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Jacob Shane
Associate Professor
Psychology
Location: 4301a James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x3845
Fax: 718.951.4814
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Jacob Shane joined Brooklyn College in Spring 2015 after receiving his Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California-Irvine. His research examines how motivation and opportunity direct and reflect individuals' development across the life span. He is particularly interested in the dynamic relationships between individuals' broader beliefs about society, their beliefs about themselves, and their motivational commitment to central life goals.
Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine - 2014 (Psychology and Social Behavior)
M.Sc., Keele University - 2007 (Psychological Research Methods)
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder - 2002 (Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
Lifespan development; motivation, goal selection and pursuit; experienced and perceived opportunities and constraints.
Books and Publications
Ahmed, T., Ilieva, R. T., Shane, J., Reader, S., Aleong, C., Wong, H. Y., Chu, C., Brusche, D., Jiang, K., Lopez, D., & Yan, A. (2023). A Developing Crisis in Hunger: Food Insecurity within 3 Public Colleges before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 18(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2026853 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Ahmed, T., Shane, J., Chu, C., Edwards, A., Caicedo, D., Ilieva, R. T., Verdino, J., Jiang, K., Brusche, D., Wong, H. Y., Yan, A., & Aleong, C. (2023). Examining College Students' Food Security Coping Strategies and Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(7), e12753. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12753 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Chang, E. S., Shane, J., Masdonati, J., & Villarreal, B. (2023). Editorial: Social relationships and career development throughout the lifespan. Frontiers in Psychology. 14:1235829. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1235829 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Hamm, J. M., Shane, J., Pierce, M. J., & Duggan, J. A. (2023). Individual Differences in Patterns of Developmental Opportunity and Constraint During COVID-19: Implications for Longitudinal Resilience in Well-Being. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(8), e12788. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12788 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Kaighobadi, F., Shane, J., Niwa, E. Y., Ahmed, T., & Reigada, L. C. (2023). The Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns among Urban College Students. Social and Personality Psychology Compass,17(8), e12790. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12790 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Shane, J., Hamm, J. M., & Amada, N. (2023). Codevelopment of Well-Being and Developmental Progress in Central Life Domains During Established Adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 30, 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-022-09411-w (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Ahmed, T., Shane, J., Ilieva, R. T., Reader, S. M., Aleong, C., Chu, C., Wong, H. Y., Brusche, D., Jiang, K., Edwards, A., Lopez, D., and Yan, A. (2022). "I cannot afford lunch': How community college students' narratives of food insecurity reveal difficulties and coping strategies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2022.2135636 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Amada, N., & Shane, J. (2022). Self-actualization and the integration of psychedelic experience: The mediating role of perceived benefits to narrative self-functioning. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221099680 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Amada, N.M., Shane, J. (2022). Life-Span Theory of Control. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_102 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Chang, E. S., Shane, J., Villarreal, B., & Heckhausen, J. (2022). Shared and nonshared agency for occupational goals with mothers, fathers, VIPs, and romantic partners during young adulthood. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 902288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902288 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Im, H., & Shane, J. (2022). Causal beliefs for socioeconomic status attainment scale: Development and validation. Journal of Social Psychology, 162(6). 670-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1948811 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Shane, J., Reigada, L. C., Amada, N. M., & Niwa, E. Y. (2022). Lessons in quantitative and qualitative data collection using online surveys. SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529601244 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Yau, P. S., Cho, Y., Shane, J., Kay, J. & Heckhausen, J. (2022). Parenting and Adolescents' Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Goal Engagement and Disengagement. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31. 897-909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02007-0 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Shane, J., & Storch, E. A. (2021). Associations between subjective social status and psychological well-being among college students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1954010 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Niwa, E. Y., & Shane, J. (2021). The spaces between: Parents' perceptions of neighborhood cohesion and child well-being. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 75, 101293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101293 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Shane, J., Luerrsen, A., & Carmichael, C. L. (2021). Friends, family, and romantic partners: Three critical relationships in older women's lives. Journal of Woman and Aging, 33, 378-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2020.1838238 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Shane, J., Niwa, E. Y., & Heckhausen, J. (2021). Prosociality across adulthood: A developmental and motivational perspective. Psychology and Aging, 36(1), 22-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000514 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Yau, P. S., Shane, J. & Heckhausen, J. (2021). Developmental goals during the transition to young adulthood. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Online first publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254211007564 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Amada, N., Lea, T., Letheby, C. & Shane, J. (2020). Narrative self and the psychedelic experience. An exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 27(9-10), 6-33. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Lachman, M. E. (2020). Risk of cognitive declines with retirement: Who declines and why? Psychology and Aging, 35(3), 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000453 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Riccio, A., Kapp, S. K., Daou, N., Shane, J., & Gillespie-Lynch, K. (2020). What are replicable aspects of the broader autism phenotype among college students? Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.271 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Amada, N. & Shane, J. (2019). Life-span theory of control. In: D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Amada, N. & Shane, J. (2019). Mindfulness as a promoter of adaptive development in adolescence. Adolescent Research Review, 4, 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-018-0096-1
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., Infurna, F. J., & Lachman, M. E. (2019). Engagement with six major life domains during the transition to retirement: Stability and change for better or worse. Psychology and Aging, 34, 441-456. doi:10.1037/pag0000343 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Luerssen, A., Shane, J., & Budescu, M. (2019). Emerging adults' relationship with caregivers and their romantic attachment: Quality communication helps. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(12), 3412-3424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01523-4 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2019). Motivational theory of lifespan development. In B. B. Baltes, C. Rudolph, & H. Zacher (Eds.), Work Across the Lifespan (pp. 111-134). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812756-8.00005-0 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Shane, J., Hamm, J. M., & Heckhausen, J. (2019). Subjective age at work: Feeling younger or older than one's actual age predicts perceived control and motivation at work. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 5(4), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waz013 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Niwa, E. Y., & Shane, J. (2018). Developing a community-based mixed-method longitudinal study with underserved middle school students. SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526445018
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Kanfer, R. (2017). Competence and motivation at work throughout adulthood: Making the most of changing capacities and opportunities. A. Elliot, C. S. Dweck, & D. Yeager (Eds.), Handbook of Competence and Motivation: Theory and Application (2nd Edition) (pp. 449-470). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Youth's causal beliefs about success: Socioeconomic differences and prediction of early career development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(10), 2169-2180.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). It's only a dream if you wake up: Young adults' SES expectations, opportunities, and meritocratic beliefs in the aftermath of the Great Recession. International Journal of Psychology, 52, 40-48.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). High-school predictors of university achievement: Youths' self-reported relationships with parents, beliefs about success, and university aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 95-106.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Optimized engagement across life domains in adult development: Balancing diversity and inter-domain consequences. Research in Human Development, 13, 280-296.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J., (2016). For better or worse: Young adults' opportunity beliefs and motivational self-regulation during career entry. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 107-116.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J. (2015). How individuals navigate social mobility: Changing capacities and opportunities in careers across adulthood. In L. Finkelstein, D. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Managing an Aging Workforce: A Use Inspired Approach. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Frontier Series (pp. 313-320). New York, NY: Routledge.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015
Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J. (2015). Social mobility in the transition to adulthood: Educational systems, career entry, and individual agency. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (pp. 535 ? 553). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2013). University students' causal conceptions about social mobility: Diverging pathways for believers in personal merit and luck. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82, 10-19.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2012). Motivational self-regulation in the work domain: Congruence of individuals? control striving and the control potential in their developmental ecologies. Research in Human Development, 9, (4); 337-357.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2012). Career-related goal pursuit among post-high school youth: Relations between personal control beliefs and control strivings. Motivation and Emotion, 36, (2); 159-169.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
