TANGNEY, June P., Professor
of Psychology.
B.A.,
Psychology, summa cum laude, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1979;
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles,
1981;
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles,
1985.
E-mail to: jtangney@gmu.edu
Office located in David King Hall, Room 2007A; Phone: 993-1365
June Price Tangney worked as an undergraduate with Dr. Joseph Masling at SUNY,
Buffalo, and completed her doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA under
the direction of Dr. Seymour Feshbach. After teaching for two years at Bryn
Mawr
College, she joined the Psychology Department at George Mason University in
1988. Professor Tangney is coauthor (with Ronda Dearing) of Shame and Guilt,
coeditor
(with Kurt Fischer) of Self-conscious emotions: Shame, guilt, embarrassment,
and pride, and co-editor (with Mark Leary) of the Handbook of Self
and Identity.
She has served as Associate Editor for Self and Identity, Consulting Editor
for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Assessment, Journal of Social and Clinical
Psychology,
and Journal of Personality, and is currently Associate Editor of American
Psychologist.
Her research on the development and implications of moral emotions has been
funded
by NIDA, NICHD, NSF, and the John Templeton Foundation, and has appeared in
such journals as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality
and Social
Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Personality,
and Child Development. Currently, her research focuses on moral emotions
and moral cognitions among incarcerated offenders. Dr. Tangney’s teaching interests
include Research Methodology and Statistics, Psychological Assessment, Self and
Identity, Personality, and Systems of Psychotherapy. A recipient of GMU’s
Teaching Excellence Award, she strives to integrate teaching and research in
both the classroom and her lab.