Volunteerism Project

Mark Snyder

Mark Snyder is a member of the faculty in psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he holds the McKnight Presidential Chair in Psychology and is the founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Individual and Society. He received his B. A. from McGill University in 1968 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1972. Dr. Snyder’s research interests include theoretical and empirical issues associated with the motivational foundations of individual and collective behavior, and the applications of basic theory and research in personality and social psychology to addressing practical problems confronting society. He has served as President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Society, and the Council of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Dr. Snyder has been the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Gannett Foundation, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Based on his research and scholarship, Dr. Snyder has published over 170 articles in scientific journals (including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Personality, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, the Psychological Review, and the Psychological Bulletin) and invited contributions to edited volumes (including the Handbook of Social Psychology, the Handbook of Personality Psychology, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, and the Annual Review of Psychology). He is also the author of the book, Public Appearances/Private Realities: The Psychology of Self-Monitoring and co-editor of the volumes Cooperation in Modern Society: Promoting the Welfare of Communities, States, and Organizations and Cooperation in Society: Fostering Community Action and Civic Participation.   

Jim Lindsay

After earning his Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of Missouri, Jim Lindsay worked as a program evaluator, where he specialized in developing and implementing evaluations of publicly-funded programs. Many of these evaluation projects have involved forging strong working and personal relationships with front-line staff, and Jim takes pride in developing data collection systems that are useful to those serving clients as well as those providing the money. As a social psychologist trained in basic research, he has an excellent grasp of research methodology and statistics, and has published papers on multiple topics, including human aggression and behavior related to the natural environment.

As Project Coordinator for the Volunteerism Project, Jim oversees the scientific aspects of the studies. He works with staff at AIDS service organizations to develop sound data collection systems that provide useful information to the program administrators while also addressing the project’s basic research questions. He is also involved in supervising data collection efforts and ensuring the safe and secure management of data. As data is collected, Jim is responsible for the analysis of the data and reporting of results to our ASO partners and the scientific community.

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