Dr Dale Shaffer-Morrison
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872746
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Location
1.702B, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Through a social lens, my research has expanded on environmental psychology theories to understand individual and contextual factors that lead to pro-environmental and helping behaviours. Previous works have examined novel predictors of helping and well-being, including mindfulness, gratitude, awe, trust, and home environments. Other transdisciplinary work test psychological mechanisms by which conservation agriculture practices, and sustainable behaviours more broadly, can be encouraged. These projects integrate psychological predictors of conservation adoption into models of food-energy-water sustainability.
Qualifications
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PhD in Social-Personality Psychology University at Buffalo, State University of New York, (2021)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Essex (25/9/2023 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Gratitude and Well-Being
Pro-environmental Decisions
Pro-social Behaviour
Current research
Pilot Watershed Project-Social Science Team
Conferences and presentations
Selectively collective: Social-psychological forces in cooperative agricultural solutions
Invited presentation, Annual ASABE Conference, Annual ASABE Conference, Omaha, United States, 10/7/2023
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Understanding Our Place in the World (PS101)
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Growing in the World (PS102)
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Experiencing Emotion (PS103)
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Thinking and the Mind (PS104)
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The Social World (PS105)
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The Social Brain (PS106)
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Introduction to Personal Development and Employability (PS117)
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Enhancing employability and career planning (PS417)
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Advanced employability skills and career progression (PS492)
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The Psychology of Sustainability (PS517)
Publications
Journal articles (8)
Shaffer-Morrison, C. and Wilson, R., (2024). The Nutrient Reduction Index: A parsimonious and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 79 (1), 1-7
Ashenfarb, M., Shaffer-Morrison, CD., Wilson, R., Marquart-Pyatt, S. and Epanchin-Niell, R., (2024). Social targeting conservation subsidies in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Journal of Environmental Management. 371, 123103-123103
Wilson, RS., Shaffer-Morrison, CD. and Walpole, H., (2023). Climate-Exacerbated Impacts May Drive Maladaptive Action in Agriculture. Weather, Climate, and Society. 15 (2), 437-450
Soldo, C., Wilson, RS., Walpole, H. and Shaffer-Morrison, CD., (2022). Farmer willingness to implement constructed wetlands in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Journal of Environmental Management. 321, 115928-115928
Poulin, M., Ministero, L., Gabriel, S., Shaffer-Morrison, C. and Naidu, E., (2021). Minding Your Own Business? Mindfulness Decreases Prosocial Behavior for People With Independent Self-Construals. Psychological Science. 32 (11), 1699-1708
Gabriel, S., Naidu, E., Paravati, E., Morrison, CD. and Gainey, K., (2020). Creating the sacred from the profane: Collective effervescence and everyday activities. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 15 (1), 129-154
Morrison, CD., Poulin, MJ. and Holman, EA., (2018). Gender, genes, and the stress-buffering benefits of “home”: Evidence from two national U.S. studies. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 60, 89-99
Buffone, AEK., Poulin, M., DeLury, S., Ministero, L., Morrisson, C. and Scalco, M., (2017). Don't walk in her shoes! Different forms of perspective taking affect stress physiology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 72, 161-168
