A&S ACADEMIC PERSONNEL CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
Benjamin M. Wilkowski
ADDRESS
University of Wyoming
Department of Psychology
Department 3415
1000 East University Avenue
Laramie WY, 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2272
Fax: (307) 766-2926
Email: BWilkows@uwyo.edu
EDUCATION
2008
Ph.D., Social Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND.
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Taming the Beast Within: Reducing Anger and
Revenge through the Recruitment of Cognitive Control
2005
M.S., North Dakota State University, Fargo ND.
2002
B.A., Ohio University, Athens OH.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2008-present
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of
Wyoming.
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION
65% Teaching 25 % Research
5% Service 0% Admin
5% Advising
TEACHING
Year Semester
2009 Spring
2009
2008
2008
2008
Spring
Fall
Fall
Fall
Course No./Title
Cr. Hrs.
Psyc 4740 – Advanced Social
3
Psychology
Psyc 4855 – Undergraduate Research 1-2
Psyc 2380 – Social Psychology
3
Psyc 4855 – Undergraduate Research 1-2
Psyc 5785 – Graduate Seminar:
3
Emotions & their Social Consequences
Enrollment
29
4
96
4
6
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
In Preparation:
Wilkowski, B.M. Trait anger, neuroticism, and the hostile response to provocation:
Examining the hierarchical structure of affective traits in context. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology. Refereed.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. Does the accurate recognition of angry facial
expressions evoke or curtail aggressive behavior? Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General. Refereed.
Under Review:
Fedele, D.A., Hartung, C.H., Canu, W., & Wilkowski, B.M. Potential symptoms of
ADHD for adults. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. Refereed.
Robinson, M.D., Wilkowski, B.M., & Meier, B.P. Counting to ten milliseconds: Low
anger individuals pause following negative evaluations. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology. Refereed.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Meier, B.P. Bring it on: Angry facial expressions potentiate
approach-motivated motor behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Refereed.
Wilkowski, B.M., Robinson, M.D., & Troop-Gordon, W. Cognitive control functioning
and reductions in dispositional anger: Specifying the mechanisms. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology. Refereed.
PUBLISHED WORKS
Refereed Journal Articles:
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (in press). The anatomy of anger: An integrative
cognitive model of trait anger and reactive aggression. Journal of Personality.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (in press). Associative and spontaneous appraisal
processes independently contribute to anger-elicitation in daily life. Emotion.
Robinson, M.D., Meier, B.P., Wilkowski, B.M., & Ode, S. (2009). Behavioral
facilitation: A cognitive model of individual differences in approach motivation.
Emotion, 9, 70-82.
Wilkowski, B.M., Meier, B.P., Robinson, M.D., Carter, M.S., & Feltman, R. (2009).
“Hotheaded” is more than an expression: The embodied representation of anger in terms
of heat. Emotion, 9, 464-477.
Wilkowski, B.M., Robinson, M.D., & Friesen, C.K. (2009). Gaze-triggered orienting as a
tool of the belongingness self-regulation system. Psychological Science, 20, 495-50.
Meier, B.P., Wilkowski, B.M., & Robinson, M.D. (2008). Bringing out the agreeableness
in everyone: Using a cognitive self-regulation model to reduce aggression. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1383-1387.
Ode, S., Robinson, M.D. & Wilkowski, B.M. (2008). Can one's temper be cooled?: A
role for agreeableness in moderating neuroticism's influence on anger and aggression.
Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 295-311.
Robinson, M.D., Wilkowski, B.M., & Meier, B.P. (2008). Approach, avoidance, and selfregulatory conflict: An individual differences perspective. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology, 44, 65-79.
Wilkowski, B.M., & Robinson, M.D. (2008). Clear heads are cool heads: Emotional
clarity and the down-regulation of antisocial affect. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 308-326.
Wilkowski, B.M., & Robinson, M.D. (2008). Guarding against hostile thoughts: Trait
anger and the recruitment of cognitive control. Emotion, 8, 578-583.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (2008). Putting the brakes on antisocial behavior:
Secondary psychopathy and post-error adjustments in reaction time. Personality and
Individual Differences, 44, 1807-1818.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (2008). The cognitive basis of trait anger and
reactive aggression: An integrative analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review,
12, 3-28.
Meier, B.P., Robinson, M.D., & Wilkowski, B.M. (2007). Aggressive cues activate
hostile information in memory: Who is most susceptible? Basic and Applied Social
Psychology, 29, 23-34.
Robinson, M.D., Meier, B.P., Wilkowski, B.M., & Ode, S. (2007). Introversion,
inhibition, and displayed anxiety: The role of error reactivity processes. Journal of
Research in Personality, 41, 558-578.
Robinson, M.D., Ode, S., Wilkowski, B.M., & Amodio, D.M. (2007). Neurotic
contentment: A self-regulation view of neuroticism-linked distress. Emotion, 7, 579-591.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (2007). Keeping your cool: Trait anger, hostile
thoughts, and the recruitment of limited capacity control. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1201-1213.
Wilkowski, B.M., & Robinson, M.D. (2007). Where danger lies: The spatial priming of
negative affect. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 85-90.
Wilkowski, B.M., Robinson, M.D., Gordon, R.D., & Troop-Gordon, W. (2007). Tracking
the evil eye: Trait anger and selective attention within ambiguously hostile scenes.
Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 650-666.
Meier, B.P., Robinson, M.D., & Wilkowski, B.M. (2006). Turning the other cheek:
Agreeableness and the regulation of aggression-related primes. Psychological Science,
17, 136-142.
Robinson, M.D., Goetz, M., Wilkowski, B.W., & Hoffman S. (2006). Driven to tears or
to joy: Response dominance and trait-based predictions. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 32, 629-640.
Robinson, M.D. & Wilkowski B.M. (2006). Loving, hating, vacillating: Agreeableness,
implicit self-esteem, and neurotic conflict. Journal of Personality, 74, 935-977.
Robinson, M.D., Wilkowski, B.M., Kirkeby, B., & Meier, B.P. (2006). Stuck in a rut:
Perseverative response tendencies and the neuroticism/distress relationship. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 78-91.
Robinson, M.D., Wilkowski, B.M., & Meier, B.P (2006). Unstable in more ways than
one: Reaction time variability and the neuroticism/distress relationship. Journal of
Personality, 74, 311-343.
Wilkowski, B.M., Robinson, M.D., & Meier, B.P. (2006). Agreeableness and the
prolonged spatial processing of antisocial and prosocial information. Journal of Research
in Personality, 40, 1152-1168.
Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (2006). Stopping dead in one’s tracks: Motor
inhibition following incidental evaluations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
42, 479-490.
CONTRACTS & GRANTS
Funded Projects as PI
Years (2006-2007)
The interactive roles of hostile attributions and cognitive control in
determining dispositional anger levels, Co-PI: Dr. Michael D.
Robinson, North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, $15,000.
Funded Projects as CoPI
Years (2009-2011)
Collaborative Research: Victim Impact Statements in Capital
Trials: Examining the Differential Influence of Anger and Sadness
on Juror Sentencing Decisions. Lead PI: Narina Nunez, National
Science Foundation, $300,707.
Pending Projects as CoPI
Years (2010-2011)
Assessing the Validity of a Laboratory Measure of Aggression:
The Noise Version of the Competitive Reaction Time Task. Lead
PI: Brian P. Meier, Guggenheim Foundation, $20,606.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Memberships in professional societies: Association for Psychological Science, Society
for Personality and Social Psychology
Manuscript Refereeing: Behavior Therapy, Cognition and Emotion, Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality, Motivation and Emotion,
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008, Graduate Student Research Award, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND
2009, Honorable mention, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student
Publication Award for: Wilkowski, B.M. & Robinson, M.D. (2008). The cognitive basis
of trait anger and reactive aggression: An integrative analysis. Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 12, 3-28.
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED
LECTURES/PROFESSIONALMEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
June 2009, Diagnostic utility of proposed adult ADHD criteria in college students, coauthor, Poster presented at the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent
Psychopathology Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
May 2009, “Hotheaded” is more than an Expression: The embodied representation of
anger in terms of heat, co-author, Paper presented at the Association for Psychological
Science Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
February 2009, Bringing out the agreeableness in everyone: Using a cognitive selfregulation model to reduce aggression, co-author, Paper presented at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa Bay, FL.
February, 2008, Dominant minds are vertical minds: Spatial attention processes, coauthor, Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference,
Albuquerque, NM.
February 2008, Neuroticism and cognitive control: Toward an interactive framework, coauthor and symposium organizer, Paper presented at the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
February, 2008, A regulatory perspective on trait anger, lead author and symposium
organizer, Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
January, 2007, Agreeableness as self-regulation: Its role in moderating neuroticismrelated depression, co-author, Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.
January, 2007, Agreeable self-regulation: A social cognitive perspective, co-author,
Paper presented at the Association for Research in Personality Conference, Memphis,
TN.
January, 2007. Clear feelings are cool feelings: The role of emotional clarity in anger
regulation, lead author, Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.
January, 2006, Igniting and extinguishing the flame: Interactive effects of neuroticism
and agreeableness in predicting anger and aggression, co-author, Poster presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs, LA.
January, 2006, The spontaneous self-regulation of aggressive primes by low anger
individuals, lead author, Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
January, 2005, Pausing in thought or ready to fight: Trait anger and task-switching
behavior following violent thoughts, lead author, Poster presented at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
COMMITTEES
Psychology Department Social Psychologist Search Committee, 2008.
Psychology Department Speaker Committee, 2008-2009.
Psychology Department Subject Pool Committee, 2008-present
Psychology Department Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2009-present.
STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
# Current Undergraduate Advisees: 10
Research/Creative/Professional Development Activities Summary
For reappointment, tenure, extended term and promotion candidates
to be placed in front of the A&S vita (3.B) in Packet I.
Candidate _Benjamin M. Wilkowski___
Date _12/19/2008_______
Published refereed articles and
book chapters
Published books
Grants awarded as PI
Grants awarded as CoPI
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PhD committees chaired
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MFA committee chaired
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