Rajiv Jhangiani

Email: rajiv.jhangiani@kwantlen.ca


List of courses taught:

PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes
PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications
PSYC 2300 Applied Statistics
PSYC 2330 Social Psychology
PSYC 2370 Psychology of Personality
PSYC 2400 Experimental Psychology: Research Methodology
PSYC 3210 Attitudes and Persuasion
PSYC 3220 Group Dynamics
PSYC 3300 Applied Statistics II
PSYC 3343 Psychology of Prejudice
PSYC 3500 Interpersonal Relations I
PSYC 4650 Psychology of Genocide

Areas of Interest and Investigation:
The psychology of terrorism, political decision-making, ethnopolitical violence and genocide, human information-processing 
I am interested in supervising honours students


Educational Background: B.A. (UBC), M.A. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC)

Selected References:

Jhangiani, R. (2010). Psychological concomitants of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: A review. Behavioral Sciences of Terorrism and Political Aggression, 2(1), 38-69.

Suedfeld, P., & Jhangiani, R. (2009). Cognitive management in an enduring international rivalry: The case of India and Pakistan. Political Psychology, 30(6), 937-951.

Jhangiani, R., & Suedfeld, P. (2009, July). Using thematic content analysis to assess the likelihood of foreknowledge of the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. In J. S. Levy (Chair), Dynamics of political conflict and violence. Symposium at the 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.

Jhangiani, R. (2009, July). The speech from the throne as a crystal ball: The integrative complexity of 22 Canadian prime ministers. In M. Miklaucic (Chair), Public opinion and leadership. Symposium at the 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.

Jhangiani, R. (2009, July). On rotten apples, rotten barrels, and rotten science: Using the Stanford Prison “Experiment” to teach research methods and ethics in the classroom. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference for the Teaching of Psychology, Vancouver, Canada.

Jhangiani, R. (2009, July). Student laptop use (and misuse) in the classroom: What the data say. Poster presentation at the 2nd International Conference for the Teaching of Psychology, Vancouver, Canada.

Jhangiani, R. (2008, July). Processing terror: US and Canadian students’ cognitive and emotional reactions in the aftermath of 9/11. In D. Masters (Chair), Reactions to terrorism. Symposium at the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Paris, France.

Suedfeld, P., Tetlock, P. E., & Jhangiani, R. (2007). Assessing the sincerity of politicians: The case of President George W. Bush. Psicologia Politica, 35, 69-79.

Suedfeld, P., Tetlock, P. E., & Jhangiani, R. (2007). The new psychology of alliances. In S. A. Renshon & P. Suedfeld (Eds.), Understanding the Bush doctrine: Psychology and strategy in the age of terrorism. New York: Routledge.

Jhangiani, R., Barrera, A., Cassel, L., Ivanova, V., Wilk, K., Jitlina, K., Mackenzie, S., Winrob, I., & Legkaia, K. (2007, May). How long will I love thee? Predicting college dating dissolution. Poster presented at the 87th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Jhangiani, R. (2006, October). Accepting responsibility: The human element in disaster preparedness training. Breakout session at the 19th Emergency Preparedness Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Jhangiani, R. (2005). An integrative complexity analysis of the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan. Simons Centre for Disarmament & Nonproliferation Research at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Jhangiani, R., & Suedfeld, P. (2004). The structure of terror: Cognitive processing in the face of a terrorist attack. Proceedings of the first International Conference on Cognitive Science, Allahabad, India: University of Allahabad.