Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Communication, Language
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Sociology, Social Networks
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Richie Zweigenhaft
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I have done research for the past three decades on the United States power elite. My main interest has been in the extent to which the power elite has included members of previously excluded groups (Jews, women, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and openly gay men and lesbians), the reasons they have been included and the effects on their identities once they have become part of the power elite. I also have done research on a variety of topics in personality and social psychology, including the psychological effects of unusual names, birth order, attitudes toward and knowledge about nuclear war, self monitoring, and music preferences.
Books:
Journal Articles:
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (2008). A Do Re Mi encore: A closer look at the personality correlates of music preferences. Journal of Individual Differences, 29(1), 45-55.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (2002). Birth order effects and rebelliousness: Political activism and involvement with marijuana. Political Psychology, 23(2), 219-233.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (1993). Prep school and public school graduates of Harvard: A longitudinal study of the accumulation of social and cultural capital. Journal of Higher Education, 64(2), 211-225.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (1992). The application of cultural and social capital: A study of the 25th year reunion entries of prep schools and public school graduates of Yale College. Higher Education, 23, 311-320.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (1983). Unusual first names: A positive outlook. Names, 31(4), 258-270.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L. (1977). The empirical study of signature size. Social Behavior and Personality, 5(1), 177-185.
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Zweigenhaft, R. L., & Domhoff, G. W. (1997). Sophisticated conservatives and the integration of prep schools: The creation, funding and evolution of the "A Better Chance" program. Research in Social Policy, 5, 223-240.
Other Publications:
- Zweigenhaft, R. L. (2004). Making rags out of riches: Horatio Alger and the tycoon's obituary. Extra! The Magazine of FAIR -- the Media Watch Group, 17(1), 27-28.
- Zweigenhaft, R. L. (1997). Signature size, Harvard MBAs, and the "A Better Chance" program: Coming to understand the importance and the complexity of class, race, gender and culture. In Karl E. Scheibe (Ed.), A Century of Psychology at Wesleyan University, 1894-1994 (pp. 85-98). Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University.
Courses Taught:
- Class, Race and Gender
- Introduction to Personality
- Mass Media
- Psychobiography and Life Narrative
- Social Psychology
- Sports, Race, Gender and the American Dream
- The American Upper Class
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Richie Zweigenhaft
Department of Psychology
Guilford College
5800 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410
United States
Phone: (336) 316-2269