BARBARA
FOLEY MEEKER
Professor Emerita
Address: Sociology
Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Phone: (202)
997-5110 e-mail: bfmeeker@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. 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); and Mathematical Sociology.
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, Mathematical
Sociology Section, and Rational Choice Section); the District of Columbia
Sociological Society and the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life
Sciences.
Recent
Professional Activity
“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, January 2009.
“Nonlinear
Dynamics of Group dynamics” presented to annual meeting of Society of Chaos Theory
in Psychology and Life Sciences, Baltimore, July 20012.
“The
Origins of Inequalities in Small discussion Groups” presented to annual meeting
of American Sociological Association, Denver, August 2012.
“Toward
a theory of Interpersonal Contributive Justice” presented to annual meeting of
American Sociological Association, Montreal, August
2017
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.
“Nonlinear
models of distribution of talking in small groups” Social Science Research Volume 85, January 2020, 102367.
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.
“Praca zespolowa:dylematy wspolpracy” pp
287-308 in Procesy Groupowe
edited by Joanny Heidtman
and Kingi Wysienskiej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar,
Warsaw, Poland 2013.