Tammy English

Assistant Professor Psychological & Brain Sciences

Degrees:

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

BA, Swarthmore College

E-mail:

tenglish@WUSTL.EDU

Phone:

(314) 935-3190

Office:

Psychology Building 416C

Mailbox:

Campus Box 1125

Website:

Lab Website

Research Interests

Tammy English’s research is focused on better understanding of how emotion regulation operates in daily life. She is particularly interested in (1) socio-cultural and situational influences on emotion regulation, (2) adult development in emotion and emotion regulation, and (3) consequences of emotion regulation for social functioning, psychological well-being, and physical health. In terms of diversity science, her work examines 1. Emotion regulation and communication in the context of intergroup interactions and, 2. The impact of emotion regulation processes on goal pursuit and well-being of first-generation college students and ethnic minorities in educational contexts.

Selected Publications

English, T., & John, O. (2013). Understanding the social effects of emotion regulation: The mediating role of authenticity for individual differences in suppression. Emotion, 13, 314-329.

Scheibe, S. English, T., Tsai, J., & Carstensen, L. L. (2013). Striving to feel good: Ideal affect, actual affect, and their correspondence across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 28, 160-171.

English, T., John, O., Srivastava, S., & Gross, J. J. (2012). Emotion regulation and peer-rated social functioning: A four-year longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 780-784.

Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., English, T., John, O. P., Oveis, C., Gordon, A. M. & Keltner, D. (2012). Suppression sours sacrifice: Affective and relational costs of suppressing emotions in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 707-720.

English, T., & Chen, S. (2011). Self-concept consistency and culture: The differential impact of two forms of consistency. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 838-849.

English, T., & Chen, S. (2007). Culture and self-concept stability: Consistency across and within contexts among Asian Americans and European Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 478-490.