Neill Korobov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone: 678-839-0608 | Fax: 678-839-0611

Email:  nkorobov@westga.edu

Office: Melson Hall 117

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Biography

I study identity by focusing on the dynamism of conversations and storytelling practices. I examine social interactions as the sites for identity development. I am interested in the ways identities emerge, get tested out, resisted, and amended as part of the social business of managing relationships. I am curious about the ways we position our own (and other's) identities in social interaction. Unlike most psychologists who might consider the intricacies of conversational exchange an analytic nuisance, I find them to be fascinating windows into human development. My work is situated in Discursive Psychology, straddling critical discursive and conversation analytic methods. For the last several years I have been studying the stories that young adults tell about their romantic and sexual experiences. I am interested in the ways couples pursue intimacy--that is, how potential romantic partners connect and create affiliation while telling stories or talking about their desires.

Education/Degrees

• BS, Psychology & Philosophy, Wheaton College, 1997
• MA, Developmental Psychology, Clark University, 2002
• PhD, Developmental Psychology, Clark University, 2004

Courses Taught

• PSYC-3010 (Human Growth and Development) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-1101 (Intro to General Psychology) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-3730 (Social Psychology) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-4085 (Horizon Seminar) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-4090 (Groups and Group Process) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-6083 (Research Methods) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-8005 (Human Science Methodologies) [ View Syllabus ]
• PSYC-8006 (Adv Qualitative Research)

Selected Publications

• Korobov, N. (2011). Gendering desire in speed-dating interactions. Discourse Studies, 13, 461-485. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2011). Mate-preference talk in speed-dating conversations. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 44, 186-209. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2011). Young men's vulnerability in relation to women's resistance of emphasized femininity. Men and Masculinities, 14, 51-75. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2010). A discursive psychological approach to positioning. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7, 263-277. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2009). He's got no game: Young men's stories about failed romantic and sexual experiences. Journal of Gender Studies, 18, 99-114. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2009). Expanding hegemonic masculinity: The use of irony in young men's stories about romantic experiences. American Journal of Men's Health, 3, 286-299. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. & Thorne, A. (2009). The negotiation of compulsory romance in young women friends' stories about romantic heterosexual experiences. Feminism and Psychology, 19, 49-70. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. & Thorne, A. (2007). How late adolescent friends share stories about relationships: The importance of mitigating the seriousness of romantic problems. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 971-992. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2007). 'Strip Poker! They don't show nothing': Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game show (pp. 253-272). In A. De Fina, M. Bamberg, and D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Selves and Identities in Narrative
• Korobov, N. (2006). The management of nonrelational sexuality: Positioning strategies in adolescent male talk about (hetero)sexual attraction. Men and Masculinities, 8, 493-517. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. & Thorne, A. (2006). Intimacy and distancing: Young men's conversations about romantic relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research, 21, 27-55. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2005). Ironizing masculinity: How adolescent boys negotiate hetero-normative dilemmas in conversational interaction. The Journal of Men's Studies, 13, 225-246. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2004d). Inoculating against prejudice: A discursive approach to homophobia and sexism in adolescent male talk. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 5, 178-189. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2004b). Development as micro-genetic positioning: A response to the commentaries. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 521-530. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2004a). Positioning a mature self in interactive practices:How adolescent males negotiate physical attraction in group talk. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 471-492. [ View Publication ]
• Korobov, N. (2000). Social constructionist theory hope: The impasse from theory to practice. Culture and Psychology, 6, 365-373. [ View Publication ]