T. Nathan Story 1 T. Nathan Story Department of Psychology University of Utah 380 South 1530 East, Room 502 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 nathan.story@psych.utah.edu Education M.S., Social Psychology, University of Utah, Expected 2011 B.S., Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2007 Research Interests Dynamical systems theory and nonlinear methods Formation, maintenance, and dissolution of close relationships Evolutionary theory and applications to psychology Research Publications Butner, J., Story, T. N., Wiebe, D., & Berg, C. A. (2011). Fractals, vigilance, and adolescent diabetes management: A case for when regulation may be difficult to measure with the current medical standards. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 46(1), 33-57. Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Beveridge, R., Allen, N. J., Pearce, G., (2007). Age, Marital Satisfaction, and Optimism as Predictors of Positive Sentiment Override in Middle-aged and Older Married Couples. Psychology and Aging, 22(4) 719-727. Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Ko, K., Story, N., Beveridge, R., Allen, N., Florsheim, P., Pearce, G., Uchino, B., Skinner, M., & Glazer, K. (2007). Task control and cognitive abilities of self and spouse in collaboration in middle-aged and older couples. Psychology and Aging, 22(3) 420-427. Book Chapters Butner, J., Story, T. N. (2010) Oscillators with Differential Equations. In S. J. Guastello & R. A. M. Gregson (Eds.), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data (pp. 367-400). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Manuscripts Under Review T. Nathan Story 2 Butner, J., & Story, T. N. (Submitted to Multivariate Behavioral Research) Examining the dimensionality of blood glucose in adolescent type I diabetes. Manuscripts in Preparation Story, T. N., Butner, J., & Diamond, L. M. Anxiety, emotional reactivity, and attachment as predictors of embedding dimensionality of affect. Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Pham, P., Wiebe, D. Parental partiality and self-efficacy in the context of adolescent type 1 diabetes. Presentations Story, T. N., Pham, P., Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (August, 2010). Parental Partiality and Self-Efficacy in the Context of Adolescent Diabetes. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego California. Story, T. N., Butner, J. (April, 2010). Using Prediction Plots to Interpret Linear and Nonlinear Oscillator Models. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun Mexico. Butner, J., Story, T. N. (April, 2010). The fractal nature of social interaction seeking: Time between social actions is only random if you are hostile. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun Mexico. Sanchez, E., Story, T. N., Butner, J. (April, 2010). We compliment each other in a supersymmetric kind of way. Presented at the University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium. Story, T. N., Butner, J, Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (April, 2009). Searching for complex patterns in blood glucose of adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A fractal approach to vigilance. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland Oregon. Butner, J., Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (April, 2009). Dimensionality as means towards understanding diabetes regulation. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland Oregon. Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Pearce, G. (November, 2006). Positive Sentiment Bias in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas Texas. Berg, C. A., T. W. Smith, Skinner, M., Ko, K., Story, T. N., Allen, N. J., Beveridge, R., Pearce, G., Uchino, B., Florsheim, P. (November, 2006). Cognitive and Interpersonal Factors Involved in Couples’ Perceptions of Collaborative Problem Solving. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas Texas. Ko, K., Berg, C., Smith, T. W., Uchino, B., Skinner, M., Pearce, G., Henry-Allen, N., Story, T. N. (November, 2005). Profiles of Successful Aging in Middle-Aged and T. Nathan Story 3 Older Adult Married Couples. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando Florida. Berg, C., Ko, K., Story, T. N., Allen, N., and Beveridge, R. (November, 2005) Cognitive Function and Interpersonal Control in Collaborative Problem Solving. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando Florida. Professional Memberships Association for Psychological Science American Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology Western Psychological Association Awards & Honors 2010 Graduate Travel Award 2005 Kennecott Scholarship 2005 Venizelos Center on Aging Scholarship Service Co-coordinator Social Area Research Group 2010-11 Behavioral science statistics mentor, Academy for Math Engineering and Science, Salt Lake City, Dec-March, 2009.