Christina M. Brown
Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Psychology (Boyer Hall 122)
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Rd.
Glenside, PA 19038
browncm@arcadia.edu
(215) 572-4695
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology, May 2009
Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Master of Arts in General Psychology, May 2005
University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor in Sociology, summa cum laude, June 2003
California State University, Bakersfield (Lancaster, CA)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
August 2012 – present
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Arcadia University (Glenside, PA)
August 2009 – July 2012
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO)
January 2009 – May 2009
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
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RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
* indicates the paper has student co-author(s); underlined names are Arcadia students
*Brown, C. M., Olkhov, Y. M., Bailey, V. S., & Daniels, E. R. (In press). Gender differences in the
social cost of affective deviance. The Journal of Social Psychology.
*Brown, C. M., & Olkhov, Y. M. (2015). Functional flexibility in women’s commitment-skepticism
bias. Evolutionary Psychology, 13, 283-298.
*Brown, C. M., McLean, J. L. (2015). Anthropomorphizing dogs: Projecting one’s own personality
and consequences for supporting animal rights. Anthrozoös, 28, 73-86.
*Brown, C. M., Shilling, A. A., Young, S. G., & Berrong, L. E. (2015). Acceptance and rejection of
pets and parasocial others cause corresponding changes in the self’s perceived relational
value. Self and Identity, 14, 233-251.
*Brown, C. M., Daniels, E. R., Lustgraaf, C, J. N., & Sacco, D. F. (2014). Verbal compliments as a
differential source of mate poaching threat for men and women. Evolutionary Psychology,
12, 736-756.
Brown, C. M. (2014). Evolution and sexual psychology: A well-matched and prolific couple [Review
of the book Evolutionary perspectives on human sexual psychology and behavior, by V. A.
Weekes-Shackelford and T. K. Shackelford (Eds.)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 59(32). doi:
10.1037/a0037441
*Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2014). Temporal perspective moderates self-reported
responses to social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 40-50.
*Park, S. W., & Brown, C. M. (2014). Different perceptions of self-handicapping across college and
work contexts. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44, 124-132.
*Welp, L. R., & Brown, C. M. (2014). Self-compassion, empathy, and helping intentions. The
Journal of Positive Psychology, 9, 54-65.
Bernstein, M. J., Claypool, H. M., Young, S. G., Tuscherer, T., Sacco, D. F., & Brown, C. M. (2013).
Never let them see you cry: Self-presentation as a moderator of the relationship between
exclusion and self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1293-1305.
*Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2013). Active self-aspects as a basis for encoding specificity
effects in memory. Self and Identity, 12, 370-381.
McConnell, A. R., Brown, C. M., & Shoda, T. M. (2013). The social cognition of the self. In D. E.
Carlston (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of social cognition (pp. 497-516). Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press.
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*Brown, C. M., Park, S. W., & Folger, S. F. (2012). Growth motivation as a moderator of behavioral
self-handicapping in women. The Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 136-146.
Sacco, D. F., Young, S. G., Brown, C. M., Bernstein, M. J., & Hugenberg, K. (2012). Social inclusion
and female mating behavior: Rejected women show strategic enhancement of short-term
mating interest. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 573-587.
Young, S. G., Brown, C. M., & Ambady, N. (2012). Priming a natural or human-made environment
directs attention to context-congruent threatening stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 26,
927-933.
*Brown, C. M., Diekman, A. B., Tennial, R. E., & Solomon, E. D. (2011). Alone and happy:
Personality moderates the effect of happy mood on social approach. Journal of Research in
Personality, 45, 702-705.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2011). Discrepancy-based and anticipated emotions in
behavioral self-regulation. Emotion, 11, 1091-1095.
*McConnell, A. R., Brown, C. M., Shoda, T. M., Stayton, L. E., & Martin, C. E. (2011). Friends with
benefits: On the positive consequences of pet ownership. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 101, 1239-1252.
Sacco, D. F., Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Bernstein, M. J., & Hugenberg, K. (2011). Social inclusion
facilitates risky mating behavior in men. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37,
985-998.
Bernstein, M. J., Sacco, D. F., Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., & Claypool, H. M. (2010). A preference for
genuine smiles following social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46,
196-199.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2010). Dissonance averted: Self-concept organization moderates
the effect of hypocrisy on attitude change. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46,
361-366.
Brown, C. M., & Kimble, C. E. (2009). Personal, interpersonal, and situational influences on
behavioral self-handicapping. The Journal of Social Psychology, 149, 609-626.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2009b). Effort or escape: Self-concept structure determines selfregulatory behavior. Self and Identity, 8, 365-377.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2009a). When chronic isn’t chronic: The moderating role of
active self-aspects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 3-15.
Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., & McConnell, A. R. (2009). Seeing close others as we see ourselves:
One’s own self-complexity is reflected in perceptions of meaningful others. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 515-523.
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Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Sacco, D. F., Bernstein, M. J., & Claypool, H. M. (2009). Social inclusion
facilitates interest in mating. Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 11-27.
McConnell, A. R., Rydell, R. J., & Brown, C. M. (2009). On the experience of self-relevant feedback:
How self-concept organization influences affective responses and self-evaluations. Journal
of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 695-707.
McConnell, A. R., Strain, L. M., Brown, C. M., & Rydell, R. J. (2009). The simple life: On the benefits
of low self-complexity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 823-835.
Bernstein, M. J., Young, S. G., Brown, C. M., Sacco, D. F., & Claypool, H. M. (2008). Adaptive
responses to social exclusion: Social rejection improves detection of real and fake smiles.
Psychological Science, 19, 981-983.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
* indicates student co-author(s); underlined names are Arcadia students
*Brown, C. M., Hengy, S. M., & McConnell, A. R. Animals provide relief from social rejection.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. Self-complexity across cultures.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. Goal-driven resource redistribution: An adaptive response to social
exclusion.
PAPERS IN PREPARATION
* indicates student co-author(s); underlined names are Arcadia students
*Brown, C. M., Bailey, V. S., & Garczynski, A. M. Temporal framing can facilitate recovery from
social exclusion through a self-perception process.
*Brown, C. M., Bailey, V. S., Stoll, H. M., & McConnell, A. R. Between two selves: Comparing global
and local predictors of speed of switching between self-aspects.
*Castellano, D. D., & Brown, C. M. The role of ingroup identification and group meaningfulness in
intergroup retaliatory aggression.
GRANTS & AWARDS
Arcadia University; Dr. Thomas P. Dougherty Endowed Faculty-Student Research Award; $3,000
(May 2013)
Arcadia University; Faculty Development Award; $1,350 (April 2013)
Saint Louis University; Beaumont Faculty Development Award; $970 (July 2010 – June 2011)
INVITED TALKS
Brown, C. M. (2014, March). The experience and consequences of active self-aspects. Talk given to
Department of Psychology at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Brown, C. M., & Shilling, A. A. (2012, May). Emotions as a catalyst for self-regulation: When, how,
and for whom? In A. R. McConnell (Chair), How to reach a goal: Lessons from research on
self-regulation. Symposium conducted at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M. (2012, February). Vicarious experiences of social inclusion and exclusion. Talk given as
part of the Social Psychology Seminar Series at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2011, June). If I’m going to do it anyway, why should I feel bad?
On the role of emotions in self-regulation. Invited talk presented at the 23rd annual Duck
Conference on Social Cognition, Buck Island, NC.
Brown, C. M. (2011, March). Adaptive changes in mating behavior following the experience of social
inclusion. Talk given to the Social/Personality Brownbag at Washington University, St. Louis,
MO.
Brown, C. M. (2010, October). The self as a template: Representations of meaningful others reflect
representations of oneself. Talk given to the Social Personality Area Meeting at University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2009, June). Listening to our feelings: Self-concept
representation, affect, and self-regulation. Invited talk presented at the 21st annual Duck
Conference on Social Cognition, Buck Island, NC.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2008, June). Getting a handle on your selves: Implications of selfconcept representation for chronicity, dissonance, and self-regulation. Invited talk
presented at the 20th annual Duck Conference on Social Cognition, Buck Island, NC.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
* indicates student co-author(s); underlined names are Arcadia students
*Shilling, A. A., Warner, R. H., Brown, C. M., O’Leary, A. (2015, April). Practicing executive inhibition
of a stigmatized social identity improves performance on a stereotype-relevant task. Poster
to be presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Boise.
*Bailey, V. S., Stoll, H., Suseendran, A., Castellano, D. D., Olkhov, Y. M., Brown, C. M., & McConnell,
A. R. (2015, March). Self-concept structure predicts ease of switching between self-aspects.
Poster presented at the 2015 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia,
PA.
*Castellano, D. D., Brown, C. M., & Levy, A. M. (2015, March). The role of ingroup identification and
group meaningfulness in intergroup retaliatory aggression. Poster presented at the 2015
Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
*Daniels, E. R., & Brown, C. M. (2015, March). The role of mood in speed of processing of
stereotypic information. Paper presented at the 2015 Eastern Psychological Association
Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
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*Olkhov, Y. M., & Brown, C. M. (2015, March). “Do you act like yourself?” Investigating power’s
effect on attitude convergence. Paper presented at the 2015 Eastern Psychological
Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
*Olkhov, Y. M., Suseendran, A., Bailey, V. S., & Brown, C. M. (2015, March). The self-regulatory
consequences of forecasting future emotions. Poster presented at the 2015 Eastern
Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. (2014, May). Similarities in self-complexity across American and
Indian cultures. Paper presented at the 2014 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Tuscherer, T., Bernstein, M. J., Claypool, H. M., Young, S. G., Sacco, D. F., & Brown, C. M. (2014,
May). Self-presentation moderates the relationship between exclusion and self-esteem.
Paper presented at the 2014 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Votaw, K. B., Brown, C. M., & Cannady, A. (2014, April). An exploration of perceived relational
investments in parasocial relationships. Paper presented at the 2014 Saint Louis University
Graduate Student Association Research Symposium.
*Bailey, V. R., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Rejection, tense, and self-perception. Poster to be
presented at the 2014 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
*Daniels, E. R., Bailey, V. S., Olkhov, Y. M., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Gender differences in the
social cost of affective deviance. Paper to be presented at the 2014 Eastern Psychological
Association Conference, Boston, MA.
*Daniels, E. R., McLean, J. L., Hengy, S. M., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Compliments as a source
of jealousy in romantic relationships. Poster to be presented at the 2014 Eastern
Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
*Hengy, S. M., Daniels, E. R., McLean, J. L., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Recovering from social
rejection through anthropomorphism: Does the target of anthropomorphism matter?
Poster to be presented at the 2014 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston,
MA.
*McLean, J. L., Hengy, S. M., Daniels, E. R., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Projecting personality
onto dogs and consequences for supporting animal rights. Poster to be presented at the
2014 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
*Olkhov, Y. M., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Moderators of the commitment skepticism bias in
women. Poster to be presented at the 2014 Eastern Psychological Association Conference,
Boston, MA.
*Stoll, H., Bailey, V. S., & Brown, C. M. (2014, March). Switching between self-aspects within the
self-concept. Poster to be presented at the 2014 Eastern Psychological Association
Conference, Boston, MA.
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*Baker, Z., Brown, C. M., & Votaw, K. (2014, February). When investment does not promote
relationship satisfaction: Misattributing unpleasant effort to both real and parasocial
partners. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, Austin, TX.
*Brown, C. M., Stoll, H., Bailey, V., & Thelemaque, T. (2014, February). The consequence of
anticipating future emotions for behavioral self-regulation. Poster presented at the 2014
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.
*Shilling A. A., & Brown, C. M. (2014, February). Social inclusion of a favorite television show is felt
vicariously in parasocial relationships. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Personality
and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX.
*Blankmeyer, K., & Brown, C. M. (2013, January). I’ll watch you until the end: Perceived effort and
investment in parasocial relationships. Poster presented at the 2013 Society for Personality
and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
*Garczynski, A. M., Brown, C. M., & Harvey, R. D. (2013, January). Temporal perspective moderates
self-reported reactions to social rejection. Poster presented at the 2013 Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. (2013, January). Social rejection improves performance on social
reasoning tasks. Poster presented at the 2013 Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
*Solomon, E. D., & Brown, C. M. (2013, January). Political conservatism and implicit beliefs of selfregulation. Poster presented at the 2013 Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
*Berrong, L., Shilling, A. A., Brown, C. M., & Young, S. G. (2012, May). Vicarious social rejection and
acceptance through pets. Poster presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological
Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Blankmeyer, K., Brown, C. M. (2012, May). Perceived relational investments in parasocial
relationships. Paper presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. (2012, May). Investigating the social self: The relationship between
self-construal and self-complexity. Paper presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological
Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Solomon, E. D., & Brown, C. M. (2012, May). Development of a conservative ideology
manipulation. Paper presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Welp, L., & Brown, C. M. (2012, May). Self-compassion, empathy, and helping behavior. Poster
presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
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*Winderman, K., & Brown, C. M. (2012, May). Religious self-discrepancies and attitudes toward
homosexuality among Catholics. Poster presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological
Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Parker, K., & Brown, C. M. (2012, April). Educators’ perceptions of college students. Poster
presented at the McNair Scholars Research Symposium at Saint Louis University, St. Louis,
MO.
*Solomon, E. D., Brown, C. M., Hayes, K., Husu, A., Cacchione, J. (2012, April). Expanding our
methods in Political psychology: Testing the effectiveness of a conservative ideology
manipulation. Poster presented at the Saint Louis University Sigma Xi Research Symposium,
St. Louis, MO.
*Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2012, January). Is the self a state? State-dependent memory
with active self-aspects. Poster to be presented at the 2012 Society for Personality and
Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Shilling, A. A., & Brown, C. M. (2012, January). The relation between self-complexity and selfconstrual by culture and sex. Poster to be presented at the 2012 Society for Personality and
Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Solomon, E. D., & Brown, C. M. (2012, January). Development of a conservative ideology
manipulation. Poster presented at the Political Psychology Preconference of the 2012
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Park, S. W., Brown, C. M., & Carlton, C. L. (2011, October). Who likes a self-handicapper? When
socialization is differentiated from collaboration. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual
Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Fairfield, CT.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2011, October). When chronic isn’t chronic: On the contextdependent nature of self-concept representation and activation. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychologists, Washington, D.C.
Young, S. G., Brown, C. M., & Ambady, N. (2011, May). Context influences attentional adhesion to
biological and non-biological threats. Paper presented at the 2011 Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
McConnell, A. R., Brown, C. M., Shoda, T. M., Martin, C. M., & Stayton, L. E. (2011, May). Friends
with benefits: On the positive consequences of pet ownership. Paper presented at the 2011
Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Sacco, D. F., Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Bernstein, M. J., & Hugenberg, K. (2011, May). Social
exclusion facilitates short-term mating interest in women. Paper presented at the 2011
Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2011, May). Self-esteem and similarity between self and close
other complexity. Poster presented at the 2011 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
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*Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2011, April). Is an active self concept a memory-enhancing
state? Paper presented at the 2011 Saint Louis University Graduate Student Association
Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO.
*Brown, C. M., Diekman, A. B., Tennial, R. E., & Solomon, E. D. (2011, January). Threats to
happiness: Shyness moderates the effect of happy mood on social approach. Poster
presented at the 2011 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San
Antonio, TX.
*Randall, E. C., & Brown, C. M. (2011, January). Is it a date? How payment affects perceptions of
romantic interest. Poster presented at the 2011 Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Bernstein, M. J., Young, S. G., Brown, C. M., Sacco, D. F., & Claypool, H. M. (2010, May). Looking for
new friends: The effects of social rejection on smile perception. In B. M. Wilkowski (Chair),
Re-establishing social connection following the experience of rejection and ostracism:
Examining the underlying cognitive and motivational processes. Symposium conducted at
the Association for Psychological Science 22nd Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Sacco, D. F., Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Bernstein, M. J., & Hugenberg, K. (2010, April). Social
inclusion increases risky mating tactics in men. Paper presented at the 2010 Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
McConnell, A. R., Brown, C. M., Austin, S. N., & Shoda, T. M. (2010, April). On the benefits of pets:
Implications of pet relationship styles. Paper presented at the 2010 Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Tennial, R. E., & Brown, C. M., & Diekman, A. B. (2010, April). Happy moods increase social
approach. Poster presented at the 2010 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference,
Chicago, IL.
*Weidler, D. J., Garczynski, A. M., & Brown, C. M. (2010, April). Beyond self-expansion: Selfcomplexity as a motivator for inclusion of other in the self. Poster presented at the 2010
Saint Louis University Graduate Student Association Research Symposium.
McConnell, A. R., & Brown, C. M. (2010, January). Self-concept representation and its implications
in the Multiple Self-aspects Framework. In K. R. Peters and B. Gawronski (Chairs), What’s so
special about the self? Or is there anything special at all? Symposium conducted at the
2010 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2010, January). Anticipated and current emotions as predictors of
behavioral self-regulation. Poster presented at the 2010 Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Brown, C. M., & Diekman, A. B. (2009, May). The ironic consequences of stereotyping while happy.
Paper presented at the 2009 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
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Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2009, May). The role of discrepancy-based negative emotions in
self-regulation. Paper presented at the 2009 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Sacco, D. F., Bernstein, M. J., & Claypool, H. M. (2009, April). Social
inclusion leads to reprioritization of basic motives. Paper presented at the 2009 Western
Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2009, February). Dissonance averted: Self-concept organization
moderates the effect of hypocrisy on attitude change. Poster presented at the 2009 Society
for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL.
Bernstein, M. J., Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Sacco, D. F., & Claypool, H. M. (2008, May). Rejection
increases accuracy in detecting cues to affiliation. Paper presented at the 2008 Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., & McConnell, A. R. (2008, May). Self-complexity predicts perceptions of
other complexity. Paper presented at the 2008 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., Sacco, D. F., Bernstein, M. J., & Claypool, H. M. (2008, May). Interest in
mating increases following social acceptance. Poster presented at the Association for
Psychological Science 20th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., Young, S. G., & McConnell, A. R. (2007, May). The independence of self-complexity
and cognitive complexity. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 19th
Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2007, May). When "chronic" isn't chronic: Self-aspect activation
and attribute accessibility. Paper presented at the 2007 Midwestern Psychological
Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2007, May). The complexities of self-regulation: Self-complexity
moderates whether one escapes or tries harder. Paper presented at the 2007 Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., & McConnell, A. R. (2007, January). The complexities of goal pursuit: Self-complexity
moderates self-regulation. Poster presented at the 2007 Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.
McConnell, A. R., Strain, L. M., & Brown, C. M. (2006, May). Lower self-complexity and better wellbeing: The moderating role of negative life occurrences. Paper presented at the 2006
Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M. (2006, May). Defensive pessimism, strategic optimism, and effects of expectations and
reflectivity. Poster presented at the 2006 Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
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Brown, C. M., & Kimble, C. E. (2005, April). Defensive pessimism, strategic optimism, and the effect
of observer expectations and reflectivity on test performance. Poster presented at the 17th
Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium & Honors Convocation at the University of
Dayton, Dayton, OH.
Brown, C. M., Daftary, T., Abraham, C. M., Chen, W., & Kimble, C. E. (2004, May). Behavioral selfhandicapping as a function of participant gender and audience gender. Poster session
presented at the American Psychological Society 16th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. M., & Vega, L. A. (2003, May). Social-stigma-dimensions’ influence on the attitude triad: A
latent-variable model. Poster presented at the 2003 Western Psychological Association
Convention, Vancouver, Canada.
Brown, C. M. (2003, April). Mental maps and images of the city. Paper presented at the 27th Annual
Student Research Conference of the Social Science Research and Instructional Council, San
Francisco State University, CA.
TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Culture as a Lens: South Korea
Emotion
Evolutionary Psychology
Introductory/General Psychology
Personality
Social Behavior & Evolution
Social Psychology
Graduate
Advanced Social Psychology
The Self
GRANTS & AWARDS
Arcadia University; Instructional Technology Committee grant for psychology research software;
$6,500 (November 2012)
Saint Louis University; Finalist, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Mentoring Award (April 2012)
Miami University; College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Teaching Award 2008; $500 (April
2008)
Miami University; Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching grant for graduate award
holders to improve teaching; $250 (October 2007)
PRESENTATIONS
Reynolds, D., Brown, C. M., Lanter, J., Kramer, M., & Shore, C. (2008, March). Perennial
interpersonal problems with Introductory Psychology. Paper presented at the 2008 Midwest
Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology.
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MENTORING
Research Supervision
Arcadia University: Brown Lab (August 2012 – present)
 10 undergraduate lab members since 8/2012
 14 undergraduate student projects mentored:
o Harrison Stoll, Priming goal pursuit with through active self-aspects (2012)
o Veronika Bailey, Social rejection and the effect of word tense (2013)
o Zachary Baker, Increasing relationship closeness through feelings of effort (2013)
o Emily Daniels, Happy mood and attention to schema-incongruent information (2013)
o Emily Daniels, Sex differences in jealousy over partner compliments (2013)
o Selena Hengy, Social rejection and naming animals (2013)
o Christine Kershaw, Social comparison and academic performance (2013)
o Julia McLean, Projecting personality onto animals (2013)
o Yevgeniy Olkhov, Measuring commitment-skepticism with specific behaviors (2013)
o Yevgeniy Olkhov, Power and implicit and explicit attitude correspondence (2013)
o Harrison Stoll, Executive resources and switching self-aspects (2013)
o Malina Bazink, Is your cell phone your crutch? A look at how cell phones may decrease
the effects of ostracism (2014)
o Grace Delate, Narcissism and attraction to submission (2014)
o Amanda DePiano, How robust is the “what is beautiful is good” stereotype? (2014)
Saint Louis University: Brown Lab (August 2009 – July 2012)
 13 undergraduate and 7 graduate lab members between 9/2009 and 7/2012
 6 undergraduate student projects mentored:
o Emily Randall, Dating attitudes (2010)
o Laura Welp, Self-compassion and other-compassion (2011)
o Laura Berrong, Vicarious rejection through pets (2011)
o Kate Winderman, Religiosity and perceptions of homosexuality (2011)
o KeErica Parker, Teacher perceptions of students with psychological disorders (McNair
Scholar; 2011)
o Carole Dobbins, Facial attractiveness and age (2011)
Graduate Dissertation, Theses, or Qualifying Exam Committees
Arcadia University (Fall 2012 – August 2012)
 1 Master’s thesis in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program
Saint Louis University, Department of Psychology (Fall 2009 – Spring 2012)
 6 Master’s theses
 3 Doctoral oral exams
 2 Doctoral preliminary written exams
 5 Doctoral dissertations
Undergraduate Theses and Practica Supervision
Arcadia University, Department of Psychology (Fall 2012 – present)
 Supervised 7 undergraduate senior theses (independent research)
 Supervised 2 Honors Course Adaptation
Saint Louis University, Department of Psychology (Fall 2010 – July 2012)
 Supervised 2 undergraduate regular practica
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Supervised 2 undergraduate senior capstone practica
Advising
Arcadia University; Psychology Faculty Advisor (August 2013 – present)
Saint Louis University; Psychology Faculty Mentor (January 2010 – July 2012)
CSU Bakersfield; Peer Advisor (September 2002 - June 2003)
TEACHING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Preparing Future Faculty (Miami University, Psychology, 2007-2008)
Graduate Student Teaching Enhancement Program (Miami University, 2006)
Preparing to Teach a Psychology Course (University of New Hampshire, 2006)
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Arcadia University
Benefits Committee (April 2015 – present)
Faculty Senate (Finance Committee) (August 2014 – present)
Faculty Awards Committee (March 2014 – present)
Judicial Board (September 2013 – May 2014)
Institutional Review Board Psychology Subcommittee, Committee on the Protection of Research
Subjects (October 2013 – present)
Sona Subject Pool Coordinator, Department of Psychology (August 2012 – present)
Saint Louis University
Institutional Review Board Protocol Preparation Committee, Department of Psychology (January
2012 – May 2012)
Experimental Program “E Tea” Planning Committee, Department of Psychology (December 2011 –
May 2012)
Experimental Program Improvement Subcommittee, Department of Psychology (May 2011 – August
2011)
Learning Studio Research Assessment Team, Center for Teaching Excellence and Office of the Vice
President (August 2010 – May 2012)
Academic Honesty Committee, College of Arts & Sciences (May 2010 – May 2012)
Judge, Graduate Student Association Research Symposium (April 2010, April 2011)
Faculty Speaker, 2010 Psi Chi Induction Ceremony, Department of Psychology (February 2010)
PSY 101 Assessment Subcommittee, Department of Psychology (January 2010 – May 2012)
Research Participant Pool Task Force, Department of Psychology (January 2010 – May 2010)
Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Psychology (November 2009 – May 2012)
Miami University
Graduate Student Representative, Steering Committee, Department of Psychology (August 2007 –
May 2008)
Co-coordinator, 8th Annual Tri-State American Psychological Association Preparing Future Faculty
Symposium (December 2007 – February 2008)
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University of Dayton
Coordinator, “Expand Your Mind” Psychology Speaker Series (August 2004 – May 2005)
Co-coordinator, Psychology Mass Testing (August 2003 – May 2005)
REVIEWING
Journals – Editorial board
Social Psychology and Personality Science (2013 – present)
Frontiers in Personality and Social Psychology (2015 – present)
Journals - Ad hoc reviewer
Basic & Applied Social Psychology
British Journal of Social Psychology
Emotion
European Journal of Educational Psychology
European Journal of Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Learning and Individual Differences
Motivation & Emotion
Personality and Individual Differences
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Self & Identity
Social Cognition
Social Psychology
Social Psychology and Personality Science
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Grants, Conferences & Competitions
National Science Foundation (NSF) Social Psychology program, ad hoc reviewer (2013)
Saint Louis University President’s Research Fund Competition (2011)
Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) American Psychological Association Convention
Program (2009)
Association for Psychological Science Student Research Award Competition (2007)
Association for Psychological Science Student Grant Competition (2006)
PANELS, WORKSHOPS, & SYMPOSIA
Symposium Moderator, Midwestern Psychological Association annual conference (2010, 2011,
2012)
Panelist, “Teaching PSY 101,” Saint Louis University Teaching of Psychology graduate seminar
(September 2009; September 2011)
Session Moderator, Miami University Undergraduate Research Forum (April 2008)
Discussant, Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology: Consultation panel on
starting a Preparing Future Faculty program for DePaul University and its partners,
sponsored by APA (February 2008)
Speaker, Northern Kentucky University Psychology Club: Graduate school workshop (November
2007)
Speaker and Coordinator, CSU Bakersfield at Antelope Valley Psychology Club: Graduate school
workshop (March 2003)
Coordinator, CSU Bakersfield at Antelope Valley Psychology Club: Psychology Career Panel
(February 2003)