Power Management
Resume:
PAMELA KAREN SMITH
Rady School of Management
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0553
Phone: 858-***-****
E-mail: ******@****.****.***
http://pamela.smith.socialpsychology.org
POSITIONS
Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego
Assistant Professor, 2009-present
Social Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen
Assistant Professor, 2008-2009
Behavioural Science Institute Postdoctoral Researcher, 2006-2008
Social and Organizational Psychology, Leiden University
Assistant Professor, 2005-2006
Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2004-2005
EDUCATION
Ph.D., New York University, Social Psychology, Quantitative minor, 2004
Dissertation: You focus on the forest when you re in charge of the trees: The effect of
power priming on information processing
Advisor: Dr. Yaacov Trope
M.A., New York University, Social Psychology, 2001
B.A. with high honors, University of Michigan, Psychology and Creative Writing, 1996
Honors Thesis: Influence of ethnic identity complexity on reactions to racial
discrimination
Advisor: Dr. Marita Inglehart
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
University of California, San Diego Hellman Fellowship, 2011-12
Radboud University Nijmegen Professor Dr. Jacques Janssen Bokaal award, 2008
Society of Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award, 2005
New York University Stuart Cook Award in Social Psychology, 2004
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Graduate Poster Award, Honorable Mention, 2003
& 2004
New York University Katzell Summer Fellowship, 2003
New York University Student Travel Grant, 2002 & 2003
New York University Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellowship, 1999-2004
National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999-2003
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Psi Chi Program Best Paper Award, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1997
J. P. Guilford/Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Award, 1996
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan, 1995
Golden Key National Honor Society, University of Michigan, 1995
Psi Chi, University of Michigan, 1995
PUBLICATIONS
Smith, P. K., & McCulloch, K. C. (in press). Subliminal perception. In V. Ramachandran (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of human behavior (2nd ed.). New York: Elsevier.
Stel, M., van Dijk, E., Smith, P. K., van Dijk, W. W., & Djalal, F. M. (in press). Lowering the
pitch of your voice makes you feel more powerful and think more abstractly. Social
Psychological and Personality Science.
Karremans, J. C., & Smith, P. K. (2010). Having the power to forgive: When the experience of
power increases interpersonal forgiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
36, 1010-1023.
Smith, P. K., & Galinsky, A. D. (2010). The nonconscious nature of power: Cues and
consequences. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 918 938
Smith, P. K., & Ledgerwood, A. (2010). Three problems with dual systems. Psychological
Inquiry, 21, 242-249.
Smith, P. K., & Bargh, J. A. (2008). Nonconscious effects of power on basic approach and
avoidance tendencies. Social Cognition, 26, 1-24.
Smith, P. K., Dijksterhuis, A., & Chaiken, S. (2008). Subliminal exposure to faces and racial
attitudes: Exposure to Whites makes Whites like Blacks less. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 44, 50-64.
Smith, P. K., Dijksterhuis, A., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2008). Powerful people make good
decisions even when they consciously think. Psychological Science, 19, 1258-1259.
Smith, P. K., Jost, J. T., & Vijay, R. (2008). Legitimacy crisis? Behavioral approach and
inhibition when power differences are left unexplained. Social Justice Research, 21, 358-
376.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. (2008). Lacking power impairs
executive functions. Psychological Science, 19, 441 447.
Smith, P. K., Wigboldus, D. H. J., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2008). Abstract thinking increases one s
sense of power. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 378-385.
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Oettingen, G., Grant, H., Smith, P. K., Skinner, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). Nonconscious
goal pursuit: Acting in an explanatory vacuum. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology, 42, 668-675.
Smith, P. K., & Trope, Y. (2006). You focus on the forest when you re in charge of the trees:
Power priming and abstract information processing. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 90, 578-596.
Dijksterhuis, A., Aarts, H., & Smith, P. K. (2005). The power of the subliminal: On subliminal
persuasion and other potential applications. In R. R. Hassin, J. S. Uleman, & J. A. Bargh
(Eds.), The new unconscious (pp. 77-106). New York: Oxford University Press.
Dijksterhuis, A. & Smith, P. K. (2005). What do we do unconsciously? And how? Journal of
Consumer Psychology, 15, 225-229.
Dijksterhuis, A., Smith, P. K., Van Baaren, R. B., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2005). The
unconscious consumer: Effects of environment on consumer behavior. Journal of
Consumer Psychology, 15, 193-202.
Dijksterhuis, A., & Smith, P. K. (2002). Affective habituation: Subliminal exposure to extreme
stimuli decreases their extremity. Emotion, 2, 203-214.
Park, D. C., Lautenschlager, G., Hedden, T., Davidson, N. S., Smith, A. D., & Smith, P. K.
(2002). Models of visuospatial and verbal memory across the adult life span. Psychology
and Aging, 17, 299-320.
McKenna, K. Y. A., Green, A. S., & Smith, P. K. (2001). Demarginalizing the sexual self.
Journal of Sex Research, 38, 302-311.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., & Galinsky, A. D. (2012). The uncertain nature of powerlessness
impairs executive functions. Talk to be given at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Thirteenth Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
Magee, J. C., & Smith, P. K. (2011). What drives the psychological effects of power? An
integration of the Approach/Inhibition and Social Distance Theories. Talk given at the
Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management, Istanbul, Turkey.
Smith, P. K. (2011). On power and the weighting of feasibility and desirability information in
decision-making. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas.
Smith, P. K., & Magee, J. C. (2011). The social distance theory of power. Talk given at the
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Person Memory Interest Group Meeting, Montross, Virginia.
Wakslak, C., & Smith, P. K. (2011). Psychological distance at work: Insights from Construal
Level Theory. Symposium co-chaired at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, Texas.
Smith, P. K., & Carney, D. R. (2010). The hormonal and behavioral bases of power. Symposium
co-chaired at the Society of Experimental Social Psychology Conference, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Smith, P. K. (2010). Approach behavior increases one s sense of power. Talk given at the
Society of Experimental Social Psychology Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Smith, P. K., & Schouwstra, A. (2010). Approach behavior increases one s sense of power. Talk
given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Magee, J. C., & Smith, P. K. (2010). What drives the psychological effects of power? An
integration of the approach/inhibition and social distance theories. Talk given at Duck
Conference on Social Cognition, Buck Island, North Carolina.
Smith, P. K., Bargh, J. A., & Leshner, A. (2010). Having power makes people more implemental
in their goal-related decision-making. Talk given at the Society for Consumer
Psychology Annual Winter Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Lacking power
impairs executive functions. Talk given at Duck Conference on Social Cognition, Buck
Island, North Carolina.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Lacking power
impairs executive functions. Poster given at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Tenth Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida.
Smith, P. K. (2008). Approach behavior increases one s sense of power. Talk given at the 3rd
EAESP Meeting on the Psychology of Attitudes: Affective Processes in Evaluation, Berg
en Dal, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K. (2008). Lacking power impairs executive functions. Talk given at the Kurt Lewin
Institute Conference, Zeist, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K. (2008). Lacking power impairs executive functions. Talk given at the Social
Cognition Preconference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Ninth Annual
Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Smith, P. K. (2008). The psychological path to power is a perpetual loop: Cognitive and
behavioral processes induced by power increase one s sense of power. Talk given at the
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European Social Cognition Network Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Volterra, Italy.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. W. (2008). Lacking power
impairs executive functions. Talk given at the European Association for Experimental
Social Psychology 15th General Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.
Smith, P. K. (2007). Approach behavior increases one s sense of power. Poster given at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Eighth Annual Meeting, Memphis,
Tennessee.
Smith, P. K. (2007). The social cognition of power: A low-level approach to understanding the
big shots. Talk given at the Verenigde Studieverenigingen Sociale Wetenschappen
(VSSW) Conference on Power, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. (2007). How executives function:
The impact of power on executive control. Talk given at the European Social Cognition
Network Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Brno, Czech Republic.
Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & van Dijk, W. (2007). How executives function:
The impact of power on executive control. Talk given at the Kurt Lewin Institute
Workshop On the dark side of self-regulation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K. (2006). A construal-level model of power and decision-making. Talk given at the
European Social Cognition Network Transfer of Knowledge Conference,
Pultusk/Warsaw, Poland.
Smith, P. K. (2006). A construal-level model of power and decision-making. Informal paper
presentation given at the Society of Experimental Social Psychology Conference,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Smith, P. K. (2006). The social cognition of power: Its basic effects on cognition and behavior.
Talk given at the Kurt Lewin Institute Conference, Zeist, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K. (2006). The social cognition of power: A low-level approach to understanding the
big shots. Workshop given at the Stichting Studieverenigingen Psychologie Nederland
(SSPN) Conference on Power, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Smith, P. K., Dijksterhuis, A. & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2006). Social power leads to more
abstract, intuitive information processing. Talk given at the Second Workshop on
Cognitive and Social Perspectives on (Un)consciousness: Intuitive Information
Processing, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland.
Smith, P. K., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2006). Focusing on the big picture makes you feel like a big
shot: Abstract mindsets increase perceived power. Poster given at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Seventh Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California.
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Smith, P. K. (2005). The bidirectional relationship between power and abstract thought. Talk
given at the Person Memory Interest Group Meeting, Julian, California.
Smith, P. K. (2005). The social cognition of power: Nonconscious processes. Symposium
chaired at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Sixth Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Smith, P. K. (2005). You focus on the forest when you re in charge of the trees: Power priming
and abstract information processing. Talk given at the European Association for
Experimental Social Psychology 14th General Meeting, W rzburg, Germany.
Smith, P. K., Bargh, J. A., & Leshner, A. (2005). Nonconscious effects of power on the process
of goal pursuit. Talk given at the Small Group Meeting on Self Regulation and Intergroup
Phenomena, Jena, Germany.
Smith, P. K., & Trope, Y. (2005). You focus on the forest when you re in charge of the trees:
Power priming and abstract information processing. Talk given at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Sixth Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Smith, P. K., Trope, Y., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2005). Power leads to abstract thinking, and
abstract thinking leads to power. Talk given at the European Social Cognition Network
Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Vitznau, Switzerland.
Smith, P. K., Bargh, J. A., & Leshner, A. (2004). Nonconscious effects of power on the process
of goal pursuit. Poster given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fifth
Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.
Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P., Smith, P. K., Grant-Pillow, H., & Skinner, M. (2003). Conscious
and nonconscious goal pursuit: Behaving the same but feeling different. Poster given at
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fourth Annual Meeting, Los Angeles,
California.
Smith, P. K., & Bargh, J. A. (2003). Beyond the boardroom: General effects of high and low
power on the approach and avoidance systems. Poster given at the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology Fourth Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California.
Smith, P. K., & Bargh, J. A. (2003). Nonconscious effects of power on basic approach and
avoidance tendencies. Talk given at the Graduate Student Conference in Social
Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Smith, P. K., & Chaiken, S. (2002). The effect of mere exposure on implicit and explicit racial
attitudes. Poster given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Third Annual
Meeting, Savannah, Georgia.
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Park, D. C., Davidson, N. S., Lautenschlager, G., Smith, A. D., Smith, P. K., & Hedden, T.
(1999). Models of visuospatial and verbal memory across the adult life span: Integration
of behavioral and brain data. Talk given at the Old Memories Conference, Cold Spring
Harbor.
Park, D. C., Davidson, N. S., Lautenschlager, G., Smith, A. D., & Smith, P. K. (1998).
Differentiation of visuospatial and verbal working memory and long-term memory across
the life span. Talk given at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Schwarz, N., Park, D. C., Kn uper, B., Davidson, N. S., & Smith, P. K. (1998). Aging, cognition,
and self-reports: Age-dependent context effects and misleading conclusions about age
differences in attitudes and behaviors. Talk given at the Cognitive Aging Conference,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Smith, P. K., Schwarz, N., & Park, D. C. (1998). The influence of aging and question content on
frequency scale effects with self-reported behaviors. Poster given at the Midwestern
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Smith, P. K. (1997). Influence of collective and personal self-esteem on stress reactions to racial
discrimination. Talk given at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, Illinois. Recipient of Psi Chi Program Best Paper Award.
Smith, P. K. (1997). Influence of ethnic identity complexity on reactions to racial discrimination.
Poster given at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
INVITED TALKS
Association of Dermatology Managers & Administrators Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA,
March 17, 2012.
Social Psychology Brown Bag, San Diego State University, December 5, 2011.
Management and Organization Seminar, University of Southern California Marshall School of
Business, September 23, 2011.
Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University, July 11, 2011.
Women in Science and Technology Conference, San Diego, California, May 14, 2011.
Women in Surgery lecture series, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego
Health System, March 24, 2011.
Human Resources and Organizational Behavior Colloquium, University of California, Los
Angeles Anderson School of Management, February 18, 2011.
Social Psychology Colloquium, University of California, Los Angeles, April 15, 2010.
Friday Afternoon Social Colloquium (FASC), University of California, Santa Barbara, February
19, 2010.
Institute of Personality and Social Research (IPSR) Colloquium, University of California,
Berkeley, November 4, 2009.
Social-Personality Psychology Brown Bag, University of California, Davis, November 2, 2009.
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets (NOM) Seminar, Harvard Business School, October 21,
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2009.
Public Lecture, Bates College, October 19, 2009.
Management Seminar Series, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, September 15,
2009.
Social Psychology Colloquium, Utrecht University, June 18, 2009.
Organisational Behaviour Seminar, London Business School, May 1, 2008.
Social Psychology Colloquium, Tilburg University, February 1, 2008.
Social Psychology Colloquium, Cornell University, January 30, 2007.
Social Psychology Colloquium, Rutgers University, November 2, 2005.
Marketing Behavioral Lab, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, November
1, 2005.
Social Psychology Brown Bag, University of Jena, April 26, 2005.
Social Psychology Colloquium, Tilburg University, December 17, 2004.
MEDIA MENTIONS
Master mind, May 2009, Self, p. 128.
Mensen met macht kunnen goed intu tief n bewust nadenken, December 13, 2008, NRC
Handelsblad, Wetenschap section,
http://www.nrc.nl/wetenschap/article2091612.ece/Mensen_met_macht_kunnen_goed_int
uiuml_tief_en_bewust_nadenken
Why it pays in life to feel powerful, September 1, 2008, Emirates Business 24 7,
http://www.business24-
7.ae/articles/2008/9/pages/09012008_08408b1d30b64a56bf86928ad74137d3.aspx#
Slechte mensen, August 30-31, 2008, NRC Handelsblad, Wetenschap section, p. 8-9.
http://www.intermediair.nl/artikel.jsp?id=1542697
Een machtig gevoel: Wie macht heeft, gaat abstracter denken, August 14, 2008, Intermediair, 33,
p. 33. http://www.intermediair.nl/artikel.jsp?id=1542697
Those given jobs with most power think better, June 16, 2008, San Antonio Express-News.
Those given jobs with most power think better, June 15, 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/printedition/2008/06/15/brite.html
Cognitive disenhancement: From he that hath not. May 24-30, 2008. The Economist, 387, p. 94-
95. http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11402754
A new power principle? May 20, 2008. BusinessWeek.com Management IQ blog.
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/managementiq/archives/2008/05/a_new_power_pr
i.html
Does power corrupt? Absolutely not. May 20, 2008. Time.com.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808140,00.html
Lack of power hurts cognitive functioning. May 19, 2008. United Press International.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/05/19/lack_of_power_hurts_cognitive_func
tioning/3080/
Study: A lack of power can impair worker s thinking ability. May 14, 2008. A Better Life (USA
Today health blog). http://blogs.usatoday.com/betterlife/2008/05/does-this-sound.html
In brief: Staying on top. July/August, 2007. Psychology Today.
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-200*****-******.html
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Machtdenken. June 24-25, 2006. NRC Handelsblad.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MBA
Rady School of Management, UCSD
Organizational Strategy and Human Resource Management
Psychology Masters
Radboud University Nijmegen
Research Training: Experimental Research
New York University
Intermediate Masters Statistics
Undergraduate
Rady School of Management, UCSD
Organizational Leadership
Radboud University Nijmegen
Conscious and Unconscious Processes
Project Social Psychology (research experience course)
Social Cognition
Leiden University
Bachelor Project (research thesis course)
Conflict and Cooperation
Judgment and Influence
University of Amsterdam
Research Practicum
New York University
Lab in Personality and Social Psychology
SERVICE
Administrative
Dissertation Award Committee, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2011
Faculty Equity Advisor, University of California, San Diego, 2009-2010
Lab Committee, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2008-2009
Award Committee for Best Paper by a Ph.D. Student, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud
University Nijmegen, 2008
Cubicle Lab Coordinator, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2007-
2009
Vision Committee, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2007-2008
Ethics Committee, Department of Psychology, Leiden University, 2005-2006
Lab Room Coordinator, Social Psychology Program, New York University, 2000-2004
Judge, Psychology Masters Students Research Conference, New York University, 2003
Lab Manager, Dr. John A. Bargh, New York University, 1999-2003
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Treasurer, Graduate Association for Students of Psychology, New York University, 1999-2003
Admissions Committee, Social Psychology Program, New York University, 2000
Organizational
Co-organizer of ASPO Herfstsymposium 2007, The Dark and the Bright Sides of Social Power
(with Nils B. Jostmann, Wilco W. van Dijk, and Diederik Stapel), October 5, 2007, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam
Co-organizer of KLI Workshop, What Power Does to People: The Effects of Power on
Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior (with Adam Galinsky, Thomas Schubert, Joris
Lammers, Wilco W. van Dijk, and Nils B. Jostmann), October 3-4, 2007, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam
Editorial Board
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2012
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Administrative Science Quarterly
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
Cognition and Emotion
Emotion
Experimental Psychology
European Journal of Social Psychology
Group Dynamics
Journal of Consumer Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Motivation and Emotion
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Psychological Science
Social Cognition
Social Psychological and Personality Science
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Management
Association for Psychological Science (formerly American Psychological Society)
International Social Cognition Network
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Social Psychology Network
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