Education
Michigan State University, Ph.D. Sociology, 1972
Special Areas
Social Psychology, Mathematical Models, Experimental Methods
Honors and Awards
Who's Who in the Midwest
Aida Tomeh Distinguished Service Award, North Central Sociological Association 2010
Recent Articles in Professional Periodicals
Robert K. Shelly and Ann Converse Shelly. 2016 “Assessing Epistemic Claims with Experimental Evidence.” Studia Sociologica. VIII:81-95.
Robert K. Shelly. 2016. “How Sentiments Organize Interaction.” Sociology Compass. 10: 230-241.
Michael R. Ransom, Chris Kast, and Robert K. Shelly. 2015. “Self-Enhancement, Self-Protection and Ingroup Bias” Current Research in Social Psychology. 21 pp. 56-65.
Chris Kast, Michael Ricard Ransom, and Robert K. Shelly. 2012. “Self-enhancement through Group and Individual Social Judgments” Current Research in Social Psychology. 18-3.
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2011.“An Empirical Test of Legitimation as a Status Process.” Current Research In Social Psychology. 17 pp. 19-28.
Robert K. Shelly and Ann Converse Shelly. 2009. “Speech Content and the Emergence of Inequality in Task Groups.” Journal of Social Issues. 65 : 307-333.
Robert K. Shelly. 2008. Micro Lessons for the Macro World.” Sociological Focus. 41: 201-214.
Book Chapters
Robert K. Shelly. 2014 “Training Interviewers and Experimenters.” In Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences 2nd Edition. edited by Murray Webster and Jane Sell. Academic Press. Pp.83-102.
Robert K. Shelly. 2012. “Multinomial Models of Performance Expectations.” In Procesy Grupowe: Perspektywa Socjologiczna (Group Processes: Sociological Perspectives) edited by Joanna Heidtman and Kinga Wysienska. Warsaw Poland. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-83-7383-223-7.
Recent Presentations at Professional Society Meetings
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2016. “The Emergence of Inequality in Task Groups: How Task Type Affects Interaction Dynamics.” Presented at the Third International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology. Vienna, Austria. July 12.
Guillermina Jasso, Robert K. Shelly, and Murray Webster, Jr. 2016. “Factorial Surveys in Social Psychology: Justice and Inequality.” Presented at the Third International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology. Vienna, Austria. July 11.
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2015 “Implications of Status for Path to Task Completion in Task Groups: An Empirical Assessment.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2015.
Robert K. Shelly and Ann Converse Shelly. 2015. “ Assessing Epistemic Claims by Experimental Evidence.” Presented at the International Symposium on Experimental Research in the Social Sciences. Krakow, Poland, June 12-13, 2015.
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2014. "Implications of Status and for Path to Task Completion in Small Groups." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, North Carolina, March.
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2013. "Integration of Small Group Research with Collaborative Learning Teams. Association of Teacher Educators-Europe, Summer Meeting, Halden, Norway, July.
Robert K. Shelly, Donald J. Lacombe, and Ann Converse Shelly. 2011. “Holiday Decorations as Status Cues: Should I Decorate Like the Neighbor?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas Nevada, August.
Ann Converse Shelly and Robert K. Shelly. 2010 “An Empirical Test of Legitimation as a Status Process.” Presented at the XVIIth World Congress of Sociology, Gothenberg, Sweden, July.