John McConnon Darley, PhD, received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1960. He did his graduate work in the Department of Social Relations at Harvard University and received his doctoral degree in 1964. Dr. Darley was then appointed assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University (NYU), where he taught from 1964 to 1968. He later left NYU to become an associate professor of social psychology at Princeton University. Dr. Darley was made professor in 1972, and from 1980 to 1985 served as chairman of the Department of Psychology. In 1989, he was named Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology.
Dr. Darley is presently a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the American Psychological Society. In 1989–1990, he served as president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8 of APA). Dr. Darley is a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the American Sociological Association.
With Bibb Latane, Dr. Darley received the AAAS Sociopsychological Essay Prize and the Appleton-Century-Crofts Manuscript Prize. During 1985–1986, Dr. Darley was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In 1990, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1997 Dr. Darley was awarded the Distinguished Research Career Award by the Society of Experimental Social Psychologists.
Joel Cooper, PhD, received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1965 and his doctoral degree from Duke University in 1969. Dr. Cooper met Ned Jones in the fall of 1965, and a friendship that was to last for nearly 30 years was begun. Dr. Cooper went to Princeton University as an assistant professor in 1969 and is currently professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Dr. Cooper has served in visiting professorship positions at University College London, Hebrew University, the East–West Center, Auckland University, and the University of Queensland.
Dr. Cooper is coauthor of an introductory social psychology text and has published numerous articles in the areas of attitude change, cognitive dissonance, gender equity in computer technology, and psychology and law.
Dr. Cooper is a fellow of the American Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He has served as chair of the Society of Experimental Social Psychologists and is a member of several other organizations, including the Society for Psychological Studies of Social Issues.
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