Shawn CurleyProfessor
Program Director

Shawn CurleyDGS & Ph.D. Program Director
CSOM Information &Decision Sci, CSOM PhD-Mgmt Program
3-388 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/624-6546
Fax: 612/626-1316
curley@umn.edu

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Education
PhD, 1986, psychology, University of Michigan
MA, 1981, mathematics, University of Michigan
AB, 1979, mathematics and social sciences, Dartmouth College

Shawn Curley is a professor in the Information and Decision Sciences Department. He joined the Carlson School in September 1986 after completing an MA in mathematics and a PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests are in individual decision-making -- how decisions are made and how they can be aided. Of particular interest is the role of uncertainty in decision-making -- how we can capture individuals' judgments of uncertainty, how we can evaluate the quality of such judgments, and how uncertainty does and should impact our decisions. His teaching interests include the use of desktop technology to support decision-making, and the application of psychological and decision theory to the practice of management.

Research

Expertise
Decision-making
On-line auctions
Forecasting
Knowledge management
Problem-solving
Morality of markets
Risk-taking

Current Research
Software piracy
On-line auction design and behavior
Knowledge-based approach to managerial judgment and problem solving
Selection of advisors to aid judgment
User acceptance of personalization technologies
Ambiguity and uncertainty in judgment


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Ripped from the Headlines: What Can the Popular Press Teach Us About Software Piracy?" S. Curley and S. Zamoon, Journal of Business Ethics (2008).
  • "The Application of Dempster - Shafer Theory Demonstrated with Justification Provided by Legal Evidence," S. Curley, Judgment and Decision Making (2007).
  • "Normative and Descriptive Analyses of Simpson's Paradox in Decision-Making," S. Curley and G. J. Browne, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2001).
  • "The Effects of Subject-Defined Categories on Judgmental Accuracy in Confidence Assessment Tasks," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, and P. G. Benson, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1999).
  • "Evoking Information in Probability Assessment: Knowledge Maps and Reasoning-Based Directed Questions," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, and P. G. Benson, Management Science (1997).
  • "Improved Test-Retest Reliability Criteria as Applied to Probability Assessments," S. Curley and J. I. Golden, Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making (1996).
  • "Belief Assessment: An Underdeveloped Phase of Probability Elicitation," S. Curley, P. G. Benson, and G. F. Smith, Management Science (1995).
  • "Arguments in the Practical Reasoning Underlying Constructed Probability Responses," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, G. F. Smith, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making (1995).
  • "Probability Judgment Accuracy for General Knowledge: Cross-National Differences and Assessment Methods," S. Curley, K. M. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making (1995).
  • "Using Belief Functions to Represent Degrees of Belief," S, Curley and J. I. Golden, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1994).
  • "An Evaluation of the Reliability of Probability Judgments Across Response Modes and Over Time," S. Curley, K. M. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making (1993).
  • "Belief, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: A Cognitive Perspective on Subjective Probability," S. Curley, G. F. Smith, and P. G. Benson, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1991).
  • "Knowledge Resource Preferences of Family Physicians," S. Curley, D. P. Connelly, E. C. Rich, and J. T. Kelly, Journal of Family Practice (1990).
  • "Physicians'' Use of Medical Knowledge Resources: Preliminary Theoretical Framework and Findings," S. Curley, D. P. Connelly, and E. C. Rich, Medical Decision-Making (1990).
  • "Seeking and Applying Diagnostic Information," S. Curley, J. F. Yates, and M. J. Young, Acta Psychologica (1990).
  • "An Empirical Evaluation of Descriptive Models of Ambiguity Reactions in Choice Situations," S. Curley and J.F. Yates, Journal of Mathematical Psychology (1989).
  • "Psychological Sources of Ambiguity Avoidance," S. Curley, J. F. Yates, and R. A. Abrams, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1986).

Other Publications

  • "Subjective Probability," S. Curley, Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Assessment and Analysis, eds. E. Melnick and B. Everitt (Wiley & Sons, 2008).
  • "Reasoning with Category Knowledge in Probability Forecasting: Typicality and Perceived Variability Effects," S. Curley and G. J. Browne, Forecasting with Judgment, eds. G. Wright and P. Goodwin (Wiley & Sons, 1998).
  • "Applying a Cognitive Perspective to Probability Construction," S. Curley and P. G .Benson, Subjective Probability, eds. G. Wright and P. Ayton (Wiley & Sons, 1994).
  • "Individual Differences in Risk-Taking," S. Curley and P. Bromiley, Risk-Taking Behavior, ed. J. Frank Yates (Wiley & Sons, 1992).

Instruction

Courses

Fall, 2009
IDSC 6401 Decision Technologies Sec.  060
IDSC 6481 Managerial Decision Making Sec.  060
Spring, 2010
IDSC 8721 Behavioral Decision Theory Sec.  001


Service

Current Administrative Appointments

  • Director of Graduate Studies & PhD Program Director

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Editorial board, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
  • Editorial board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • John Castellan Service Award, Society for Judgment and Decision-Making