BARBARA FOLEY MEEKER

Professor Emerita

Address: Sociology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Phone: (301) 405-6432 e-mail: bmeeker@socy.umd.edu

Professional Background and Interests.

I have a B. A. in Sociology and Mathematics from the University of Kansas (1961) and both an M. A. (1963) and PhD.(1966) in Sociology from Stanford University.

I taught at the University of Maryland, College Park beginning in 1971, first as Associate Professor and then as Full Professor. I have been Professor Emerita since 2003. At the University of Maryland I was the Sociology Department’s Director of Graduate Studies 1973‑77 and 1980‑82, and the Undergraduate Honors director 2000- 2002. Before coming to Maryland, I taught at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Washington (in Seattle) and worked as a Staff Associate at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Within sociology, my areas of specialization are Social Psychology (Small Group Processes, Social Exchange, and Equity); Mathematical Sociology; and Contemporary Sociological Theory.

I have been the major advisor for the following PhD students: Marilyn J. Essex, 1978; Herbert L. Zeigler, 1982; Carole L. Seyfrit, 1984; John G. Smale, Jr, 1985; Linda Garrison Zamani-Moghadam , 1989; Susan G. Queen, 1990; Mona-Rae Thompson, 1991; Alan R. Lehman, 1994; Joann DeFiore, 1995; Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski, 1995.

 My current professional memberships include: the American Sociological Association (Social Psychology Section, Theory Section,  Mathematical Sociology Section, and Rational Choice Section); and the District of Columbia Sociological Society.

My current research and writing continue in the areas of sociological social psychology and mathematical sociology.

Publications

 Books
   Mathematical Sociology, Robert K. Leik and B. F. Meeker, Prentice  Hall, 1975.
   Social Causality, Jerald Hage and Barbara Foley Meeker, Allen Unwin, 1988
 
 Journal Articles
        "An Experimental Study of Cooperation and Competition in West Africa" International Journal of Psychology,
1970, 5:11 19.
        "Value Conflict in Social Exchange: a Markov Model" Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 1971, 8:389 403.
        "Competition, Westernization, and Status" Human Relations, 1971, 23:533 548.
        "Decisions and Exchange" American Sociological Review, 1971, 35:485 495.
        "Assessment of Environment therapy Systems: the Group Atmosphere Scale", S. Silbergeld, G. R. Koenig, R. W.  Manderscheid, B. F. Meeker & C. A. Hornung, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975, 43:460 469.
        "Strategies of Interaction in Two person Groups" B. F. Meeker and C. A. Hornung, Social Science Research, 1976, 5:153 172.
        "Sex Roles and Interpersonal Behavior in Task oriented Groups" American Sociological Review, B. F. Meeker and P. A. Weitzel O'Neill, 1977, 42:91 105.
Reprinted in Joseph Berger and Morris Zelditch, Jr., Eds, Studies in Expectation State Theory: Theoretical and Applied, Jossey Bass, 1985.
        "Interaction in a Cooperative Game; Status, Sex Roles, and  Task Behavior" Pacific Sociological Review , 1977, 4:475 491.
        "Exchange Rules and Goal Structures" Human Relations, 1979, 32:523 544.
        "Equality and Differentiation of Time Spent in Paid Work in Two worker Families" Sex Roles, 1983, 9:1023 1034.
        "Modifiers of the Equity Effect: Group Outcome and Causes for Individual Performance" G. C. Elliott & B. F. Meeker Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1984, 46:586 597.
        "Cooperative Orientation, Trust, and Reciprocity" Human Relations. , 1984, 37:225 243.
        "Peacekeeping, Warfighting and Professionalism: Attitude Organization and Change among Combat Soldiers on Constabulary Duty" D. R. Segal and B. F. Meeker, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 1985, 13:167 181.
        "Achieving Fairness in the Face of Competing Concerns: the Different Effects of Individual and Group Characteristics" G. C. Elliott and B. F. Meeker Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986, 50:754 760.
         "Counting the Costs: Equity and the Allocation of Negative Group Products" B. F. Meeker and G. C. Elliott, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1987, 50:7 15.
        "Soldiers' Perceptions of Conflict Likelihood: the Effects of Doctrine and Experience" B. F. Meeker and D. R. Segal Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 1987, 15:105-115.
        "Cooperation, Competition, and Self-esteem: Aspects of Winning and Losing" Human Relations, 1990, 43:205-220.
        "Equality and Differentiation: Effects of Group Structure on Allocations" B. F. Meeker and G. C. Elliott. Social Justice Research. 1995, 8:263-284.
        "Computer Simulation for Exploring Theories: Models of Interpersonal Cooperation and Competition" R. K. Leik and B. F. Meeker Sociological Perspectives. 1995, 38:463-482.
        "Exploring Nonlinear Path Models via Computer Simulation" R. K. Leik and B. F. Meeker Social Science Computer Review 1996, 14:253-268.
        "Reward Allocations, Gender, and Task Performance." B. F. Meeker and G. C. Elliott Social Psychology Quarterly 1996, 59:294-301.
        “Need, Merit and Reward Expectations.” B. F. Meeker and G. C. Elliott. Current Research in Social Psychology. 1998. Vol. 3 No 4:1-12. Http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc.

Chapters in Edited Books
        "Rational Decision Models of Interpersonal Behavior" Pp. 23 42 in Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Demographic Behavior, edited by Thomas K. Burch, Westview Press, 1980.
        "Expectation States and Interpersonal Behavior" Pp. 290 319 in Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Morris Rosenberg and Ralph Turner, Basic Books, 1981.
        "Performance Evaluations" Pp. 95-118 in Group Processes: Sociological Analysis edited by Martha Foschi and Edward J. Lawler, Nelson-Hall, 1994.
        "Experimentation in Sociological Social Psychology" B. F. Meeker and R. K. Leik, Pp. 629-649 in Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology, edited by Karen S. Cook, Gary Fine, and James S. House, Allyn and Bacon, 1995.
        "Uses of Computer Simulation for Theory Construction: An Evolving Component of Sociological Research Programs" B. F. Meeker and R. K. Leik, Pp 47-70 in Status, Network and Structure: Theory Construction and Theory Development., edited by Jacek Szmatka, John Skvoretz and Joseph Berger; Stanford Univ. Press. 1997
         “Need as a Basis for Reward Allocation” Pp 81-102 in Advances in Group Processes Volume 15, edited by J. Skvoretz and J. Szmatka. Stamford, CT: JAI press.1998.
         “Mathematical Sociology” Barbara F, Meeker and Robert K. Leik, Pp. 1787-1792 in Encyclopedia of Sociology, revised ed. Edited by Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda Montgomery, NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000
         "Some Philosophy of Science Problems in the Development of Complex Computer Simulations" chapter in The Growth of Social Knowledge: Theory, Simulation, and Empirical Research in Group Processes edited by Jacek Szmatka, Michael J. Lovaglia, and Kinga Wysienska, Praeger, Westport, CT 2002.              

            “Sociometry." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, George (ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

            “Working Together: Some Dilemmas of Collaboration” chapter in volume edited by Kinga Wysieńska and Joanna Heidseck, to appear in Polish.

Recent Professional Activity

“Getting in Each Other's Way? Some Mathematical Aspects of Interaction in Small Groups”, presented to annual meeting of American Sociological Association. (2002)

 “Some Non-Linear Dynamics of Group Dynamics”, presented to 2nd joint Japan-North America Mathematical Sociology meeting (2002)

“Working Together: Dilemmas of Collaboration”. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes and Social Psychology, Krakow, Jagellonian University June 2004

 “The Science of Group Processes” presented to annual meetings of American Sociological Association(2007)

Mathematical Models of Talking in Discussion Groups, presented to Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America (2009)

Chair, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2008-2009.

Organizer, invited panel on Mathematical Sociology, Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, J anuary 2009.