Christine Harris, Ph.D
Associate Professor
UCSD
Department of Psychology, 0109
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0109
Phone: (858) 822-4507
Lab: (858) 822-1929
Fax: (858) 534-7190
charris@psy.ucsd.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Human emotion, with a focus on social emotions in interpersonal contexts (jealousy, envy, embarrassment, shame and humor) and on the complex relationship between emotion and cognitive processes.

Academic Employment

7/05 – present Associate Professor, Psychology Department, UCSD
7/03 – 6/05 Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, UCSD
5/99 – 6/03 Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Brain and Cognition, UCSD
9/98 – 5/99 Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Human Information Processing, UCSD
6/89 - 9/92 Project Manager for three research projects: Grammatical Abilities in Alzheimer’s Disease, Behavioral Neurology Databank, and Crosslinguistic Studies of Aphasia, Center for Research in Language, UCSD
3/88 - 6/89 Case Manager for neuropsychology project, Language Research Center, Children’s Hospital, San Diego

Education

Ph.D.

University of California, San Diego

June 1998
M.A.

University of California, San Diego

Psychology, March 1995
B.A.

University of California, San Diego

Graduated Cum Laude, December 1987

Editorial Positions

Cognition and Emotion, Associate Editor (2006 - )

Awards and Research Funding

National Institute of Mental Health R01: "Jealousy: Emotional Reactions and Gender Differences." Principal Investigator: C. Harris. Total funding: $288,226. Support period: 6/00 – 6/05.

National Science Foundation: “Jealousy.” Principal Investigator: C. Harris. Total funding: $45,550. Support period: 8/00 – 8/03.

National Institute of Mental Health R01 "Perceptual & Cognitive Components of Attention" Co-Principal Investigator: Total funding: $475,000. Support period: 4/02 – 3/06.

UCSD Academic Senate Grant, Components of Smiling in Real-World Situations: Microanalysis with Wireless Videography: $5,063. Support period: 5/01 – 5/02.

Invited Talks

Harris, C. R. (2005, April) Univeristy of Southern California, Social Psychology Area Talk.

Harris, C. R. (2004, May) "Jealousy: The Darker Side of Love". Invited talk at the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

Harris, C. R. (2004, April) Univeristy of California - Los Angeles, Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture.

Harris, C. R. (2003, Sept.) San Diego State University, Social Psychology Area Talk.

Harris, C. R. (2003, March) University of California – San Diego, Psychology Department.

Harris, C. R. (2003, Feb.) University of Virginia, Psychology Department.

Harris, C. R. (2003, Jan.) Yale University, Psychology Department.

Harris, C. R. (2002, Nov.) University of California - San Diego, Anthropology Department.

Harris, C. R. (2002, Jan.) University of Colorado at Boulder, Psychology Department.

Harris, C. R. (2001, Jan.) Harvard University, Psychology Department.

Conference Presentations

Harris, C.R. (2005, May) "Shame and Its Medical Consequences: Neglected but Important". Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Alvarado, N. & Harris, C.R. (2005, May) "Facial Expressions and Repressive-Defensive Coping Style". Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Harris, C.R. (2005, Jan.) "Shame and Its Consequences in Physician-Patient Interactions". Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Harris, C.R. (2004, July) "Embarrassment and Failure to Seek Medical Care". Presented at the 13th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion, New York, NY.

Harris, C.R. (2003, Feb.) "Is Male Jealousy a Stronger Motive for Murder than Female Jealousy?". Presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Harris, C.R., & Pashler, H.E. (2002, July) Is Emotional Enhancement of Memory Mediated by Rehearsal?. Presented at the 12th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion.

Harris, C. R. (2001, June) “Jealousy over Infidelity: Where is the Gender Difference?”. Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

Harris, C. R., & Alvarado, N. (2001, June) “Socrates was Right: Tickle Evokes Pain and Pleasure”. Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

Pashler, H. & Harris, C. R., (2001, June) “Abrupt Visual Changes and the Default Set for Visual Attention”. Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

Pashler, H. & Harris, C. R., (2000, November) "Orienting to onsets: set-dependent but favored by default”. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.

Pashler, H. & Harris, C. R., (1999, November) "High-Priority" stimuli and visual attention. Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Harris, C. R., & Christenfeld, N. (1996, July) “Machines can tickle, too: The irrelevance of the social context.” Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journals

American Psychological Association (book manuscript review)
American Journal of Primatology
British Journal of Psychology
British Journal of Social Psychology
Cognition and Emotion
Emotion
Humor: International Journal of Humor Research
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Personality
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Memory & Cognition
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Psychological Science
Personality and Individual Differences
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Polish Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Bulletin
Psychology and Aging
Sex Roles
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
Western Journal of Communication

Memberships

American Psychological Society
International Association for Relationship Research
International Society for Research on Emotion (by election)
Society of Experimental Social Psychology (by election)
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Service on University Department Committees

Affiliated Faculty Member for the Critical Gender Studies Program
Graduate Student Psychology Colloquium Representative 1993/4 (peer elected)
Psychology Department Graduate Student Representative 1994/5 (peer elected)

A Sample of Popular Press Coverage of Research

Jealousy and Infidelity:
New York Times, October 8, 2002
Washington Post, December 1, 1996, p. C05.
Newsweek, Special Edition, December 1996, p. 56-59.

Tickle and Laughter:
Scientific American Frontiers, January 30, 2001
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, March 2000, Vol. 4, p. 78.
Washington Post, November 10, 1999, p. C05.
New York Times Science Section, June 3, 1997, p. H2.
CNN Science News, April 26, 1997.
New Scientist, March 1, 1997, p. 16.
Journal of N.I.H. Research, April, 1997, Vol. 9 No. 4, p. 34-35.
International Herald Tribune, June 5, 1997, p. 11.
Discover Magazine, September 1997, pp. 32-38.
World Service BBC Radio, August 20, 1997.

Embarrassment:
Clinician's Research Digest (Vol. 20/4, April 2002).