Abraham Tesser

Background

Tesser, Abraham was born on May 24, 1941 in New York City. Son of Louis and Ruth (Buchholz) Tesser.

Education

Bachelor, Long Island U., 1962; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1967.

Career

Research associate, Institute for Behavioral Research, U. Georgia, 1971-1978; associate director, Institute for Behavioral Research, U. Georgia, 1978-1984; acting director Center for Research on Deviance, Institute for Behavioral Research, U. Georgia, 1984-1986; director, Institute for Behavioral Research, U. Georgia, 1984-1994; from assistant professor to associate professor social psychology, U. Georgia, 1967-1974; professor, U. Georgia, 1974-1989; research professor psychology, U. Georgia, since 1989. Visiting fellow Yale University, 1976-1977, Princeton University, spring 1983. Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Abraham Tesser has been listed as a noteworthy Social psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Professors, APA, American Psychological Society, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (president 2000), Society Experimental Social Psychology, Southern Society for Social Psychology.

Connections

Married Marsha Richman Rosenthal, June 4,1967 (divorced February 22, 1983). Children: Louis J., Rachel A. Married Carmen Chaves, December 15, 1990.

Father:

Louis Tesser

Mother:

Ruth (Buchholz) Tesser

Spouse:

Carmen Chaves

Spouse:

Marsha Richman Rosenthal

child:

Louis J. Tesser

child:

Rachel A. Tesser