Jo-Ann Tsang Baylor University Dept of Psychology and Neuroscience One Bear Place #97334 Waco, TX 76798-7334 254-710-2259 (phone) 254-710-3033 (fax) Education History Ph.D., Psychology (Social), University of Kansas, with a Quantitative minor. (May 2000) Dissertation: The effect of the expression of emotion on perceptions of morality, and moral behavior. M.A., Psychology, University of Kansas. (December 1996). Thesis: A diffuse light: Justice and attitude polarization. B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. (May 1994). Senior Honors Thesis: Prayer as a moderator of the relationship between religious orientation and locus of control. Employment History 2008-present Associate Professor, Baylor University 2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Baylor University 2000-2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Southern Methodist University Awards and Honors Baylor Psi Chi Professor of the Year, 2008. Howard Baumgartel Peace and Justice Award for Thesis/Dissertation Research, University of Kansas, Spring 2000. Graduate Minority Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1994-1998. Alumni Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley, 1991-1992.
Professional Memberships American Psychological Association Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Division 36: Psychology of Religion American Psychological Society Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Research Interests Gratitude Psychology of Religion Forgiveness Moral rationalization and moral motivation Peer-Reviewed Publications Rowatt, W. C., LaBouff, J. P., Johnson, M., Froese, P., & Tsang, J. (2009). Associations among religiousness, social attitudes, and prejudice in a national sample of American adults. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 14-24. Mak, H., & Tsang, J. (2008). Separating the sinner from the sin : Religious orientation and prejudiced behavior toward sexual orientation and promiscuous sex. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47, 379-392. Crandall, C. S., Silvia, P. J., N Gbala, A. N., Tsang, J., & Dawson, K. (2007). Balance Theory, Unit Relations, and Attribution: The Underlying Integrity of Heiderian Theory. Review of General Psychology, 11, 12-30. Tsang, J. (2007). Gratitude for small and large favors: A behavioral test. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 157-167. Tsang, J., & Rowatt, W. C. (2007). The relationship between religious orientation, rightwing authoritarianism, and implicit attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 17, 99-120. Rowatt, W.C., Tsang, J., Kelly, J., LaMartina, B., McCullers, M., & McKinley, A. (2006). Personality, religion, and implicit homosexual prejudice. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 45, 397-406. Tsang, J. (2006). The effects of helper intention on gratitude and indebtedness. Motivation and Emotion, 30, 198-204. Tsang, J. (2006). Gratitude and prosocial behavior: An experimental test of gratitude. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 138-148.
Publications continued. Tsang, J., McCullough, M. E., & Fincham, F. D. (2006). The longitudinal association between forgiveness and relationship closeness and commitment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 448-472. Tsang, J., & Stanford, M. (2006). Forgiveness for intimate partner violence: The influence of victim and offender variables. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 653-664. Tsang, J., McCullough, M. E., & Hoyt, W. T. (2005). Psychometric and rationalization accounts for the religion-forgiveness discrepancy. Journal of Social Issues, 61, 785-805. McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., & Emmons, R. A. (2004). Gratitude in "intermediate affective terrain": Grateful moods and their links to personality and daily life events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 295-309. McCullough, M.E., Fincham, F.D., & Tsang, J. (2003). Forgiveness, forbearance, and time: The temporal unfolding of transgression-related interpersonal motivations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 540-557. McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., & Brion, S. (2003). Personality traits in adolescence as predictors of religiousness in early adulthood: Findings from the Terman longitudinal study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 980-991. Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., & Tsang, J. (2002). Four motives for community involvement. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 429-445. McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127. Tsang, J. (2002). Moral rationalization and the integration of situational factors and psychological processes in immoral behavior. Review of General Psychology, 6, 25-50. Crandall, C. S., Tsang, J., Harvey, R. D., & Britt, T. W. (2000). Group-identity based selfprotective strategies: The stigma of race, gender, and garlic. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 355-381. Crandall, C. S., Tsang, J., Goldman, S., & Pennington, J. T. (1999). Newsworthy moral dilemmas: Justice, caring, and gender. Sex Roles, 40, 187-209.
Book Chapters and Book Reviews Tsang, J., Rowatt, W.C., & Bueschel, R.K. (2008). Exercising gratitude. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people (Vol. 2, pp. 37-53). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company. McCullough, M.E., & Tsang, J. (2004). The prosocial contours of gratitude. In R.A. Emmons, & M.E. McCullough (Eds.). The psychology of gratitude (pp. 123-141). New York: Oxford University Press. Tsang, J. & McCullough, M.E. (2004). Annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. In R.A. Emmons, & M.E. McCullough (Eds.). The psychology of gratitude (pp. 291-341). New York: Oxford University Press. Emmons, R.A., McCullough, M.E., & Tsang, J. (2003). The Assessment of Gratitude. In S.J. Lopez, & C.R. Snyder (Eds.). Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures (pp. 327-341). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Tsang, J., & McCullough, M.E. (2003). Measuring religious constructs: A hierarchical approach to construct organization and scale selection. In S.J. Lopez, & C.R. Snyder (Eds.). Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures (pp. 345-360). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., Lishner, D., & Tsang, J. (2002). Empathy and altruism. In C. R. Snyder, & S. J. Lopez (Ed.). Handbook of Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. Tsang, J. (1996). Book review of Robert Wuthnow s Learning to Care. Review of Religious Research, 38, 181-182. Manuscripts in Progress LaBouff, J., Rowatt, W. C., Johnson, M. K., Thedford, M., & Tsang, J. (2010). Development and Initial Validation of an Implicit Measure of Religiousness-Spirituality. Manuscript submitted for publication. Rowatt, W. C., McCullough, G., Johnson, M., LaBouff, J., Mohiuddin, A., & Tsang, J. (2010). Dispositional Humility and Prosocial Motivations for Helping. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Professional Presentations Mak, H.K., & Tsang, J. (2009, February). Separating the Sinner from the Sin : Religious Orientation and Prejudice toward Sexual Orientation and Promiscuous Sex. Poster presented at the Psychology of Religion preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. Tsang, J. (2008, March). A program of research in gratitude. Invited colloquium presented at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas. Tsang, J. (2007, February). Gratitude for Small and Large Favors: A Behavioral Test. Invited colloquium presented at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Tsang, J., & Mak, H.K. (2007, January). Separating the Sinner from the Sin : Religious Orientation and Prejudice toward Sexual Orientation and Promiscuous Sex. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Social Psychologists in Texas, College Station, Texas. Tsang, J., & Stanford, M. S. (2006, March). Forgiveness for Domestic Violence. Invited presentation at the 50 th annual convention of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tsang, J. (2006, March). The Effects of Gratitude on Well-Being in Relatives of Individuals with Alzheimer s Disease. Invited presentation at the Heart of Texas Waco Area Gerontological Society meeting. Tsang, J., & Stanford, M. (2005, September). Forgiveness for Domestic Violence: The Influence of Victim and Offender Variables. Invited colloquium presented at Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Hall, A. & Tsang, J. (2005, February). Stress and religion: A survey of the effects of various components of religion and their relationship in mediating and coping with stress in college undergraduates. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual UTA Psychology Convention, Arlington, TX. Tsang, J. (2005, January). Gratitude and Prosocial Reciprocation: A Behavioral Assessment of Gratitude II. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Social Psychologists in Texas, Huntsville, Texas. Tsang, J. (2004, May). Gratitude and Prosocial Reciprocation: A Behavioral Assessment of Gratitude. Poster presented at the 16 th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois. Tsang, J. & McCullough, M. E. (2003, October). Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Longitudinal Analysis. Paper presented at the Scientific Findings about Forgiveness conference (hosted by A Campaign for Forgiveness Research), Atlanta, GA. Tsang, J. & McCullough, M. E. (2002, August). Psychometric and rationalization accounts for the religion-forgiveness discrepancy. Paper presented at the 110 th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Professional Presentations, continued Tsang, J. C., & McCullough, M. E. (2002, June). The relationship between closeness, forgiveness, and reconciliation over time. Poster presented at the 14 th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. Tsang, J., & McCullough, M. E. (2002, January). Gratitude Diaries: The Grateful Personality and Everyday Gratitude. Poster presented at the 3 rd annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, Georgia. Tsang, J., & McCullough, M. E. (2001, August). Patterns of Forgiveness Over Time. Paper presented at the 109 th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California. Batson, C.D., Tsang, J., & Thompson, E.R. (2001, February). Overpowered integrity: A second source of moral lapses. Poster presented at the 2nd annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas. Tsang, J. C., (1995, October). Proscribed versus nonproscribed prejudice: What does the church teach? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, Missouri. Tsang, J. C. (1994, November). The relationship between religious orientation and prayer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Grants Received 2009 Transgression and forgiveness in the laboratory: Forgiveness of others and selfforgiveness. Fetzer Institute ($72,158). 2007 Summer Research Sabbatical: Determinants and Motivations Underlying Gratitude. Baylor University. 2006 Summer Research Sabbatical: Ongoing Research in the Behavioral Assessment of Gratitude. Baylor University. 2005 Summer Research Sabbatical: Behavioral Assessment of the Effects of Similarity on Gratitude. Baylor University. 2004 Principal Investigator: The Effects of Gratitude on Well-Being in Relatives of Individuals with Alzheimer s Disease. Institute for Research on Unlimited Love ($1700). 2003 Principal Investigator: Gratitude and the Moral Motive: Does Gratitude Lead to Prosocial Reciprocation? Baylor University: Faculty Research Incentive Program ($2100). 2001 Co-Principal Investigator: Psychological Factors Promoting Forgiveness and Inhibiting Aggression, Southern Methodist University: Tower Faculty Fellowship
($2000). Grants Received, continued 2000 Co-Principal Investigator: Empathy, Retaliation, and Forgiveness: A Laboratory Paradigm, Southern Methodist University: University Research Council Grant ($4800). Teaching Experience Courses taught: - Undergraduate courses: o Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Theories of Personality, Psychology of Religion - Graduate courses: o Advanced Social/Organizational Psychology Teaching assistant: taught discussion sections, constructed tests, organized grades, graded papers/tests. Psychology of HIV and AIDS Psychology of Prejudice and Stigma Social Psychology Professional Service History Reviewer for Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2005. Reviewer for British Journal of Social Psychology, Spring 2008. Reviewer for Cognition and Emotion, Spring 2005, Spring 2008. Reviewer for Emotion, Spring 2004, 2006, Fall 2007. Reviewer for the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Fall 2006. Reviewer for the Journal of Adolescence, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 Reviewer for the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Fall 2007. Reviewer for Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, Spring 2005. Reviewer for the Journal of Positive Psychology, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008. Reviewer for the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Fall 2004, Spring 2008. Reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Fall 2001-Summer 2005, Fall 2006, Summer 2010. Reviewer for Journal of Research in Personality, Spring, Summer 2006, Fall 2007. Reviewer for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Fall 2006, Fall 2008. Reviewer for the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Spring 2005, 2007. Reviewer for Motivation and Emotion, Spring 2007. Reviewer for Personality and Individual Differences, Spring 2008. Reviewer for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Spring 2000-Summer 2004. Reviewer for Self and Identity, Summer 2010 Ad hoc reviewer for the Economic and Social Research Council, Spring 2007.
Ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation (BCS, Social Psychology) Spring, Fall 2006. Ad hoc reviewer for The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, Fall 2002.