subjective well-being. European Journal of Personality, 19,         97-115.

  Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.

  Arndt, J., Routledge, C., Greenberg, J., & Sheldon, K. M. (2005). Illuminating the dark side of creative expression: Assimilation needs and the consequences of creative action following mortality             salience. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1327-1339.

  Grouzet, F., Kasser, T., Ahuvia, A., Dols, J., Kim, Y., Lau, S., Ryan, R., Saunders, S., Schmuck, P., & Sheldon, K. M. (2005). The structure of goal contents across 15 cultures. Journal of Personality   & Social Psychology, 89, 800-816.

  Sheldon, K. M. (2004). The benefits of a sidelong approach to self-esteem need-satisfaction: A comment on Crocker and Park (2004). Psychological Bulletin, 130, 421-424.

  Sheldon, K. M. & Krieger, L. (2004). Does law school undermine law students? Examining changes in goals, values, and well-being. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 261-286.

  Sheldon, K. M., Ryan, R., Deci, E., & Kasser, T. (2004). The independent effects of goal contents and motives on well-being: It's both what you pursue and why you pursue it. Personality and Social       Psychology Bulletin, 30, 475-486.

  Sheldon, K. M., Elliot, A. J., Ryan, R. M., Chirkov, V., Kim, Y., Wu, C., Demir, M., & Sun, Z. (2004). Self-concordance and subjective well-being in four cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural                 Psychology, 35, 209-233.

  Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K.M., & Deci, E. (2004). Motivating processing, performance, and persistence: The synergistic role of intrinsic goal content and autonomy-supportive   context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246-260.

  Arndt, J., Solomon, S., Kasser, T., & Sheldon, K. (2004). The urge to splurge: A terror management account of materialism and consumer behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 14, 198-212.

  Arndt, J., Solomon, S., Kasser, T., & Sheldon, K. (2004). The urge to splurge revisited: Further reflections on applying terror management theory to materialism and consumer behavior. Journal of           Consumer Psychology, 14, 225-229.

  Routledge, C., Arndt, J., & Sheldon, K. (2004). Task engagement after mortality salience: The effects of creativity, conformity and connectedness on worldview defense. European Journal of Social           Psychology, 34, 477-487.

  Sheldon, K.M., Joiner, T., Pettit, J., & Williams, G. (2003). Reconciling humanistic ideals and scientific clinical practice. Clinical Psychology: Science and practice, 10, 302-315.

  Sheldon, K.M., Joiner, T., Pettit, J., & Williams, G. (2003). The integration of self-determination principles and scientifically-informed treatments is the next tier. Clinical Psychology: Science and               practice, 10, 318-319.

  Sheldon, K.M., Arndt, J., & Houser-Marko, L. (2003). In search of the organismic valuing process: The human tendency to move towards beneficial goal choices. Journal of Personality, 71, 835-869.

  Osbaldiston, R. & Sheldon, K. M. (2003). Promoting internalized motivation for environmentally responsible behavior: A prospective study of environmental goals. Journal of Environmental Psychology,   23, 348-356.

  Dechenesne, M., Psycysynski, T., Arndt, J., Sheldon, K., & Ransom, S. (2003). Literal and symbolic immortality: The effect of evidence of literal immortality on self-esteem striving in response to             mortality salience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 722-737.

  Lee, F. K., Sheldon, K. M., & Turban, D. B. (2003). Examining the relationship between personality and work outcomes: The influence of goal orientation and cognitive focus. Journal of Applied Social   Psychology, 88, 256-265.

  Filak, V. & Sheldon, K.M. (2003). Student psychological need-satisfaction and college teacher-course evaluations. Educational Psychology, 23, 235-247.

  Rogers, S. & Sheldon, K.M. (2002). The Web Motivation Inventory. Journal of Advertising Research, 42, 85-94.

  Kasser, T. & Sheldon, K. M. (2002). What makes for a Merry Christmas? Journal of Happiness Studies, 3, 313-329.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Bettencourt, B. A. (2002). Psychological needs and subjective well-being in social groups. British Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 25-38.

  Sheldon, K.M., Kasser, T., Smith, K., & Share, T. (2002). Personal goals and psychological growth: Testing an intervention to enhance goal-attainment and personality integration. Journal of                     Personality, 70, 5-31.

  Elliot, A.J., Chirkov, V., Kim, Y, & Sheldon, K.M. (2001). A cross-cultural analysis of avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals. Psychological Science, 12, 505-510.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Kasser, T. (2001). Getting older, getting better? Personal strivings and personality development across the life-course. Developmental Psychology, 37, 491-501.

  Bettencourt, B. & Sheldon, K. M. (2001). Social roles as vehicles for psychological need satisfaction within groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1131-1143.

  Sheldon, K.M. & King, L.K. (2001). Why positive psychology is necessary. American Psychologist, 56, 216-217.

  Sheldon, K.M., Elliot, A.J., Kim, Y., & Kasser, T. (2001). What's satisfying about satisfying events? Comparing ten candidate psychological needs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80,         325-339.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Houser-Marko, L. (2001). Self-concordance, goal- attainment, and the pursuit of happiness: Can there be an upward spiral? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80,               152-165.

  Sheldon, K. M. & Kasser, T. (2001). Goals, congruence, and positive well- being: New empirical validation for humanistic ideas. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 41, 30-50.

  Sheldon, K.M., Sheldon, M.S., & Osbaldiston, R. (2000). Prosocial values and group-assortation within an N-person prisoner's dilemma. Human Nature, 11, 387-404.

  Sheldon, K.M., Schmuck, P., & Kasser, T. (2000). Is value-free science possible? (commentary). American Psychologist, 10, 1152-1153.

  Kasser, T. & Sheldon, K.M (2000). Of wealth and death: Materialism, mortality salience, and consumption behavior. Psychological Science, 11, 348- 351.

  Reis, H.T., Sheldon, K.M., Gable, S.L., Roscoe, R., & Ryan, R. (2000). Daily well being: The role of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 419-435.

  Sheldon, K.M. & McGregor, H. (2000). Extrinsic value orientation and the "tragedy of the commons." Journal of Personality, 68, 383-411.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Elliot, A.J. (2000). Personal goals in social roles: Divergences and convergences across roles and levels of analysis. Journal of Personality, 68, 51-84.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1999). Learning the lessons of tit-for-tat: Even competitors can get the message. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 1245-1253.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Elliot, A.J. (1999). Goal striving, need-satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: The self-concordance model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 482-497.

  Ryan, R.M., Chirkov, V., Little, T., Sheldon, K.M., Timoshina, E., & Deci, E. (1999). The American dream in Russia: Extrinsic aspirations in two cultures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,       25, 1509-1524.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Kasser, T. (1998). Pursuing personal goals: Skills enable progress, but not all progress is beneficial. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1319-1331.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Elliot, A.J. (1998). Not all personal goals are personal: Comparing autonomous and controlled reasons as predictors of effort and attainment. Personality and Social Psychology             Bulletin, 24, 546-557.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Biddle, B.J. (1998). Standards, accountability, and school reform: Perils and pitfalls. Teachers College Record, 100, 164-180.

  Elliot, A.J. & Sheldon, K.M. (1998). Avoidance personal goals and the personality-illness relationship. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1282-1299.

  Sheldon, K.M., Ryan, R.M., Rawsthorne, L., & Ilardi, B. (1997). "True" self and "trait" self: Cross role variation in the big five traits and its relations with authenticity and well being. Journal of                   Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1380-1393.

  Elliot, A.J., Sheldon, K.M., & Church, M. (1997). Avoidance personal goals and subjective well being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 915-927.

  Ryan, R.M., Frederick, C. M, Lepes, D., Rubio, N., & Sheldon, K.M. (1997). Intrinsic motivation and exercise adherence. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 28, 335-354.

  Sheldon, K.M., Ryan, R.M., & Reis, H.R. (1996). What makes for a good day? Competence and autonomy in the day and in the person. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 1270-1279.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1996). The Social Awareness Inventory: Development and applications. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 620-634.

  Elliot, A.J. & Sheldon, K.M. (1996). Avoidance achievement motivation: A personal goals analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 171-185.

  Sheldon, K.M., & Kasser, T. (1995). Coherence and congruence: Two aspects of personality integration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 531-543.

  Sheldon, K.M., & Emmons, R.A. (1995). Comparing differentiation and integration within personal goal systems. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, 39-46.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1995). Creativity and goal conflict. Creativity Research Journal, 8, 299- 306.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1995). Creativity and self determination in personality. Creativity Research Journal, 8, 61-72.

  Sheldon, K.M. (1994). Emotionality differences between artists and scientists. Journal of Research in Personality, 28, 481 491.

  Sheldon, K.M., & Johnson, J.T. (1993). Forms of social awareness: Their frequency and correlates. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 320-330.

Manuscripts under Review

Sheldon, K. M., Cummins, R., & Khamble, S. What is life-balance, and does it matter? Testing a two-pronged conceptual and measurement approach.

Sheldon, K. M., Gunz, A., Yang, Y., & Tan, H. Psychological needs as basic motives, not just experiential requirements.

Sheldon, K. M., Gunz, A., Nichols, C., & Ferguson, Y. Affective forecasting and extrinsic goal pursuit: Over-estimating the rewards, under-estimating the costs.

Sheldon, K. M. & Gunz, A. When the social character concords with the "real" self: Testing an expanded conception of psychological authenticity.

Sheldon, K. M., Abad, N., & Omoile, J. Testing self-determination theory via Nigerian and Indian adolescents: Further evidence that autonomy is universally beneficial.

Cozzalino, P. J., Sheldon, K. M., Schachtman, T., & Meyers, L. S. Limited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in selfish people.

Ciani, K. D. & Sheldon, K. M. Evaluating the mastery-avoidance construct: A study of elite college baseball players.

Dickerhoof, C., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. How and why do happiness-increasing activities "work" to boost well-being? An experimental longitudinal investigation of regularly practicing optimism and gratitude.

Ransom, L. Sheldon, K. M., & Jacobsen, P. Illusory and actual change related to posttraumatic growth during radiotherapy for cancer: A prospective study.

Houser-Marko, L., & Sheldon, K. M. Nose to the grindstone or eye on the prize? The effects of level of evaluation on mood and motivation.

 Invited Book Reviews

  Sheldon, K. M. (2005). Partitioning positive psychology: Review of the Compton and Carr textbooks. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 53-55.

  Sheldon, K.M. (2002). Review of Deborah Meier's Will standards save public education? Teacher College Record, 104(1), 95-98.

  Sheldon, K.M. & Deci, E.L. (2000). Book Review: Creativity in context. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 34, 285-290.

  Sheldon, K. M. (1997). Book Review: Development of Person-Context Relations. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 42, 554.

 Talks and Presentations

  Invited talk. Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, May 2008. "Understanding the negative effects of law school upon law students: A test of self-determination theory."

  International Keynote Address. First Australian Positive Psychology conference, Sydney, Australia, April 2008. "Is it possible to become happier, and stay that way?"

  Invited talk. Humanizing legal education conference, Washburn University law school, Topeka, October 2007. "Understanding the negative effects of law school upon law students: A test of                     self-determination theory."

  Invited talk. Society for Experimental Social Psychology conference, Chicago, October 2007. "Is it possible to become happier, and stay that way?"

  Invited talk. Third Annual International Self-determination Theory Conference, Toronto, May 2007. "Understanding the negative effects of law school upon law students: A test of self-determination          theory."

  International Keynote address. Swedish Sports Psychology Conference, Stockholm, February 2007. "Self-concordance and optimal performance."

  Invited talk. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007.  "What are we being true to when we are being true to ourselves?"

  Invited talk. Optimal functioning conference, Athens, Georgia, 2006.  "Considering the optimality of personality."  

  Invited talk. Third Annual European Conference in Positive Psychology, Braga, Portugal, 2006. "Optimal human being: An integrated multi-level perspective." 

  Poster.  MPA, Chicago, IL, 2006.  "Obligations, Motivational Internalization, and Excuse Making: Testing and Extending the Triangle Model of Responsibility. " Todd R. Schachtman, presenter.

  Invited talk. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2006. "Self-concordance and optimal motivation: Implications for performance, satisfaction, and well-being."

  Invited talk. SPSP conference, Palm Springs CA, 2006. "Comparing the values of Republicans and Democrats."

  Invited talk. Self pre-conference, SPSP, New Orleans, 2005. "Embracing the homunculus concept: The self as both fictional and functional."

  Invited talk. APA Convention, Honolulu, 2004. "The organism knows, even if the self doesn't: New evidence for the organismic valuing process."

  Invited talk. Self-determination theory conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 2004. "The organism knows, even if the self doesn't: Methodologies for assessing implicit ambivalence."

  Invited talk. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 2004. Self-concordance and optimal motivation: Implications for performance, satisfaction, and well-being.

  Invited talk. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2003. "Autonomy as a universal need."

  Invited talk. Self pre-conference at SESP, Boston, 2003. "Motivating sustained behavior: The self-as-doer construct."

  Invited talk. Social Psychology Winter Conference, Park City, Utah, 2003. "In search of the organismic valuing process: Cognitive evidence."

  Invited talk. First International Positive Psychology Summit, Washington, D.C.,2002. "Getting older, getting better? Psychological evidence."

  Invited Talk. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Savannah, Ga. "Is autonomy a universal need? Recent cross-cultural evidence."

  Invited Talk. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne, 2001. "Autonomy as a universal need: Recent cross-cultural evidence."

  Invited Talk. International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Chicago, 2001. "Prosocial values, group assortation, and individual performance in an N-PDG."

  Invited talk. Fetzer Institute conference on self-report processes, Kalamazoo, MI, 2000. "Using response latencies to validate personal goal ratings."

  Invited talk. Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Nashville TN, 2000. "What is true about the true self?"

  Invited talk. Claremont positive psychology conference on alternatives to materialism. "Materialism and the tragedy of the commons."

  Invited talk. Positive Psychology conference, Akumal Mexico, 2000. "The nature of integrity."

  Invited Talk. Self-determination conference, Rochester NY, 1999. "The self- concordance model of healthy goal-striving: When personal goals correctly represent the person."

  Invited talk. EXPECT conference, Swarthmore College, 1999. "How does the positive emerge? A proposed large-scale social dilemma study."

  Invited talk. SPAM conference, Memphis, 1999. "Learning the lessons of tit-for- tat: Even competitors can get the message."

  Invited talk. Positive Psychology conference, Akumal Mexico, 1999. "The organismic perspective as a philosophical basis for positive psychology."

  Symposium contribution. APS convention, Washington, D.C, 1998. "The Self- Concordance model of conation."

  Invited Talk. Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, 1998. "Extrinsic value orientation and the tragedy of the commons."

  Invited talk. University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany, 1997. "An organismic perspective on motivation and self-regulation."

  Poster. SESP, Sturbridge, MA, 1996. "Cross-role variation in the Big Five traits and its relationship to psychological authenticity."

  Invited talk. Personal Projects Conference, Carleton U., Ottawa, 1996. "Not all personal goals are personal: Comparing autonomous and controlled reasons for goals as predictors of effort and                 attainment."

  Invited talk. Empire State Social Psychology conference, Minnowbrook, NY, 1996. "Pursuing personal goals: Skills enable progress, but not all progress is beneficial."

  Invited talk. Institute of Personality and Social Research, Berkeley, CA, 1992. "Creativity, conflict, and emotionality in artists, physicists, and ecologists."

  Poster. APA Convention, San Francisco, CA, 1991. "Forms of awareness in a social dyad."

Editorial and Reviewing Activities

 Current

  Serving as Associate Editor for Journal of Research in Personality.

  Serving as a Consulting Editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

  Serving as a Consulting Editor for Journal of Personality.

  Serving as a Consulting Editor for Motivation and Emotion.

  Serving as Book Review Editor for Journal of Positive Psychology.

 Past

  Served as an Associate Editor for Motivation and Emotion, 2003-2005.

  Served as primary editor of a special section on positive psychology for American Psychologist (March 2001 issue).

 Ad Hoc Reviewing (partial list):

  Psychological Bulletin

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

  Journal of Personality

  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Affiliations

  American Psychological Association, since 1988.

  Midwestern Psychological Association, since 1997.

Courses taught

  Introductory Psychology

  Social Psychology

  Theories of Creativity

  Research Methods

  Developmental Psychology

  Personality Development

  Social and Emotional Development

  Motivation and Emotion

  Experimental Methods in Social Psychology

Other Professional Experience

  1984-1985. Counselor, Cascade Hall, Seattle, WA. Worked with a diverse population of psychologically disordered adults.

  1982-1984. Counselor, KPHTA, Port Orchard, WA. Worked in group homes with developmentally disabled children and adults.