2006 - 2007 Academic Year Conferences

(Students are indicated with an asterisk. Includes recent graduates.)

June 2006

Abrahamson, C. Do Community Values, Ideals and Beliefs Affect Manifestations of
Trauma? Presented at the IV World Congress on Traumatic Stress in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, June 24-26.

July 2006

Brewster, J. & Stoloff, M. L. Maintaining a Law Enforcement Identity While Working Undercover was presented at a conference on Psychological Issues in Undercover Policing, sponsored by the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology and La Guardia di Finanza, Orvieto, Italy, July 24-26.

Evans, W.F. Alcohol use among college students. Peer Reviewed presentation at the International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM) Conference in Vancouver, BC, Summer 2006.

Evans, W. & Evans, C., Atwood, A *. Hilton, K, Overdorff, S. * & Feldman, J. * Alcohol use and abuse among college students in America : An educational prevention program was presented at the 4 th Biennial International Conference on Personal Meaning in Vancouver , BC , Canada , July 20-23.

August 2006

Beins, B.C., Wilson, J. H., Clump, M. A., & Kerr, N.A. Live from New Orleans: Statistics and research methods activities. Invited presentation at annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans.

The following symposiums and posters were presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 10-13:

Baker, S.C. Using the developmental framework for effective academic program evaluation. In D. S. Dunn (Chair), Assessing quality: Benchmarks for undergraduate psychology programs.
Baker, S.C. & Serdikoff, S.L. Components of the undergraduate research experience: Examining “what matters.”
Beins, B.C., Wilson, J.H., Clump, M.A., & Kerr, N.A. Live from New Orleans: Statistics and research methods activities
Evans, S.W., Moore, S.*, Serpell, Z.N. & Creasy, B. * Why best practices for outcome assessment are often clinically irrelevant. In E. Youngstrom (Chair), Evidence-based assessment for children.
Evans, S.W., Schultz, B., Serpell, Z.N., & Fallah, N. * Challenging Horizons: A coordinated care program for adolescents with ADHD. In T. Power (Chair), Innovations in treating ADHD in schools: Behavioral and ecological approaches.
Fallah, N.*, Buvinger, E.C.*, Evans, S.W., Schultz, B. & Serpell, Z.N . Outcomes of school-based psychosocial interventions for adolescents with ADHD.
Gordon, J.*, Yoder, J.D.*, Fischer, A.R.*, & Kahn, A.S. Feminist Identity Development in Psychology of Women Classes.
Sibley, M.*, Creasy, B.*, Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z.N. & Fallah, N*. Predictors of strain in caregivers of adolescents with ADHD.
Hoffman, D. J.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. Examining the ability of Kava Kava to attenuate the effects of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) Procedure.
Kincheloe, M. B*., & Serdikoff, S. L. Assessing impulsivity in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) with a concurrent chains procedure.

Brewster, J. & Stoloff, M. L. Maintaining a Law Enforcement Identity While Working Undercover was presented at a conference on Psychological Issues in Undercover Policing, sponsored by the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology and La Guardia di Finanza, Orvieto, Italy.

The following presentations were made at the JMU New Faculty Orientation, August 21:

Apple, K. Secrets for successfully teaching large classes.
Benedict, J. Just-in-time teaching: Making class time more relevant.

September 2006

Stoloff, M. & Cameron, S. L. Integrating Information Literacy to Improve Assignments. Presented at a Faculty Innovation Workshop held at James Madison University .

Zinn, T. Moving inside-out: How to be a better manager. Invited presentation given at the Women’s Symposium, The Homestead Resort, VA.

October 2006

The following presentations will be made at the Best Practices in Teaching Diversity and International Perspectives Across the Psychology Curriculum Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Abrahamson, C. Implementation of cross-cultural writing assignments through global teaching experiences.
Harris, C. M. Using foreign embassy websites to internationalize the lifespan development course.
Talley, C.E. Effects of pre-semester faculty multicultural training sessions on student attitudes.

The following posters were presented at the 23rd Annual Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis in Greenville, SC:

McWethy, J.*, Columbe, R.*, Schlottmann, A.*, & Saville, B. K. Caffeine consumption and delay discounting in college students.
Houser, T.*, Knicely, K.*, McWethy, J.*, & Saville, B. K. Maximizing, satisficing, and delay discounting.
Dalianis, E. A.*, Capik, N. A.*, Saville, B. K., Serdikoff, S. L., & Zinn, T. E.. Examining the role of preparation guides and dyadic discussions in interteaching.
Hoffman, D.J.*, Erb, J.P.*, Robertson, S.H.*, & Serdikoff, S.L. Assessing Kava Kava’s Behavioral Effects in the context of the Chronic Mild Stress Procedure.
Sheldon, R.A.*, Durgin, A.L.*, Young, M.A.*, & Serdikoff, S.L. Assessing the Dynamic Developmental Theory (DDT) of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): Resistance to change following variable-interval reinforcement.

Abrahamson, C. presented the Utilization of Cross Culture Assignments as a Result of Global Teaching Experiences, at the 36th Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) October, 2006, Palm Springs, California.

Brewster, J., Wickline, P.*, Williams, J., & Stoloff, M. L. Predicting Inappropriate Aggression in Police Officers was presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Chevy Chase, Maryland, October 2006.

White, L.C.*, Evans, S.W., Torre, C.*, Sibley, M.*, Brown, R. & Schultz, B. An organization intervention for adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of responding. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice, Lawrence, Kansas.

Koch, J.R., Creasy, B.*, Evans, S.W., Meszaros, P., & Moore, S.*. Community-based treatment staff perspectives: Preventing tobacco use among youth with mental health problems. Poster presented at the Substance Abuse Services Research Conference, Little Rock, AR.

Steve Evans presented a workshop on the Challenging Horizons Program at the annual national meeting of Children & Adults with ADHD (CHADD; Chicago 10/27).

Sproles, K., Serpell, Z., Mayfield, L., & Daniel, J. Presented a JMU Faculty Development Workshop entitled Increasing Multicultural Content in Your Courses.

Sider, N.G. & Talley, C.E. “Peacebuilders Healing Trauma: Why conflict resolution practitioners need a basic understanding of trauma.” Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

November 2006

Apple, K.J. & Benedict, J.O. Using Just-in-Time Teaching for Large Course Instruction. Presentation at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Washington, D.C.

Stoloff, M.L. Inspiring Undergraduate Research was presented at the Annual Meetings of the Annual Meetings of the Association of Heads of Departments of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

The following presentations were made at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.:

Evans, S.W., Sibley, M.*, Schultz, B., White, L.C.*, & Serpell, Z.N. Developing effective treatments for middle school aged children with ADHD: The Challenging Horizons Program. In S. W. Evans (Chair), Symposium: School based treatment of middle school aged children with ADHD.
Serpell, Z.N., Evans, S.W., Schultz, B., & Fallah, N.* Outcomes of the integrated model of the Challenging Horizons Program. In S. W. Evans (Chair), Symposium: School based treatment of middle school aged children with ADHD.
Molina, B.S.G., Flory, K., Bukstein, O., Greiner, A., Baker, J. & Evans, S.W. Feasibility of a randomized study of the CHP model of treatment for ADHD in a large Pittsburgh middle school. In S. W. Evans (Chair), Symposium: School based treatment of middle school aged children with ADHD.
Owens, J.S., Atkins, M., Murphy, C.E., Alvarez, H.K., Evans, S.W. & Weist, M.D. Panel Discussion: Translational research in school-based mental health: Emerging methodological issues.

Hall, M.D. & Andre, J. Effects of the range of distractor positions on auditory target detection. Poster presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.

Steve Evans presented two workshops at the state meeting of the Virginia Center for Health Outreach (Richmond, 11/30).

Evans, W.F. Inspiring leadership: It’s not about the power. International Leadership Association Conference in Chicago.

JoAnne Brewster presented Psychological Screening of Police Candidates: Review of test Instruments, at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Testing and Measurement Conference, Columbia, S.C.

December 2006

Steve Evans gave an invited colloquium to the psychology department at SUNY Buffalo (12/1)

Hoffman, D. J.*, Erb, J. P.*, Robertson, S. H.* & Serdikoff, S. L. The effects of saccharin concentration on saccharin consumption and preference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Baltimore, MD.

Sheldon, R. A.*, Durgin, A. L.*, Young, M. A.* & Serdikoff, S. L. Examining resistance to change following variable-interval reinforcement in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Baltimore, MD.

January 2007

Arnold Kahn presented “Diverse Voices of Feminism” at a symposium at the National Multicultral Conference (Seattle, January 24-26).

The following symposiums and posters were presented at the 8th International Conference of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (IACFS) "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and other Related Illnesses." January 12-14, BahiaMarBeach Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida:

Gibson, P.R., & Lindberg, A.* What do we know about multiple chemical sensitivity: An overview of the research.
Gibson, P.R., Lindberg, A.*, Marston, N.*, & Merkel, J.* Physicians' perceptions and practices regarding patient reports of chemical sensitivity.

Zinn, T. Goal setting and performance improvement plans. Invited presentation to be given at State Farm Insurance Agency Field Office, Baltimore, MD

February 2007

Hill, G.W., McCarthy, M., & Baker, S.C., presented “Enhancing undergraduate program quality: Benchmarks for evaluating student learning outcomes” at a symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Barron, K.E., Andre, J.T., & Haas, L.. Jump starting students' academic major through participation in a learning community centered on that major: A case study of the psychology learning community. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the First Year Experiences Conference, Dallas, TX.

Evans, W.F. Empowering leaders. Two invited presentations for the JMU Organization Networking Experience Leadership Conference.

Saville, B.K., & Zinn, T.E. Interteaching: An alternative approach to augmenting ardency and alleviating apathy. Invited presentation given at the 19th Annual Southeastern Teaching of Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.

The following poster was presented at at the undergraduate poster session at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) convention in New Orleans, February 21-24.

McCraw, K.*, Class, C.*, Wilson, S.*, Malick, K.*, Letnick, K.*, Hughes, L.*, Cassidy, C.*, Thierry, C.* & Frichti, K.* Effects of sex of subject, gender of assailant, and gender of victim on perceptions of rape.

March 2007

Weist, M., Lever, N., Stephan, S., Moore, E., Evans, S.W., & Paternite, C.. Quality and school mental health. Roundtable Discussion presented at the 20th Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Tampa, FL.

Hanks, S.K.*, Storey, C.S.*, Thomas, S.M.*, Panigrahi, E.R.*, Howmon, J.M.*, Talley, C.P. Relative deprivation and environmental context: Effect of social stress on wound healing in rats differs by gender. Society for Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast Conference (SYNAPSE), Davidson College, Davidson, NC.

Zivich, S.* & Le, N.* Use of retrograde neuronal tracer flourogold and antibody in the verification of subdiaphragmatic vagotomy. Society for Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast Conference (SYNAPSE), Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. (Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Talley)

The following posters were presented at the 3rd annual Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis conference in Harrisonburg, VA:

Gesualdi, C.*, Columbe, R.*, Ewell, K.*, Schlottmann, A.*, Kopp, J.*, & Saville, B. K. What's an 'A' worth?: Discounting effortful rewards.
Dalianis, E.*, Capik, N. A.*, Saville, B. K., & Serdikoff, S. L. Measuring the social validity of interteaching.
Dalianis, E. A.*, Capik, N. A.*, Saville, B. K., Serdikoff, S. L., & Zinn, T. E.. Examining the role of preparation guides and dyadic discussions in interteaching.
Hoffman, D. J.*, Erb, J. P.*, Robertson, S. H.* & Serdikoff, S. L. The effects of saccharin concentration on saccharin consumption and preference.
Sheldon, R. A.*, Durgin, A. L.*, Young, M. A.* & Serdikoff, S. L. Examining resistance to change following variable-interval reinforcement in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model.

The following posters and papers were presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia, PA:

Crowley, M.*, Schwertfeger, L.*, Schultz, B., Fallah, N.*, Evans, S. W., & Serpell, Z. The effect of child age and gender on agreement among parent-teacher ratings of ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
DuVon, J.*, McFadden, S.*, Showers, K.* & Andre, J. Exploring the persistence of visual guidance information using path triangulation.
Nicoll, W.*, Andre, J. & Hall, M. Investigating “tunnel audition” using loudness and pitch specific stimuli.
Hoffman, D. J.*, Erb, J. P.*, Robertson, S. H.* & Serdikoff, S. L. The effects of time of day on measures of anhedonia in the Chronic Mild Stress model of depression.
Serdikoff, S. L., Sheldon, R. A.*, Durgin, A. L.*, & Young, M. A.* Resistance to change following variable-interval reinforcement in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): An animal model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Dalianis, E. A.*, Capik, N. A.*, Saville, B. K., & Serdikoff, S. L. Measuring the social validity of interteaching.
Brown, A. R.*, Marchuk, K. A.*, Saville, B. K., & Zinn, T.E. The effects of syllabus detail on student perceptions of instructor effectiveness.
Columbe, R.*, Schlottmann, A.*, & Saville, B. K. Effort discounting in college students.
Schlottmann, A.*, Columbe, R.*, & Saville, B. K. Caffeine consumption and delay discounting in college students.
Dageforde, L.*, & Saville, B. K. Frame of reference, empathy, and cooperation in an iterated prisoner's dilemma.
Ring, D. E.*, & Saville, B. K. Reducing drunk driving by inducing cognitive dissonance in college students.
Saville, B. K. Interteaching: Using psychology to teach psychology. In B. Green (Chair), Encouraging intellectual engagement in students through the application of psychological knowledge.
Loveless, K.*, Luther, A.*, & Zinn, T. Examining the effect of applicant gender, job type, and applicant qualifications on students’ evaluations of professors.
Schultz, B.*, Varfolomeeva, V.*, Luther, A.*, & Zinn, T. Differences between maximizers’ and satisficers’ decision making and satisfaction with college major.
Dunn, D.S., Baker, S., Hill, G.W., McCarthy, M., & Halonen, J. Assessing for improvement: Using quality benchmarks for faculty development in psychology.
Taube, B.*, Baltazar, E.*, & Reis-Bergan, M. Correlates of pedometer-determined exercise in an after school fitness program.
Flood, G.* & Reis-Bergan, M. A little bit goes further than they think: The perceived risk of developing melanoma among intermittent tanning bed users.

The following were presented at the 19th Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology in Atlanta, GA:

Lawrence, N.K., Rogers, D., McCormack, K. My first few years of teaching: Reflections and recommendations.
Lawrence, N.K, & Zinn, T.E. Chapter quizzes and self-correcting exams: Two ways to enhance students’ efficacy and learning.
Saville, B. K., & Zinn, T. E. Interteaching: An alternative approach to augmenting ardency and alleviating apathy.

Wickline, Philip W*, Brewster, J. & Stoloff, M.L. Predicting Police Job Performance with the Rorschach and theMMPI-2: A Test of Incremental Validity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Arlington, VA.

April 2007

Baranik, L.E.*, Lau, A.*, & Barron, K.E. Achievement goal dimensionality: Should mastery-avoidance be included? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

Evans, W.F Spirituality and therapy. Invited Training Seminar for the Doctoral Interns of the Counseling and Student Development Center of JMU, Spring 2007).

Evans, W.F. Alcohol use among college students. Four invited presentations to students in JMU Dormitories, Spring 2007.

Kain, J.M.*, Makara, K.A.*, Gandolfo, M.*, & Barron, K.E. Linking college students' adaptive and maladaptive behaviors to achievement goal theory: The qualitative phase of an exploratory mixed-method design. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Kain, J.M.*, Makara, K.A.*, Gandolfo, M.*, & Barron, K.E. Linking college students' adaptive and maladaptive behaviors to achievement goal theory: The qualitative phase of an exploratory mixed-method design. Poster presented at the Colonial Academic Alliance (CAA) Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.

Klein, K.M.* & Apple, K.J. Attribution errors in sexual harassment: Examining Kelley’s model. Presentation at the Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference: UNC, Wilmington.

The following posters were presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association in Richmond, VA:

Konova, A.*, Sacks, J.*, Schudda, J.*, Zambeno, M.*, & Lawrence, N.K.. The impact of quizzes on students’ self-efficacy and exam performance.
Konova, A.*, Sacks, J.*, Schudda, J.*, Zambeno, M.*, & Lawrence, N.K. Students’ misconceptions about psychology.
Lytle, R.*, & Lawrence, N.K. What is beautiful is innocent: The effects of defendant physical attractiveness and strength of evidence on juror decision-making.
Grayson, J., Polasek, J.K.*, & Rodgers, K.* Snoezelen: A new approach to clients with dementia.
Kain, J.M.*, Makara, K.A.*, Gandolfo, M.*, & Barron, K.E. Linking college students' adaptive and maladaptive behaviors to achievement goal theory: The qualitative phase of an exploratory mixed-method design.

Keller, L.*, Lynch, J.*, Makara, K.*, Simmons, S.*, Smiley, W.*, Varfolomeeva, V.*, Stoloff, M., & McCarthy, M. How does the undergraduate curriculum contribute to student learning? An examination of the structure of the undergraduate curriculum was presented at the L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Research Conference held at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Wessels, M.*, Scherer, M.*, deCourcy, R.*, Harkins, K.*, Kaberline, A.*, Harrow, L.*, Kaufmann, D.* & Pond, H.* Spatial learning and foraging in deer mice. Poster presented at the L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Research Conference, held at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Walker, C.*, Kaliski, P.K.*, Rezner, L.*, Makara, K.A.*, & Barron, K.E. The qualitative phase of an exploratory mixed method investigation of college classroom climates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

May 2007

The following posters were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis: International, San Diego, CA:

Dalianis, E. A.*, Capik, N. A.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. The aesthetics of interteaching: Does introduction method affect performance?
Durgin, A. L.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. Examining the effect of various task descriptions on college students' performance on a probability matching task.
Erb, J. P.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. Examining procedural details of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) procedure in rats.
Hoffman, D. J.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. Evaluating the effects of alternative antidepressant interventions on anhedonia using the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) procedure.
Sheldon, R. A.*, Young, M. A.*, Durgin, A. L.*, & Serdikoff, S. L. Assessing the Dynamic Developmental Theory (DDT) of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): Resistance to change following variable-interval reinforcement.

The following posters were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Washington, DC.

Brown, A.R.*, Barron, K.E., Kaliski, P.K.*, & Finney, S.J. Moving beyond academic outcomes: Linking theories of student motivation with psychological well-being.
Marchuk, K.A.*, Brown, A.R.*, Zinn, T.E., & Saville, B.K. Does amount of choice affect students’ perceptions of instructors? Poster presented at the 19th Annual Association for Psychological Science Conference, Washington, DC.
Saville, B.K., Columbe, R.*, Ewell, K.*, Gesualdi, C.*, Kopp, J.* & Schlottmann, A.* The effects of context on effort discounting in college students.
Baker, S.C. Why do we need to know this?: Nonhuman behavior and psychology.
Serpell. Z.N., Debacco, C*., Dang, A*., & Cooper, N* (2007). Cultural behavior expression and learning outcomes in small group contexts.

Meszaros, P.S., Koch, J.R., Evans, S.W., Meyer, B., Wunsch, M.J., Pritchett, J., Molinad, D., Fitzelle, D. Practice to research: Using a community development team to develop a substance use prevention intervention for youth with mental health problems. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.

Van Eck, K.*, Evans, S.W., & Serpell, Z.N. Assessing initial use of substances with a high risk group of young adolescents. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research.

The following talks, posters, and workshops will be presented at the 14th annual teaching institute of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APS-STP) at the 19th annual APS convention in Washington, May 23- 24:

Buskist, W., & Irons, J.G. Reflectively Evaluating and Developing Your Teaching Skills
Baker, S.C.,Why do we Need to Know This?' Nonhuman Behavior and Psychology
Zinn, T.E. Students as Customers: Are we Selling Their Wares?
Serpell, Z.N., Debacco, C., Dang, A., & Cooper, N. Cultural behavior expression and learning outcomes in small group contexts.
Zinn, T. E., Saville, B. K., Serdikoff, S. L., Dalianis, E. A.*, Schudda, J. A.*, & O'Keeffe, E. M.* Interteaching versus lecture: What is the impact of preparation guide quizzes?