The Department of Psychology

 

Professor Sommer received her Ph.D. in social psychology (with minors in statistics and personality psychology) from the University of Toledo in 1995. After completing a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, she joined the faculty at Baruch College where she is currently an associate professor. Dr. Sommer teaches undergraduate and doctoral courses in research methods and social psychology. She also teaches a class on research design in work organizations as part of Baruch College’s Executive Master’s Program in Management of Human Resource and Global Leadership in Taipei, Taiwan.

Please visit Dr. Sommer’s Interpersonal Processes Laboratory page for more information.

Selected Papers:

Sommer, K.L. & Bourgeois (in press). Linking the perceived ability to influence others to subjective well-being: A need-based approach. Social Influence.

Dotan-Eliaz, O., Sommer, K.L., & Rubin, Y. (in press). Working in a multilingual context: Effects of linguistic ostracism on coworker attraction, team potency, performance, and aggressive thought. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Sommer, K.L., & Benkendorf, D. (2009). Looking before leaping: The role of social expectancies in attachment regulation following interpersonal rejection. To appear in M.J. Harris (Ed.), Bullying, Rejection, and Peer Victimization: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (pgs. 225 - 250). Springer. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Sommer, K.L. Kirkland, K.L., Newman, S., Estrella, P., & Andreassi, J.L. (2009). Narcissism and cardiovascular reactivity to thoughts of rejection. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1083-1115.

Bourgeois, M.J., Sommer, K.L., & Bruno, S. (2009). What do we get out of influencing others? Social Influence, 4, 1-26.

Sommer, K.L., & Rubin, Y. (2005). Role of social expectancies in cognitive and behavioral responses to social rejection. In K.D. Williams, J.P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pg. 171-183). Psychology Press: New York.

Sommer, K.L., & Baumeister, R.F. (2002). Self-evaluation, persistence, and performance following implicit rejection: The role of trait self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28 , 926-938.

Sommer, K.L. (2001). Coping with rejection: Ego-defensive strategies, self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships. In M. Leary (Ed.), Interpersonal rejection (pg. 167-188). New York: Oxford University Press.

Sommer, K.L., Williams, K.D., Ciarocco, N.J., & Baumeister, R.F. (2001). When silence speaks louder than words: Explorations into the interpersonal and intrapsychic consequences of social ostracism. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 23, 227-245.

Ciarocco, N.J., Sommer, K.L., & Baumeister, R.F. (2001). Ostracism and ego depletion: The strains of silence.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1156-1163.

Sommer, K.L., Horowitz, I.A., & Bourgeois, M.J. (2001). When juries fail to comply with the law: Biased evidence processing in individual and group decision making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 309-320.

Baumeister, R.F., & Sommer, K.L. (1997). What do men want? Gender differences and two spheres of belongingness. Psychological Bulletin, 122 , 38-44.

Williams, K.D, & Sommer, K.L. (1997). Social ostracism by coworkers: Does rejection lead to loafing or compensation? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23 , 693-706.

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