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Curriculum Vita

Research Interests

My research interests focus on intrinsic motivation; self-regulation of motivation; gender differences in motivation for math and science; life span development differences in self-regulation; and self-regulation of motivation in online learning.

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University (1984)

Selected Publications

Sansone, C., Morf, C.C., & Panter, A.T. (Eds.) (2004). The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Download

Renninger, K. A., Sansone, C., & Smith, J. L., (2004). Love of learning. In C. Peterson & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.) Character strengths and virtues: A classification and handbook. New York: Oxford University Press.

Sansone, C. & Harackiewicz, J.M. (Eds.). (2000). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Sansone, C., & Smith, J.L. (2000). The "how" of goal pursuit: Interest and self-regulation. Psychological Inquiry.

Sansone, C., & Smith, J.L. (2000). Interest and self-regulation: The relation between having to and wanting to. In C. Sansone & J.M. Harackiewicz (Eds.). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Sansone, C. (Ed). (1999). Special issue on Intrinsic Motivation, Creativity, and Performance: New Perspectives on Old Questions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology [Academic Press] .

Sansone, C., Wiebe, D. J., & Morgan, C. (1999). Self-regulating interest: The moderating role of Hardiness and Conscientiousness. Journal of Personality, 61, 701-733.

My current graduate students

Tamra Fraughton
Aviva Sinclair