Leon Rappoport, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus)

Research interests:

Culture-personality issues

Food cognition

Behavioral health issues

Humor and varieties of consciousness

Holocaust studies

Recent Papers & Publications:

Rappoport, L., Heil, S. and Groneweg, N. (2001) The humor-violence dialectic in recent popular films. Paper presented at the International Society For Humor Studies convention, Univ.of Md.

McDade, J. R., and Rappoport, L. (2000). From existential angst to possible selves: culture-personality trends since 1950. Mentalities, 15, 1, 58-67.

Rappoport, L., Downey, R.G., and Huff-Corzine, L. (2001). Conceptual differences between meals. Food Quality and Preference, 12, 9-17.

Rappoport, L., Baumgardner, S., and Boone, G. (1999). Postmodern culture and the plural self. In J. Rowan and M. Cooper (Eds), The Plural Self. London: Sage, 93-106.

Undergraduate/Graduate Student Involvement:

Any students interested in research participation are welcome. Activities can include data collection, computer entry analyses and write-up depending on student interests and time they have avaliable. Funding opportunities are nil.

Current Graduate Students:

Mike Tagler

Pamela Lobell

Karen Frick

Personal Interests (instruction available):

Zen meditation practice

Tai Chi