Stuart J. Hysom

Dr. Stuart J. Hysom was an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Texas A&M University. He earned his doctorate in Sociology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003. He began as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in 2004, and remained there until his death. His research areas included social psychology, small group processes, and experimental methods. Dr. Hysom was especially interested in how status, rewards, and legitimacy processes affected human interaction, and how larger social structures influenced those processes.

Here is a selection of Dr. Stuart J. Hysom's research:

Kuipers, Kathy J. and Stuart J. Hysom. 2014. "Common Problems and Solutions in Experiments." Ch. 7 in Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences (Second Edition), edited by Murray Webster, Jr. and Jane Sell. Academic Press. 

Hysom, Stuart J. and M. Hamit Fisek. 2011. "Situational Determinants of Reward Allocation: The Equity-Equality Equilibrium Model." Social Science Research 40(4): 1263-1285.

Hysom, Stuart J. 2009. "Status Valued Goal Objects and Performance Expectations." Social Forces 87(3): 1623-1648.

Keyes, Corey Lee., Stuart J. Hysom, Kimberly L. Lupo. 2000. "The Positive Organization: Leadership Legitimacy, Employee Well-being, and the Bottom Line." The Psychologist-Manager Jorunal 4(2): 143-153. 

Webster, Murray Jr. and Stuart J. Hysom. 1998. "Creating Status Characteristics." American Sociological Review  63(3): 351-378.

Stuart J. Hysom Social Psychology Laboratory

The Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University housed the Social Psychology Laboratory that was named in honor and memory of Dr. Stuart J. Hysom (the lab operated until 2021). The laboratory consisted of several different rooms that could be configured in a variety of ways. The laboratory was supported with funds from Texas A&M (the Department of Sociology, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Office of University Research) and the National Science Foundation. For years, the lab was led by Dr. Jane Sell.

The work from the Stuart J. Hysom Social Psychology laboratory is published in many articles and books. The Social Psychology Laboratory was involved in organizing the Stanford Sociology Technical Reports and Working Papers, 1961–1993, available in the OAKTrust digital repository at Texas A&M University. In addition, the Laboratory developed this research script to recruit students to get involved in our projects.

For scholars and students interested in these research activities, contact Dr. Holly Foster.

To support the Sociology Department in the name of Dr. Stuart J. Hysom, select the Department of Sociology and the Sociology Department Excellence Fund in the Texas A&M Foundation.