GRACE L. JACKSON
OFFICE
Department of Psychology, UCLA
Franz Hall, Room 4552C
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel: (925) 915-2600
E-mail: gracelouisejackson@gmail.com
Website: http://www.graceljackson.com/
EDUCATION
2007
B.A., University of Southern California
Psychology & Communication, Magna Cum Laude
2011
M.A., New York University
Psychology, MA Scholar
Present
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Social Psychology
Minor in Quantitative Psychology
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014
2014
2014
2013-2014
2013
2011-2012
2011-2012
2008-2011
2011
2010
2010
2005-2007
2005-2007
2005-2007
2004-2007
2003-2007
2003-2007
2003-2004
Bertram H. Raven Award for Best Social Issues Research Paper
Graduate Division Summer Research Mentorship Award
2014 IARR Student Travel Award/Scholarship
Graduate Division Research Mentorship Fellowship
Graduate Division Summer Research Mentorship Award
UCLA Chancellor’s Prize
UCLA Distinguished University Fellowship
NYU MA Scholar
NYU General Psychology Outstanding Service Award
2nd Place Poster Winner at NYU Masters Poster Conference
NYU Masters Travel Award
Order of Omega (Undergraduate Greek Honor Society)
Psi Chi (Psychology Honor Society)
Lambda Pi Eta (Communication Honor Society)
USC Alumni Scholarship Recipient
USC Scions Scholarship Recipient
USC Dean’s List
Alpha Lambda Delta (Undergraduate 1st year Honor Society)
PUBLICATIONS
Jackson, G.L., Trail, T., Kennedy, D., Williamson, H., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. R. (in press).
The Salience and Severity of Relationship Problems Among Low-Income Couples.
Journal of Family Psychology.
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Kennedy, D. P., Jackson, G.L., Green, H. D., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. R. (2015). The
Analysis of Duocentric Social Networks: A Primer. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77,
295-311. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12151.
Jackson, G.L., Kennedy, D., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. R. (2014). A Social Network
Comparison of Low-Income Black and White Newlywed Couples. Journal of Marriage and
Family, 76(5), 967-982. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12137
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. K. (2014). Men still value physical
attractiveness in a long-term mate more than women: Rejoinder to Eastwick, Neff, Finkel,
Luchies,& Hunt (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(3), 435-440.
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. K. (2014). Sex differences in the
implications of partner physical attractiveness for the trajectory of marital satisfaction.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(3), 418-428.
Jackson, G. L. & Gaies, S. (2012). Study Guide. In J. Welkowitz, B.H. Cohen, and R.B. Lea,
Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Jackson, G. L., Lane, S. P., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011). Agreement of Alcohol Use: A
Year Long Study of College Roommates. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,
55(s1), 78.
Shrout, P. E., Bolger, N., Stadler, G., Jackson, G. L., & Lane, S. P. (2011). Are There
Attenuation Effects in Repeated Reports of College Drinking Patterns? Alcoholism: Clinical
and Experimental Research, 55(s1), 208.
Xu, J., Jackson, G. L., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011). Expected Effects of Alcohol
Consumption Over Time: A Study of College Undergraduates. Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research, 55(s1), 209.
Jackson, G. L. (2010). Chapter 18 Instructor’s Slides. In B. H. Cohen, Explaining Psychological
Statistics (3rd ed.; 2007). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Jackson, G. L. (2010). Chapter 14 SPSS Guide. In B. H. Cohen, Explaining Psychological
Statistics (3rd ed.; 2007). Hoboken, NY: Wiley.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Conference Presentations
Jackson, G.L., Krull, J., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. R. (2016, January). Associations between
household income and trajectories of newlyweds’ marital satisfaction. Symposium to
bepresented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA.
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Jackson, G.L., Kennedy, D., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. (2015, February). A Social Network
Analysis of Racial Disparities in Marital Outcomes. Symposium presented at the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Jackson, G.L., Kennedy, D., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. (2014, July). A Social Network
Analysis of Racial Disparities in Marital Outcomes. Paper presented at the bi-annual
meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research, Melbourne, Australia.
Jackson, G.L., Kennedy, D., Bradbury, T., & Karney, B. (2014, February). A Social Network
Comparison of Low-Income Black and White Newlywed Couples. Symposium presentation
at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Austin ,TX.
Meltzer, A., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G.L., & Karney, B.R. (2013, January). Sex Differences in
the Implications of Partner Physical Attractiveness for the Trajectory of Marital Satisfaction.
Paper presented at the Close Relationships Pre-Conference of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. R. (2012, July). It’s Not What You Think But How: Newlyweds’
Cognitive Structure Predicts Marital Quality and Longevity. Paper presented at the bi-annual
meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research, Chicago, IL.
Hall, J. A., Cody, M. J., Jackson, G. L., & Flesh, J. O. (2008, May). Beauty and the Flirt:
Attractiveness and opening lines in date initiation. Paper presented at the International
Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada. Open source:
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9917
Symposia and Conferences
Chair. Individual differences moderate the impact of dynamic processes in couples: Evidence
from longitudinal studies. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, January, 2016.
Chair. It’s Not Just You and Me: How Social Relationships Outside a Couple Impact Processes
Within the Couple. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Long Beach, CA, February, 2015.
Chair. Interpersonal Processes in the Context of Social Networks. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, February, 2014.
Invited Talks
Jackson, G. L. (2014, May) Communication and Conflict in Couples and Families. Guest lecture
given on ‘The Influence of Contextual Factors on Intimate Relationships’ for undergraduate
course at University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Jackson, G. L., (2010, June) Masters Statistics. Three-series guest lecture given for Database
Management and Statistical Computation in SPSS for graduate student course at New York
University, NY.
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Conference Poster Presentations
Martinez, D., Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. R. (2015, May) Where Do Couples Meet? Poster
presented at UCLA’s annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles,
CA.
Williamson, H. C., Jackson, G. L., Trail, T. E., Kennedy, D. P., Bradbury, T. N., & Karney, B.
R. (2015, February). The Salience and Severity of Relationship Problems Among LowIncome Latino, White, and Black Couples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. R. (2013, January) It’s Not What You Think But How:
Newlyweds’ Cognitive Structure Predicts Marital Quality and Longevity. Poster presented
at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans,
LA.
Craw, J., Bolger, N., Jackson, G. L., & Shrout, P. E. (2012, July). Perceived Partner
Responsiveness and Affect During Periods of Acute Stress for Romantic Dyads. Poster
presented at the bi-annual meeting for the International Association of Relationship,
Chicago, IL.
Cheng, K., Lane, S. P., Jackson, G. L., Stadler, G., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2012, May).
Representing Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in College Students: Separating Trait and State
Variation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological
Science, Chicago, IL.
Jackson, G. L., Shrout, P. E., & Bolger, N. (2012, January). Personality and Roommate
Closeness: The Case for Similarity in Openness. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Jackson, G. L., Lane, S. P., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011, June). Agreement of Alcohol Use:
A Year Long Study of College Roommates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA.
Shrout, P. E., Bolger, N., Stadler, G., Jackson, G. L., & Lane, S. P. (2011, June). Are There
Attenuation Effects in Repeated Reports of College Drinking Patterns? Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA.
Xu, J., Jackson, G. L., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011, June). Agreement of Alcohol Use: A
Year Long Study of College Roommates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA.
Jackson, G. L., Lane, S. P., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011, June). Agreement of Alcohol Use:
A Year Long Study of College Roommates. Poster presented at the annual convention of the
Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Shrout, P. E., Bolger, N., Stadler, G., Jackson, G. L., & Lane, S. P. (2011, June). Are There
Attenuation Effects in Repeated Reports of College Drinking Patterns? Poster presented at
the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
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Jackson, G., Shrout, P. E. (2011, April). What Predicts Accuracy of Roommate Reports: A
Cumulative Multinomial Log Analysis of College Roommates. Poster presented at the
annual NYU MA Psychology Research Conference, New York, NY.
Jackson, G., Shrout, P. E. (2011, January). Effects of Extraversion on Undergraduate Roommate
Closeness Over an Academic Year. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Herrera, M., Jackson, G., Snyder, K., Stadler, G., Bolger, N., & Shrout, P. E. (2011, January).
The Relationship Between Ethnicity, Alcohol Consumption, and Social Support in College
Students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Jackson, G., & Shrout, P. E. (2010, April). What Predicts Accuracy of Roommate Reports: A
Study of College Roommates. Poster presented at the annual NYU MA Psychology
Research Conference, New York, NY. (2nd Place Poster Winner).
Jackson, G., Tannenbaum, M. Wai, C., & Rini, C. (2010, January). Balance in Dyadic Support
Perceptions and Relationship Satisfaction among Patients with Chronic Illness and their
Partners. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
Committees and Service
PGSA-Faculty Liaison, Psychology Graduate Student Association, UCLA, 2011-present
Social Psychology Colloquium Committee, UCLA, 2013-2014
Member, Psychology in Action, UCLA, 2011-2013
Alumni Relations, General Psychology Association, NYU, 2010-2011
President, General Psychology Association, NYU, 2009-2010
Vice President, General Psychology Association, NYU, 2008-2009
Member, Masters College Program Board, NYU, 2008-2009
Co-director, SAT and ACT Harvey Milk College Prep Tutors, NYU, 2009
Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science (2010- 2014)
International Association for Relationship Research (2010-present)
International Communication Association (2007-2008)
International Network of Social Network Analysis (2011-present)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2009-present)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Courses
Intimate Relationships
Research Methods in Psychology
Social Psychology
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
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Graduate Courses
Intermediate Statistics for Masters Students
Last Updated: 9/1/2015