EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Social Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. in Information and Decision Systems
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Positive & Prosocial Emotions, Emotional Expression, Emotional Complexity, Culture and Emotion
My research centers on the function of emotion in everyday life, emotional expression, and cultural influences on emotion processes. One line of my research focuses on emotional reactions to others’ distress and suffering— in particular empathy, sympathy, and compassion. In another line of work, I examine the influence of Chinese epistemologies on the experience of emotion. I have also studied the use of human expression and morphology to improve human-robot interaction.
PUBLICATIONS
Van Cleef, G.A., Oveis, C., van der Löwe, I., LuoKogan, A., & Goetz, J.L. (2008). Power, distress, and compassion: Turning a blind eye to the suffering of others. Psychological Science, 19 1315-1322.
Goetz, J. L., Spencer-Rodgers, J., & Peng, K. (2008). Dialectical emotions: How cultural epistemologies influence the experience and regulation of emotional complexity. In R. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition across cultures. (pp 531-540). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Goetz, J. L. & Keltner, D. (2007). Shifting meanings of the self-conscious emotions across cultures: A social functional approach. In J. Tracy, R. Robins, and J. Tangney, (Eds.), The self-conscious emotions: Theory and research. (pp 153-173). New York: Guilford.
Keltner, D. & Goetz, J. L. (2007). Compassion. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. (pp 159-161). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Goetz, J. L., Kiesler, S., & Powers, A. (2003, October). Matching robot appearance and behavior to tasks to improve human-robot cooperation. Proceedings of the 12th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. RO-MAN 2003, Millbrae, CA.
Hirsch, T., Forlizzi, J., Hyder, E., Goetz, J. L., Stroback, J., & Kurtz, C. (2000, November). The Elder Project: Social, emotional, and environmental factors in the design of eldercare technologies. Proceedings of the Conference on Universal Usability (pp. 72-79).
Roy, N., Baltus, G., Fox, D., Gemperle, F., Goetz, J. L., Hirsch, T., Margaritis, D., Montemerlo, M., Pineau, J., Schulte, J., & Thrun, S. (2000). Towards personal service robots for the elderly. Proceedings of the Workshop on Interactive Robotics and Entertainment, Pittsburgh, PA.
PRESENTATIONS
Goetz, J.L., Horberg, E.J., & Keltner, D. (2008, January). Expression of compassion and distress in a naturalistic interaction. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Goetz, J. L., English, T., Peng, K., & Wang, L. (2007, January). Dialectical emotions: Culture and the experience, expression, and regulation of emotional complexity. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.
Goetz, J. L., English, T., Peng, K., & Wang, L. (2006, January). What makes an event emotionally complex? A study of event characteristics in China and the United States. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
Goetz, J. L. & Keltner, D. (2005, January). Obligation, choice, and gift-giving in close relationships. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Goetz, J. L., Cohen, A., Keltner, D. (2004, July). Culture and morality of motivations: How do we judge prosocial acts? Poster presented at the Mind, Culture & Evolution Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Goetz, J. L. & Kiesler, S. (2002, April). Cooperation with a robotic assistant, in Computer Human Interaction 2002 Extended Abstracts, Academy of Computing Machinery Press, Minneapolis.
Kiesler, S. & Goetz, J. L. (2002, April). Mental models of robotic assistants, in Computer Human Interaction 2002 Extended Abstracts, Academy of Computing Machinery Press, Minneapolis.