Frederick Gibbons

Frederick X. "Rick" Gibbons is an American psychologist who has been a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut since August 2012. His research focuses on social psychology and health psychology.^[1][2]

Frederick X. Gibbons
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
Fields	Social psychology
Institutions	University of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, Iowa State University
Thesis	Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness  (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Wicklund

Biography

Gibbons received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.^[1] His Ph.D. thesis was entitled Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness, and was supervised by Robert Wicklund.^[3] Before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut, he taught at Iowa State University, where he became a distinguished professor before leaving to become a professor at Dartmouth College in 2008.^[4]