Jane Allyn Piliavin

Classes:

Soc 236 Helping, altruism, and community participation
Soc 357 Methods of Social Inquiry (Honors)
Soc 357 Methods of Sociological Inquiry
Soc 647 Sociology of Sport

Professor of Sociology, Emerita
2444 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-4344
jpiliavi@ssc.wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications:
Piliavin, J.A. 2003. "Doing well by doing good: Benefits for the benefactor". Pp. 227-247 Keyes, Corey Lee M. & Jon Haidt (Eds.). Flourishing: The Positive Personality and the Life Well Lived. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Piliavin, J.A., Callero, P.L., and Grube, J. 2002. "Role as resource for action in public service." Journal of Social Issues, 58: 469-486.

Piliavin, J. A. 2001, "The Sociology of Altruism and Prosocial Behavior." pp. 411-415 in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. by Smelser and Baltes P. B. Oxford, UK: Pergamon.

Schroeder, D., Penner, L., Dovidio, J., and Piliavin, J.A. 1995. The Psychology of Helping and Altruism: Problems and Puzzles. New York: McGraw-Hill (Being revised).

Piliavin, J.A., and Callero, P.L. 1991. Giving Blood: The Development of an Altruistic Identity. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Education:
Ph.D., Social Psychology, Stanford University, 1962

Areas of Interest:
Sociology of Gender

Affiliations:
Center for Demography of Health and Aging
Gender Program
Sociology