Curriculum Vita March, 2016 Ronald L. Cohen Education: 1958-1962: Central High School, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1962-1966: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1965, summer: University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Peace Corps Training Program in Rural Community Development in Brazil. 1966-1971: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Additional Training: 1996: Family Group Conference Training, Vermont Department of Corrections, Burlington, VT. 1998: Basic Mediation Training, Friends Conflict Resolution Center, Philadelphia, PA. 1998: Victim Impact Panels for Offenders, Training Seminar, Vermont Department of Corrections, Burlington, VT. Degrees: B.A., Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, 1966. Major-Sociology, Minor-Psychology. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972, Social Psychology. Experience: 1967: Research Assistant, U.S. Public Health Service Practice Research Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1968-1970: Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. 1969-1971: Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan. 1971-1993: Professor of Psychology, Social Science Division, Bennington College. Awarded presumptive tenure in June, 1978. (Bennington has no differential faculty ranks.) 1972: Organizer, Director, and Instructor: Bennington College Winter School. (Adult Education Program in Bennington, Vermont.) 1973-1976: Dean of Studies, Bennington College. Fall, 1981, Summer, 1982, and Fall, 1983: Guest Professor, Sonderforschungsbereich 24, Sozialwissenschaftliche Entscheidungsforschung, Universitat Mannheim, Mannheim, West Germany. January, 1983 Through July, 1983: Visiting Scholar, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

1985-1991: Dean of the Faculty, Bennington College. Responsible for curriculum planning, the instructional budget, faculty appointments and reappointments, salaries and fringe benefits, sabbaticals and leaves, faculty research funds, faculty committee assignments, operation of the Library, Early Childhood Center and summer academic programs, preparation of agendas for the Faculty Meeting. October-December, 1991: Guest Professor, Vakgroep Sociale en Organisatie Psychologie, Universiteit te Utrecht, The Netherlands. July, 1993: Member of the Faculty, Summer School on Social Justice, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. September, 1993-August, 1994: Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA September, 1994-present. Member of the faculty in Social Science, Bennington College. September, 1994-June, 1997: Director, Public and Community Service Program, Bennington College. 1998-2003: Co-Founder and President, The Bennington Community Justice Center, Inc. July, 1999, July, 2000, July, 2001, July 2002, July 2003: Director, Community Service Program, International Seminar Series, Paris. July 2004, 2005, 2007: Consultant: Community Service Program, International Seminar Series, Paris. Membership in Professional Societies: American Psychological Association (Fellow American Sociological Association European Association of Experimental Social Psychologists American Psychological Society Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues International Society for Social Justice Research Public and Community Service: Bennington Winter School, 1972-1974. Co-founder (with Judith Cohen) and Teacher. Non-credit courses offered to citizens of the Bennington Area Bennington County Reparative Board, State of Vermont, Department of Corrections Bennington Cooperative Service Council, Founding Member and Co-Chair Bennington County Juvenile Justice Team, Member and Co-Coordinator Bennington Superior Court, Small Claims Mediation Project Bennington Tutorial Center Father Time Vermont Council on the Humanities

Honors Received and Membership in Honorary Societies: B.A. Summa Cum Laude, 1966. Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota, 1966. Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Division 9 of the American Psychological Association. 2007. Elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association Elected Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grants and Fellowships: Faculty Grants from Bennington College, 1971-1993, 1996-2000; 2002-2007. 2009- 2015 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers, 1983- 1984. National Science Foundation, Division of International Programs, U.S.-Federal Republic of Germany Cooperative Science Program Grant for: Justice in Intergroup Relations: A Joint Seminar, Marburg, West Germany (Co- Principal Investigator) July, 1984. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Research Grant for: Political Orientations Over the Life-Span (Co-Principal Investigator) 1984- 1986. Agency of Human Services, State of Vermont, July 1999-December 31, 1999. The Windham Foundation, 1999. Agency of Human Services, State of Vermont, January--December, 2000; July,2000--June, 2001. Bennington County Bar Association, 2000. Presentations: Varied headline content and health article readership. Presented at 95th Annual Meetings of American Public Health Association, October, 1967. (with James W. Swinehart) Discussant at Session on Social Psychology. Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, April, 1972. Attributions and justice. Presented to Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February, 1980. Justice as a pervasive theme in social behavior. Co-Chair of Symposium at Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1981.

Distributive justice: Conceptual dimensions and emerging issues. Guest lecture presented at Sonderforschungsbereich 24, Universitat Mannheim, Mannheim, West Germany, October, 1981. Distributive justice and power: Some preliminary considerations. Presented at First Annual Nags Head Invitational Conference on Justice, Nags Head, North Carolina, June, 1982. Discussant for Symposium on Justice and self-awareness. Presented at Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Washington, August, 1982. Distributive justice. Presented to the Group Dynamics Seminar, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, March, 1983. A critical examination of procedural justice effects in organizational settings. Presented at Second Annual Nags Head Invitational Conference on Justice and Law. Nags Head, North Carolina, June, 1983. A critique of the `contributions rule' in studies of distributive justice. Invited lecture, Department of Sociology, Goteborgs Universitet, Goteborg, Sweden, November, 1983. Also presented as invited lecture to Department of Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, November, 1983. Research on distributive justice: Analysis and critique. Presented to the Institute for Cognitive Studies, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ, February, 1984. Procedural justice and participation in legal and organizational settings. Presented at the 20th Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, Boston, June, 1984. Power and justice in intergroup relations. Presented at an international seminar, Justice in Intergroup Relations, Marburg, West Germany, July, 1984. Justice and the contributions principle. Presented as an invited lecture to the Institut fur Psychologie, Fachbereich 3, Technische Hochscule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, West Germany, July, 1984. Power and justice in intergroup relations. A colloquium presented to the Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, April, 1985. Membership, intergroup relations, and justice. Invited presentation for the International Conference on Social Justice in Human Relations, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, July 28-29, 1986. Value tradeoffs in choosing procedures for resolving social problems. Chair of Symposium at Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August, 1986. Fabricating justice. Paper presented to a workshop on Justice in Human Relations, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, August, 1987. Also presented at a panel entitled "Justice in the Political Arena" at the Annual

Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Secaucus, NJ, July, 1988. Fabrications of justice. Presented at the Second International Conference on Social Justice and Societal Problems, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, August, 1988. Justice and negotiation. Paper presented at the Northwestern Conference on Research on Negotiations in Organizations, Northwestern University, Chicago, March 31--April 2, 1989. Justice, voice, and silence. Paper presented at a panel "Justice and Politics" at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Washington, July, 1990. Justice, voice, and silence. Invited paper presented at the International Conference on Social Justice and Societal Dilemmas, December, 1990, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Speaking of silence. Invited lecture presented at Universiteit te Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 28, 1991. Discussant at first annual Stuckenberg Conference, "Social Policies and Social- Psychological Research on Human Values," Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April, 1992. Invited Chair and Convener of Panel on "Silence and Injustice." Fourth International Conference on Social Justice Research, Universitat Trier, Germany, June 30 - July 3, 1993. The social construction of silence. Invited lecture presented at Fourth International Conference on Social Justice Research, Universitat Trier, Germany, June 30 - July 3, 1993. Chair, Panel on Social Justice, Human Rights, and Political Change, Fifth International Conference on Social Justice Research, University of Nevada, Reno, June 26-29, 1995. Social psychological studies of justice and injustice. Paper presented on a Panel: Some Alternative Perspectives on (In)Justice. Eighth New York State National Conference on Dispute Resolution. October 10-12, 1996. Saratoga Springs, New York. Panel member: Community Justice in Action: Reparative Probation Philosophy and Practice. Governor's Conference on Prevention, May 12-13, 1997, Burlington, VT. Chair, Panel on Justice Concerns and Societal Problems; Chair, Panel on Procedural Justice. Sixth International Conference on Social Justice Research, Potsdam, Germany, July 1-4, 1997. Invited lecture, "Procedural Justice," presented at the Seventh International Conference on Social Justice Research, University of Denver, May 28-31, 1998. Invited lecture, "What in the world is unjust?" presented at "Using Theory and Research to Address National and International Social Issues," at the

Annual Meetings of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 19 -June 21, 1998. Chair, Panel on Restorative Stories from Reparative Board Members. International Symposium, "Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices." Burlington, Vermont, August 5-7, 1999. Community Justice Centers: Why Practice (By Itself) Does Not Make Perfect. Paper presented at International Symposium, "Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices." Burlington, Vermont, August 5-7, 1999. Restorative Justice: Promise, Provocation, and Problems. Paper presented at the Symposium on "Conciliation, Reconciliation, and Adjudication," at the Eighth International Conference on Social Justice Research, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Tel Aviv, September 18-21, 2000. Discussant at Symposium on "Justice, Self and Groups." Eighth International Conference on Social Justice Research, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Tel Aviv, September 18-21, 2000. Silence in the Face of Injustice. Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies Public Lecture, University of Nevada, Reno, March 29, 2001. Regrettable Silences and Injustice: “Why Didn’t I (You) Say (Do) Something?” Graduate Seminar, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, March 30, 2001 Participant in Panels on "Community Justice Centers" and "ADR--What Would It Look Like If It Were Really Working in Vermont?" at "Building Stronger Communities Through Alternative Dispute Resolution," Second Annual Vermont Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference, Vermont Law School, Royalton, VT, June 1, 2001. Invited Graduation Speaker, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts, Boston; June 4, 2003 Regrettable Silences and Injustice, presented at the Xth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research at the University of Regina, June 30th-July 3rd, 2004. Regrettable Silences and Injustice, presented at “Social Justice in a Changing World.” Conference at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany, March 10-12th, 2005. Planning Committee for XI Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research to be held August, 2006 in Berlin. Invited lecture at Koc University, Istanbul: “Silence Gives Consent.” February 27, 2007. Graduate Seminar in psychology at Koc University, Istanbul: “Silence and Silencing.”February 27-March 2, 2007. Invited lecture at Bogazici University in Istanbul on March 7, 2007: “Justice, Conflict, and (Re)Conciliation”

"Silence Gives Consent." Invited presentation at Psychology and Social Justice Conference, New York University, April 21, 2007. “The Social Psychology of Occupation.” Presented at 14th Biennial International Social Justice Conference, "Social Justice in a Complex Reality." September 9- 12, 2012. The College of Management Academic Studies, Tel Aviv. Silence, Violence and Shame, the Vermont Reparative Probation Board Experience. Oregon Psychiatric Association. September 22, 2013. “Upholding Progressive Values in Higher Education.” Invited plenary presentation. April 6, 2013, Sarah Lawrence College. “Emotion, Memory, Injustice, and Restoration.” Panel Chair and Presenter (“Memory, Narrative, and Ritual in Restorative Justice”) Unpublished Papers: 1966: B. A. Honors Thesis: Community power structure: A critique and analysis. Thesis supervisor: Arnold M. Rose. 1967: Voluntary exposure to public health information as a function of subject anxiety and headline fear arousal. 1970: The expression of social schemata in physical and psychological distance. 1972: Bennington: A survey of students. 1972: Ph.D. Dissertation: Mastery and justice in laboratory dyads: A revision and extension of equity theory. Dissertation chair: William A. Gamson. 1973: Causal locus of input determinants as a mediator of children's reward allocations. (with Jane Heifetz) 1975: Causal locus of input attributions, sex of subject, and reward allocations in the dyad. 1977: A critique of reward allocation research on distributive justice. 1978: Toward an integration of equity and attribution perspectives on distributive justice. 1980: Attribution, justice, and sex discrimination at work. 1985: Laypersons' classifications of their own and other people's social relationships. (with Thomas Schwinger) 1993: The social construction of silence. 1996: Community service at Bennington College: A Preliminary report. (with Angela Blemker, Genevieve Ellick, Kelly Grundman, Joanne Lembo, Ramon Levesque, and Justin Stone) 1999: The social construction of silence. (Revised) 2003: Regrettable silences: "I wish I had said (done) something." 2007: Silence gives consent. Work in Progress: Regrettable silences: "I wish I had said (done) something."

Injustice as a result of inaction and silence. Silence and consent. The Social Psychology of “Occupy” Movements Publications: 1967. In Rose, Arnold M. (1967). The power structure. New York: Oxford University Press. Portions of Chapters two and eight. 1971. Self-presentation, embarrassment, and face-work as a function of self-evaluation, conditions of self-presentation, and feedback from others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 20, 298-297. (with W. Peter Archibald) 1974. Mastery and justice in laboratory dyads: A revision and extension of equity theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 29, 464-474. 1979. On the distinction between individual deserving and distributive justice. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 9, 167-185. 1982. Perceiving justice: An attributional perspective. In J. Greenberg & R. L. Cohen (Eds.), (1982). Equity and justice in social behavior. New York: Academic Press. 1982. The justice concept in social psychology. (with J. Greenberg). In J. Greenberg & R. L. Cohen (Eds.), (1982). Equity and justice in social behavior. New York: Academic Press. 1982. Why justice? Normative and instrumental interpretations. (with J. Greenberg). In J. Greenberg & R. L. Cohen (Eds.), Equity and justice in social behavior. New York: Academic Press. 1982. Equity and justice in social behavior. J. Greenberg & R. L. Cohen (Eds.), New York: Academic Press. 1984. Laypersons' conceptions of social relations: A test of contract theory. Journal of Social and Personal Relations, 1, 433-458. (with Egon Kayser and Thomas Schwinger). 1984. Hochschild, J. (1981). What's fair? American beliefs about distributive justice. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. Political Psychology, 5(4). Book review. 1984. Goodwin, L. (1983). Causes and cures of Welfare: New evidence on the social psychology of the poor. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. Political Psychology, 5(4). Book review. 1985. Procedural justice and participation. Human Relations, 38, 643-663. 1986. Power and justice in intergroup relations. In H. W. Bierhoff, R. L. Cohen, & J. Greenberg (Eds.), Justice in social relations. New York: Plenum. 1986. Justice in social relations. H. W. Bierhoff, R. L. Cohen, & J. Greenberg (Eds.), New York: Plenum. 1986. Introduction and overview. In R. L. Cohen (Ed.), Justice: Views from the social sciences. New York: Plenum. 1986. Justice: Views from the social sciences. R. L. Cohen (Ed.), New York: Plenum.

1987. Distributive justice: Theory and research. Social Justice Research, 1, 19-40. 1989. Fabrications of justice. Social Justice Research, 3, 31-46. 1989. Lind, E. A., & Tyler, T. R. (1988). The social psychology of procedural justice. New York: Plenum. Contemporary Sociology, 18(5). 758-759. Book review. 1991. Membership, intergroup relations, and justice. In R. Vermunt & H. Steensma (Eds.), Social justice in human relations (pp. 239-258). New York: Plenum. 1991. Justice and negotiation. In M. H. Bazerman, R. J. Lewicki, & B. H. Sheppard (Eds.), Handbook of negotiation research: Research on negotiation in organizations, Vol. 3 (pp. 259-282). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. 1991. Political attitudes over the life-span: The Bennington women after fifty years. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. (with D. F. Alwin and T. M. Newcomb) 1992. Selections from my work. In F. Ohnishi (Ed.), Morality psychology: Psychology for moral education (pp. 265-278). Kyoto, Japan: Kitaohji Shobo. (In Japanese) 1993. The Bennington studies: Political attitudes over the life-course. In D. Schuster & K. Hulbert (Eds.), Women's lives through time: Educated American women of the twentieth century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (with D. F. Alwin) 1994. Some reflections on Smith and Crosby's "Affirmative action: Setting the record straight." Social Justice Research, 7, 329-344. 1995. McClain, P. D. (Ed.). (1993). Minority group influence: Agenda setting, formulation, and public policy (Contributions in Political Science, No. 333). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. and America, R. F. (1993). Paying the social debt: What white America owes black America. Westport, CT: Greenview Press. Journal of Political Psychology. Book reviews. 2001. (Editor). Regret, Reconciliation, and Restorative Justice. A Special Issue of Social Justice Research, Vol. 14, No. 2. 2001. Introduction to Special Issue on Regret, Reconciliation, and Restorative Justice. Social Justice Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 121-124. 2001. Provocations of restorative justice. Social Justice Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 209-232. 2002. Silencing objections: Social constructions of indifference. Journal of Human Rights, 1(2), 187-206. 2013. Resource Theory and Restoration: What is Restored in Restorative Justice? Invited chapter published in K. Tornblom & A. Kazemi (Eds.) Handbook of Social Resource Theory. New York: Springer. 2016: Restorative Justice. Invited chapter published in The Handbook of Social Justice. (Eds. Clara Sabbagh & Manfred Schmidt). New York, Springer.

Grants Referee: National Science Foundation Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada National Endowment for the Humanities Panel Member for Grants to Independent Scholars, College Teachers, and University Teachers (1996-1998, 2003, 2006) Manuscript Referee: American Sociological Review European Journal of Social Psychology Human Relations Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Law and Social Inquiry Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Personality and Social Psychology Review Psychological Review Social Justice Research Social Psychology Quarterly Sociological Inquiry Editorship: Social Justice Research, Associate Editor (19 years) International Society for Justice Research, On-Line Newsletter Editor (1 year) Courses Taught: Social Psychology Socialization (In)Justice and Conflict Resolution Social Interaction The Social Construction of Gender Resignation and Revolt Shhh: The Social Construction of Silence Public and Community Service Human Nature(s) (Re)Writing History: Historical Grievances and Retrospective Redress Capital Punishment Discourse, Deliberation, and Democracy Statistics Methods in Social Research Domination, Resistance, and Justice: Exploration Through Documentary Film Identities: Personal, Social, and National

Conformity and Dissent Seniors' Lives Spaces, Places, and Identities Theses and Senior Projects Supervised Since 1998 1998 The Evolution of Cooperation. Jeremy Spear The Dance of the Family Skeleton: A Shared Story of Silent Origins. Melissa Rene Hughes 1999 Four Years st Bennington College: The Identity Development of Seven Students. April West Stereotype Threat and Gender Bias in Mathematics Education. Henna Inkeri Voutilainen 2000 The Canter Cure: Therapy Using the Horse as an Agent and Riding as the Method. Sara Lombardi 2001 Information Transmission in Social Groups: Communication, Networks, and Interaction. Skye Bender-deMoll Constructive Conflict: An Investigation into the Dynamics of Resolution Processes. Nicole Rothe 2004 The Conversational Cure and the Co-Construction of Patient Narratives. Tugce Kurtis Long Term Effects of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide on Surviving Preadolescent and Adolescent Tutsi Girls. Jeanette Lipiello 2005 Navigating the Black Hole: Promoting Academic Resilience in Students with Learning Disabilities. Melissa Abrams. Public Opinion of Prewar Intelligence: Diverging Perceptions of Reality. Jeremiah Matthew Davis What's That Supposed to Mean? Conversational Miscommunication and Interpreter Neutrality. Elizabeth Ann McComiskey The Death Penalty in Mulsim Countries: God's Law or the Governments’? Sultana Noon 2006 Toward an Appraisal Theory of Empathic Response. Naomi Fisher Pluralistic Ignorance and Unprotected Sex. Jessica Harlem-Siegel 2008 To Give and Give Not: Motivations and Influences on Deciding Whether to Perform Charitable Act. Sonia Muscatine 2009 Electoral Participation Among Young Americans. Amy Bernstein Towards an Understanding of Place: Emotional Geographies as Ethnographic and Revolutionary Tools in Community Development and Research. Jacob Bielecki "Southernness” as a Barrier to Health Care: Considering the psychotherapeutic needs of Southern combat veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Erin Clements

Lay Attitudes toward Heroin Addiction, Intravenous Drug Users, and Harm Reduction Services. Jessica Cochrane One Man’s Psychopath is Another Man’s Offender: How Conceptions of Sexual Crime, Sexual Criminals, and Victims of Sexual Crime Changed Between 1936 and 1996. David Meresman Putting Your Best Face Forward: Self-Presentation and Impression Formation on Facebook. Amanda Sullivan 2011 The Precarious Figure: Creating Definitions of the Body in Figure Drawing Sessions. Madeline Parks 2012 Kids “These Days:” Adolescents’ Conceptions of the Sexual Double Standard and Perceptions of Parents’ Beliefs About Gender and Sexuality. Sara Albanese “I’m Having a Category Problem:” Identity Negotiation in Transnational Migrants. Insiyah Mohammad “He still remembers me: ”The Effects of Dementia on Spousal Relationships. Lindsey Anderson “From Gay Men’s Health Crisis to Housing Works:” The Role of Historical & Social Context in the Evolution of the AIDS Organizational Field in NYC. Eliza Sprague 2013 The Ecstatic Crowd. David Black The Disconnect of Connection: Young Digital Immigrants, Technology, and Hookup Culture. Terrell Orr Childhood Home Place Attachment. Kelly Pitman “I’m Acting Right Now” Benjamin Underwood College Service: Co-Director (with Dean of Studies Wendy Hirsch) of Bennington College’s participation in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, led by the Center of Inquiry at Wabash College. Faculty Performance Review Committee Committee on Research Using Human Subjects Academic Policy Committee

Faculty Grievance Committee Ad-Hoc Committee on Plagiarism Pre-Law Advisor Tuesday Night Supper Club (Organizer): Faculty Presentation Series (19 years) Co-Coordinated and Moderated College-wide Discussion of the Events of September 11, 2001 discussion. Fall, 2001 Organizer of Seminar on The American Legal System Founder and Coordinator of Lecture Series Sponsored Jointly by Bennington College and the Vietnam Veterans of America. Research Interests: Distributive justice Procedural justice Relationships, and the understanding of relations, between "just" and "efficient" distributions of resources Justice and attributions of cause and responsibility Justice and political participation Silence and silencing Silence and justice Silence as consent and dissent Effects of participation in reparative probation Restorative justice, shame, and humiliation Regrettable Silences