In Memoriam – Thomas Blass, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Education

  • Ph.D. – Yeshiva University

Area of Study

  • Social Psychology

Graduate Program Affiliation(s)

  • Human Service Psychology: Community Psychology (CP) track

Leadership roles in the Department/College/University

  • Founding member of the HSP program
  • Former Chairman of the University IRB

Research Interests

Basic and applied aspects of the social influence process, with a special emphasis on obedience to authority rooted in he work of Stanley Milgram

Selected Publications

  • The man who shocked the world:  The life and legacy of Stanley Milgram. Blass, T. (2004, 2009). New York:  Basic Books.  [Named one of the best books of the year by Discover magazine, and translated into 3 languages]
  • The individual in a social world:  Essays and experiments, by Stanley Milgram (Third, expanded edition). Blass, T. (Ed.), (2010).  London:  Pinter & Martin.
  • A cross-cultural comparison of studies of obedience using the Milgram paradigm:  A review. Blass, T. (2012). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 196-205 (Invited submission).
  • Fear appeals revisited: Testing a unique anti-smoking film. Schmitt, C. L. & Blass, T. (2008). Current Psychology, 27, 145-151.
  • The social psychology of Stanley Milgram. Blass, T. (1992). In M. P. Zanna (Ed.)  Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 25, (pp. 277-329). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.