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| Faculty Biography
Dr. E.Gil Clary,
BA, MS, Ph.D, U. Georgia
Dr. Clary teaches General Psychology, Junior Seminar, Personality Theories, and Experimental Social Psychology. |
Gil Clary completed his education at the University of Georgia (B.A. in psychology, 1975; M.S. in psychology, 1978; Ph. D. in social psychology, 1980). In 1979, he joined the faculty of the College of St. Catherine, first as an instructor (1979-1980), then assistant professor (1980-1985), associate professor (1985-1992), and professor (1992). From 1989 to 1992, Clary was the Endowed Professor of the Sciences at the College of St. Catherine. In 1997, he assumed the position of chair of the department of psychology. During his tenure at the college, Clary has spent sabbaticals at the University of Minnesota, and the Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management, University of Sydney, Australia.
Clary teaches General Psychology, Junior Seminar, Experimental Social Psychology, and Personality Theories. Furthermore, he has taught, in collaboration with colleagues in other departments, two honors seminars, one on autobiographies, and a second on the meaning of work.
Most of Clary’s research centers on the psychology of helping, with much of this focusing on people’s involvement in volunteer activities and other forms of community services. More specifically, this research has examined the motivations underlying participation in volunteer work, and with Mark Snyder (University of Minnesota) and other colleagues, this work has resulted in a psychometrically sound inventory for assessing motivations underlying involvement in volunteer work (the Volunteer Functions Inventory or VFI; Clary, Snyder, Ridge, Copeland, Stukas, Haugen, & Miene, 1998). Finally, this interest in volunteerism recently resulted in a study of the effects of educational programs requiring students to volunteer (Stukas, Snyder, & Clary, 1999).
Recent Publications
Clary, E., Snyder, M., Ridge, R., Copeland, J., Stukas, A., Haugen, J., & Miene, P. (1998). Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: A functional approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1516-1530.
Clary, E., Snyder, M., & Stukas, A. (1998). Service-learning and psychology: Lessons from the psychology of volunteers’ motivations. In R. Bringle & D. Duffy (Eds.), With service in mind: Concepts and models for service-learning in psychology. Washington D. C.: American Association for Higher Education.
Lyons, M., Wijkstrom, F., & Clary, G. (1998). Comparative studies of volunteering: What is being studied? Voluntary Action, 1, 45-54.
Stukas, A., Snyder, M., & Clary, E. (1999). The effects of “mandatory volunteerism”: Satisfaction, intentions, and motivations to volunteer. Psychological Science, 10, 59-64.
Clary, E. G., & Snyder, M. (1999). The motivations to volunteer: Theoretical and practical considerations. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 156-159
Stukas, A. A., Clary, E. G., & Snyder, M. (1999). Service learning: Who benefits andwhy? Social Policy Report, 13, 1-19.
Snyder, M, Clary, E., & Stukas, A. (2000). The functional approach to volunteerism. In G. Maio & J. Olson (Eds.), Why we evaluate: Functions of attitudes. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Clary, G. and Synder, M. (2000). Motivations to Volunteer. The Psychology Place Op Ed Forum [Online]. Peregrine Publishers.
Clary, E. G., & Snyder, M. (2000, February). Why do people volunteer? Understanding volunteer motivations. The Not-for-Profit CEO Monthly Letter, 7, 3 - 5.
Clary, E. G., & Thieman, T. J. (2002). Coping with academic problems: An empirical examination of Brickman et al.’s models of helping and coping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32,33-59.
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