New Directions in Identity Theory and Research

Jan E. Stets is Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Sociology Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Riverside. She is a micro-theorist with expertise in identity theory. Her research is in the areas of self, identity, emotions, and morality. She is the author or editor of six books and over 70 articles and book chapters. She is the recipient of several National Science Foundation grants and has served as a program officer at the Foundation. Dr. Stets is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has chaired the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Emotions, the ASA Section on Social Psychology, and the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity. She has co-edited Social Psychology Quarterly. Richard T. Serpe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Kent State University. He is a sociological social psychologist who has been working in the area of identity theory for the past thirty years. His research contextualizes identity processes in terms of differential placement within the social structure. In addition to New Directions in Identity Theory and Research, he is the editor of one other book and the author of over 25 articles and book chapters. Dr. Serpe is the recipient of over twenty funded grants. He has served as vice president of the Pacific Sociological Association and has chaired the sociology department at California State University, San Marcos. He has co-edited both Sociological Perspectives and Social Psychology Quarterly.