Daniel R. Rovenpor

Daniel R. Rovenpor

Asst Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Psychology

Areas of expertise: Social Psychology

Email Address: daniel.rovenpor@baruch.cuny.edu

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My research examines A) how emotions influence attitudes and social cognition, B) how motivational factors shape emotions, and C) how basic emotional processes influence broader socio-political issues, including intergroup conflict, prejudice, economic inequality, and political partisanship. Much of this research considers why people make a variety of choices that initially seem appealing (e.g., pursuing meaning, positive emotions) but ultimately produce undesirable outcomes (e.g., prolonging intergroup conflict, exacerbating economic inequality). The research examines the tension between emotional and societal functioning in hopes of finding novel ways of addressing both.

Education

Ph.D., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amherst United States

M.S., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amherst United States

B.A., Psychology, Brandeis University Waltham United States

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Spring 2024PSY3001Research Methods in Psychology
Spring 2024PSY5030Research Practicum in Psy I
Spring 2024PSY5030Research Practicum in Psy I
Fall 2023PSY3001Research Methods in Psychology

Journal Articles

Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D. R., & Petty, R. E. (2024). Independents, not partisans, are more likely to hold and express electoral preferences based in negativity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 110. 104538.

(2023). Influence of comorbid depression and diagnostic workup on diagnosis of physical illness: A randomized experiment. Diagnosis, 10(3). 257-266.

(2023). The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(2). 992-1012.

(2022). “We built it” in the past, but “let's build it together” in the future: The roles of temporal framing and social justice orientation in shaping attributions for personal success. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 100. 104250.

(2019). Intergroup conflict self-perpetuates via meaning: Exposure to intergroup conflict increases meaning and fuels a desire for further conflict. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(1). 119-140.

(2019). Emotion regulation and prejudice reduction following acute terrorist events: The impact of reflection before and after the Boston Marathon bombings. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 22(1). 43-56.

(2018). Do emotional control beliefs lead people to approach positive or negative situations? Two competing effects of control beliefs on emotional situation selection. Emotion, 18(3). 313-331.

(2016). Meaning threat can promote peaceful, not only military-based approaches to intergroup conflict: The moderating role of ingroup glorification. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46(5). 544-562.

(2016). Regulating the scope of an emotion regulation perspective on intergroup reconciliation. Psychological Inquiry, 27(2). 117-123.

(2016). The impact of affect on out-group judgments depends on dominant information-processing styles: Evidence from incidental and integral affect paradigms. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(4). 485-497.

(2016). The impact of negative emotions on self-concept abstraction depends on accessible information processing styles. Emotion, 16(7). 1040-1049.

(2013). Affect-as-information about processing styles: A cognitive malleability approach. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2). 93--114.

(2013). The choices we make: an examination of situation selection in younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 28(2). 365-376.

Do control beliefs help people approach or avoid negative stimuli? Goal-dependent effects of control beliefs. In Progress.

Are people motivated to feel emotions to fulfill appraisal needs? The role of cognitive appraisals in emotional preferences. In Progress.

When and why opposition (vs. support) framing increases willingness to pay. In Progress.

Focusing on the self versus the environment distinguishes between effects of emotion on both attitudes and information processing. In Progress.

Overconfidence versus modesty: The roles of source confidence and expertise in persuasion at high and low levels of elaboration. In Progress.

Motivational underpinnings of meaning in life: Promotion focus is uniquely related to meaning presence, whereas prevention focus is uniquely related to meaning seeking. Motivation and Emotion (under review),

Personal ambition is associated with self-reliance for future goals among individuals high in social justice orientation but with self-reliance for past achievements among individuals low in social justice orientation. In Progress.

Presentations

Jansen, E., Rovenpor, D., & Biggart, L. (2024, February 12). Confronting racial inequity: The role of (predicted) emotions. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA

Jansen, E., Rovenpor, D., & Biggart, L. (2024, July 12). The distance between Black and White: Examining beliefs about relative racial advantage versus disadvantage. European Association of Social Psychology. Krakow, Poland

Jansen, E., Rovenpor, D., & Biggart, L. (2024, February 12). Facing the topic of racial inequity: Emotions and perceptions of relative racial (dis) advantage. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA

Kumove, H. A., Li, C., Leidner, B. L., Rovenpor, D., & Young, K. L. (2024, July 12). Caught in the middle? How the political left and right view political moderates in a politically polarized country. International Society of Political Psychology. Montreal, Canada

Li, C., Kumove, H. A., Rovenpor, D., & Leidner, B. L. (2024, February 12). Caught in the middle? How the political left and right view moderates. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Francisco, CA

Rovenpor, D. (2024, November 12). Social justice orientation and motivated attributions for personal success. School of Psychology Combined Research Group, University of East Anglia. Norwich, United Kingdom

Rovenpor, D., Syropoulos, S., & Leidner, B. L. (2024, February 12). Self-regulatory bases of meaning in life: Promotion focus is uniquely related to meaning presence, whereas prevention focus is uniquely related to meaning seeking. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, February 12). Persuading partisans and independents with positive vs. negative appeals. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Rovenpor, D. (2024, February 12). Thinking about tomorrow: A motivated temporal asymmetry in how people construe the role of situations in shaping success. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. Recipients' self-categorizations shape the impact of support- versus opposition-framed persuasive appeals. Weary Symposium, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH

Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, April 12). Persuading partisans and independents. Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL

Rovenpor, D. (2024, July 12). Social justice research in psychology: Theory and application. South East Network for Social Sciences. Norwich, United Kingdom

Rovenpor, D. (2024, June 12). The role of self-focused attention in the effects of emotion on cognition. Bodily and Cognitive Selves Conference, Eastern Academic Research Consortium. Norwich, United Kingdom

Rovenpor, D., Teeny, J. D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, February 12). Attitudinal valence framing: New evidence for consequences, boundary conditions, and underlying mechanisms. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Portland, OR

Rovenpor, D., Teeny, J. D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, March 12). Attitudinal valence framing on choice confidence and willingness to pay. Society for Consumer Psychology. Savannah, GA

Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, May 12). The effects of emotion on cognition depend on locus of control. Association for Psychological Science. San Francisco, CA

Rovenpor, D., & Isbell, L. M. (2024, March 12). Preferences for emotions based on desired appraisals: The cases of anger and guilt. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Atlanta, GA

Leidner, B. L., Rovenpor, D., O'Brien, T. C., Roblain, A., De Guissme, L., & Chekroun, P. (2024, March 12). Intergroup conflict self-perpetuates via meaning: Exposure to intergroup conflict increases meaning and fuels a desire for further conflict. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Atlanta, GA

Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, July 12). The effects of emotion on cognition depend on locus of control. Ohio State Symposium on Social Psychology. Columbus, OH

Rovenpor, D., & Janoff-Bulman, R. (2024, January 12). Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: Temporal focus moderates the relationship between ideology and attributions. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Antonio, TX

Rovenpor, D. (2024, February 12). Don't stop thinking about tomorrow: Temporal focus moderates the relationship between social justice orientation and attributions. Social Cognition Research Group, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH

Rovenpor, D., & Petty, R. E. (2024, September 12). Does attention to the self versus the environment moderate effects of emotion?. Group for Attitudes and Persuasion, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH

Rovenpor, D., O'Brien, T. C., & Leidner, B. L. (2024, January 12). Reminders of conflict enhance meaning and fuel a desire for further conflict. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA

Rovenpor, D., & Isbell, L. M. (2024, February 12). Implicit goal priming moderates the effect of control beliefs on emotional situation selection. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, CA

Rovenpor, D., & Isbell, L. M. (2024, March 12). Emotional control beliefs and avoiding negative stimuli: The moderating role of goals. Eastern Psychological Association. Boston, MA

Rovenpor, D., & Isbell, L. M. (2024, February 12). Do emotional control beliefs buffer emotional impact? Evidence from affective regulation and Affect-as-Information paradigms. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, TX

Rovenpor, D., & Isbell, L. M. (2024, May 12). The effects of emotions on social judgment in younger and older adults. Association for Psychological Science. Washington D.C.

Rovenpor, D., Skogsberg, N. J., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (2024, January 12). Implicit goal priming moderates the effect of control beliefs on emotional situation selection. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Isbell, L. M., Lair, E. C., & Rovenpor, D. (2024, May 12). Affect and cognitive malleability: Effects on perceptions of the self and others. Association for Psychological Science. Washington D.C.

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Honorable mention, Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations PrizeThe Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues2018-10-04Recognition for article entitled, "Intergroup conflict self-perpetuates via meaning: Exposure to intergroup conflict increases meaning and fuels a desire for further conflict"
Early Career Best Article AwardEuropean Journal of Social Psychology2017-05-25Recognition for article entitled, "Meaning threat can promote peaceful, not only military-based approaches to intergroup conflict: The moderating role of ingroup glorification"

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Curriculum CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent
Undergraduate Awards CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Emotion (APA Journal)Editorial Review Board Member9/25/2018PresentInternational
Ad Hoc Journal ReviewsReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/2012PresentInternational
APA Science Student CouncilMember9/1/2014PresentNational
Reviews for grantsReviewer, Grant Proposal9/1/20186/1/2023International
Reviews for professional organizationsReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/20146/1/2016International