Jessica L. Collett

Professor of Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Publications


Collett, Jessica L., John DeLamater, and Steve Hitlin. 2024. Social Psychology, 10th Edition. Routledge. In press.


Collett, Jessica L. and Kayla D. R. Pierce. 2023. "Interpreting Events Involving Police: Liberals, Conservatives, and Moderates in the Face of Ambiguity." Forthcoming in Advances in Group Processes.


Collett, Jessica L., Kelcie Vercel, and Kayla Pierce. 2019. "The Role of Significant Others in Shaping Men's Identities as Fathers." Chapter 17 in Identities in Everyday Life, edited by Jan Stets and Richard Serpe. New York: Oxford University Press.


DeLamater, John D. and Jessica L. Collett. 2018. Social Psychology, 9th Edition. Routledge.


Collett, Jessica L.. 2018. "Not All Secondary Data is Quantitative: Abductive Analysis and Edin and England's Interviews with Fragile Families." Sage Research Methods Cases.


Collett, Jessica L., Kelcie Vercel and Olevia Boykin. 2015. "Using Identity Processes to Understand Persistent Inequality in Parenting." Social Psychology Quarterly 78:345-64. (a more accessible version for undergraduates and a discussion guide were published as an SPQ Snap)


DeLamater, John, Daniel J. Myers and Jessica L. Collett. 2014. Social Psychology, 8th Edition. Westview Press.


Collett, Jessica L. and Omar Lizardo. 2014. "Localizing Cultural Phenomena by Specifying Social Psychological Mechanisms." Social Psychology Quarterly 77:95-99.


Seymour, Jeffrey, Michael Welch, Monique Gregg and Jessica L. Collett. 2014. "Generating Trust in Congregations: Engagement, Exchange, and Social Networks." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53:130-44.


Lizardo, Omar and Jessica L. Collett. 2013. "Embarrassment and Social Organization: A Multiple Identities Model." Social Forces 92:353-74.


Price, Heather and Jessica L. Collett. 2012. "The Role of Emotion on Commitment: A Study of Teachers." Social Science Research 41:1469-79.


Collett, Jessica L. 2011. "(Re)Integrating Simmel in Social Exchange: The Effect of Nonpartisans on Exchange Outcomes." Social Forces 90:617-37.


Collett, Jessica L. and Jade Avelis. 2011. "Building a Life Together: Reciprocal and Negotiated Exchange in Fragile Families." Advances in Group Processes 28:127-154.


Collett, Jessica L. and Ellen Childs. 2011. "Minding the Gap: Meaning, Affect, and the Potential Shortcomings of Vignettes." Social Science Research 40:513-522


Collett, Jessica L. 2010. "Integrating Theory, Enhancing Understanding: The Potential Contributions of Recent Experimental Research in Social Exchange for Studying Intimate Relationships." Journal of Family Theory & Review 2:280-298.


Collett, Jessica L. and Omar Lizardo. 2010. "Occupational Status and the Experience of Anger." Social Forces 88:2079-2104.


Collett, Jessica L., Sean Kelly, and Curt Sobolewski. 2010. "Using Remember the Titans to Teach Theories of Conflict Reduction." Teaching Sociology 38:258-266


Trautner, Mary Nell and Jessica L. Collett. 2010. "Students Who Strip: The Benefits of Alternate Identities for Managing Stigma." Symbolic Interaction 33:257-279.


Collett, Jessica L. and Ellen Childs. 2009. "Meaningful Performances: Considering the Contributions of the Dramaturgical Approach to Studying Family." Sociology Compass 3:689-706.


Collett, Jessica L. and Omar Lizardo. 2009. "A Power-Control Theory of Gender and Religiosity." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48:213-231.


Lizardo, Omar and Jessica L. Collett. 2009. "Rescuing the Baby from the Bathwater: Continuing the Conversation on Gender, Risk, and Religiosity." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48:256-259.


Molm, Linda D., David R. Schaefer, and Jessica L. Collett. 2009. "Fragile and Resilient Trust: Risk and Uncertainty in Negotiated and Reciprocal Exchange." Sociological Theory 27:1-32.


Collett, Jessica L. and Ellen Childs. 2009. "Does Major Matter? The Implications of Collecting Vignette Data from our Students." Current Research in Social Psychology 14:104-121.


Collett, Jessica L. 2009. "Generational Differences, Cartoons, and Cooperation." Everyday Sociology. New York: W.W. Norton.


Collett, Jessica L. 2008. "Is Procedural Justice Enough? Affect, Attribution, and Conflict in Alternative Dispute Resolution." Advances in Group Processes 25:267-290.


Kelly, Sean and Jessica L. Collett. 2008. "From C.P. Ellis to School Integration: The Social Psychology of Conflict Reduction." Sociology Compass 2:1638-1654.


Collett, Jessica L. 2008. "Review of Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations, by Gabriella Turnaturi." Contemporary Sociology 37:238-39.


Collett, Jessica L. and Christopher A. Morrissey. 2007. "The Social Psychology of Generosity: The State of Current Interdisciplinary Research." Report for the John Templeton Foundation Generosity Planning Project.


Molm, Linda D., Jessica L. Collett, and David R. Schaefer. 2007. "Building Solidarity through Generalized Exchange: A Theory of Reciprocity." American Journal of Sociology 113:205-42.


Molm, Linda D., David R. Schaefer, and Jessica L. Collett. 2007. "The Value of Reciprocity." Social Psychology Quarterly 70:199-217.


Collett, Jessica L. 2007. "Goffman in Bed." Social Psychology Quarterly 70:4.


Collett, Jessica L., Tiffiny E. Guidry, Nancy J. Martin, and Rebecca Sager. 2006. "Faith-Based Decisions? The Consequences of Heightened Religious Salience in Social Service Referral Decisions." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45:119-27.


Molm, Linda D., Jessica L. Collett and David R. Schaefer. 2006. "Conflict and Fairness in Social Exchange." Social Forces 84:2325-46.


Collett, Jessica L. 2005. "What Kind of Mother Am I? Impression Management and the Social Construction of Motherhood." Symbolic Interaction 28:327-47.