Celebrating Dr. William Crano’s 45 Years of Teaching,
Research, and Service to Psychology
This year marked an important year for Dr. William Crano, who was honored for his 45 years
of teaching, research, and service to the field of Social Psychology. The Stauffer Symposium:
"Using Innovative Research Methods to Tackle Social Issues" took place on Friday, August
24th, and featured a troupe of distinguished scholars from all corners of the world, including
Drs. Marilynn Brewer, Charles Johnson, Robin Vallacher, Arie Kruglanski, Radmila Prislin, and
Gary Selnow. Symposium presenters delivered talks about their own research including topics
such as Nested Social Dilemmas, Minority Influence Addressing Social Issues, and Innovated
Research Methods versus Social Programs. Finally, Dr. Crano gave a heartfelt and personal speech to Symposium guests, which
was followed by a dinner at CGU President Deborah Freund’s house in Claremont. We are also pleased to announce that Professor
Crano has been appointed Chair of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences.
Dr. Crano is a fellow of the APA and APS, has been a NATO Senior Scientist, a Fulbright Fellow to Brazil, and a liaison scientist in
the behavioral sciences for the Office of Naval Research, London. He also has served as the Chair of the Executive Committee for
the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and as Director of the Program in Social Psychology at NSF. He is on the editorial
boards of Human Communication Research and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and previously served on the
boards of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, and the International Journal of Group
Tensions.
Inside This Issue
Faculty Accomplishments: Celebrate SBOS
faculty’s most recent achievements
Page 1-3
Student Accomplishments: What have our
current students been up to?
Page 4-10
Recently Published Books by SBOS Faculty
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SBOS Professional Events: A look at travels Alumni Milestones
abroad, IPPA, AEA, Development Workshops, Page 22
and recent Symposia
Recent & Upcoming Conferences
Page 12-16
Page 23
Babies ‘R’ SBOS!
Page 17
SBOS & SPE Come Together to Celebrate
Winter
Page 18-21
SBOS Publications 2011-2012
Page 24-30
Mark Your Calendars!
Page 31-32
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Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Named
One of the Most Influential International
Thinkers in 2012
Dr. Csikszentmihalyi, a distinguished
professor of psychology at SBOS and co-director of
the Quality of Life Research Center was named the
12th most influential international thinkers in 2012
by HR Magazine. Dubbed the “Father of Flow” and
“deeply profound”, Dr. Csikszentmihalyi is one of the
world’s leading authorities on the psychology of
creativity—dedicating much of his life to discover
what makes people truly happy. Largely credited with
developing the concept of “flow” as a metaphorical
description of the mental state associated with
feelings of optimal satisfaction and fulfillment, this
researcher boldly examines both internal and
external conditions that give rise to contexts where
flow occurs—allowing people to exercise their skills
to the utmost, particularly under circumstances of
high challenge.
Also don’t forget to check out the movie
“Happy”, directed by Roko Belic which combines
powerful human stories from around the world with
cutting edge science to give us a deeper
understanding of our most valued emotion. Look out
for Dr. Csikszentmihalyi in the film!
Dr. Becky Reichard has been elected as
“chair-elect” for the Scholarship Member Interest
Group of the International Leadership Association
[ILA] where she will play a crucial role in the
development of the conference program. The ILA, a
global network for all who practice, study, and teach
leadership, promotes a deeper understanding of
leadership knowledge and practices for the greater
good of individuals and communities worldwide. Dr.
Reichard will serve a three year appointment—this
year as chair-elect, next year as chair, and the
following year as past-chair.
Dr. Reichard has also been invited to be the
“scholar in residence” for the annual National
Leadership Symposium to be held in Louisville, KY.
For three days in July she will work with leadership
educators across the U.S. to better understand
developmental readiness in undergraduate
leadership education. For more information on this
symposium, visit http://www.naca.org/Events/
Pages/nls.aspx.
Dr. Becky Reichard Named Chair-Elect
for the International Leadership
Association
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SBOS Assistant Professor Dr. Tarek Azzam honored
“His energy, enthusiasm, and love for evaluation are truly amazing. Tarek is committed to promoting and advancing evaluation as a
field of study and a profession. He is also one of the most passionate and effective teachers of evaluation that I have ever known.”
– Dean Stewart Donaldson
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Tarek Azzam, assistant professor at SBOS, who was honored with the Marcia
Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award by the American Evaluation Association on October 26th 2012 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. AEA is an international professional association that comprises approximately 8,000 members
worldwide. The Guttentag Award is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion
of his or her Masters or Doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with AEA’s Guiding Principles for Evaluators. In
praise of his contribution to the field of evaluation, which involves assessing strengths and weaknesses of various
programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to ensure and improve effectiveness, the AEA award
committee acknowledged Tarek’s impressive accomplishments: “…he exemplifies all that could be hoped for in a new
evaluator. He is a prolific published scholar, educator, innovator, mentor and trainer who has won the profound
respect of his colleagues.”
Nominated by Dr. Stewart Donaldson, Dean of SBOS and SPE, Tarek distinguished himself quickly as a highly influential
researcher and practitioner in his field. Having taken on over 20 evaluation projects in education, health and
prevention, international development, and capacity building, Tarek has published over ten papers contributing to the
knowledge and practice of evaluation methodology. He has also collaborated with many researchers and practitioners
on evaluation programs within a myriad of contexts such as pregnancy prevention, children’s health, student retention
at the K-12 and university level, international development for the Rockefeller and Packard Foundations, and education
programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. “I am humbled and honored to receive this
prestigious award from AEA,” said Tarek. “I want to express my deepest gratitude to those that have supported me
throughout my evaluation career. I feel very fortunate to be part of the evaluation field, with its fascinating challenges,
intrigues, and debates.”
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David Somlo awarded Best Student Paper at SPSSI
SPSSI, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, was held in Charlotte, North Carolina this year from June
21st - 24th, 2012. The 9th biennial convention, “Changing Societies: Learning From and For Research, Social Action, and
Policy” included a broad diversity of psychologists, sociologists, public health researchers, policy makers and social
activists who share a common goal of generating knowledge to understand and to redress social problems. In light of
remarkable societal changes – environmental disasters, migration, economic upheaval, and social movements and
revolutions, SPSSI asks: what can we learn? How can we contribute?
David Somlo, a 4th year doctoral student in the Social Psychology program at SBOS, responded with an award winning
research paper, titled “Group Identification and Normative Concern Interact to Predict Environmental Behavior”. In
conjunction with Dr. Allen Omoto, the paper examined the role of descriptive norms in translating concern for
environmental problems into action. Presented with the Best Student Paper Award at the SPSSI conference by Dr.
Janet Swim, David applied his theoretical research background in social identity and pro-social behavior to the domain
of environmental psychology. Their study revealed strong implications for the mobilization of social groups in collective
action on behalf of the environment, and exposed the importance of normative concern in predicting behavior across
group contexts.
In general, David is interested in examining social identity and how being part of social groups affects people’s
attitudes and behaviors: “the unifying theme of my research is studying inter-subgroup relations and schisms in social
groups, as well as determining when someone will adhere more or less strictly to the normative practices of their
social group”. David hasn’t stopped here in his endeavor to apply what he has learned in social psychology. In the
future, he plans to branch out his investigation of social identity and pro-social behaviors: “I want to figure out how to
make people less zealous about their adherence to in-group attitudes or behaviors that are negative, antisocial, or
unhealthy – and in the end, I’d like to apply my research to understanding partisan conflict in U.S. politics as well as
religious conflict in Israel/Palestine.”
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Student Spotlight
Michael Toma is doctoral candidate in Applied Cognitive
experts. I wanted to elaborate on this by comparing
Psychology. He has just finished his thesis project titled,
SCRABBLE experts to nationally-ranked crossword solvers
Differences in Working Memory Ability among Elite
namely because of the similar visual layouts and verbal
Nationally-Ranked Scrabble Crossword Experts, which
nature of these two games. The theoretical framework for
examines the cognitive mechanisms underlying how
my thesis came from opposing literature on working
domain-specific knowledge contributes to differences
memory. On the one hand, the literature suggested that a
among elites with expert abilities. Michael was even able
separability of working memory exists, whereby visuo-
to acquire expert feedback from Will Shortz—head of the
spatial and verbal working memory capacity act as
American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, Westchester
separate domains. On the other hand, some research
Table Tennis Club, and one of the most elite crossword
suggests a more domain-general theory of working
puzzle solvers in the world.
memory, where an overlap of visuo-spatial and verbal
working memory exists by way of an episodic buffer.
Michael is the Psi Chi Research Committee Chair at CGU
and co-authored an article, Knowing beans: Human mirror
mechanisms revealed through motor adaptation,
published in 2010 in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. He
is currently studying how different types of information
influences the way people make decisions. Michael strives
to improve how people interact with technology by
Tell us about your research.
The primary research question (asked) Do cognitive
abilities of elite experts from similar domains (i.e.,
SCRABBLE and crossword solving) differ in respect to (a)
the domain specific knowledge and (b) strategies used
while competing? The goal of this study was to contribute
to expertise literature which aims to develop a refined
applying his knowledge of cognition theory: “There are
numerous cognitive mechanisms responsible for why we
type so fast, enjoy the feel of a certain website, navigate
our smartphones so efficiently, or go to the ends of the
earth for latest Apple-related thing – I hope to not only
improve these interactions, but help companies and the
lay alike understand why they occur in the first place.”
definition of what it means to be extra-capable. I have
always been fascinated by the outliers of society who
display extraordinary cognitive skills, whether they are
experts, geniuses, prodigious savants, or the extremely
creative. This study allowed me to understand some of the
underlying cognitive constructs responsible for how
individuals become remarkably capable experts.
How did you formulate your research question?
The study was the first to examine gaming expertise
outside of chess using nationally-ranked SCRABBLE
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SBOS Student Activity
Jennie Giron was recently awarded the Jeri Druham
Graduate Fellowship by the Soroptimist International
of Los Angeles (SILA) for her academic achievements
and outreach efforts to educate and empower women
and girls in the Los Angeles area. She was honored as a
Woman of Distinction at SILA’s 90th Anniversary
Celebration last Spring. Jennie is a dual-degree 3rd year
student at CGU, pursuing her doctoral degree in
Organizational Behavior at SBOS and an MBA at the
Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of
Management. Her primary interests involve gender,
leadership, and negotiations. Currently, her research
examines how to facilitate more effective negotiation
outcomes for women. This summer Jennie was asked
to be the Key Note Speaker at the Lambda Gamma
Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority’s Annual
Youth Symposium. The annual symposium is held every
second Saturday of March and includes multiple
forums to educate youth, ages 11-18, concerning
educational, financial and social issues. The Mayor of
the city of Pomona, Elliot Rothman, provided the
proclamation for this year's symposium which
consisted of workshops focusing on transitioning
students toward higher education and seeking financial
assistance and opportunities. In her speech, Jennie
talked about her personal and academic journey, and
the lessons that she learned along the way. Afterward,
she talked one-one-one with the girls, encouraging
them to discuss their academic and personal goals and
answering questions about college and beyond.
Max Freund was recently elected as 2012-13 Chair of the
San Bernardino County Capacity Building Consortium, a
cross-sectoral alliance dedicated to increasing support
services and investment to make nonprofits more effective
and sustainable. The Consortium's current projects include
a strategic planning effort to develop the countrywide
nonprofit support infrastructure and an economic impact
study examining the direct and induced impact of funds
brought into San Bernardino County by the nonprofit
sector. Max is serving as Co-Chair of the steering
committee for the San Bernardino County Community Vital
Signs Initiative. CVS is a public-private community health
improvement framework working to set evidence-based
goals and priorities for action that encompass policy,
education, environment, and systems change in addition to
promoting quality, affordable and accessible health care
and prevention services. It is sponsored by the County
of San Bernardino Departments of Public Health,
Behavioral Health, and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
and led by a broad group of stakeholders from the medical,
community health, prevention, mental/behavioral health,
and human services communities. Max also presented last
month in Chicago on "Shared leadership in the governance
of networks and collaboratives" as part of a research-topractice panel at the BoardSource Leadership Forum, the
national conference of the leading clearinghouse on
nonprofit governance. He’s also slated to present next
month in Indianapolis at the conference of ARNOVA, the
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and
Voluntary Action.
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SBOS STUDENTS
AT
LARGE
Look out for 4th year Social Psychology PhD student-atlarge, Stephen Miller, if you are in the Washington, D.C.
area! Chosen as one of few for the Public Interest Policy
Internship by the American Psychological Association,
Stephen will spend a year working on public interest policy
issues on the staff of APA's Public Interest Government
Relations Office [PIGRO]. He will be working with the
directors of the Child, Youth, and Families & Socioeconomic
Issues and the Minority Issues and Disability Issues
departments where his role will be to assist in analyzing
legislation as it pertains to the PIGRO's mission, organize
and report on coalition activities, and report on our office's
efforts to APA members.
As an intern in this office, Stephen will help to
formulate and implement APA positions on major federal
policy initiatives of importance to psychology in the public
interest. Employing his instruction at SBOS, he will help to
influence legislative and regulatory activities impacting
several populations such as those in different categories of
disabilities, aging, socioeconomic status, ethnic/racial
minorities, children, youth, and families, LGBT persons,
and individuals with HIV/AIDS. In a broader context,
Stephen is interested in “health behavior research and
health promotion, specifically as it pertains to adolescents
in the realm of obesity and smoking prevention. I am
currently working on a secondary data analysis on the link
between parent drug use and child drug use with the NSPY
data set. I am also drafting a survey on diet and exercise
and the possible relationship to participation in childhood
athletics.”
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As Heather Butler continues to pursue her doctoral
degree at SBOS, she also teaches a full-load of classes
at California State University, Fullerton including
Introduction to Psychology, Critical Thinking, and
Computer Applications in Psychology. She also serves
as a consultant for the Metiri Group, which is currently
building a portal for teachers who want to improve the
way they teach critical thinking. Over the past two
years Heather has assisted Dr. Diane Halpern with her
expert testimony on behalf of the ACLU with regard to
two court cases involving single sex education. In
addition she is currently writing teaching materials for
the Psychology Press which will contribute to two
textbooks. She has also published several works
coming out this year.
Tim Lisk has been working on a body of research he
calls: The Recruiter Who Knew Too Much: Using Social
Media to Predict Job Performance.
Reports Tim, “social media profiles predict
personality (e.g., Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010;
Golbeck, Robles, & Turner, 2011; Gosling, Augustine,
Vazire, Holtzman, & Gladdis, 2011) and personality
predicts job performance (Barrick & Mount, 1991), but
does your Facebook page really predict how well you
will perform at your job? Can it do so better than a job
-relevant employment assessment? It might. By
combining applicant tracking, post-hire attrition and
performance data, and multivariate workforce
analytics, I’m answering this question while at the
same time identifying the social media data most likely
to cause disparate impact among protected groups.”
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Student Research
According to Maren Dollwet, International
assignments are becoming an increasingly common
and important business strategy for multinational
companies. In the process of sending employees and
their families overseas, organizations are in need for
effective international human resource practices
(IHRM) that can increase adjustment to international
assignments and ultimately lead to success for
everyone involved in the expatriation process.
Jeff Fajans is currently investigating a new social
phenomenon called the Quantified Self - and the
motivational, behavioral, affective, and cognitive
benefits (or repercussions) that may result from
participation.
Advances in technology have enabled
curious individuals to easily collect, analyze, and
interpret quantifiable data on their everyday
experiences. Theoretically, these individuals
then use this data to make positive changes in
their lifestyles or to garner self-knowledge. The
Quantified Self movement embraces the idea of
self-knowledge through numbers. (I believe)
that those who actively participate in the
Quantified Self movement and selfexperimentation experience higher levels of selfregulation, curiosity, meaning in life, subjective
happiness, creative thinking, and meta-cognitive
awareness.
Jeff hopes to take findings from studying
this unique group of people into interventions
such as coaching or training to help people
increase self-awareness and optimal
functioning. The implications of large numbers
of people voluntarily collecting & sharing data on
themselves also has vast implications that Jeff
plans to further explore.
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One such IHRM practice is for organizations
to use onboarding and socialization tactics to assist in
facilitating expatriate and family adjustment to the
new culture they are placed in so that they learn the
norms, behaviors, and values associated with that
culture. My research focuses on what specific types
of onboarding practices increase the amount of social
support expats and their families receive from host
country nationals, which in turn, is expected to
facilitate expatriate and family adjustment, and
ultimately impact performance. I am also curious to
explore moderators of these relationships by
specifying under which conditions onboarding
practices are particularly important. It is my goal to
expand existing research and provide multinational
companies with practical implications for decreasing
expatriate failure rates and making international
assignments a successful experience for multinational
organizations and their constituents
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Students at Work
Emily Warren has been anything but bored this year. She was nominated as one
of four student speakers at the TEDxClaremontColleges event on September 29th,
2012. In her talk titled, “The Myth of Finding Yourself”, Emily spoke of how the
pressing need to find ourselves prevents us from being “fully present” in
whatever we do. “It creates a false belief that our ‘true selves’ are out there
somewhere, and (all) we need is the right job, the right relationship, or the right
idea in order to find it.” Instead, Emily suggests that we should focus on
developing our selves and our skills—not simply jumping around in search of the
perfect path.
Currently going into her third year at Claremont Graduate University as a PhD
student in Social Psychology, Emily is the Co-Coordinator of the SBOS Student
Peer Mentoring Program who has developed a number of ideas last Spring to
help both incoming and current students to thrive, not just survive. “I decided
that the best way to implement these ideas was through SPMP. Some of these
activities include a panel session with first-year students. I gathered a group of
veteran SBOS students to serve on the panel, and invited first years to come ask
us any questions that were on their minds. This event was this past Thursday and turned out to be a great success! I've
received so much positive feedback, and those who attended have asked if we're going to have another one! It is my
hope that they see us as a consistent source of guidance and support throughout the year.”
Emily is also the creator of an original series of graduate school workshops designed to help guide new students
through the novel terrain of their new graduate life, titled the “Un-Workshop Series." These are a series of student-led
workshops that confront topics which she feels are critical to a meaningful SBOS experience, with their primary
objective aiming to challenge some common assumptions about defining success in grad school.
Rena Yi has been busy this year. Diving headfirst into her dissertation, Rena is examining “Generation Y in the
workplace and how to increase their level of engagement, organizational commitment, and retention by designing jobs
that are more focused on the relational aspects of work.” She also studies their use of technology for communicating
with others and virtual mentoring as a potential solution for improving organizational outcomes.
Rena has been working at Disney Corporate HR as part of the Workforce Insights
team. On this team, Rena focuses on the use of analytics to make data-driven
decisions for the company, which includes working with teams to build data
infrastructure within the company, using data to answer questions that clients have,
conducting research for current HR processes (e.g., performance management
system), and serving as subject matter expert for the employee engagement
survey. Rena is also establishing herself as a ready-to-go jet-setter. She and her
boyfriend recently traveled to Japan and Taiwan to see the sights and enjoy the food,
which was preceded by a trip Granada, Spain for a friend’s wedding!
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Student Activities
CGU Flames
The CGU Flames Softball Team, founded by SBOS student JP Dulay, bands together at Cahuilla Park. Celebrating its 3rd year since
its conception, the CGU Flames’s boasts a roster nearing 20 players and a lean, mean reputation within the local softball
community. To stay up-to-date with upcoming games and events, find “CGU Flames Softball Dynasty” on Facebook!
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDxCC is a program of local,
self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience, hosted at the Claremont Colleges.
At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, selforganized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently
organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance
for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
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New Books by SBOS Faculty
SBOS faculty and students continue to be an exceptionally prolific
group. Check out these new books by our faculty below, and don’t
forget to look at the list of SBOS references at the end of this issue!
In this edited volume, “Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower
In “Teaching Psychology Online: Tips and Strategies for
Relationships: When Near is Far and Far is Near”, authors tackle
Success”, authors alumna Kelly Neff and Stewart Donaldson
the impact of distance – physical, interpersonal and social – on
discuss how to effectively create and manage an online
our organizations, governments and societies. This book
psychology course. Guidelines for preparing courses, facilitating
approaches the topic of leadership from a unique perspective,
communication, and assigning grades are provided along with
contributors tackle and reveal the importance played by
activities geared specifically toward psychology. This is a great
distance in leader- and followership. Edited by Drs. Michelle
resource for psychology educators ranging from teaching
Bligh at SBOS and Ronald Riggio at Claremont McKenna College.
assistants to the most experienced faculty.
Drs. Stewart Donaldson, Tarek Azzam, and Ross Conner have a
book in press titled, “Emerging Practices in International
Development Evaluation” which discusses a broad range of
principles and methodologies within the domain of evaluation
as they are applied to international development contexts.
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SBOS Goes Abroad
Dubbed “Team Scandinavia”, Dean Stewart Donaldson and SBOS students Meg Rao, Natasha Wilder, Matt Galen, and
Nicole Porter took a trip overseas to visit the Center for Work Life Studies and Evaluation at Malmö University, Sweden
and the Danish Evaluation Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark during Winter break. The impetus for the trip was a visit
by Dr. Donaldson last Fall where he gave several lectures and led workshops in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, and
subsequently provided a series of webinars from CGU during the fall semester for faculty and students in Sweden and
Denmark. Meg, Natasha, Matt, and Nicole and other CGU students participated in the webinars as well. During the
recent visit, Dean Donaldson gave lectures that were webcast throughout Scandinavia, and Team Scandinavia worked
with him to provide workshops and to collaborate on various Swedish research and evaluation projects. One project is
focused on gender mainstreaming the entire workforce and services of the City of Malmö. As a result of this visit,
Team Scandinavia is now beginning to develop a student and faculty exchange program that would allow CGU students
to visit Malmö University and the Danish Evaluation Institute to broaden their skills and professional network. Stay
tuned for news on this program’s development!
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IPPA Third World Congress on Positive Psychology
We are proud to announce that the International Positive Psychology Association [IPPA] has decided to hold the Third
World Congress on Positive Psychology in Los Angeles, and Claremont Graduate University's faculty and students are
getting ready. The event will take place on June 27-30, 2013 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. Dr. Donaldson
will be serving as the Congress Chair, Drs. Cskiszentmihalyi and Nakamura will serve as the Co-Chairs for the Scientific
Planning Committee, and SBOS students Michael Condren and Damian Vaughn will be Co-Chairs for the Local
Arrangements Committee. Many other CGU faculty and students will be involved with organizing the conference and
giving scientific presentations. The World Congress on Positive Psychology is the perfect opportunity for anyone
interested in learning how the “thriving science” is changing the lives of individuals, communities, and institutions
around the globe. Presentations, workshops, and poster sessions will feature leading-edge research, as well as
applications of positive psychology in a variety of fields – from business to education to medicine. This year, registrants
will have the opportunity to choose between an Applied or Scientific track to ensure the best fit with their interests
and the available workshops. Don’t miss your opportunity to submit your abstract as the January 31st deadline is
quickly approaching! There will also be a CGU gathering, so keep your eye out for updates! For more information visit
SBOS’s website at http://www.cgu.edu/pages/10098.asp or http://www.ippanetwork.org/.
Student Involvement
Katie St. John has been spending her time researching family dynamics, culture, and LGBT issues as they relate to
psychology. Her current projects are focused around elements of immigration and the acculturation process.
Specifically, she examines the implications that empirical study of these topics has on child outcomes such as mental
health, academic performance, substance use, and general well-being. Most recently, she has narrowed her sights on
parent-child relationships. According to Katie, she examines “the possible etiologies of the intergenerational
transmission of parent anxiety to child anxiety in school-aged children. We found that child’s cardiovascular reactivity
measured by respiratory sinus arrhythmia mediated the relationship between parental anxiety and child anxiety.
Another project underway is the qualitative analysis of family acceptance and rejection of their children’s sexual
identity among ethnic sexual minority immigrants and how ethnic sexual minority immigrants cope with the
experience of familial rejection.
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American Evaluation Association Conference
The 26th annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, titled “Evaluation in Complex Ecologies:
Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance” was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 24th – 27th this year.
Dominated by a strong CGU representation, a total of 31 SBOS faculty, students and alumni contributed to over 70
distinct presentations at the conference. Discussing pressing and current topics such as crowdsourcing as a viable
option, database management, tracking, and follow-up of mobile populations, evaluation theory categorization
systems, and promoting the use of dance and movement as an evaluation tool, contributors presented a wide array of
approaches to studying and working within the field of evaluation. Three SBOS professors – Drs. Michael Scriven, Dale
Berger, and Dean Stewart Donaldson – delivered full-day professional development workshops, on topics including
Advanced Evaluation Methods, Concepts, & Problems, Applications of Multiple Regression for Evaluators: Mediation,
Moderation, and More, and Basics of Program Design: A Theory-Driven Approach, respectively. These Professional
Development Workshops are designed to offer hands-on, interactive sessions that provide an opportunity to learn new
skills or hone existing ones.
Members of SBOS community got together at The Local—an
Irish Pub and local favorite hotspot near the Minneapolis
Convention Center.
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Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology
In recent years, scholars from a range of
disciplines have examined the speeches and
writings of political leaders around the world
to identify the ways in which each employs
stories and metaphors to recruit supporters,
justify past actions, frame policies for the
future, and negotiate with others. In
addition, scholars have come to
acknowledge that in their own analysis,
theory, and commentary they, too, are
incorrigible users of narrative and metaphor. A unique Claremont Symposium brought together specialists in social
psychology, political science, cognitive science, linguistics, literary studies, gender studies, and philosophy to identify
the many ways in which narrative and metaphor function in discourse around politics.
On March 24th, 2012 SBOS hosted the annual Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology titled, Warring
with Words: Narrative and Metaphor in Domestic and International Politics. Held at the Pickford Auditorium at
Claremont McKenna College, speakers from around the globe spoke on a breadth of topics ranging from President
Obama’s attitude toward the Arab Spring, to theoretical and empirical literature of war and conflict, to deconstructing
the multifaceted metaphors of international cooperation.
Speakers launched into the heart of pressing questions: Is it true that much communal and international hostility is
generated, at least in part, by the fact that opposing groups hold to conflicting religious and historical narratives? Does
each culture depend on a distinct cluster of metaphors for viewing the world? To what extent are domestic and
international policies shaped by the metaphors employed to frame the problems they are designed to resolve? How
effectively are the candidates in the upcoming US elections wielding stories and metaphors as campaigning weapons?
How may dysfunctional political narratives and metaphors be critiqued and effectively amended? To what extent do
political theorists depend on metaphor and political historians on narrative to conceptualize their fields and articulate
their findings? The symposium began with opening remarks by SBOS
Chair Dr. William Crano, followed by invited speakers Professor Michael
Hanne (who also read remarks from Dr. Chiara Bottici), Dr. Michael
Marks, Dr. Annick Wibben, Dr. Jeffery Mio, Dr. Phillip Hammack, and Dr.
Matt Bonham. The Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology
began in 1986 under the leadership of Dr. Stuart Oskamp. Over the years,
the series has examined a broad range of topics crucial to our
understanding of human relationships and the building of a healthy,
diverse society.
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SBOS Professional Development Workshops
This year’s annual SBOS Professional Development Workshop Series
was a huge success, featuring 16 workshops on Evaluation and Applied
Research Methods by speakers from around the globe. From August
20th – 24th 2012, this longstanding series provided practical and
theoretical training in evaluation and applied research through oneday workshops, taught by esteemed academics and practitioners who
shared their knowledge and experience with avid researchers,
evaluators, students, and working professionals. Previous years have
consistently brought hundreds of participants to Claremont from
across the globe, representing an exciting cross-section of the private and public sectors. This year marked our highest
attendee turnout to date. Over 400 participants joined us, including over 180 online! SBOS also awarded 10 scholarships to
individuals from under-developed countries to let them join online. This year’s series featured a diverse company of
speakers, including: Drs. Stewart Donaldson, Dale Berger, Jeanne Nakamura, Allen Omoto, Rodney Hopson, Wanda Casillas,
Huey T. Chen, Jason Siegel, Christina Christie, Maritza Salazar, Tiffany Berry, Rebecca Eddy, Michael Scriven, William D.
Crano, Becky Reichard, Laura Wray-Lake, Ross Conner, and John Gargani. Keep your eyes posted for next year’s exciting
lineup!
YMCA Leadership Symposium
Claremont Graduate University hosted an inaugural YMCA Leadership Symposium titled, “The Nature of
Communities” held on April 10-12 and a follow-up symposium on November 7-9. To support its mission to
strengthen community building, chose fifty executive officers from over 1,700 Y branches across the
country to participate. SBOS was chosen as the forum, providing a collegial environment of community,
strong leadership, and applied knowledge for the Leadership Symposium. The YMCA is a charitable nonprofit organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of community life. The symposium featured several invited
speakers including Tyler Norris, Vice President of Total Health Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente, and Peter Block, author,
lecturer, and organizational consultant. Talks focused on building community within organizations, and portrayed YMCA
executives as “thought leaders” within their respective branches. In April, the three-day affair kicked off with a welcome by
Terri Radcliff and Larry Rosen Y-USA (and SBOS board member) and CGU President Deborah Freund. Throughout the week
guest speakers including Tyler Norris, Jody Kretzmann, James Johnson, Jr., and Stewart Donaldson held presentations and
led discussions to facilitate a dialogue on important components of leadership. Six TAs from SBOS including John LaVelle,
Natasha Wilder, Nicole Porter, Samantha Langan, Jeff Sheldon, Max Freund, Matt Galen, and Miriam Jacobson were charged
with the task of facilitating the brainstorming, discussion, and development of “white papers” written by the executive
attendees. White papers are technical or business benefits documents that introduce a challenge faced by readers and
present a strong case for a particular approach toward problem solving. YMCA executives applied what they learned from
the invited speakers and their own research to write white papers. The best papers, selected by blind reviewers, were then
shared at the follow-up symposium in November.
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Babies
SBOS
Katie St. John and SBOS alumnus Luke Meyer welcomed
John M. LaVelle and SBOS alumna Kate
a new baby boy, Malone to their family on March 29th.
welcomed Drew Thomas LaVelle on November
8th, weighing 6 lbs 11 oz.
Dr. Tarek Azzam and his wife welcomed a new baby
on July 31st. Meet Dominic Ulysses Azzam!
Cody Packard and his wife had a baby boy on November
Dr. Maritza Salazar and her husband welcomed
13th. Named Welcome, or “Welly” for short weighed in at
Sabrina Rose Campo on September 17th at 12:33
8 lbs 15 oz and introduced himself in a timely fashion,
am. At birth Sabrina weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 21
just in time to celebrate Cody’s 30th birthday.
inches long!
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SBOS Thanksgiving Potluck
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SBOS & SPE Come Together
to Celebrate Winter
This last year the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences [SBOS] joined forces with the
School of Politics and Economics [SPE]. This exciting venture allows SBOS to maintain the integrity of
our own programs while giving student and faculty researchers the opportunity explore new
possibilities. It is the hope of both schools that a synthesis between our diverse disciplines such as
psychology, politics, economics, policy, evaluation, and human resources can grow and crystallize
into a prolific environment of knowledge, research, and application. How can the domain of
evaluation in a private organization benefit from the perspective of policy? What do we know about
political structures and why is that important for HR? How might the world of economics change
when integrated with the rigorous frameworks of organizational behavior research? In time, we
hope to explore these and other important questions.
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Winter Party
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SBOS Gives Back
Students and faculty celebrated Thanksgiving together on November 18th at the annual SBOS Thanksgiving Potluck.
Faculty and students from different concentrations were assigned to bring different dishes, which resulted in a
bounteous meal for everyone. In conjunction with this annual event, the SBOS Psi Chi organization hosted a canned
food drive whose contributions were donated to Shepherd’s Pantry—a non-profit organization in Glendora. To
continue the circle of giving, student donors received 5 cents off their graduation regalia per can donated.
To kick off the new alliance between SBOS and SPE, the two schools held this year’s annual Winter Party on December
1st in the Edmunds Ballroom at Pomona College. On this formal occasion, students and faculty from both schools
came together to enjoy a nice meal and the wide range of talents housed in both schools. A talent show featured a
wide array of performances among our student bodies, and a toy drive was organized to promote goodwill and a
season of giving. Talent included a west coast swing dance by SBOS students Andrew de Jesus and Jennie Giron, a
cultural dance (Myanmar) by SPE student Aye Aye, and a spoken word by SBOS student Ben Marsh, among many
talented others. New toys were donated to Steven’s Hope for Children who work closely with local hospitals including
Loma Linda University medical Center, San Antonio Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and City of Hope.
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Alumni Milestones
Vanessa Jamieson [PhD Organizational
Behavior] has been living in London,
England for 3 years. She is working for
MarketCast conducting research in
international markets for the film and
entertainment sector, and reportedly
enjoys a spot of tea, treacle tarts, and
London pubs.
Justin Menkes [PhD Organizational
Behavior] recently published a book,
Better Under Pressure, which reveals the
best kept secrets from executive search
firm Spencer Stuart of New York. Using his
knowledge of in-depth performance
evaluations, behavioral interviews, and
cognitive ability tests, Justin identifies
three major attributes that allow great
leaders to achieve the full potential of
their own performance as well as their
people.
Christie Chung [PhD Cognitive Psychology]
received tenure and currently holds the
title of Associate Professor of Psychology
at Mills College in Oakland, California.
2012
Christie also published some of her
research on the positivity effect in
memory across cultures in the
International Jounal of Aging and Human
Development.
Jonathan Wai [MA Cognitive Psychology]
had a feature print article published in
Psychology Today, Of Brainiacs and
Billionares, which illustrates that in our
high tech age of big data, the biggest
brains will lead the way to become the top
earners of the big bucks in the U.S.
Robert Lowman [PhD Psychology] was a
senior author of the cover article
“Psychology and the National Medal of
Science” in the April 2012 issue of
American Psychologist, which examines
how psychologists and behavioral
scientists became eligible for the national
Medal of Science. Robert played a key role
in the effort to get US Congress to expand
the law to expand eligibility for this honor.
Robert also serves as Associate Vice
Chancellor for Research at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has
been elected to membership on the Board
of Directors of the Foundation for the
Advancement of Psychology in
Management.
Douglas Weigand [MA Psychology] has
held the position of sole psychologist in
the medical section at the Health Hazard
Evaluation Program at the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health since 2009 and has published some
recent work in the Journal of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine on a
consensus method for updating
psychosocial measures used in health
hazard evaluations. Douglas is also the
first author on the transportation safety
chapter of the Encyclopedia of Primary
Prevention and Health Promotion, to be
published next year. He and his wife
Kendra, also an SBOS alum, recently
bought a house in Cincinnati and are
raising their family there.
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Recent & Upcoming Conferences
The 42nd annual conference for the Society for Neuroscience [SfN] was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 13th -17th 2012 at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center. A distinguished event for neuroscientists from around the globe to debut cutting-edge research on the brain and nervous system,
SfN's annual meeting provides the world's largest forum for neuroscientists to debut research and network with colleagues from around the world. For
more information, go to http://www.sfn.org/
The Academy of Management [AoM] held its annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts on August 3 rd – 7th 2012. This AoM conference, titled “the
Informal Economy” was aimed at providing its members with multiple opportunities to learn, develop themselves professionally, and connect with others
in the field of management. For more information about this conference, go to http://meeting.aomonline.org/2012/.
The Psychonomic Society [PS] held its annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 15 th – 18th 2012 at the Minneapolis Convention Center
and Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. The Psychonomic Society promotes the communication of scientific research in psychology and allied sciences. Its members
are qualified to conduct and supervise scientific research, must hold the PhD degree or equivalent, and must have published significant research other
than the doctoral dissertation. Society membership, including associate members, is now around 2,050. The main function of the Society is to exchange
information among scientists. To this end, it publishes six journals and annually hosts an international scientific meeting. For more information about this
society and conference, go to http://www.psychonomic.org/.
The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition [SARMAC] will hold its 10th conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on June 26th – 29th
2013. According to the SARMAC society, a major goal of the conference is to bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers working on issues of
applied research on memory and cognition, such as false memory, traumatic stress disorder, eyewitness memory, and education. The focus of the 2013
conference will be on broadening the interdisciplinary themes discussed above by having keynote speakers approach these themes from a number of
perspectives including cognitive biases, remembering from trauma, knowledge neglect, political differences, and statistics. SARMAC is known as an active,
friendly community. For more information about the conference, go to http://sarmac-conference.org/.
The Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Inc. [SIOP] will hold its 28th annual conference in Houston, Texas on April 11th – 13th 2013 at the
Hilton Americas Hotel. SIOP is focused around industrial-organizational psychology, the scientific study of the workplace - the knowledge base and
scientific methods of psychology are applied to issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection,
training, organizational development, motivation, leadership, and performance. For more information about this conference, go to https://www.siop.org/
conferences/.
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology [SPSP] will hold its 14th annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 17th – 19th 2013.
Centered around the promotion of scientific research that explores how people think, behave, feel, and interact, SPSP will be heading back to the Big Easy
for another science-packed meeting amid the rich history and culture of New Orleans, located in the newly renovated Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
situated along the Mississippi River and just steps away from the world-famous French Quarter. For more information about this conference, go to http://
spspmeeting.org/2013/Welcome-to-SPSP-2013.aspx.
The Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues [SPSSI] 2012 conference was held on June 21-24 at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Using
multidisciplinary approaches spanning psychology, education, health, sociology, policy studies, law, economics, and political psychology, the conference
explored a plethora of policy relevant phenomena on individual and group behavior, such as prejudice, romantic relationships, social cognition,
volunteerism, social justice, and a host of other topics. In addition, the 2012 SPSSI conference offered a multitude of research-based presentations
focused on the application of science to the development of sound public policy. Currently, SBOS Professor Dr. Allen Omoto serves as president of SPSSI.
For more information visit http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=480&nodeID=1
The Society of Experimental Social Psychology [SESP] will hold its annual conference on September 26-28, 2013 in Berkeley. SBOS Professor Dr. Michael
Hogg currently serves as president of SESP - a scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of social psychology that boasts over 900 members
throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.sesp.org/confer.htm.
The Western Psychological Association [WPA] will hold its 93rd annual conference at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada on April 25 th – 28th 2013.
The Western Psychological Association was founded in 1921 for the purpose of stimulating the exchange of scientific and professional ideas and, in so
doing, to enhance interest in the processes of research and scholarship in the behavioral sciences. For more information about the conference, go to
http://www.westernpsych.org/.
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Student, Alumni, and Faculty Publications 2011-2012
Abuhamdeh, S. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2011). Optimal challenges in internet chess. Journal of Personality and Social Behavior.
Alabastro, A. B., Rast, D. E. III, Lac, A., Hogg, M. A., & Crano. W. D. (2013). Intergroup bias and perceived similarity: The effects of
successes and failures on support for in- and outgroup political leaders. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Al-Ani, B., Horspool, A., & Bligh, M. C. (2011). Collaborating with ‘virtual strangers’: Towards developing a framework for
leadership in distributed Teams. Leadership, 7(3).
Avey, J.B., Reichard, R.J., & Luthans, F., & Mhatre, K. (2011). A review, synthesis and meta-analysis of positive psychological capital.
Human Resource Development Journal, 22(2), 127-152.
Azzam, T. & Szanyi, M. (2011). Designing evaluations: A study examining preferred evaluation designs. Studies in Educational
Evaluation, 37(2), 134-143.
Azzam, T. (2011). Evaluator characteristics & methodological choice. American Journal of Evaluation, 32(3), 376-391.
Berry, T. & Levine, B. (2011). Mineral county justice DUI court program evaluation. Institute of Organizational and Program
Evaluation Research, Claremont Graduate University: Claremont, CA.
Berry, T., Meyer, L., Edwards, K. (2011). Evaluation of the leadership and literacy project at juvenile court schools: A year-end
program evaluation report. Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, CA.
Bligh, M. C., & Hatch, M. J. (2011). If I belong, do I believe? An integrative framework for culture and identification. Journal of
Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture.
Bligh, M. C., & Riggio, R. (Eds.). (2012). When near is far and far is near: Exploring distance in leader-follower relationships.
Psychology Press.
Bligh, M. C., & Schyns, B. (2011). Leading question: Contemporary issues surrounding the romance of leadership. In Bell, D. S.
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Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2011). Crisis and Charisma in the California Recall Election. In Collinson, D., Grint, K., &
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Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., Pillai, R. (2011). Romancing leadership: Past, present, and future. The Leadership Quarterly. http://
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Butler, H. A. (2012). Halpern critical thinking assessment predicts real-world outcomes of critical thinking. Applied Cognitive
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V. Karandashev, & L. Dickson (Eds.). Teaching psychology around the world Vol 3. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars
Publishing.
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Student, Alumni, and Faculty Publications 2011-2012
Butler, H. A., Dwyer, C. P., Hogan, M. J., Franco, A., Rivas, S. F., Saiz, C., & Almeida, L. F. (2012). Halpern critical thinking assessment
and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7, 112-121. doi: 10.1016/
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Directions for Evaluation, no. 130.
Chung, C., & Lin, Z. (2012). A cross-cultural examination of the positivity effect in memory: United States vs. China. International
Journal of Aging and Human Development, 75(1), 31-44.
Crano, W.D. (2012). The rules of influence: Winning when you’re in the minority. St. Martin’s Press.
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G. Leonardelli (Eds.), Social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations: A festschrift in honor of Marilynn Brewer
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Csikszentmihalyi, M. & Nakamura, J. (2011). Positive psychology: Where did it come from, where is it going? In K.M. Sheldon, T. B.
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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2011). Positive psychology and a positive world-view. In S.I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura
(Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society. London: Routledge
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De Perio, MA, Wiegand, DM, & Evans, SM. (2012). Low influenza vaccination rates among child care workers in the United States:
assessing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Journal of Community Health, 37(2), 272-281.
DePrince, A., et al. (2011). Motivated forgetting and misremembering: Perspectives from betrayal trauma theory. In Nebraska
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debate.
Dollwet, M., & Reichard, R. J. (2012). Cross-cultural psychological capital: A validation study. Academy of Management Best Papers
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Donaldson, S.I. (2011). A practitioner's guide for applying the science of positive psychology. In S.I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi,
& J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society. London:
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Donaldson, S.I. (2011). What works, if anything, in applied positive psychology. In S.I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J.
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Donaldson, S.I., & Crano, W.C. (2011). Theory-driven evaluation science and applied social psychology: Exploring the intersection.
In M.M. Mark, S.I. Donaldson, & B. Campbell (Eds.), Social psychology and evaluation. New York: Guilford.
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Grant, F., & Hogg, M. A. (2012). Self-uncertainty, social identity prominence and group identification. Journal of Experimental Social
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Guerin, D.W., Oliver, P.H., Gottfried, A.W., Gottfried, A.E., Reichard, R.J., & Riggio, R.E. (2011). Childhood and adolescent
antecedents of social skills and leadership potential in adulthood: Temperamental approach/withdrawal and extraversion.
The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 482-494.
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Halpern, D. F., & Butler, H. A. (2013). Assessment in higher education. In K. Geisinger (Eds.), APA handbook of testing and
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Mark Your Calendars!
With six regular research and networking talks and
countless activities across the Claremont Consortium,
keeping track of all of the events on campus can be a
difficult task. To help students, faculty, and Claremont
visitors stay up-to-date, a new school calendar has been
created as an easy reference. Visit www.cgu.edu/
SBOSevents to help manage your busy schedule
throughout the year. Here are only a few of the many
series of talks you can attend at SBOS.
Org Talks
Org Talks are discussions/presentations/meetings
designed to promote dialogue between students,
researchers, and practitioners. Org Talks cover topics in
organizational behavior, industrial & organizational
psychology, positive organizational psychology, and
evaluation. Anyone with an interest is welcome – our
speakers include academics and practitioners, alumni,
and visiting psychologists. We meet approximately once
a month during the semester.
Positive Fridays
Social Socials
The purpose of Positive Fridays (affectionately called
"TGIPF" for short) is to build community and share
Open to everyone, Social Socials are events created to
research knowledge among the positive psychology
help students flex their social and intellectual muscles.
master’s and doctoral students in the School of
Focused around applied social psychology, Social Socials
Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont
feature invited speakers from diverse research and
Graduate University. About one Friday a month during
practical backgrounds to discuss a mix of basic and
the academic year, faculty, students, and invited guests
applied scientific ideas.
will gather and discuss cutting edge research and
Psi Chi
application in the field of Positive Psychology.
Psi Chi is an international honor society whose purpose
Stauffer Colloquia and Symposia
shall be to encourage, stimulate, and maintain
The Stauffer Colloquia and Symposia highlight
excellence in scholarship of the individual members in
important new developments on the leading edge of
all fields, particularly in psychology, and to advance the
applied psychology. Each talk or symposium has
science of psychology.
focused on one area in which psychological knowledge
Cognitive Lunch
is being applied to the resolution of social
Now entering its fourth decade, the Cognitive Lunch
Brown Bag series began in 1970 when cognitive
psychology faculty members began congregating over
lunch to discuss research. The series has grown into a
problems. Distinguished authorities summarize recent
theoretical views or empirical findings, including the
results of their own research and applied activities.
Stay tuned for the upcoming talks:
long-standing tradition featuring guest speakers as well

Feb 21: Lisa Diamond
as graduate student research.

April 23: Paul Seabright
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27th Annual Claremont Symposium on Applied
Bridging Ideological Divides
Saturday, March 9, 2013 | 8:45 a.m. – 4:40 p.m.
Albrecht Auditorium | Stauffer Hall of Learning
925 N. Dartmouth Ave | Claremont, CA 91711
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