John Shaw discusses why we use labels and where they come from. What is the purpose of labels? The purpose of this talk is to explore the effectiveness of labeling others. Is it efficient? Or is it too harmful?
After receiving a J.D. from Stanford Law School in1980, John practiced criminal law for nine years in Los Angeles, both as a prosecutor and a public defender. During his career as a trial lawyer, John handled several thousand cases and tried over one hundred jury trials, including numerous murders, rapes, and robberies. John’s fascination with human behavior led him to return to school to pursue a doctorate in psychology, and he earned an M.A. (1991) and a Ph.D. (1994) in social psychology from UCLA. For the past 20 years John has been on the faculty at Lafayette College, where he is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Head of
the Psychology Department. Based on his experimental research on human behavior, including many studies on eyewitness memory, John has published numerous research articles in respected peer-reviewed journals. An experienced and accomplished teacher, John has taught a wide range of courses in psychology and on the ethics of genetic engineering, and he has received over a dozen teaching awards and honors at Lafayette. John recently published his debut novel, Death by DNA. John lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with his wife Carolyn, his children Carson and Kendall, two dogs, and a guinea pig.
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