Student Achievement

This is the list of our students or previous students who presented papers at national and regional conferences during the academic year 2004-2005.  Faculty names are in bold and student names are in italic-bold.

American Psychological Association Conference

• Nichols, L. L . , & Gibbons, J. A. (2004, July). The effects of communication on cognitive and affective responses. Poster presented in Division 42 at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

MARCUS Undergraduate research conference

• Garrett, K., Gallo, J., Morgan, K., Kimbrough, S. , & Rilea, S. L. (2004, October). Does stimulus difficulty influence the performance for men and women on the mental rotation task? Presentation at the annual MARCUS undergraduate research conference: Sweetbriar College: VA. (Faculty mentor: Stacy L. Rliea).
• Leczycki, A., Burkhead, H. , Velkey, A. J. (2004, October). The effect of commitment on self-control choice in Betta splendens. Poster presented at the 6th annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Undergraduate Scholarship (MARCUS). Sweet Briar College, VA. (Faculty mentor: Andrew J. Velkey).
• Smith, L. , Velkey, A. J. (2004, October). Levels of task complexity affecting estimates of task completion time in novices, intermediates, and experts. Poster presented at the 6th annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Undergraduate Scholarship (MARCUS). Sweet Briar College, VA. (Faculty mentor: Andrew J. Velkey).

Sigma Xi Tidewater chapter

• Dandy, K. L., Issac, M. C., Rizzo, C.L., Green, S. J., Hodgkiss, M. L., Wignall, J. L, Cartwright, K. B, & Marshall, T. R. (2004, Novemeber). The role of reading specific cognitive flexibility in reading comprehension for beginning readers. Poster presented at the 6 th annual Juried Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the Tidewater, VA chapter of Sigma Xi, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentors: Kelly B. Cartwright & Timothy R. Marshall).
• Gerth, M. L. Johnson, T . & Gibbons, J. A. (2004, November). The fading affect bias across existential and regular events in elderly individuals. Poster presented at the 6 th annual Juried Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the Tidewater, VA chapter of Sigma Xi, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.(Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons).
• Hodgkiss, M. D. , Cartwright, K.B., Marshall, T. R. (2004, November). Poster presented at the 6 th annual Juried Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the Tidewater, VA chapter of Sigma Xi, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentors: Kelly B. Cartwright & Timothy R. Marshall).
• Leczycki, A., Burkhead, H . , Velkey, A. J. (2004, November). The effect of commitment on self-control choice in Betta splendens. Poster presented at the 6 th annual Juried Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the Tidewater, VA chapter of Sigma Xi, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Andrew J. Velkey).
• Tinsley, K., Potter, K. & Velkey, A. J. (2004, November). Relating interpupillary distance to the accuracy of distance estimations in men and women. Poster presented at the 6 th annual Juried Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the Tidewater, VA chapter of Sigma Xi, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Andrew J. Velkey).

National Reading Conference

• Cartwright, K. B., Dandy, K., Isaac, M. , & Marshall, T. R. (2004, December). The development of reading-specific representational flexibility and its contribution to reading comprehension in beginning readers. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.

National Teaching of Psychology Conference

• Velkey, A., Rilea, S., & Dandy, K. (2005, January). Kicking it up another notch: Advanced peer editing in a two-semester sequence of writing courses. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP), St. Petersburg Beach, FL

Eastern Psychological Association Conference

• Berry, T. B., Fournier, A. K. , Porter B. E., Holsomback A. R., Earley, E. N., Campbell, E. K. (2005, March). Evaluating The Influence Of Restroom Designs And Innovations On Perceptions Of Pathogen Risk And Hand Washing. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Boutwell, L. M., Wilson, K. M . & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, March). Examining Gender Stereotypes In Media. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Cabiroy, D. Catanzaro, D. (2005, March). The Relation Of Personality And Satisfaction With Self-Managed Work Teams. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Catanzaro, D., Hart, J., Potter, K. L. & Wright, T . (2005, March). Organizational Adoption Of Service Quality Best Practices. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Catanzaro, D., Sabbah, H. M., Foshee, A. E., Proctor, T. N . & Hart, J . (2005, March). We Just Disagree - Attitudes Toward The U.S. Invasion Of Iraq. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Condon, C.A., Brand, L. S., Cloutier, L. N., Herrington, M. A. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, March). Improving Recognition Accuracy By Using Reaction Time To Reduce False Alarms. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Dandy, K. L. & Cartwight, K. B. (2005, March). The Relation Of Early Reading Recollections To Reading Skills In University Students. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Dunaway, K. E. & Cartwright, K. B. (2005, March). "New" Measures Of Reading Comprehension And Phonemic Awareness. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Earley, E. N., Fauver, K. M., Boynton, R. E., Campbell, E. K. & Berry T.D. (2005, March). Gender Differences In Color Naming. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Fournier, A. K, Berry, T. D ., Porter, B. E.,Holsomback, A. R., DuBose, S. A., Early, E. N., Campbel, E. K. (2005, March). Are Women The Cleaner Sex? Gender Differences In Self-Reported Health-Related Beliefs, Perceptions, And Behaviors. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Gerth, M . (2005, March). Examining The Fading Affect Bias In Existential And Regular Events Of The Elderly. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons).
• Gibbons, J. A. & Zerbe-Taylor, C. A. (2005, March) Evaluating Memory For The Actions Of Men And Women In Stereotypically Masculine, Feminine, And Gender-Neutral Roles. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Hall, M. S., Early, E. N., Campbell, E. K . & Berry, T. D. (2005, March). An Integrative Model For Understanding The Relation Between Casual Sex Television Programming On Adolescent Sexual Attitudes And Behaviors. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Hodgkiss, M. D., Ruark, S . & Cartwright, K. B. (2005, March). The Contribution Of Need For Cognition To Reading Comprehension In University Students. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Hurdle, A., Wison, K. M. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, March). Movies Affect How Character Sex Is Remembered In Positive And Negative Stories With Male And Female Lead Characters. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Johnson, T. N. & Cumberland, A. J . (2005, March). Examining The Fading Affect Bias In Existential And Regular Events Of College-Aged Students. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons).
• Pulas, S. E. (2005, March) Examining The Effects Of Social Disclosure On Storytelling Patterns And Mood. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons).
• Warme, R. D . & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, March). Examining The Effect Of Storytelling Behaviors On Mood. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Wilson, K. M., Boutwell, L. M. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, March). Investigating The Relation Of Gender Stereotypes To Memory. Poster presented at the 76 th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Paideia papers

• Campbell, E.K., Holsomback, A. R . & Berry, T. D. (2005, April). The influence of "otherness" on our everyday lives. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Cloutier, L.N., Herrington, M.A., Condon, C.A., Brand, L.S. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, April) Improving recognition accuracy by using reaction time to reduce false alarms. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons)
• Deans, M. & Marshall, T. R. (2005, April). A critical review of the literature on physical and psychological stressors and its impact on the human immune system. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Timothy R. Marshall)
• DuBose, S. & Berry, T. D. (2005, April). Resistance to change in organizations. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Earley, E.N., Kang, K.M., Boynton, R.E. & Berry, T. D . (2005, April). The impact of color vocabulary and gender on color identification. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Edmond, E. & Marshall, T. R. (2005, April). Bipolar disorder in preadolescents and adolescents. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Timothy R. Marshall)
• Elsasser, J. & Catanzaro, D . (2005, April). The bureaucratic and climatic factors impacting customer satisfaction. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Diane Catanzaro)
• Garrett, K., Kimbrough, S. Morgan, K., South, H., Duffy, A . & Rilea S. L. (2005, April). Hemispheric processing of exocentric and endocentric rotations. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Stacy L. Rilea)
• Hallett, K. Parker, J. & Guajardo, N.R. (2005, April). Information processing skills as a basis for relations between theory of mind understanding and counterfactual reasoning. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Nicole R. Guajardo)
• Hurdle, A., Boutwell, L.M., Wilson, K.M. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, April). The effect of media portrayed gender stereotypes on participants' memory for positive and negative characters in written scenarios. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons)
• Isaac, M., Cartwright, K. B. & Marshall, T. R. (2005, April). The effects of reading instructional method and teachers' beliefs about reading on children's reading comprehension scores. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentors: Kelly Cartwright and Timothy R. Marshall)
• Johnson, T. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, April). Examining the relation between procedural justice and third party fairness perceptions when in-group membership is perceived. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons)
• Karmolinski, D., Kissell, A. C. Rusnak, S. & Berry, T. D. (2005, April). Comparing the group dynamics between traditional teams and virtual teams. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Kissell, A. C . & Berry, T. D. (2005, April). Workplace environment influence on productivity and satisfaction. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Phillips, K. & Rilea, S. L. (2005, April). The psychology of gender inequality. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Stacy L. Rilea)
• Rusnak, S., Kissell, A . & Berry, T. D. (2005, April). The experience of a consulting internship. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Thomas D. Berry)
• Smeland, J., Walsh, K., Smith, C., Walker, R. & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, April). Reiterative synopses lead to encoding specificity in newspaper headlines but interfere with recognition in tabloid headlines. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentors: Richard Walker, Jeffrey A. Gibbons)
• Tinsley, K. & Lopater, S. (2005, April). Active manual haptic perception. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Sanford Lopater
• Vencill, J . & Gibbons, J. A. (2005, April). Assessing the effect of light exposure on the sleep of men and women. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Jeffrey A. Gibbons)
• Wignall, J. & Silvent, J. & Guajardo, N. R. (2005, April). An examination of the domain specificity of theory of mind understanding and counterfactual thinking. Paper presented at the Paideia Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. (Faculty mentor: Nicole R. Guajardo)

Virginia Psychological Association meeting

• Hilderbrand, C., Potter, K., Leczycki, A . , & Velkey, A. J. (2005, April). Assessing spatial memory in Betta splendens. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Williamsburg, VA
• Leczycki, A., Burkhead, H., Sutton, H., & Velkey, A. J. (2005, April). The effect of commitment and economy on self-control choice in Betta splendens. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Williamsburg, VA.
• Tinsley, K., Potter, K. , & Velkey, A. J. (2005, April). Relating interpupillary distance to the accuracy of distance estimations in men and women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Williamsburg, VA.

Midwestern Psychological Association Confererence

• Gibbons, J. A., & Zerbe-Taylor, C. A. (2005, May). Heroes and villains: The portrayals of promoted and marginalized majority and minority characters by the mass media. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Cognitive Technology at the 77 th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.