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Current and Former Psychology Department
Students with Diversity-Related Research Interests/Experiences:

Ph.D.:

Algermisson, M. - The relationship between executive dysfunction and functional impairment in Alzheimer's Disease. (Dissertation)

Becker, B. - Gender differences in role strain, social support, and coping in couples facing the chronic illness of a partner. (Dissertation)

Bludau, Tiffany - How people respond to different Affirmative Action Plans and how students with disabilities adjust to the workplace after college

Brothers, S. - Construal of the biological parenthood goal and associated emotional distress among infertile women. (Dissertation)

Buckner, E. - Utility of protection motivation theory as a model for evaluating women's compliance with monthly breast self-examination. (Dissertation)

Borenstein, Julie - Adjusting to HIV infection: Cognitive and affective factors associated with health-related knowledge and behaviors. (Dissertation)

Camburn, M. K. (2005). Influence of Culture on Collectivist Minorities During Wave of Change In US Work Force. Paper presented at the annual Industrial Organizational/Organizational Behavior conference, Melbourne, FL.

Chandler, C. W., McFarland, L. A., & Harold, C. M. (2002). Personality test responses and reactions: The role of language and culture. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.

Chew, M. A cross-cultural study: A comparison of Asian-American and Caucasian-American women on several personality dimensions. (Dissertation)

Cohen, D. - Family factors in the development of disordered eating in young women. (Dissertation)

Costanza, S. - Personality and experiential differences in women with different life patterns. (Dissertation)

Dudley, N. M., McFarland, L. A., & Goodman, S. A. (2002). Social desirability scales: Do race differences exist? Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.

Feder, M., Winsler, A., & Schunn, C. (2002, April). Executive functioning in children with ADHD, High Functioning Autism, and controls: Parent report and Tower of Hanoi performance. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference on Human Development

Felmlee, S. - Pictorial priming in Alzheimer's Disease: A degraded figures priming task. (Dissertation)

Feuerbach, E. - Women's retirement: The influence of work history on retirement attitudes and the retirement decision. (Dissertation)

Fletcher, Carey R. - Self-conscious affect, achievement motivation, and related factors in men and women. (Dissertation)

Furukawa, E., & Tangney, J. (2003, February). Is Shame Bad in Japan?. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Furukawa, Emi - Cross-cultural issues related to the self-conscious emotions Gilmore, T. - Stress, coping, and adjustment among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. (Dissertation)

Grau, L. Protection motivation theory and prediction of condom use among sexually active African-American adolescent females. (Dissertation)

Harold, Crystal - The magnitude and consequences of subgroup differences in noncognitive selection tests.

Hazen, S. - The relationship between racial/ethnic identity development and ego identity development. (Dissertation)

Holtz, Brian - Subgroup differences in paper-and-pencil tests and reading ability requirements.

Hazen, Sharlie Lynn - The relationship between ethnic/racial identity status and ego identity status (Dissertation)

Huckans, Marilyn - Family Rituals, Acculturation Stress, and Adjustment: A Study of Second-Generation, Adolescent, Children of Immigrants from Central America (Dissertation)

Kaplan, S. - An investigation of day care facilities for the care of moderately to severely demented older adults. (Dissertation)

Kravitz, D. A., Yun, G. J., & Sinacore, R. (2004). A knowledge test of workplace affirmative action law and regulations. In D. Kravitz (Chair), Affirmative action: Public Beliefs versus the law. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.

Kravitz, D. A., & Yun, G. J. (2005). A test of knowledge of workplace affirmative action law and regulations. Paper presented at the 65th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii. (August, 2005).

Mastan, S. - Conceptualization of mental illness in Malaysia. (Dissertation)

Meier, L. - Attributions as moderator variables in hearing parent/deaf-child interactions. (Dissertation)

Pan, A. - Body image eating attitudes and eating behaviors among Chinese, Chinese-American, and non-Hispanic white women. (Dissertation)

Perkins, K. - The neuropsychological correlates of memory functioning in elderly depressed, demented, and normal adults. (Dissertation)

Porro-Salinas, P. - Coping responses and adjustment among Salvadoran immigrants. (Dissertation)

Queenan, P. - Gender differences in the socialization of social and emotional competence in preschool aged children. (Dissertation)

Scott, B. - How satisfaction with child care arrangements impacts on the married/single working mother. (Dissertation)

Viera, Luke - Subgroup differences in paper-and-pencil tests and reading ability requirements.

Willson-Quayle, A., Winsler, A., Chandler, K.D., Kim, E., Ducenne, L., Shami, M., Grubba, J., Manfra, L., Maradiaga, J., & Thorvardarson, E. (2000, July). How much teacher direction is best for promoting low-income Latino preschoolers' learning, motivation, and private speech? A controlled experiment. Paper presented at the Fifth National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Willson-Quayle, Angela - The Effects of Child-Centered, Teacher-Directed, and Scaffolded Instruction on Low-Income Latino Preschoolers' Task Performance, Motivation, and Private Speech. (Dissertation)

Yun, Gunna (Janet) - Affirmative Action Plans and knowledge of AAPs

 

M.A.:

Caal, Selma - Attachment perceptions in Latina and Anglo mothers. (Thesis)

Ducenne, L., Carter, K.L., Manfra, L., & Winsler, A. (2001, April). Family structure, religiousity, and behavioral outcomes in African-American parochial college students. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Grubba, J.J., & Winsler, A. (2000). Native American parenting. In L. Balter (Ed.), Parenthood in America: An encyclopedia (Vol. 2) (pp. 391-394). Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

Tucker, Kia - Emotional competence and aggression in African American preschool children. (Thesis).

Wallace, G.L., & Winsler, A. (2000). Autism. In L. Balter (Ed.), Parenthood in America: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1) (pp. 69-73). Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

Wallace, B.A., & Winsler, A. (2000). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In L. Balter (Ed.), Parenthood in America: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1) (pp. 63-67). Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

Undergraduate:

Bailey, Grace - The relationships among forgiveness, religious coping, religious orientation, and reactions to September 11. (Honors Thesis)

Chandler, K.D., & Winsler, A. (2002, April). Rewards and punishments for school performance by parents and teachers: Gender and ethnic differences and relations with achievement motivation. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference on Human Development. Charlotte, NC.

Cogswell, Bernadette - Cultural Influences on Children's Coping with School Stress. (Honors Thesis)

Concha, Natalia - Acculturation processes and identification related to the adjustment of Latin American immigrants to the United States. (Honors Thesis)

Day, Rachel - Relationship between religious coping style and anxiety level. (Honors Thesis)

Dehmlow, S. Attitudes and Perceptions of ADHD and the Training Needs of Teachers in International Schools in Africa (BIS Thesis)

Kravetz, Liz - Negative attitudes toward masturbation, and their relationship to sexual satisfaction, self-esteem, and minority status. (Honors Thesis)

Magrath, Jessica - Perceived levels of stigma experienced by relatives of mental health consumers. (Honors Thesis)

Mann, Brittany - Public perception of and mental health consumers' experience with prejudice and discrimination in the workplace. (Honors Thesis)

Schneider, Anna - Effect of gender based preferential selection on self-perceptions. (Honors Thesis)

White, Jennifer - Perceptions of forgetting in the elderly: Effects of age, gender, and facial cues on stereotyping. (Honors Thesis)

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