Edward Burkley, Ph.D., 2006, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
Assistant Professor
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Teaching

Dr. Burkley teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology and research methods.

Research

Dr. Burkley’s research reflects an overarching interest in the study of self-regulation - how people set and achieve goals. He is particularly concerned with the pursuit and maintenance of goals; investigating the management of multiple goals, goal conflict, and how past and future goal pursuits influence success on a present goal. Most recently, he has explored the role that self-regulation plays in the process of resistance to persuasion and attitude change. Work in his lab has revealed how resisting a persuasive appeal consumes self-regulatory resources as well as how exerting regulatory resources leaves one vulnerable to persuasion. Dr. Burkley is also interested in quantitative methods. For example, he is currently utilizing missing data techniques to improve daily diary procedures.

• Burkley, E. (in press). The role of self-control in resistance to persuasion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
  
• Muraven, M., Shmueli, D., & Burkley, E. (2006). Conserving self-control strength. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 524-537.
  
• Sanna, L., Carter, S. E., & Burkley, E. (2005). Yesterday, today, and tomorrow: counterfactual thinking and beyond. In A. J. Strathman, & J. A. Joireman (Eds.), Understanding behavior in the context of time: Theory, research, and applications (pp. 165-185). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  

• 2005 Graduate Mentor Support Grant
  
• 2004 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Diversity Fund Graduate Award
  
• 2003-2006 Native American Incentive Grant