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Jessica M. Nolan
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Scranton
Alumni Memorial Hall
Scranton, PA 18510
Phone: (570)941-4270
Email: nolanj3@scranton.edu
Website: nolan.socialpsychology.org/
Biographical Statement:
Jessica Nolan received her baccalaureate from Cornell University, her master's degree from California State University, San Marcos, and her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. The primary focus of her research is on the effect of social norms on behavior and the effect of laws on social norms. She is also interested in resistance to persuasion, implicit environmental attitudes, and environmental education evaluation.
Over the past ten years, she has acquired a wide range of research skills through practical experience and rigorous coursework. She has worked for the Human Dimensions Research Unit at Cornell University, and as a Project Manager for the City of Cambridge, Recycling program. For her thesis she worked with Dr. Wes Schultz on a large scale field experiment examining the role of social norms in promoting home energy conservation. She has also conducted research on implicit connections with nature, and omega change strategies of social influence.
Publications related to Conservation Psychology:
Bruni, C. M., Chance, R. C., Schultz, P. W., & Nolan, J. M. (in press). Natural Connections: Bees Sting and Snakes Bite, but They are Still Nature. Environment and Behavior.
Nolan, J. M., Kenefick, J.*, & Schultz, P. W. (in press). Normative Messages Promoting Energy Conservation will be Underestimated by Experts-Unless you Show them the Data. Social Influence.
Nolan, J. M. (2011). The cognitive ripple of social norms communications. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations: Special Issue on Social Influence in Action, 14, 1-14.
Nolan, J. M. (2010). An Inconvenient Truth increases knowledge, concern, and willingness to reduce greenhouse gases. Environment and Behavior. Online-first. doi:10.1177/0013916509357696.
Nolan, J. M., Schultz, P. W. & Knowles, E. S. (2009). Using public service announcements to change behavior: No more money and oil down the drain. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1035-1056.
Nolan, J. M., Schultz, P. W., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., & Griskevicius, V. (2008).Normative social influence is underdetected. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 913-923.
Schultz, P. W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., & Griskevicius, V. (2007). The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power of social norms. Psychological Science, 18, 429-433.
Research Interests:
Normative Social Influence
Resistance to Change (esp. Global Warming related behaviors)
Intergenerational Effects of Environmental Education
Environmental Program Evaluation
Professional Affiliations:
Society for Conservation Biology
Social Science Working Group Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9 of APA)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8 of APA)
Association for Psychological Science
