Courses
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My teaching interests include Statistics, Research Methods, and the History
of Psychology. In all of these areas, I try to integrate elements of psychology
within the social and cultural context of the times. In the quantitative courses,
this involves having students write about the impact of research on society
and on the way that our culture influences the research we do.
In the History course, we learn about the social pressures that led to the
development of various ideas and on the role of psychology on cultural, social,
and political issues. I encourage students to draw parallels among the ideas
that have developed intervals, as represented in books and journals; the end
products are two papers that compare and contrast the nature of psychology at
different times.
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Publications
Beins, B. C. (In press). Jean Piaget: Theorist of the child’s mind. In
W. E. Pickren, D. Dewsbury, & M. Wertheimer (Eds.). Portraits of pioneers.
Beins, B. C. (In press). Effective writing: Did you mean to say that? In P.
Giordano, S. Davis, & C. Licht (Eds.). Your graduate training in psychology:
Suggestions for success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.
Keeley, J., Stowell, J., Beins, B., & Buskist, W. (Eds.). (2010). The
Teaching of Psychology in Autobiography: Perspectives from Psychology’s
Exemplary Teachers (Vol. 3). E-book on the Society for the Teaching of
Psychology (APA Division 2) website. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/tia2010/index.php
Beins, B. C. (In press). Methods and measurements. New York: Facts
on File. [Part of Psychology Student Handbook series].
Beins, B. C., & Holmes, J. (In press). Laboratory manual for psychological
research. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Beins, B. C., & McCarthy, M. A. (2012). Research methods and statistics.
Boston: Pearson Higher Education.
Beins, B. C. (2011). Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Cross-Cultural
Research. In K. D. Keith (Ed.). Cross-Cultural Psychology (pp. 37-55).
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Beins, B. C. (2011). A brief stroll down random access memory lane: Implications
for teaching with technology. In D. S. Dunn, J. C. Wilson, J. Freeman, &
J. R. Stowell (Eds.). Getting Connected: Best Practices for Technology-Enhanced
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 35-51).New York: Oxford
University Press.
Beins, B. C. (2010). The Barnum effect. In I. B. Weiner and W. E. Craighead
(Eds.) Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.), pp. 203-204. New
York, NY: Wiley.
Beins, B. C. (2010). Paired comparisons. In I. B. Weiner and W. E. Craighead
(Eds.) Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.), pp. 1141-1142.
New York, NY: Wiley.
Beins, B. C. (2010). Sampling methods. In I. B. Weiner and W. E. Craighead
(Eds.) Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.), pp. 1493-1494.
New York, NY: Wiley.
Dunn,
D. S., Beins, B. C., McCarthy, M. A., & Hill, G. W. (Eds.) (2010). Best
practices for teaching beginnings and endings in the psychology major: Research,
cases, and recommendations. New York: Oxford University Press.
Beins, B. C. (In press). Review of Jones, S. (2010). Statistics in psychology:
Explanations without equations. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Choice
Magazine.
Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Review of Shuttleworth, S. (2010). The mind of
the child: Child development in literature, science, and medicine, 1840-1900.
New York,NY: Oxford University Press. Choice Magazine.
Beins, B. C. (2010, September). Review of Gosling, S. D., & Johnson, J.
A. (2010). Advanced methods for conducting online behavioral research. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association. Choice Magazine.
Beins, B. C. (2010). Review of Shepherd, G. M. (2010). Creating modern neuroscience:
The revolutionary 1950s. New York: Oxford University Press. Choice Magazine.
Brakke, K. Beins, B. C. (2010, April). A blueprint for the future: From Puget
Sound to Your Campus. E-xcellence in Teaching. Available at http://list.kennesaw.edu/archives/psychteacher.html
Beins, B. C., & O’Toole, S. M. (2010). Searching for the sense of
humor: Stereotypes of ourselves and others. Europe’s Journal of Psychology,
6, 3/2010, 267-287. Available at http://www.ejop.org/archives/2010/08/index.html
Beins, B. C. (2010). Teaching measurement through historical sources. Journal
of the History of Psychology, 10, 89-94.
Beins, B. C., Smith, R. A., & Dunn, D. S. (2010). Writing for Psychology
Majors as a Developmental Process. In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy,
& G. W. Hill (Eds.). Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings
in the Psychology Major (pp. 253-279). New York: Oxford University Press.
Dunn, D. S., Beins, B. C., McCarthy, M. A., & Hill, G. W. IV (2010). Preface.
In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy, & G. W. Hill (Eds.). Best
Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Major (pp.
xxv-xxix). New York: Oxford University Press.
Beins, B. C., & Wann, P. (2010). Research Teams: Developing a Capstone
Experience With Programmatic Research . In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy,
& G. W. Hill (Eds.). Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings
in the Psychology Major (pp. 207-230). New York: Oxford University Press.
Holmes, J. D., & Beins, B. C. (2009). Psychology is a science: At least
some students think so. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 5-11.
Beins, B. C. (2009, May). [Review of the book American therapy: the rise of
psychotherapy in the United States]. Choice magazine
Beins,
B. C. (2009). Research methods: A tool for life (2nd ed.). Boston:
Allyn & Bacon.
Beins,
B. C., & Beins, A. M. (2008). Effective writing in psychology: Papers,
posters, and presentations. Boston: Blackwell.
Wimer, D. J., & Beins, B. C. (2008). Expectations and perceived humor.
Humor: International Journal of Humor Studies, 21(3),347-363.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Equilibrium in Psychology. In W. A. Darity, Jr. Gale
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 621-623). Detroit:
Macmillan Reference USA.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Gestalt Therapy. In W. A. Darity, Jr. Gale International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 310-311). Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Seligman, Martin. In W. A. Darity, Jr. Gale International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 431-432). Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Statistics in the Social Sciences. In W. A. Darity, Jr.
Gale International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 123-126).
Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Period Effects. In W. A. Darity, Jr. Gale International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 209-210). Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Teachers. In W. A. Darity, Jr. Gale International Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 293-295). Detroit: Macmillan Reference
USA.
Miller,
R. L., Rycek, R. F., Balcetis, E., Barney, S., Beins, B., Burns, S., Smith,
R. & Ware, M. E. (2008). Developing, promoting, and sustaining the undergraduate
research experience in psychology. Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Available at http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/ur2008/3-4%20Beins.pdf
Beins, B. C. (2008). The interaction of taste and smell
to create flavor. In L. T. Benjamin, Jr., Activities handbook for the Teaching
of Psychology, Vol. 5. Washington: APA.
Beins, B. C. (In Press). Why We Believe: Fostering Critical Thought and Scientific
Literacy in Research Methods. In Dunn, D. S., Smith, R. A., & Halonen, J.
(Eds.).Teaching critical thinking in psychology: A handbook of best practices.
Boston: Wiley-Blackwell.
Beins, B. C. (2008). Creating Research Groups in an Undergraduate Psychology
Curriculum. In Miller, R., Beins, B. C., Rycek, R., Ware, M., Balcetis, E.,
Smith, R., & Burns, S. (Eds.) (pp. 111-115), Promoting the Undergraduate
Research Experience in Psychology. Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Available
at http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/ur2008/3-4%20Beins.pdf
Dunn, D. S., Smith, R.A. and Beins, B. C. (Eds.) (2007). Best Practices
for Teaching Statistics and Research Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Presentations
Beins, B. C. (2011, April). Would people sooner die than think? Critical thinking
in psychology. Invited presentation at the annual convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Beins, B. C., & Stefanucci, J. (2011, April). APA presents how to publish.
Presented at the annual convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Beins, B. C., & Hill, G. W. (2011, February). Creating and grading assignments
made easier (Strategies for constructing tests and using grading rubrics). Presented
at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C., Keith, K. D., & Smith, R. A. (2011, February). Myths and misconceptions
in psychology. Presented at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology,
Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2011, February). The past is present: Using the history of psychology
to teach current concepts. Presented at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching
of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. & Pickren, W. (2011, January). Bringing the past to the present:
Using history to teach current concepts. Presented at Teaching the History of
Psychology, Online e-Workshop.
Beins, B. C., & Bosack, T. (2011, January). Test making and test taking:
How AP Psychology can contribute to the college course. Presented at the National
Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
Miller, R., & Beins, B. C. (2011, January). "Myths and misconceptions:
Teaching students what they think they know (but really don't)". Keynote
presentation at the Teaching Preconference of the annual convention of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Keith, K. D., Gurung, R. A., & Beins, B. C. (2010, October). Advancing
the teaching of psychology–Blueprint for the future. Invited presentation
at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Colchester, VT.
Keith, K. D., & Beins, B. C. (2010, October). Things we know that ain’t
so: Psychological myths and misconceptions. Invited presentation at the Northeastern
Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Colchester, VT.
Beins, B. C. (2010, October). The joy of being a teacher. Invited presentation
at the Psych Pedagogy: Teaching Psychology at CUNY conference. New York, NY.
Ippolito, A., & Beins, B. C. (2011, March). Personality and humor: How
accurate are our reflections of ourselves? Presented at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Beins, B. C., & Bosack, T. (2010, October). Test making and test taking:
How AP Psychology can contribute to the college course. Presented at the annual
convention of the New England Psychological Association, Colchester, VT.
Beins, B. C. (2010, August). Psychological metaphors in the life of a psychology
teacher. Invited address at the annual convention of the American Psychological
Association. San Diego, CA.
Beins, B. C., (2010, August). History of Misconceptions in Psychology. In M.
J. Sciutto (Chair), Knowledge and Misconceptions in Psychology. Symposium at
the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego,
CA.
Beins, B. C. (2010, August). Students and psychological research: Fostering
scientific literacy. In B. C. Beins (Chair), Psychology, psychology students,
and scientific literacy: Implications for teaching. Symposium at the annual
convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Are we more intelligent about intelligence than
a century ago? In C. Green (Chair), Bringing the past to the present: Using
historical sources to teach contemporary topics. Symposium presented at the
annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
*Carella, K. M. (2010, March). Expectations of Offensiveness in Humor–A
Reverse Priming Effect. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
*Emas, A., & Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Sexism and Priming for Offensiveness
in Humor. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Beins, B. C., & Pickren, W. (2010, February). Publishing in History of
Psychology: Using History to Teach Current Concepts. Poster presentation at
the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2009, October). Humor research is nothing to laugh at: Teaching
sound research methodology with engaging projects. In B. C. Beins (Chair), Thinking
outside the text: Fun can be pedagogically sound. Symposium presented at the
New England Psychological Association convention, Worcester, MA.
Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Workshop on Teaching Testing and Individual Differences
in Introductory and AP Psychology. Invited workshop presented at the annual
convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Beins, B. C., & Landrum, R. E. (2010, February). Teaching effective writing:
Sometimes anal retentive is spelled without a hyphen. Invited presentation at
the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C., Smith, R. A., Brakke, K., & Pusateri, T. (2010, February).
The Puget Sound Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology: Perspectives
on teaching psychology in the 21st century. Invited presentation at the Southeastern
Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2010, February). History of psychology from general psychology
to the capstone course. Invited presentation at the Southeastern Conference
on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C., & Smith, R. A. (2010, January). Generating Concrete Data
for Concrete Thinkers: Exercises for Statistics and Research Methods Classes.
Presentation at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg,
FL.
Beins, B. C. (2009, November). Thinking like a psychologist: Teaching research
methods. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of Utah Teachers of Psychology
in the Secondary Schools, Salt Lake City, UT.
Beins, B. C., & Whitlock, K. (2009, November). Taking the mystery out
of AP Psychology Test Development. Presentation at the annual meeting of Utah
Teachers of Psychology in the Secondary Schools, Salt Lake City, UT.
Pickren, W. E., & Beins, B. C. (2009, October). Resources for Teaching
International and Societal Contexts in the History of Psychology Course. Presented
at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Worcester, MA.
Kite, M. E., Beins, B. C., Brewer, C. L., Buskist, W., Chew, S. L., Ewing,
A. T., Rochleleau, C. A., Stowell, J. R., & Worrell, F. C. (2009, August).
Symposium: Advancing the teaching of psychology–Blueprint for the future.
Presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Beins, B. C. (2009, June). Thinking about students thinking about psychology.
Keynote address at the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Staunton,
VA.
Beins, B. C. (2009, March). Question 9 and conclusions. In M. Bhalla (Chair),
Report on the APA national conference on undergraduate education in psychology
(NCUEP): A bluepring for the future of undergraduate education in psychology.
Symposium presentation at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Beins, B. C. (2009, March). Discussant. In S. Nolan & J. Buckner (Chairs),
Council of Undergraduate Psychology Programs (CUPP) symposium: The internationalization
of the undergrduate psychology major. Symposium presentation at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Gordon, E. D., Emas, A. B., Nutter, G. A., Rugg, J. C., McCarthy, C. A., O'Reilly,
D. M., & Beins, B. C. (2009, March). Why did the man cross the road? Sexist
attitudes and gender-based humor. Poster presentation at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wells, N. M., D'Annunzio, S. S., Harris, T. M., Robbins, J. B., Doyle, H. E.,
Pfadt-Trilling, A. M., & Beins, B. C. (2009, March). A guy walks into a
bar: Sense of humor and reactions to offensive jokes. Poster presentation at
the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Gordon, E. D., Emas, A. B., Nutter, G. A., Rugg, J. C., McCarthy, C. A., O'Reilly,
D. M., & Beins, B. C. (2009, March). Why did the man cross the road? Sexist
attitudes and gender-based humor. Poster presentation at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Beins, B. C. (2008, October). Technology in teaching: Where are we and how
did we get here? Invited keynote presentation at the seventh annual Best Practices
in Psychology conference, Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2008, September). Planning for the future. Presentation at the
2008 Education Leadership Conference: Internationalizing Psychology Education,
Washington, DC.
Beins, B. C. (2008, August). Changing perspectives in parallel worlds: The
academy and the disciplinary organization. In W. Addison (Chair), Changing Perspectives:
Transitioning from Faculty Member to Administrator (and Back). Symposium presentation
at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston,
MA.
Beins, B. C. (2008, August). Electronic publications: Broadening opportunities
in the scholarship of teaching. In B. C. Beins (Chair), Scholarly publications
in the 21st century: Expanding outlets for dissemination. Symposium presentation
at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston,
MA
Keith, K. D., & Beins, B. C. (2008, August). My students believe what?
Psychological myths and sound science in the undergraduate classroom. Invited
presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association,
Boston, MA.
Beins, B. C. (2008, July). Developing critical thinking in research methods:
Class exercises. Presentation at the International Conference on the Teaching
of Psychology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Beins, B. C. (2008, July). Developing critical thinking in research methods:
Class exercises. Presentation at the International Conference on the Teaching
of Psychology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Beins, B. C. (2008, April). Psychology, Psychology Students, and Scientific
Thinking. Invited presentation at the annual convention of the Western Psychological
Association, Irvine, CA.
Beins, B. C. (2007, October). Writing in APA style: An exercise with common
errors. Poster session at the annual Northeastern Conference for Teachers of
Psychology, Danbury, CT.
Bosack, T., & Beins, B. C. (2007, October). AP Psychology: Enhancing Your
Professional Development and Benefitting Your Students. Participant Idea Exchange
at the annual Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Danbury, CT.
Beins, B. C., McCarthy, C., Rigge, M., Rigoli, B., & Sawyer, S. (2007,
October). Expectations about humor affect ratings: A generalizable effect with
social implications. Poster session at the annual convention of the New England
Psychological Association, Danbury, CT.
Benfante, L., & Beins, B. C. (2007, October). Self-reflection and sense
of humor: The big five personality characteristics and humor. Poster session
at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Danbury,
CT.
Beins, B. C., & Beins, A. B. (2007, August). Mentoring across disciplines
on book-length Projects. In B. C. Beins (Chair), Mentoring close to home–Implications
for general principles of mentoring. Presented at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Beins, B. C. (2007, August). Personal dream interpretation: Teaching that
it’s not just Freud. In B. Schwartz (Chair), Using stories from our personal
lives to teach psychological theories and concepts. Presented at the annual
convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Beins, B. C., Schira, C., & Sarabando, M. (2007, July). Meet the Development
Committee: Psychology. Presented at the Advanced Placement Annual Convention,
Las Vegas, NV.
Schira, C., Beins, B. C., & Sarabando, M. (2007, July). Learning Psychology
Through Applications to Everyday Life. Presented at the Advanced Placement Annual
Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Beins, B. C. (2007, June). Developing Critical Thinking Through Stealth Teaching:
Exercises for Introductory Psychology in Advanced Placement and College Courses.
Presentation at the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. Staunton,
VA.
Holmes, J., Beins, B. C., & Lynn, A. (2007, June). Student Views of Psychology
as a Science: Findings and Implications. Presentation at the Eastern Conference
on the Teaching of Psychology. Staunton, VA.
Beins, B. C. (2007, March). Raising Questions and Generating Discussion with
Data in Research Methods. Invited presentation at the Southeastern Conference
on the Teaching of Psychology. Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2007, March). Stuttering: A Compelling Example of Ethics, Theory,
and Research. Invited presentation at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching
of Psychology. Atlanta, GA.
Beins, B. C. (2006, October). Psychology and Scientific Thinking. Invited presentation
at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Manchester, NH.
Beins, B. C. (2006, August). Psychological concepts: richness through the liberal
arts. In B. C. Beins (Chair), Symposium presented at the annual convention of
the American Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA.
Beins, B. C. (2006, August). What's in a question?: Pitfalls in survey wording.
In R. A. Smith (Chair), Symposium presented at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA.
Beins, B. C. (2006, May). Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Tool for Social
Discussion. Invited presentation at the American Psychological Society/Society
for the Teaching of Psychology Teaching Institute, New York.
Beins, B. C. (2006, April). The Promises of Psychology. Invited presentation
at the Hudson Valley Undergraduate Psychology Conference. Orangeburg, NY.
Beins, B. C. (2006, January). Writing in APA-Style: An Exercise with Common
Errors. Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
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Presentations with Abstracts)
Ippolito, A., & Beins, B. C. (2011, March). Personality and humor: How
accurate are our reflections of ourselves? Presented at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Carella, K. M., & Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Expectations of Offensiveness
in Humor–A Reverse Priming Effect. Poster presented at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Emas, A., & Beins, B. C. (2010, March). Sexism and Priming for Offensiveness
in Humor. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Miller, G., Babcock, S., Chou, Y., Christiansen, A., Kraus, J. Ippolito, Al,
Stewart, B. (2010, April). Expectations of Offensiveness in Humor–A Reverse
Priming Effect. Poster presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference,
Scranton, PA.
Babcock, S., Chou, Y., Christiansen, A., Kraus, J. Ippolito, Al, Miller, G.,
Stewart, B. (2010, April). Sexism and Priming for Offensiveness in Humor. Poster
presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference, Scranton, PA.
Ippolito, A., Romero, Y., Babcock, S., Chou, Y., Christiansen, A., Kraus, J.,
Miller, G., & Stewart, B. (2010, April). Sense of Humor: Are We All Really
Above Average? Poster presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference,
Scranton, PA.
Stewart, B. (2010, April). Observing the exclusion principle through jokes
and priming. Poster presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference,
Scranton, PA.
Wells, N. M., D'Annunzio, S. S., Harris, T. M., Robbins, J. B., Doyle, H. E.,
Pfadt-Trilling, A. M., & Beins, B. C. (2009, March). A guy walks into a
bar: Sense of humor and reactions to offensive jokes. Poster presentation at
the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Gordon, E. D., Emas, A. B., Nutter, G. A., Rugg, J. C., McCarthy, C. A., O'Reilly,
D. M., & Beins, B. C. (2009, March). Why did the man cross the road? Sexist
attitudes and gender-based humor. Poster presentation at the annual convention
of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Freedner, E., Wright, F., & Beins, B. C. (2007 April). How expectation
affects humor appreciation. Presentation at the University of Scranton Psychology
Conference, Scranton, PA.
Laport, M., Donkor, K., Hull, J., O’Connor, A., Nagengast, K., &
Beins, B. C. (2006, April). The Role of Context in Violent Humor. Presentation
at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Donkor, K., Hull, J., Laport, M., Nagengast, K., O’Connor, A., &
Beins, B. C. (2006, April). The effects of priming on humor responses. Presentation
at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Hull, J., Donkor, K., Laport, M., Beins, B. C. (2006, April). Personality
Dimensions and Perceived Sense of Humor. Presentation at the Eastern Colleges
Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Bernardi, S., Boynton, J., & Kragh, D. (2006, April). Perceptions of Offensive
Humor. Presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference, Scranton,
PA.
Boynton, J., Kragh, D., & Bernardi, S. (2006, April). Personality Characteristics
and Humor. Presented at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference, Scranton,
PA.
Agnitti, G. (2006, April). Conformity and humor appreciation. Presentation
at the Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca, NY.
Nagengast, K., Yarmosky, S., Donkor, K., Hull, J., & Laport, M. (2006,
April). Appreciation and recall of offensive humor. Presentation at the Whalen
Academic Symposium, Ithaca, NY.
Pashka, N. J., Grossman, D. B., Gildner, L. M., Agnitti, J. Y., Baldwin, V.
C., Bubel, A., MacNaughton, K. B., Snyder, M. E., & Waajid, M. S. (2005,
April). How expectations affect perceptions of offensive humor. Presentation
at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference, New Britain, CT.
Pashka, N. J., Agnitti, J. Y., Bubel, A., MacNaughton, K. B., & Beins,
B. C. (2005, April). Humor in groups: Appreciated but not remembered. Presented
at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference, New Britain, CT.
Pashka, N., & Agnitti, J. (2005, April). Offensive Humor: Can We Insult
You While We Make You Laugh? Poster presentation at the Eastern Colleges Science
Conference, New Britain, CT.
Agnitti, J., Baldwin, V., Lapham, H., Yarmosky, S., Bubel, A., MacNaughton,
K., Pashka, N. (2005, April). How Expectations Affect Perceptions of Offensive
Humor. Poster presentation at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference,
Scranton, PA.
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Personal Stuff
Basketball: I play Lunchbox basketball at noon every day I
can. You can take a look at me during a game, as portrayed in The
Ithacan. Note: The figure caption says that I was "trying" to dribble
around the defender. It wasn't "trying." I left him in the dust.
Gardening: I have a garden of about 800 square feet that provides
tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers beets, beans, and basil. Unfortunately,
I often wind up sharing it with hungry dee and rabbits.
My Children: My daughter, Agatha,
has just finished her doctoral degree in Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers
University. She was awarded a dissertation fellowship by the American Association
of University Women. She has co-edited
a book, and she and I co-authored a
book (for which we are writing a second edition). She graduated from Carleton
College cum laude with a bachelor's degree in classical languages.
She has two Master's degrees, one in Women's Studies from the University of
Arizona and one in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. When
she was a freshman in high school, she finished fifth in New York state in the
400 meters.
My son, Simon,
is a musician; his groups are The
Fishermen Three and The
Wowz. His tours include England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium,
and Scandinavia. He wrote the music for the documentary The
City Dark ; it was screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival
in Austin, Texas. He won the juried award for the best musical score for a documentary.
His group also wrote the music for the documentary King
Corn and is working on other such music, including Truck Farm (see
Episode 1 and Episode
2). He also does technical writing and web design. He graduated cum
laude from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in history.
In high school, he was in New York's All-State Concert band and was named to
the All-State Soccer Team.
My wife, Linda,
is a reference librarian at the Finger Lakes Library System. She grew up in
New York City and graduated from City College with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
We met in graduate school at the City University of New York and were married
on the night that Richard Nixon announced that he was going to resign his presidency.
She has a Master's in Library Sciences from Catholic University in Washington,
DC.
My activities include work within Division 2 of the American Psychological
Association, the Society for the Teaching
of Psychology. This division address issues relevant to the teaching of
psychology and offers support and services to teachers of psychology at all
levels.
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