Dr. Charles D. Samuelson

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (1986)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 208 Psychology Building
email: c-samuelson@tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-0880
Fax: 979-845-4727

• Social Dilemmas and Management of Common-Pool Resources
• Computer-Mediated Communication in Small Groups
• Behavioral Decision Making
• Conflict Management in Multi-Party Environmental Disputes

"Development of an Urban Watershed Rehabilitation Method using Stakeholder Feedback to Direct Investigation and Restoration Planning." PIs: Dr. Charles Samuelson, & Dr. Marty Matlock, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Water and Watersheds Program. 1998-2003, Award: $899,892.

"Integration of Ecological, Economic, and Social Systems: Adaptive Management of Two Contrasting Texas Watersheds." PI: Dr. William Grant, TAMU Wildlife & Fisheries Science Dept.;
Co-PIs: Dr. Charles Samuelson, Drs. Daniel Roelke, Frances Gelwick, & William Neill (Wildlife & Fisheries Science Dept.), Dr. Marty Matlock (Agricultural Engineering Dept.), Dr. Richard Woodward (Agricultural Economics Dept.), & Dr. Arnold Vedlitz (Political Science Dept. & Institute for Science, Technology, & Public Policy, Bush School of Government & Public Service). Texas Water Resources Institute, 2000-2001, Award: $14,905.

1. Samuelson, C. D., & Watrous-Rodriguez, K. M. (In press). Group discussion and cooperation in social dilemmas: Does the medium matter?. In R. M. Kramer, M. Bazerman, & A. Tenbrunsel (Eds). Social decision making: Social dilemmas, social values and ethical judgment. Psychology Press.



2. Lovaglia, M.J., Mannix, E.A., Samuelson, C.D., Sell, J., & Wilson, R.K. (2005). Conflict, power, and status in groups. Theories of small groups: Interdisciplinary perspectives, 139-184.



3. Samuelson, C.D., Vedlitz, A., Whitten, G.D., Matlock, M., Alston, L.T., Peterson, T.R., & Gilbertz, S.J. (2005). Citizen participation and representation in collaborative engagement processes. In P. A. Sabatier et al (Ed). Swimming upstream: Collaborative approaches to watershed management. (pp. 137-169). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.



4. Sell, J., Lovaglia, M.J., Mannix, E.A., Samuelson, C.D., & Wilson, R.K. (2004). Investigating conflict, power, and status within and among groups. Small Group Research, 35 (1), 44-72.



5. Samuelson, C.D., Peterson, T.R., & Putnam, L.L. (2003). Group identity and stakeholder conflict in water resource management. In S. Clayton & S. Opotow (Eds). Identity and the natural environment: The psychological significance of nature. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.



6. Roch, S.G., Lane, J.A.S., Samuelson, C.D., Allison, S.T., & Dent, J.L1. (2000). Cognitive load and the equality heuristic: A two-stage model of resource overconsumption in small groups. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 83 (2), 185-212.



7. Van Vugt, M. & Samuelson, C.D. (1999). The impact of personal metering in the management of a natural resource crisis: A social dilemma analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 731-745.

Samuelson, C.D. (2007, July). Asking the right questions: Reflections on doing high impact research. Paper presented at the Twelfth International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Seattle, WA.

Samuelson, C.D., El-Shinnawy, M., Poole, M.S., & Vinze, A. (2004, January). Does online discussion make face-to-face talk obsolete? Group identity, commitments, and cooperation in the commons. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Social Psychologists in Texas, Corpus Christi, TX.

Samuelson, C.D., El-Shinnawy, M., Poole, M.S., & Vinze, A. (2002, August). Computer-mediated communication and cooperation in the commons. Invited presentation at School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong Campus, Melbourne, Australia.

Samuelson, C.D. (2001). Studying behavior in the commons laboratory: Lessons from the field. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Chicago, IL.

Undergraduate
PSYC 203: Elementary Statistics for Psychology
PSYC 204: Experimental Psychology (Research Methods)
PSYC 351: Survey of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
PSYC 352: Organizational Psychology
PSYC 489: Special Topics: Conflict & Negotiation
PSYC 489: Special Topics (Honors): Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Bargaining Research

Graduate
PSYC 610: Organizational Psychology
PSYC 621: Seminar in Social Psychology (Group Processes)
PSYC 680: Seminar in Organizational Psychology (Team Performance)
PSYC 680: Seminar in Organizational Psychology (Behavioral Decision Research)