teaching
classes
Fall 2009
PSY 4604 History and systems of psychology
IDS
3932 Applied social science methods
Spring 2009
PSY 1012 General psychology
STA 3163
Intermediate statistics (with Dr. Terje Hoim)
PSY 2932 Writing in psychology and the behavioral sciences
Fall 2008
IDS 3932 Political psychology (with Dr. Martin Sweet)PPE 3003 Personality
other recent classes
SOP 3004 Social psychologyDEP 4095 Seminars in personality and social development
(also here and here for alternative syllabi)
PSY 4930 Thinking and decision making
PSY 4302 Psychometrics and psychological testing (with lab)
PSY 3234 Experimental design and statistical inference/
STA 2023 Introduction to statistics
PSY 4933 Adv. writing in psychology & behavioral sciences
IDS 1930 Evolution, psychology and human nature
IDS 3930 Human behavior and the environment
IDS 3932 Human behavior (with Dr. Rachel Corr, Anthropology)
IDS 2931 Equality and inequality (with Dr. Christopher Strain, American Studies)
IDS 3932 Genetics for the social sciences (with Dr. Paul Kirchman, Biology)
IDS 4930 Topology and psychology (with Dr. Blake Mellor, Mathematics)
IDS 4933 Psychology of design (with Professor Amy Broderick, Art)
theses written under my supervision
at the Wilkes Honors College
Curry, M. (2008). Personality and news preferences.
Martin, D. (2008). Framing effects in personality and politics.
Montgomery, S. (2008). Effects of magazine covers as primes in the 2008 Presidential campaign.
Schwab, K. (2008). Personality and art preferences: A meta-analysis and working taxonomy.
Carter, A. (2007). On social connectedness: the effects of group and film on positive
affect and self esteem.
Evans, R. (2007). Ego Development, guilt, and hypocrisy: An online study of personality.
Franz, S. (2007). Watching a life over time: The effects of viewing a videotaped longitudinal portrayal
on cultural worldviews
Rosenzweig, G. (2007). From Mortality to Connectedness: An Experimental Study of Affiliation, Punitiveness, and Mood.
Broming, L. (2006). Social and biological explanations in the history of psychology: Reevaluating Phineas Gage.
Glatthorn, K. (2006). An analysis of evolutionary, feminist and multifactor models of rape.
Balter, R. (2005). The structure of contemporary social attitudes.
Moore, E. (2004). Procrastination: An ecological approach.
Oliver, C. (2004). Secular changes in happiness: A study of high school yearbooks.
Petterson, E. (2004). Risk, approach, and avoidance: A two-dimensional model of responses to gain and
loss scenarios.
Quintana, S. (2004). Personality correlates of avoidance of difficult vs. boring academic
material.
Rosenberg, A. (2004). The correlational structure of contemporary social attitudes.
Balasis, E. (2003). Are illusory correlations a product of response format?
Colucci, J. (2003). The effects of September 11-related primes on personality development.
Forde, D. (2003). Does punishment effect personality? Relations between the five-factors and measures
of childrearing practices.
Rosner, J. (2003). Effects of extraversion and social stimulation on task performance.
Holm, J. (2002). A test of the sunk cost, project completion, and mental accounting models of
decision making.
at Oregon State University and the University of New South Wales
Hogansen, J. (1998) Five factors in sentence completions? An examination of Loevinger’s SCT.Powers, R. (1998) Personality development in study abroad participants and controls.
Reyna, E. (1995) Discrimination Based On Race and Class: A Review of the Social Psychological Literature and anecdotal Information in Ecuador.
Polk, J. (1994) Shamanism as psychotherapy: The helping professions in rural Ecuador.
Einstein, D. (1993) Relationships between shame/guilt, ego development, and the five factor model of personality.
Piras, A. (1993) Personality, crowding, socioeconomic status, and suburban satisfaction: A study of eight Sydney suburbs.
Ronayne-Mahoney, I. L. (1993) The person-environment relationship: Does where I live reflect what I’m like?
Heng, S. (1992) Depression, time estimation, and cognitive deconstruction: An empirical examination into aspects of Baumeister’s model of antecedents of suicide.
Sackville, T. (1992) An investigation into the personality correlates of academic attainment in high school and university.