Curriculum Vita

 

Richard L. Rapson

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Birthdate:            March 8, 1937

Birthplace:           New York

Address (home):   3334 Ano'ai Place, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Address (work):   Department of History, University of

                            Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822

Married:               To Dr. Elaine Hatfield, Prof. of Psychology,

                                U. of Hawaii. One child, Dr. Kim Elizabeth Rapson.

 

EDUCATION

 

Undergraduate Work:

            Amherst College, 1954-1958

            B.A., Amherst, June 1958, Magna cum laude

 

Graduate Work:

            Columbia University, 1958-1966

            Major field: American Social and Intellectual History

            Minor fields: Modern European History and American Literature

            Ph.D. awarded 1966

            Dissertation: "The British Traveler in America, 1860-1935."  Advisor: Richard Hofstadter

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

 

Professor of History, University of Hawaii, 1972-present

 

Visiting Professor of History and Director of the Core Program, University of Pittsburgh Semester at Sea, Fall 1982

 

Visiting Professor of History, University of Colorado Semester at Sea, Fall 1980, Spring 1977

 

Visiting Professor of History, Stanford University, 1973-1974

 

Founder and Director, New College, University of Hawaii, 1970-1973

 

Visiting Professor of History, Chapman College World Campus Afloat, F' 72

 

Associate Professor of History, University of Hawaii, 1968-1972

 

Director, Humanities Programs, University of Hawaii, 1968-1970

 

TV Moderator (1969), PBS, alternating with Abraham Kaplan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, in a 22-week series dealing with newest research in the various academic disciplines.

 

Assistant Professor of History, University of Hawaii, 1966-1968

 

Assistant Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara,1965-1966

 

Faculty Resident, Stanford University, 1962-1965

 

Instructor of History, Stanford University, 1961-1965

 

Instructor of American Studies, Amherst College, 1960-1961

 

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS

 

Undergraduate:

            Phi Beta Kappa; magna cum laude;  Bond Fifteen (top 15 academically for four years); Bond Prize, four-year scholarship

 

Graduate:

            Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1958-1959

            Amherst-Columbia Fellowship, 1959-1960 (first recipient)

            Edward J. Perkins Scholarship, 1960-1961

 

Post-graduate:

            Danforth Teacher's Grant, 1964-1965

            Danforth Associate, 1967-present

            SSRC Resarch-Travel Grant (London): Summer 1968

            National Finalist, Danforth Foundation's E. Harris Harbison Award for Gifted Teaching, 1972

            Outstanding Teacher Award, Stanford University's 25th Reunion Class (Class of 1967), November 1992

            Headliner Award: Hnl Professional Chapter of Women in Communication, 1995

 

 

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

 

 

Individualism and Conformity in the American Character, ed.

            (D.C. Heath, 1967)

 

Britons View America: Travel Commentary, 1860-1935

            (University of Washington Press, 1971)

 

The Cult of Youth in Middle-Class America, ed. (D.C. Heath, 1971)

 

General Editor of The Literature of History  series (Appleton-Century-Crofts), [now Irvington]

 

First four volumes of which:

 

            Stuart Gerry Brown,ed., Revolution, Confederation and Constitution  (1971)

            I.A. Newby, ed., The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 (1971)

   Otis L. Graham, Jr., ed., From Roosevelt to Roosevelt:  American Politics and Diplomacy, 1901-1941  (1971)

            Richard L. Rapson, ed., Major Interpretations of the American Past  (1971)

 

American Life and Thought Since 1880: A Guided Study Course

            (University of Hawaii, Hawaii Open Programs, 1976)

 

The Pursuit of Meaning: America 1600-2000 (University Press of America, 1977)

 

Denials of Doubt: An Interpretation of American History

            (University Press of America, 1978)

 

Fairly Lucky You Live Hawaii!  Cultural Pluralism in the Fiftieth State  (University Press of America, 1980)

 

American Yearnings: Love, Money, and Endless Possibility  (UPA: New York and London, 1988)

 

Amazed By Life: Confessions of a Non-Religious Believer (Xlibris/Random House: New York, 2003)

 

Magical Thinking and the Decline of America (Xlibris/Random House: New York, 2007)

 

 

CO-AUTHORED BOOKS with Elaine Hatfield

 

Love, Sex, and Intimacy: Their Psychology, Biology, and History.  New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

 

Emotional Contagion: Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

 

Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.  New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1996

 

Fiction: Rosie.  SterlingHouse: Pittsburgh, Pa. 2000.

 

            Recovered Memories.  XLibris/Random House: New York,

            2002.

 

            Darwin’s Law. XLibris/Random House: New York, 2003.

 

            Deadly Wager. XLibris/Random House: New York, 2004.

 

            Vengeance Is Mine. XLibris/Random House: New York, 2005.

 

 **All publications after 2005 co-authored with Elaine Hatfield, may be found by clicking on her website.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

 

"The American Child as Seen by British Travelers, 1845-1935," American Quarterly (Fall 1965).  Also reprinted in Michael McGiffert, ed.,The Character of Americans (Dorsey: Rev. ed., 1970), and several other anthologies.

 

"British Tourists in the United States, 1840-1940," History Today (August 1966)

 

"The Religious Feelings of the American People," Church History  (September 1966)

 

Final chapter in Alan Hodge, ed., Varieties of Travel  (Oliver Boyd, 1967)

 

"The Past and Future of Universities," Kapa (Fall 1968)

 

"The Making of a College," Soundings  (Spring 1971)

 

"Shared Beliefs in Pluralistic America," Humanitas  (Feb. 1976)

 

"The Story of New College" in Robert Potter and Robert Kamins, eds., The History of the University of Hawaii (University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, sched. 1995)

 

Collaborations with Elaine Hatfield

 

"Gender Differences in Love and Intimacy: the Fantasy vs. the Reality," in W. Ricketts and H. Gochros (Eds.) (eds.), Social Work and Love  (Hayworth Press: New York, 1985)

 

"Passionate Love: New Directions in Research," in W. Jones and D. Perlman (eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships Vol. I (JAI Press: Greenwich, CN, 1987), pp. 109-139.

 

"Passionate  Love/ Sexual Desire: Can the Same Paradigm Explain Both?”, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 16 (1987), pp. 259-278.

           

"Passionate Love: Its Beginnings,"  Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 1 (1988)

 

"The Mature Years" in R. Burnett, ed., Intimacy  (Topsfield, MA:  Salem House Publishers. (l989).

 

"Emotions in Intimate Relations," in A.M. Isen and B. Moore (eds.), Affect and Social Behavior (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990)

 

"Emotions: A Trinity" in E.A. Bleckman & M.J. McEnroe, eds, Emotions in the Family  (Lawrence Erlbaum: New York, 1990).

 

"Emotional Contagion" in Review of Personality and Social Psychology, 14, 1992.

 

"Love and Attachment Processes" in The Handbook of Emotions, 1992.

 

"Similarity and Attraction in Close Relationships," Chatauqua Series on Attitude Similarity, Communication Monographs, 1992.

 

"Emotional Contagion," Directions in Psychological Sciences, 1992.

 

"Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on passionate love.  In K. T. Strongman (Ed.),  International Review of Emotion Vol. 3.  John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

 

    "Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on passionate love and sexual desire.  Annual Review of Sex Research, 4, 67-98, 1993.

 

  "Love and Intimacy" in V.S. Ramachandran, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Behavior.  New York: Academic Press, 1994

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (l993).  Love and attachment processes.  In M. Lewis & J. M. Haviland (Eds.),  Handbook of emotions  (pp. 595-604).  New York:  Guilford Press.

 

            Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J. L. & Rapson, R. L. (1993).  Emotional contagion.  Current Directions in Psychological Sciences, 2, 96-99.

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1993).  Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on passionate love.  In K. T. Strongman (Ed.), International Review of Emotion Vol. 3.  John Wiley & Sons.

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1993).  Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on passionate love and sexual desire.  Annual Review of Sex Research, 4, 67-98.

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1994).  Love and intimacy.  In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 3,  (pp. 1145-1149).  New York:  Academic Press.

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1994).  Love and intimacy. Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2,  (pp. 583-592.)  New York:  Academic Press.

 

       Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1996).  Stress and passionate love.  In C. D. Spielberger & I. G. Sarason (Eds.), Stress and Emotion:  Anxiety, Anger, and Curiousity, 16, 29-50.

 

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1998).  Emotional contagion and the communication of emotion.  In M. T. Palmer & G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Progress in Communication Sciences, Vol. 14, 73-89.

 

            Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (January, 2000).  The future.  Popular Mechanics

 

 Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (2000).  Love and attachment processes.  In M. Lewis & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.),  Handbook of emotions, Second edition.  (pp. 654-662).  New York: Guilford.

 

  Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (2000).  Love.  In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.).  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavorial Science.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, 898-901.

 

  Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (2000).  Emotional contagion.  In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.).  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavorial Science.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, 493-495.

 

  Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (2000).  Physical attractiveness.  In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.).  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavorial Science. Vol. 3.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1203-1205.

 

            Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (2000). Amor Pasional y Deseo Sexual:  Perspectivas Históricas y Trans-Culturales.  Journal Mexicano de Psicologia Social and Revista de Psicología Social y Personalidad.

 

             Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (2001). In Fabio Bacchini and Chiara Lalli (Eds.) Anthology of Theoretical Essays on Love.

 

           Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L.  (2002).  Passionate love and sexual desire: Cross-cultural and historical perspectives.  In H. Reis, M. A. Fitzpatrick, and A. Vangelisti.  Stability and Change in Relationship Behavior Across the Lifespan.  Cambridge, England:  Cambridge University Press.

 

            Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (in press).  Attractiveness.  In Craighead, W. E. and Nemeroff, C. (Eds.) Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience.  New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

  Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (in press)  Love. In Craighead, W. E. and Nemeroff, C. (Eds.) Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience.  New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

             Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (in press).  Emotional contagion.  In Craighead, W. E. and Nemeroff, C. (Eds.) Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience.  New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

             Hatfield, E. & Rapson, R. L. (in press).  Emotional contagion: The outbreak of terrorism and hate around the world.  In C. W. Leach & L. Tiedens, The social life of emotions.

 

 

 

            RECENT CONFERENCES

 

 

2000

American Historical Association

(January 4, 2000-January 10, 2000: Chicago, IL)

 

SSSS Western Region

(April 5-10: San Diego, CA)

   

International Academy of Sex Research

(June 21-24: Paris, France)

 

International Academy of Research on Emotion

(August 14-18: Quebec, Canada)

 

Renaissance Weekend

(August 27-September 4, 2000: Beaver Creek, CO)

 

VIII Mexican Congress of Social Psychology

1st Mexican Congress of Personal Relationships   

(October 25, 2000.  Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)

 

 

2001

Western Psychological Association

(May 3-6, 2001: Maui, HI)

 

New England Forensic Associates

The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers

ATSA 20th Annual Research and Treatment Presentation

(November 3-8, 2001: San Antonio, TX)

 

 

2002

American Academy of Forensic Scientists

(February 11-16: Atlanta, GA.)

 

Society for the Scientific Study of Sex—Western Region

(April 3-8, Manhattan Beach, CA)

 

June 17-20, 2002

The IXth International Social Justice Conference

University of Skovde

Skovde, Sweden

 

 

2003

July 3-July 20

International Academy of Sex Research

Bloomington, Indiana

 

August 9, 2003

Town Meeting: Love and Sex

American Psychological Association

Toronto, Canada

 

 

LISTINGS

 

Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Dictionary of International Biography, Contemporary Authors, Who's Who

in the West, Men of Achievement, Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, The International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Notable Americans, Personalities of the West, Personalities of America, 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century,  Outstanding People of the 20th Century, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century, et. al.

 

LECTURES AND PAPERS SINCE 1991

 

June 13-16, 1991    “The New History of Emotions”

                                  American Psychological Ass'n                                                                       

                                 Washington, D.C.

 

August 16-20           “Emotional Contagion”

                                  American Psychological Association

                                  San Francisco, California

 

February 28, 1992    “Historical Expressions of Passionate Love”

                                   Forest Institute, Honolulu

 

July 15, 1992                      “Ethnic Differencs in Passionate Love”

                                           6th Internatl Congress on Personal Relationships

                                           Univ. of Maine, Orono

 

November 14, 1992            “Culture and Passionate Love”

                                           Society for the Scientific Study of Sex

                                           San Diego, California

 

February 27, 1993              “Culture and Passionate Love”

                                             Women's Conference on Health

                                           UH Medical School

 

August 20, 1993                 Presidential Miniconvention on Sex and Love

                                           American Psychological Assn, Toronto, Canada

                                           Invited Address: “Cultural Confrontations With Passionate Love and Sex”

 

August 22, 1993                 "A Town Hall Meeting" (with the plenary speakers)

                                           APA, Toronto

 

April 29, 1994                    “Passion and Its Enemies: A Cross-Cultural Look at Love and Sex”

                                           Western Psychological Assn, Kona

 

May 13, 1994                      “Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Love”

                                           Tokyo University

                                           Tokyo, Japan

 

May 16, 1994                      “Passion Out of Bounds”

                                           University of Nara (Japan)

 

May 21, 1994                      “Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Findings”

                                           Kyoto University, Japan

 

May 20, 1995                      Awarded Headliner  Man of the Year in Communication” by the Honolulu Professional Chapter of Women in Communication.                                Acceptance Speech on Researching the History of Love, Pacific Club, Honolulu

 

  October 9, 1997                    “Rapson on “Marriage, Sex, and the Personal in History”      

                                                 Center for Biographical Research

  Honolulu, HI Brown Bag Biography Speech, Oct. 1997.

 

January 29, 1998      “Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural and

                                  Historical Perspectives.”

                                  Psychology Department, University of Hawaii

                               Honolulu, HI

 

March 21, 1998                       Opening Keynote: ‘Marriage and Family: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives.”Successful Relating Conference

                                                University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

                                                                                                                                                 

August 15, 1998                  “Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.”

                                             American Psychological Association

                                          San Francisco, CA

 

August 17, 1998                  “Town Hall Meeting.”

                                            American Psychological Association

                                           San Francisco, CA

 

May 16, 1999                      Speech: University of Lancaster,

                                           Lancaster, England

                                           “Psychological History: New Findings”

 

May 25, 1999                      Speech: Oxford University,

                                           Oxford England

                                           “Emotional Contagion”

 

June 11, 1999                     Opening Keynote: German Psychological Association.  The New Psychological History.

                                           Kassel University, Germany

 

August 16, 2000                 Opening Keynote: International Society

                                           For Research on Emotions. “The History of

                                           Emotions: The Newest Research.”

                                           Laval University

                                           Quebec City, Canada

 

August 27, 2000                      “What I’ve Learned About Love.”

“The 21st Century Marriage.”

Renaissance Weekend

Beaver Creek, CO

 

October 25, 2000                    Amor Pasional y Deseo Sexual: Perspectivas

Históricas y Trans-Culturales

VIII Congresso Mexicano de Psicologia Social

I Congresso Mexicano de Relaciones Personnales

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

 

May 3, 2001                          “Love in the Afternoon”

Western Psychological Association

Maui, HI

 

May 14, 2001.                     “Love and Sexual Desire: Historical Perspectives.”

                                            University of Sussex

                                            Sussex, England

 

October 10-11, 2001          Interviews by The History Channel for two film series:

                                            “Modern War and Personal Lives” and “Terrorism

                                            and Personal Lives”

 

November 9, 2001              “Passionate Love and Sexual Desire.”

                                            New England Forensic Associates.

                                            The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers

        ATSA 20th Annual Research and Treatment Presentation

                                            San Antonio, TX

 

February 6, 20, 2002               “Love, Sex, and Marriage: Now and Then, Here and There.”

The National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW)

Honolulu, HI

 

March, 2002                        “Personal Lives in 16th Century England.”

            FRAUHM (UH Faculty Retirees Association UHM)

 

June 17, 2002              “Equity and Social Justice:  Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspectives.

                                     The IXth International Social Justice Conference

                                     University of Skovde

                                     Skovde, Sweden

 

August 9, 2003                   “Town Meeting: Love and Sex”

                                            American Psychological Association

                                            Toronto, Canada

 

 

 

RECENT TELEVISION, RADIO, FILM APPEARANCES (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ONLY)

 

 

July, 2002          Appeared in two films

                        (“The European Front” and “The Home Front” for History Channel’s  

                           Three-part series on “Sex and World War II.”

 

June, 2003              Appeared on two Discovery Channel films,

                              “Sex vs. Love: Changes Through History”

 

October 2003          BBC Radio 4, “Emotions: Biological or Cultural?”

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

 

Regional Membership Chairman, Organization of American Historians,1971-1974

 

President, Amherst Club of Hawaii, 1973-1975

 

Member, Honolulu Symphony Chorus, 1974-1982

 

Principle Humanities Scholar, Hawaiian Reparations and Trust Responsibility Project (NEH), 1978

 

Academic Advisory Council, Institute for Shipboard Education, 1977-present

 

Admissions Advisors Council, Amherst College, 1978-present

 

Advisory Board (History Editor), University Press of America, 1978-present

 

National Council for History Education, Member 1995-present

 

Renaissance Weekend, Feb. 1997.  Society  (which includes some Presidents of the United States) which convenes for off-the-record discussions of Social Policy questions. Attend annually.

 

International Advisory Council of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research,  2000-Present.

 

Honorary Member: International Society for Research on Emotions, 2000-Present

 

 

Department Committees Since 1994:

1994-1995

            Task Force on Planning

            Task Force on Curriculum

            Burns Chair Committee

1995-1996

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            Search Cmte--French History

            World Civ Study Cmte

            Joint Cmte on Planning and Undergraduate Program and Curriculum

            Burns Chair Committee

 

1996-1997

            Search Cmte--US History

            Burns Chair Cmte

 

1997-1998

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            Space Cmte

            Burns Chair Cmte

 

1998-1999

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            Space Cmte

            Burns Chair Cmte

            Arts & Sciences Special Cmte on the Philosophy and

            Mission of The College of Arts & Sciences

 

1999-2000

Co-Chair, Search Committee for U.S. Foreign Relations position

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            Space Cmte

   Burns Chair Cmte

            Arts & Sciences Special Cmte on the Philosophy and Mission of The College of Arts & Sciences

 

2000-2001

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            Space Cmte

               Burns Chair Cmte

 

2001-2002

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

               Co-Chair, Search Cmte Colonial Americas position

            Co-Chair, Workload Cmte

 

2002-2003

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

 

2003-2004

            Personnel Cmte (elected)

            UH Manoa Library Committee