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Richard John

Associate Professor of Psychology

Contact Information
Office: SGM 621
Phone: (213)740-4011
E-mail: richardj@usc.edu

 

Education
B.S. Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 6/1976
M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Southern California, 12/1983
Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology, University of Southern California, 5/1984
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Associate Professor. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, 07/1997-  
Associate Professor, Institute for Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California, 07/1990-06/1997  
Assistant Professor, Institute for Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California, 07/1984-06/1990  
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
CREATE - Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, Risk Analysis and Risk Perception Teams, Designated Researcher,http://www.usc.edu/dept/create/
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
"Using Monte Carlo simulation to construct a random utility model of terrorist preferences for attack modes", Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), Talk, San Antonio, CREATE, Refereed, Invited, 12/09/2007-12/12/2007  
"What do we know about public perception of terrorism risks?", Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), Talk, San Antonio, CREATE, Refereed, Invited, 12/09/2007-12/12/2007  
"Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions to terrorism events.", Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Talk, Seattle, CREATE, Refereed, Invited, 11/04/2007-11/07/2007  
"Decision analysis by proxy for the rational terrorist", Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Talk, Seattle, CREATE, Refereed, Invited, 11/04/2007-11/07/2007  
"Lifestyle choices: The difference between you and me. ", Association for Psychological Science (APS), Poster, Washington, D. C., Refereed, 05/24/2007-05/27/2007  
". Random utility modeling of terrorist preferences to estimate terrorist attack probability", Los Alamos National Laboratory Risk Symposium, Talk, Santa Fe, N. M., Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) & DHS, Invited, 03/25/2007-03/26/2007  
"Modeling terrorist motivations and beliefs", DHS University Programs Research Summit, Talk, Washington, D. C., Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Invited, 03/15/2007-03/16/2007  
"Estimating likelihood of terrorist attacks by modeling terrorist objectives and values", Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Talk, Pittsburg, CREATE, Refereed, Invited, 11/2006  
"Future time perspective, risk perceptions, and health", Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Poster, Dallas, Refereed, 11/16/2006-11/20/2006  
"Age differences in preventive health decisions", Association of Psychological Science (APS), Poster, New York, Refereed, 05/25/2006-05/28/2006  
 

Publications

Book Chapter
Brougham, R. R., John, R. S. (2007). Age differences in preventative health decisions, In Paul O’Neal (Ed.), Motivation of health behavior. pp. 49-63. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
 

Journal Article
Majchrzak, A., Malhotra, A., John, R. S. (2005). Perceived individual collaboration know-how development through information technology-enabled contextualization: evidence from distributed teams. Information Systems Research. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 9-27.
Damos, D. L., John, R. S., Lyall, E. A. (2005). Pilot activities and the level of cockpit automation. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology. Vol. 15 (3), pp. 251-268.
Doumas, D., Margolin, G., John, R. S. (2003). The relationship between daily marital interaction, work, and health-promoting behaviors in dual-earner couples: An extension of the work-family spillover model. Journal of Family Issues/Sage Publications. Vol. 24 (1), pp. 3-20.
Delsol, C., Margolin, G., John, R. S. (2003). A typology of maritally violent men and correlates of violence in a community sample. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 65 (3), pp. 635-651.
Dillon, R. L., John, R. S., von Winterfeldt, D. (2002). Assessment of cost uncertainties for large technology projects: A methodology and an application. Interfaces. Vol. 32 (4), pp. 52-66.
Gatz, M., Reynolds, C. A., Johansson, B., Mortimer, J. A., Pedersen, N. L., John, R. S. (2002). Telephone screening to identify potential dementia cases in a population-based sample of older adults. International Psychogeriatrics. Vol. 14 (3), pp. 273-289.
Margolin, G., Gordis, E. B., John, R. S. (2001). Coparenting: A link between marital conflict and parenting in two parent families. Journal of Family Psychology. Vol. 15 (1), pp. 3-21.
Gordis, E. B., Margolin, G., John, R. S. (2001). The relations among parents' hostility in dyadic marital and triadic family settings and children's behavior problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol. 69 (4), pp. 727-734.
 

Service to the University

Committees
Member, UCC, Social Science Subcommittee (SSS), 08/16/2006-  
Chair, University Park Institutional Review Board (UPIRB), 07/01/2006-  
 
 
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