Teaching Interests

Social Psychology, Psychology of Gender, The Self.

Research Interests

For the last 25 years I've been working on understanding gender differences in the accuracy of self-evaluations. This work has led me into applied areas such as causes of the underrepresentation of women in Computer Science. I have also conducted research on the accuracy of gender stereotypes.

Consulting Interests

I have worked with Computer Science departments whose goal was to attract more women into Computer Science.

2008: Gender differences and intra-gender differences amongst Management Information Systems students, Journal of Information Science Education (10 pp.)

2008: Predictors of female and male Computer Science students' grades, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (32 pp.)

2006: Gender differences and intra-gender differences in Computer Science students: Are female CS majors more similar to male CS majors or female non-majors? , Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. (28 pp.)

2006: Gender differences in Computer Science and MIS majors. , In E. M. Trauth (ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (pp. 109-115). Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing. (7 pp.)

2006: Women majoring in Computer Science or Management Information Systems: A comparative analysis., (26 pp.)

2005: Changes in CS students' attitudes towards CS over time: An examination of gender differences., Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (5 pp.)

2004: Deterrents to women taking Computer Science courses, IEEE Society and Technology (8 pp.)

2004: The temporal stability of gender differences in MIS students., Proceedings of the tenth annual meeting of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY (8 pp.)

2003: Gender differences in Computer Science students, Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (5 pp.)

2002: The effects of gender, dysphoria, and performance feedback on the accuracy of self-evaluations, Sex Roles (12 pp.)

1999: Gender differences in the accuracy of grade expectancies and evaluations, Sex Roles (18 pp.)

1999: The accuracy of academic gender stereotypes, Sex Roles (27 pp.)

1998: Gender differences in causal attributions by college students of performance on course examinations, Current Psychology (13 pp.)

1998: Gender differences in self-perception and negative recall biases, Sex Roles (31 pp.)

1997: Gender differences in self-perceptions: Convergent evidence from three measures of accuracy and bias, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (16 pp.)

1995: Maternal employment and children's academic achievement: Parenting styles as mediating variable, Developmental Review (42 pp.)

1990: Gender differences in the accuracy of self-evaluations of performance, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (11 pp.)

Teaching Awards

2012: Recipient of Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2011: Nominated for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2010: Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2009: Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2008: Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2005: Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2004: Nominated for Advising Award, Nomination for Advising Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Research/Creative Awards

2005: Recipient of Creative Activities and Research Award, Creative Activities and Research Award,

Departmental Service

2014: Committee Chair - Psychology Department Chair

2012: Committee Chair - Clinical Psychology Search and Screen Committee

University Service

: Committee Member - Full professor subcommittee of Political Science Department

: Committee Chair - Search and Screen Committee for Clinical Psychology search

2014: Committee Member - University Committee

2012: Committee Member - AARC

2012: Committee Member - General Education Committee

2011: Committee Member - Taskforce on chair compensation

2011: Committee Member - Search and Screen Committee for Senior Diversity Officer

2011: Committee Member - Admissions, Records, and Student Information Committee

2011: Committee Member - Advising Committee

2010: Committee Chair - Advising Committee

Professional Service

: - National Science Foundation

Fall 2013

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Summer 2013

PSYC 101 INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Spring 2013

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 101 INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Fall 2012

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Summer 2012

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Spring 2012

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

WOMS 390 SPEC TOPICS IN WOMS/GENDER STD

WOMS 290 SPECIAL TOPICS

Fall 2011

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Summer 2011

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Spring 2011

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Fall 2010

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Summer 2010

PSYC 220 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Spring 2010

PSYC 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 280 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

PSYC 380 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER