Dr. Jeni L. Burnette

Assistant Professor of Psychology
G-13 Richmond Hall
Office: (804) 289-8113
Fax: (804) 287-1905

http://richmond.edu/~jburnet2

Teaching:
Applied Social Psychology
Methods and Analyses
Self & Relationships
Mulitvariate Statistics

Research:
Implicit Self-Theories and Motivation
Interpersonal Forgiveness
Weight Management

Education:
Ph.D. VCU
B.A. UNC-Chapel Hill

Selected Publications:

Burnette, J. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (in press).  “I didn’t do it:” Responsibility biases in open and closed groups. Group Dynamics: Theory Research and Practice.

Green, J. D., Burnette J. L., & Davis, J. L. (2008). Third-party forgiveness: (Not) forgiving your close other’s betrayal. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 407-418.

Burnette, J. L., Taylor, K., Worthington, E.L., Jr., & Forsyth, D. R. (2007). Attachment working models and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1585-1596.

Finkel, E. J., Burnette, J. L., & Scissors, L. E. (2007). Vengefully ever after: Destiny beliefs, state attachment anxiety, and forgiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 871-886.

Forsyth, D. R., Kerr, N. A., Burnette, J. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2007). Attempting to improve the academic performance of struggling college students by bolstering their self-esteem:  An intervention that backfired.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 447-459.

Burnette, J. L., & Williams, L. J. (2005). Structural equation modeling (SEM):  An introduction to basic techniques and advanced issues. In R. A. Swanson & F. H. Elwood (Eds.), Research in Organizations: Foundations and Methods of Inquiry (pp. 143-160). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Forsyth, D. R., & Burnette, J. L. (2005). The history of group research. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), The Handbook of Group Research and Practice (pp. 3-18). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.