at the Department of Psychology and Special Education at Texas A & M - Commerce

In just the last few years, the 20+ regular faculty members currently working in the Department of Psychology and Special Education have published well over 100 books, book chapters, and articles in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, faculty have been the recipients of several grants from such prestigious organizations as the Sid Richardson Foundation and the National Science Foundation. What follows is a representative sampling of recent scholarship (from 2007 through Summer 2008).

Publications
Anderson-Clark, T.N., Green, R.J., & Henley, T.B. (2008). The Relationship Between First Names and Teacher Expectations for Achievement Motivation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27, 94-99.

Arthur, H., Johnson G. E., Young, A. (2007) Gender Differences and Color: Content and Emotion of Written Descriptions. Social Behavior and Personality, 35, 827-834.

Ashmore, R.D., Griffo, R., Green, R.J., Moreno, A.H. (2007). Dimensions and categories underlying thinking about college student types. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2922-2950.

Baloglu, M. Abbasi, A., & Masten, W. G. (2007). A cross-cultural comparison of anxiety among college students. College Student Journal, 41, 977-984.

Carlson, C. A., Gronlund, S. D., & Clark, S. E. (2008). Lineup composition, suspect position, and the sequential lineup advantage. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14, 118-128.

Cassity, H.D., Henley, T.B., & Markley, R.P. (2007). The Mozart Effect: Musical Phenomenon or Musical reference? A More Ecologically Valid Reconsideration. The Journal of Instructional Psychology, 34, 13-17.

Green, R.J. (2007). On taking attendance. APS Observer, 20, 33-36.

Green, R.J. (2008). What we can do to help undergraduate students not going on for graduate studies. Lessons Learned: Practical Advice for the Teaching of Psychology: Vol. 3. Washington, DC: American Psychological Society.

Green, R.J., Allbritten, A., & Park, A. (2008). Prevalence of Careers in Psychology courses in undergraduate psychology curricula. College Student Journal, 42, 238-240.

Gronlund, S. D., Carlson, C. A., & Tower, D. (2007). Episodic memory. In F. T. Durso (Ed.), Handbook of applied cognition. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Gronlund, S. D., Goodsell, C. A., Carlson, C. A., & Dailey, S. B. (2008). Review of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II—Memory for People, by Lindsay, R. C. L., Ross, D. F., Read, J. D., & Toglia, M. P.

Harader, D. L., & Fullwood, H.L. (2008). Overview of the Value of Response to Intervention with Students with SLD. Dasman Model School Special Needs Education Journal. 1(1), p. 4.

Henley, T.B. (2007). Remembering William James. In, R. A. Brooks, ed. The Prehistory of Cognitive Science, (pp 205-229). London: Palgrave McMillan.

Johnson, G.E. & Green, R. (2007) Undergraduate researcher and the poster session. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 34, 117-119.

Johnson, G. E. & Johnson, R. H. (2007) Implicit and Explicit Memory: Implications for the Pastoral Care of Persons with Dementia. Journal of Religion Spirituality and Aging, 19, 43-53.

Kinlen, T.J, Adams-Price, C.E. & Henley, T.B. (2007). Verbal Overshadowing and Face Recognition in Young and Old Adults. Educational Gerontology, 33, 1-11.

McGlamery, M., Ball, S., Henley, T., & Besozzi, M. (2007) Theory of Mind, Attention, and Executive Function in Kindergarten Boys. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 12, 29-47.

Park, A.E. & Henley, T.B. (2008). Personality and Fantasy Game Character Preferences. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 27, 37-46.

Rinalducci, E.J., & Henley, T.B. (2007) The Effects of Figurative Language on the Perceived Credibility of Political Candidates. International Journal of Communication, 17, 113-127.

Robertson, H. M. & Hord, S. M. (2008) Accessing student voices. In L. Easton (Ed.), Powerful Designs for Professional Learning (2nd Ed.). Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.

Wargo, M.A., Spirrison, C.L., Henley, T.B., & Thorne, B.M. (2007). Personality Characteristics of Martial Artists. Social Behavior and Personality, 35, 399-408.

Tochkov, K., (2008), The Failure to Anticipate Regret and Persistence in Gambling, International Journal of Psychology, 43(3/4), p.244.

Williams, K. L., Zhe, E., Resetar, J. L., Axelrod, M. I., & Friman, P. C. (2007). The Role of Contingency Management and Parent Training in the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. In Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment.

Young, A., Young, A., & Fullwood, H.L. (2007) Online Victimization: A Critical Issue for Adolescents, Prevention Researcher, 14, 8-9.

Zascavage, V., Masten, W. G., Schroeder-Steward, J., & Nichols, C. (2007). Comparison of critical thinking in undergraduates and graduates in special education. International Journal of Special Education, 22, 25-31.

Zascavage, V., Schroeder-Steward, J., Masten, W., & Armstrong, P. (2007). Peer support for students with disabilities: Implications, likelihood, and advantages for the rural high school. Journal of Border Education, 6, 93-101.

Zascavage, V., Winterman, K., Armstrong, P., & Schroeder-Steward, J. (2008). A question of effectiveness: Recruitment of special educators within high school peer support groups. International Journal of Special Education, 23, 18-30.

Presentations
Agaeva, E., Ball, S. E., & Ball, L. H. (2008). Imaginary companions, object relations, and theory of mind. Paper read at the convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Kansas City, MO.

Baloğlu, M., & Masten, W. G. (2007). A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Levels of Depression among Late-adolescents. Paper presented at the 115th Annual Convention the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Carlson, C. A., Gronlund, S. D., & Clark, S. (2007). Lineup composition and the sequential lineup advantage. Conference for the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2007). Computer-generated faces are not processed like real faces. ARMADILLO: The Southwest Cognition Conference at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2007). Computer-generated faces are not processed like real faces. Psychonomic Society Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2008). Computer-generated faces are not processed like real faces. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2008). Sequential lineup advantage: Lineup composition and suspect position. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2008). Effects of distinctiveness on simultaneous and sequential lineup performance. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

Carlson, C. A., & Gronlund, S. D. (2008). Distinctiveness in an eyewitness identification paradigm: Comparing simultaneous and sequential lineups. ARMADILLO: The Southwest Cognition Conference at University of Texas at El Paso.

Daniels, L.M., Henley, T.B., & Ball, S.E. (2007). Theory of Mind Variance in Normal Adults. Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX

Fullwood, H.L. (2008). “What teacher needs to know about Autism Spectrum Disorders?” 4th Annual Bill Martin Jr. Memorial Symposium. Commerce, TX.

Fullwood, H.L. (2008). “Social cognitive principles as they relate to teaching children and youth with Special Learning Needs. 28th Annual Texas Council for Exceptional Children Irving, TX.

Gadzella, B.M., Zascavage, V., McGlamery, M., Masten, W., Stephens, R., Pierce, D., & Young, A. (2007). Analysis of a revised stress inventory. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Ft. Worth, TX.

Gadzella, B.M., & Stephens, R. (2007). Assessing educational psychology students’ critical thinking scores with academic performance. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Ft. Worth, TX.

Gadzella, B.M., Zascavage, V., & Masten, W. G. (2007). Strategies Students Used In Stressful Situations and Relationships between the Strategies and Course Grades. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Green, R.J., & Gruver, E. (2007). Using psychological tools to assess knowledge of U.S. Geography. Presented at the Southwestern Psychological Society, Fort Worth, TX

Gronlund, S. D., Carlson, C. A., & Clark, S. (2007). Lineup composition and the sequential lineup advantage. Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, New York.

Gronlund, S. D., Carlson, C. A., & Clark, S. (2007). Lineup composition and the sequential lineup advantage. Presented at the 5th Invitational Conference on Eyewitness Identification, El Paso, TX.

Gronlund, S. D., Carlson, C. A., Dailey, S. B., & Goodsell, C. (2008). Sequential lineup advantage. Presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Performance, Orlando, FL.

Gronlund, S. D., Carlson, C. A., Dailey, S. B., & Goodsell, C. A. (2008). Robustness of the sequential lineup advantage. Psychonomic Society Conference, Chicago, IL.

Harader, D.L. (2007). Environmental Education in the Classroom for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders. Council for Children with Behavior Disorders 7th Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavior Disorders. Irving, TX

Harader, D. L. (2008). “Peaceful Interventions: Looking Beyond the Anger to Implement Appropriate Interventions.” Research To Practice Roundup, Texas Council for Exceptional Children 28th Annual Conference, Irving, TX

Harader, D. L. (2008). "Looking at Dropout Prevention within Traditional and Alternative Schools." First Annual National Safe and Civil Schools Conference, Portland, OR

Hawthorne, M., Fullwood, H., & Henley, T. (2007). Changes in Definitions and Coverage of Special Education Terms in General Psychology Textbooks. Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX

Jiang, M., Young, A., Green, R.J., & Smith, V.T. (2008). The perceptions and impacts of emoticons in Computer-Mediated Communication. Presented at the 2008 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Society, Kansas City, KS.

Johnson, G. E., & Schroeder-Steward, J., & Johnson, R. H. (2007). Cross-cultural training needs: What practicing school psychologists and counselors report. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Leek, J., Zascavage, V. & Schroeder-Steward, J. (2007). Mathematics with Daisy: The use of canine therapy as an academic intervention. Presented at the TASH 2007 Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion Conference, Seattle, WA.

Lu, S., Wakefield, L, & Pierce, D. (2007). The role of risk in perceiving and remembering events. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Lu, S., Wakefield, L., & Weatherford, D. (2008). Taking Actor’s Perspective: Spatial Relational Mapping or Perceptual Motor Simulation? Paper to be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

Masten, W. G. (2007). International psychology: A personal history with implications for International Clinical Psychology. Symposium: Toward the Internationalization of Clinical Psychology: Benefits and Perspectives. An Invited Symposium by the International Society of Clinical Psychology (ISCP) at the XXXI InterAmerican Congress of Psychology, in Mexico City, Mexico.

McKevitt, B., Schroeder, J., Mitchell, A., Williams, K. L., & Kaufman, J. (2008). Making the Jump to Academia: Perspectives from Early Career Academics. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

McGlamery, M.E., & Ball, S. E. (2007). The case for social skills training in the Primary School Curriculum: A follow up study of attention and theory of mind skills in first grade boys. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum, Cleveland, Ohio.

McGlamery, M.E., Zerfas, T. S., Ball, S.E., & Henley, T.B. (2007). Sex, theory of mind, and practical measures of executive function. International Mind, Brain, and Education Society, Fort Worth, TX.

Parks, C., Briggs, J. & Schroeder-Steward, J. (2007). Variables predicting professional burnout in professional school psychologists. Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, New York, NY.

Pierce, B. H., & Gallo, D. A. (2007). The modality effect in false recognition: Evidence from the criterial recollection task. Poster presented at the 2007 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Pierce, B. H., & Gallo, D. A. (2007).The modality effect in false recognition: Evidence from the criterial recollection task. Paper presented at the Southwest Cognition Conference (ARMADILLO), Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.

Pierce, B. H., Waring, J. D., Schacter, D. L., & Budson, A. E. (2008). Effects of distinctive encoding on source-based false recognition: Further examination of recall-to-reject processes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at the 2008 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Pierce, D., & Lu, S. (2007). Remembering action words and action objects. Presented at the 53rd Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.

Pryor, M. G, Ball, S. E., Humphreys, J., & Patton, M. R. (2008). The application of psychoanalytic and socio-psychoanalytic theories to the study and management of organizations. Meeting of the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines, Dallas, Texas.

Robertson, H. M., & Rogers, J. (2007). “Building Participation in Student CEC Chapters.” Texas Council for Exceptional Children, Houston, TX.

Schroeder-Steward, J., Buss, M. T., Mauro, M. R., Castro-Olivo, S. M., Yeatts, W. G., & Blair, J. (2007). School-based suicide prevention: Practices of a large, urban district. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Tochkov, K. (2008). The Failure to Anticipate Regret and Persistence in Gambling. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Tochkov, K. (2008). Anticipated Regret and the Cognitive Vulnerability to Problem Gambling. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Dublin, Ireland

Wang, Q., Gadzella, B., & Henley, T. (2008). Religious belief and happiness level for Chinese individuals in the United States. Southwestern Psychological Association, Kansas City, KS

Wakefield, L., & Lu, S. (2007). The meaning of before versus after. Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, TN.

Wakefield, L., & Lu, S. (2007). Representing everyday actions. Presented at the 53rd Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.

Williams, K. L. & Noell, G. H. (2008). Training Parents to Modify Students’ Classroom Behaviors Using Electronic Mail. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA. (Winner of the 2008 NASP Paul H. Henkin Memorial Scholarship Award)

Williams, K. L., Schroeder, J., Carvalho, C., & Cervantes, A. (2008). An Evaluation of School Professionals’ Knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, K. L. & Williams, S. A. (2008). Assessing Cultural Needs: Parent’s Perception of their Child’s Cultural Needs. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Zascavage, V., & Masten, W. G. (2007). A Grimm reality revisited. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Zascavage, V., & Masten, W. G. (2007). Critical Thinking: A comparison Between Graduate and Undergraduate Special Educators. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Grants Awarded
Henley – CO-PI for NSF Grant: M2T2 – Maximizing Motivation, Targeting Technology. With G. Nizer, S. Saffer and B. Li, Texas A & M University – Commerce (992,663 awarded ).

Johnson – PI on Grant funded by Texas A&M College Station, Disability Training Network Grant, 2007. (Awarded $1000.)

Lu – PI, a National Science Foundation Grant, Title: The role of sensorimotor and perceptual features in perceiving and enacting actions. ($70,000 awarded, 2007-08).

Lu – PI, a Texas A & M University – Commerce Research Enhancement Grant, Title: An investigation of enacting risky actions. ($11, 680 awarded, 2008-2009).

Lu – Co-PI, a Texas Advanced Research Program Grant, Title: Investigation of Formation of intentionality in intelligent systems. With D. Harter, PI. ($100,000 awarded, 2006-2008).

Lu – Co-PI, L-3 Comcept Research and Development Grant, Title: Cognitive models as abstract virtual machines for automatic object discovery, identification, location and tracking. With S. Saffer and D. Harter. ($260,000 awarded, 2007-2008).

Robertson – PI for the Special Education Recruitment and Retention Grant funded through the Texas Education Agency and the A&M-University System, 2007-2008. (50,713.12, awarded)

Schroeder and Fullwood – PI’s, Third Year extension of: Improving Assessment Accuracy for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners funded by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, Forth Worth, Texas. 2008-2009. $75,000 awarded.