Research at Wake Forest University
Capitalizing on Wake Forest's unique cross-disciplinary expertise in the nature of character, we will conduct empirical research projects to address significant and timely issues in the study of character. This research creates a unique and exciting blend of theoretical and empirical work, discipline-specific and interdisciplinary thinking, exploratory and confirmatory strategies, and correlational and experimental studies.
The Psychology Co-Directors, William Fleeson and Mike Furr, continue to conduct experiments designed to investigate the following themes:
The Consistency of Character
The Internal Causal Structure of Character
The Relationship of Character to Normal Personality
The Role of Virtue in Self- and Other-Knowledge
The Role of Identity Emulation in Virtuous Behavior
Project Leader, Christian Miller, has completed a book manuscript entitled Moral Character: Philosophy and Theology.
Finally, during the three years there will be biweekly research in progress group meetings of the Wake Forest University faculty, post-doctoral fellow, residential scholars, and graduate students involved in the project. Papers will be distributed ahead of the meetings to be pre-read, and authors will benefit from detailed feedback on their work in progress.