UNIVERSITY of
West Georgia

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Spring 2008 Courses:

    Psyc 3010 - Human Growth and Development

  Psyc 8005/6083 -- Human Science Research Methods

Curriculum Vita

Vision for Psychology

Poetics by AR Ammons

"The primary human reality is persons in conversation"

                     -- Rom Harre

  Neill Korobov, Ph.D.

   Assistant Professor of Psychology

   PhD, Clark University

    BA,  Wheaton College

   Research Expertise

My work examines natural language use and the implications of patterns in people's  talk for the study of identity and ideology, particularly with respect to gender. I take a  keen interest in conversational practices since it is within this flow of responsive and relational activity that subjectivities emerge. My work is informed by critical discourse narrative analysis and hermeneutic frameworks for social science inquiry. Currently, I am studying the stories that young adults tell about their romantic and sexual experiences, with a particular interest in the masculinization of intimacy.

   Courses Taught

Discursive Psychology

Discourse and Identity Development

Human Growth and Development

Introduction to General Psychology

Culture and Psychology

Human Research Methodologies (doctoral course)

Social Psychology

   Selected Publications

Korobov, N. (under review). ‘He’s got no game’: Young men’s stories about failed romantic and sexual experiences.

Korobov, N. & Thorne, A. (under review). Compulsory romance in female friends’ stories about romantic experiences.

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. 

Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (in press). “Strip Poker! They don’t show nothing”:  Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game show. In A. De Fina, M. Bamberg, and D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Korobov, N. (2006). The management of ‘nonrelational sexuality’: Positioning strategies in adolescent male talk about (hetero)sexual attraction. Men and Masculinities, 8, 493-517.

Korobov, N. & Thorne, A. (2006). Intimacy and distancing: Young men’s conversations about romantic relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research, 21, 27-55.

Korobov, N. (2005). Ironizing masculinity: How adolescent boys negotiate hetero -normative dilemmas in conversational interaction. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 13, 225-246.

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.

Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2004b). Development as micro-genetic positioning: A response to the commentaries. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 521-530.

Korobov, N. (2004c). Narratives as drawn-upon and narratives as occasioned: Challenges in reconciling an emic and etic analysis. In M. Bamberg & M. Andrews (Eds.), Considering counter-narratives (pp. 191-199)Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing.

Korobov, N. (2004d). Inoculating against prejudice: A discursive approach to homophobia and sexism in adolescent male talk. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 5, 178-189.

Korobov, N. (2000). Social constructionist ‘theory hope’: The impasse from theory to practice. Culture and Psychology, 6, 365-373.