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CURRICULUM VITA
OSVALDO F. MORERA
OFFICE:
HOME:
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747-5417
omorera@utep.edu
6836 La Cadena Drive
El Paso, TX 79912
(915) 585-2452
EDUCATION
Date
Institution and degree
1997
Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Major: Quantitative Psychology
Minors: Social Psychology and General Engineering
Thesis: An Investigation of Decomposed and Holistic Judgments:
Generalizing the Divide and Conquer Principle.
Dissertation Chair: David V. Budescu
1993
Master of Arts.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Quantitative Psychology
Thesis: Affective States: Do They Influence Subjective Utilities and
Probabilities?
Thesis Chair: Ulf Böckenholt
1988
Bachelor of Science. The Ohio State University
Academic Major: Psychology
HONORS
Winner of student paper competition sponsored by the Decision Analysis Society of the
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1997.
Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant Award; 1995.
University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship, 1988.
National Deans List, 1985.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Date
9/05 to
present
Position
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso.
9/99 to
8/05
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso.
2/04 to
present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health
9/96 to
8/99
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Survey Research Laboratory and the
Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Studied cancer control, medical decision making and smoking cessation
PUBLICATIONS (underlined names denote student authors)
Stoever, C.J., & Morera, O.F. (in press). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Attitudes
toward Lesbians and Gay Men (ATLG) Measure. Journal of Homosexuality
Martinez, S. & Morera, O.F. (in press). An Investigation of Differential Item Functioning on
Two MMPI-2 Scales with a Prison Population. In R. Velazquez & M. Garrido (Eds.)
Handbook of the Latino MMPI-2/MMPI-A: A Research and Application. Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
Orona, J.A., Blume, A.W., Morera, O.F. & Perez, S. (2007). Examining drinking
consequences and reasons for drinking in a bilingual college sample. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, 29, 83-100.
Morera, O.F. & Dawes, R.M. (2006). Clinical and Statistical Prediction after Fifty Years:
A Dedication to Paul Meehl. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 19, 409-412.
Chun, K.M., Morera, O.F., Andal, J. & Skewes, M.C. (2006). Conducting Research with
Diverse Asian American Groups. In F. Leung, A. Inman, A. Ebreo, L.Yang, L.
Kinoshita, & M. Fiu (Eds.) Handbook of Asian American Psychology, Volume 2. (pp. 4765). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Morera, O.F., Maydeu-Olivares, A., Nygren, T.E., White, R. J, Fernandez, N.P. & Skewes,
M.C. (2006). Social Problem Solving Predicts Decision Making Styles in a U.S. Hispanic
sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 307-317.
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PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F. & Watson, P.J. (2006). The Assessment of Factorial
Invariance in Need for Cognition using Hispanic and Anglo samples. Journal of
Psychology, 140, 53-68.
Blume, A.W., Morera, O.F. & Garcia, B (2005). Assessment of Addictive Behaviors in Ethnic
Minority Cultures. In D. Donovan & G. A, Marlatt (Eds). Assessment of Addictive
Behaviors 2nd edition (pp. 49-70). New York: Guilford Press.
Morera, O. F., Culhane, S.E., Watson, P.J. & Skewes, M.C. (2005). Assessing the Reliability
and Validity of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire Among U.S. Anglo and
U.S. Hispanic Samples. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 289-298.
Culhane, S., Morera, O.F. & Hosch, H.M. (2004). The Factor Structure of the Need for
Cognition Short Form in an Hispanic Sample. Journal of Psychology, 138, 77-88.
Morera, O.F. & Budescu, D.V. (2001). Random Error Reduction in Analytic Hierarchies: A
Comparison of Holistic and Decompositional Decision Strategies. Journal of Behavioral
Decision Making, 14, 223-242.
Warnecke, R.B., Morera, O.F., Turner, L., Johnson, T.P., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Crittenden,
K.S. Mermelstein, R., & Flay, B. (2001). Changes in Self-Efficacy and Readiness for
Smoking Cessation among Women with High School Education or Less. Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, 42, 97-110.
Turner, L., Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K.S. & Flay, B. (2001). Examining the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Self-Help
Program to Increase Women’s Readiness for Smoking Cessation. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 29, 465-491.
Freels, S. A., Warnecke, R. B., Parsons, J. A., Johnson, T. P., Flay, B. R. & Morera, O. F.
(1999). Characteristics Associated with Exposure to and Participation in a Televised
Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women with High School Education or Less.
Preventive Medicine, 28, 579-588.
Maydeu-Olivares, A., Morera, O. F. & D'Zurilla, T. J. (1999). Using Graphical Methods in
Assessing Measurement Invariance in Inventory Data. Multivariate Behavioral
Research, 34, 397-420.
Walker, M. E., Morera, O. F., Vining, J. & Orland, B. (1999). Disparate WTA-WTP
Disparities: The Influence of Human vs. Natural Causes. Journal of Behavioral Decision
Making, 12, 219-232.
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PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED
Morera, O. F. & Budescu, D. V. (1998). A Psychometric Analysis of the “Divide and Conquer”
Principle in Multi-Criteria Decision Making. Organizational Behavior and Human
Decision Processes, 75(3), 187-206.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Crittenden, K.S., Flay, B. R. & Warnecke,
R. B. (1998). The Measure of Stage of Readiness to Change: Some Psychometric
Considerations. Psychological Assessment, 10(2), 182-186.
Tanaka, J. S., Ebreo, A., Linn, N. & Morera, O. F. (1998). Research Methods: The Construct
Validity of Self-Identity and Its Psychological Implications. In N. Zane & L. C. Lee
(Eds.) Handbook of Asian American Psychology (pp. 21-79). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
Witt, K. E., Fernandez, N. P., & Morera, O. F. (2005). Evaluation of the Eating Disorders
Inventory. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 29, S091. Poster was also recognized as a
Meritorious Student Abstract.
Morera, O.F., Turner, L., Johnson, T., Mermelstein, R., Crittenden, K., Freels, S., Flay, B. &
Warnecke, R. (2001). Analyzing Longitudinal Transitions in Stage of Change following
a Smoking Cessation Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement: Program
and Rapid Communication Poster Abstracts, 23, 79.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. P., Turner, L., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K. S. & Flay, B. (1998). Understanding the Components of a Self-Help Smoking
Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement, 20, S174.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. P., Turner, L., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K. S. & Flay, B. (1998). The Effects of a Self-Help Intervention on Measures of Stage of
Readiness to Change and Self-Efficacy. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement, 20,
S174.
Budescu, D. V., Crouch, B. & Morera, O. F. (1996). A Multi-Criteria Comparison of Response
Scales and Scaling Methods in the AHP. In W. Wedley (Ed.) Conference Proceedings
from the Fourth International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 280-291.
TECHNICAL REPORTS (underlined names denote student authors)
Morera, O.F., Fernandez, N.P, & Skewes, M. (in progress). Assessing smoking prevalence
among college students via a web-based survey. El Paso: University of Texas.
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Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B Crittenden, K.S., & Flay,
B. R. &. (1998). Estimating stability and reliability of stage of readiness to change in a
self-help smoking Intervention (Tech. Rep. No. 98-1). Chicago: University of Illinois,
Survey Research Laboratory.
Maydeu-Olivares, A., D'Zurilla, T. J. & Morera, O. F. (1996). Assessing measurement
invariance in questionnaires with latent trait models using Item Response Theory.
Statistics and Econometrics Series 96-41 (12). Getafe: Universidad Carlos III Madrid.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F., Watson, P.J & Millsap, R.E. Assessing Measurement and
Predictive Invariance of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in U.S. Anglo and U.S.
Hispanic Samples.
Estrada, A.X. & Morera, O.F. A Test of Fitzgerald’s Model of Sexual Harassment in Mexico.
Macías, P.E. & Morera, O.F. Assessing the Temporal Stability of Four Methods of Judgment
Presentation in the Expert Choice™ Software Program.
Morera, O.F., Urquidi, U., Fernandez, N.P., Jolly, K., Kim, L.K. & Dolan, J.G. Do Decision
Aids Influence Interest in Colorectal Cancer Screening?
Skewes, M.C., Fernandez, N.P., Byrd, T. & Morera, O.F. Views of Hispanic Female Smokers
on Web-Based and Other Smoking Cessation Intervention Strategies—A Qualitative
Study
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
1 Assessing the relationship between ethnic identity and social problem solving among US
Hispanics
2 Conducted a web-based survey that assess student smoking at UT-El Paso and currently
assessing the effectiveness of a web-based smoking cessation intervention for female
students at UTEP.
3 Exploring the factor structure of a measure of legal authoritarianism.
4 Conducted a study that developed a web-based smoking cessation intervention geared
toward Mexican-American female college smokers.
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EXTERNAL PROPOSALS FUNDED
“Physical Activity, Nutrition & Built Environment in a Bi-national Border Setting.” 1 R21
ES014206-0. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Health. Author: de Castro, J.
Role: Co-Investigator/Statistician. Amount: $399,946. Funding period: September 2005August 2007.
“Promoting Health Parity among Mexican-American Women.” 5 R24MD00520-03. Funding
Organization: National Institutes of Health/National Center for Minority Health and
Health Disparities. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount: $1,146,689. Funding period:
October 2003 – September 2006. Original PI: Karen Schmaling.
“Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions in a Hispanic Population.” 2 R24
MH47167-11 Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health/Minority
Research Infrastructure and Support Program. Author: Morera, O.F and Kim, L. Role:
Project Director. Amount: $282,128. Funding period: July 2003- June 2006.
“Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Training.” 2 T24 MH19978-05 Authors: Zarate, M.,
& Morera, O.F. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health. Role: CoPrincipal Investigator. Amount: $1,015,251 over 5 years. Funding period: September
2002-August 2007.
“Web-Based Smoking Intervention for College Aged Hispanic Women.” 1 R24MD00520-02
Author: Morera, O.F., Funding Organization: National Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health. Role: Project Director. Amount:
$106,114. Funding period: October 2004-September 2006.
EXTERNAL PROPOSALS UNDER REVIEW
“Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training (COR).” Authors: Zarate, M., &
Morera, O.F. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health. Role: CoPrincipal Investigator. Amount: $1,540,067.
“Assessing the English/Spanish Language Invariance of Alcohol Outcome Measures.” Funding
Organization: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Authors: Morera,
Osvaldo F., Urquidi, Ulysses, Blume, Arthur W., & Resor, Michelle. Role: Principal
Investigator. Amount: $425,076.
“Tailored-Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers.” Authors: Lawrence
An, Janet Thomas, John Connet, Xianghua Luo, Ken Resnicow, Victor Strecher,
Theodore V. Cooper. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Health. Role: CoPrincipal Investigator (PI: Lawrence An) Amount: $2,988,522.
R21 Cooper (PI)
12/1/07 – 11/30/09
5%
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National Cancer Institute
$275,000
Health Education vs Motivational Interviewing in Hispanic College Light Smokers
The primary of aim of this pilot study is to assess the impact of baseline motivation and
counseling style toward quitting smoking in Hispanic college student light smokers. The study is
a randomized two-condition design to assess if counseling style moderates the relationship
between motivation and cessation at six months. It is posited that MI will be more efficacious in
low-motivated light smokers, and HE will be more efficacious in high-motivated light smokers.
“Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center.” Funding Organization: National Institutes of
Health/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Role: Co-Principal
Investigator (PI: Robert Anders). Amount: $6,611,592.
“Cancer, Culture and Literacy Education Project.” Funding Organization: National Cancer
Institute. Role: Consultant/Training Mentor Program. PI: Cathy Meade; University of
South Florida’s H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center.
INTERNAL PROPOSALS FUNDED
“Web-Based Survey of Alcohol Use among College Student at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Authors: Morera, O.F & Blume, A.W. Funding Organization: Office of the Vice
President for Academic Affairs/Tobacco Settlement Monies. Role: Principal
Investigator. Amount: $6,033.00. Funding period: June 2004-August 2004.
“Web- Based Survey of Tobacco Use among College Student at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Authors: Morera, O.F. Funding Organization: Office of the Vice President for
Academic Affairs/Tobacco Settlement Monies. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount:
$32,064.00. Funding period: June 2002-August 2003.
“What Is and What Is Not Item Bias: A Cross-Cultural Assessment of Several Psychological
Instruments.” Funding Organization: University of Texas at El Paso Research Institute.
Role Principal Investigator. Amount: $2,700.00. Funding period: October 2001-August
2002.
“The effect of a decision aid on prostate cancer knowledge and interest in PSA testing.”
Submitted to the University of Texas at El Paso Research Institute. Role: Principal
Investigator. Amount: $2,000.00. Funding period: October 1999-August 2000.
STUDENT PROPOSALS FUNDED
“Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Hispanic
Women at UTEP.” Funding organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation. Author:
Skewes, M. Role: Supervising Professor. Amount: $6543.00. Funding period:
September 2005-May 2006.
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“Implicit Attitudes Toward Smoking.” Authors: Resor, M & Stoever, CJ. Funding
organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation.Role: Supervising Professor. Amount:
$825.00. Funding period: March 2005-April 2006.
“Associations of Magical Ideation with Attitudes Toward Organ Donation.” Author: Ruiz, E.
Funding Organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation. Role: Supervising Professor.
Amount: $652.00. Funding period: October 2002-February 2003.
“Measuring Preparedness to Sign an Organ Donation Card.” Authors: Del Val, D., Perez, L., &
Aguirre, R. Funding Organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation. Role: Supervising
Professor. Amount: $1929.00. Funding period: October 2002-June 2003.
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INVITED PAPERS
Morera, O.F. (2005, March). Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Interest among
Hispanics in El Paso, TX. Invited presentation for the Judgment and Decision Making
research group at The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.
Morera, O.F. & Skewes, M.C. (2004, December). Can Web-Based Approaches be applied to
Smoking Cessation. Invited presentation for the Paso del Norte Chapter of the Society of
Public Health Educators. El Paso, TX.
Morera, OF. (2003, December) Assessing Smoking Prevalence at a Predominantly Latino
University via a Web-Based Survey. Invited presentation for a panel on college student
smoking at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Boston, MA.
Morera, O.F. (1998, December). The “Divide and Conquer” Principle of Multi-Criteria Decision
Making: Its Evaluation and a Proposed Medical Decision Making Extension. Invited
paper presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Decision Making
Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Morera, O.F. (1998, November). Decision Aids and Informed Consent in Prostate Screening.
Invited paper presented for the American Cancer Society site visit of the University of
Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
Morera, O. F. (1997, October). A Psychometric Analysis of the “Divide and Conquer” Principle
in Decision Analysis. Invited presentation at the Awards Ceremony for the Decision
Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences,
Dallas, Texas.
Morera, O. F. (1997, October). A Psychometric Assessment of the Divide and Conquer Principle
in Multiattribute Decision Making. Invited paper presented at the Cognitive Psychology
Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago
Morera, O. F. (1995). The WTA/WTP Disparity and the Economic Value of Street Trees.
Invited paper presented at the Quantitative Psychology Colloquium, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED FOR CONFERENCES
Morera, O.F. (2002, November). An Assessment of Decision Decomposition in the Professional
Literature and the Real World. Symposium organized for the Society for Judgment and
Decision Making Meetings
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PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
Estrada, A.X. & Morera, O.F. (2006, May). A Test of Fitzgerald, Hulin, and Drasgow’s (1995)
Model of Sexual Harassment in Mexico. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology meetings, Dallas, TX.
Braun, G.B., Fernandez, N., Hosch, H.M. & Morera, O.F. (2004, October). Development of
Rules-Based and Principles-Based Measures of Decision-Making. Paper presented at the
Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section of the American Accounting
Association Meetings, Chicago, IL.
Fernandez, N.P., Witt, K., Davis, A.J., & Morera, O.F. (2004, October). Assessing readiness to
change drinking behavior among college students at a predominantly Hispanic-serving
institution. Paperr presented the Fifth Annual Applied Psychology Conference.
Carbondale, IL.
Skewes, M.C. & Morera, O.F. (2004, October). HIV Testing in a College Student Sample.
Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Applied Psychology Conference. Carbondale, IL.
Culhane, S. E., Morera, O. F., & Watson, P. J. (2003, May). The cross-cultural validation of
two alexithymia measures. Paper presented at Western Psychological Association annual
conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Culhane, S. E., Morera, O. F., Lechuga, J., & de la Riva, E. M. (2003, May). Gender,
acculturation, and the factor structure of Need for Cognition. Paper presented at Western
Psychological Association annual conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Fernandez, N.P., Morera, O.F., & Francis, W. (2002, November). Decomposition versus
Holistic Decision Making: A Review of the Literature. Paper presented at the Society for
Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Kansas City, MO.
Skewes, M., Espinoza, P., Portillo, M & Morera, O.F. (2002, May). An Investigation of the
Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised in a Hispanic Population. Paper presented at
the Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings, Chicago, Illinois.
Kim LK, Morera OF. (2002, April). Preference for Screening Sigmoidoscopy Among
Hispanics at the U.S. Mexico Border. Presentation at the 2nd Annual Border Health Care
Conference, April 12, 2002, El Paso, TX. Accredited for 0.67 hrs of Category 1 CME.
Taylor, T., Rutt, C., Wei, B & Morera, O.F. (2001, May). Psychometric Properties of an
Academic Motivation and Personal Initiative Scale for Hispanic College Students. Paper
presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meetings, Chicago, Illinois
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Ebreo, A., Morera, O. F., Maydeu-Olivares, A. & Vining, J. (1998, May). Gender Differences
and Procedural Justice in Environmental Decision Making. Paper presented at the
Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings, Chicago, Illinois
Budescu, D. V., Crouch, B. & Morera, O. F. (1996, July). A Multi-Criteria Comparison of
Response Scales and Scaling Methods in the AHP. Paper presented at the 4th
International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process.
Morera, O.F. & Bolt, D. (1996, May). Is Social Distance Influenced by Social Contact and
Context? Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings,
Chicago, Illinois.
Morera, O. F. & Budescu, D. V. (1995, May). Decomposing Multiattribute Judgments: An
Investigation of Two Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methodologies. Paper presented
at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Nygren, T. E., Morera, O. F. & Walker, M. E. (1995, May). An Iterative Approach to
Estimating Subjective Utilities and Subjective Probabilities. Paper presented at the
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Nygren, T. E. & Morera, O. F. (1994, May). Does a Shift in Reference Point from Positive or
Negative Feedback Influence Subjective Utilities for Gambles? Paper presented at
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Morera, O. (1990). A Latino Perspective of Social Distance. Paper presented at the Illinois
Conference of Latin Americanists, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois.
Nygren, T. E. & Morera, O. (1988). A Method for Modeling Bias in a Person's Estimates of
Likelihood of Events. Paper presented at the Annual SOAR Meetings, Dayton, Ohio.
Nygren, T. E. & Morera, O. (1988). Davidson, Suppes and Siegel revisited: Evidence for a dual
bilinear model. Paper presented at the Society for Mathematical Psychology Meetings,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
POSTERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
Lechuga, J., Morera, O.F., & Fernandez, N.P. Probability Judgment Accuracy: Does the
Overconfidence Phenomenon Replicate in Mexico? Poster to be presented at the Annual
meetings of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Houston, TX
Fernandez, N. P., Morera, O. F., Lechuga, J. (2006, November) How Much Information is
Too Much?: A Comparison of Decompositional and Holistic Strategies. Poster presented
at the Annual meetings of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Houston, TX
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Morera, O.F. (2006, July). Promoting Health Parity Among Mexican-American Women.
Poster presented at the Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006. Bethesda, MD.
Fernandez, N.P. & Morera, O.F. (2006, June). How Much Information is Too Much? A
Comparison of Decompositional and Holistic Strategies. Poster presented at the FUR XII
Meetings. Rome, Italy.
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F., & Watson, P.J. (2006, May). Factorial Invariance in Need for
Cognition with Hispanic and Anglo Samples. Poster presented at the 18th Annual
Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. New York, New York.
Arms, D., Skewes, M.C, Ganem, P.A., & Morera, O.F. (2006, May). Assessment of Decisional
Balance in a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention. Poster presented at the
SACNAS Student Research Expo (UTEP Chapter). El Paso, TX.
Piñon, A., Skewes, M., Arms, D., Ganem, P.A., & Morera, O.F. (2006, May). Descriptive
Results from a Web-based Smoking Cessation Intervention Tailored to Hispanic Female
Smokers at a Southwestern University . Poster presented at the SACNAS Student
Research Expo (UTEP Chapter). El Paso, TX.
Fernandez, N.P., Morera, O.F., Kim, L.K., Urquidi, U., & Dolan, J.G. (2005, November). A
Psychometric Evaluation of a Spanish-Version of the Deber-Kraetschmer ProblemSolving Decision-Making (PSDM) Scale among Latino Patients. Poster presented at the
27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. San Francisco, CA.
Morera, O.F., Kim, L.K., Fernandez, N.P., Urquidi, U., Gomez, Y., de la Torre, M. & Dolan,
J.G. (2005, October). Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Interest Decisions
among Hispanic Patients. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Medical Decision Making. San Francisco, CA.
Morera, O.F., Kim, L.K., Fernandez, N.P., Urquidi, U., Gomez, Y., de la Torre, M. & Dolan,
J.G. (2005, October). Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Interest Decisions
among Hispanic Patients. Poster to be presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Medical Decision Making. San Francisco, CA.
Witt, K.E., Fernandez, N. P. & Morera, O.F. (2005, April). Evaluation of the Eating Disorders
Inventory in a Hispanic Population. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Behavioral Medicine. Boston, MA. This poster was also recognized as a
meritorious student abstract
Macías, P.E. & Morera, O.F. (2004, November). Assessing the Temporal Stability of Four
Methods of Judgment Presentation in the Expert Choice™ Software Program. Poster
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making.
Minneapolis, MN.
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Fernandez, N.P. & Morera, O.F. (2004, November). Decision Complexity Adversely Affects
Both Decompositional and Holistic Judgments. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings
of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Minneapolis, MN.
Stoever, C.J. & Morera, O.F. (2004, May). The Stoever Sexual Prejudice Scale: A new
measure of sexual prejudice. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Society meetings. Chicago, IL
Skewes, M.C. & Morera, O.F. (2004, April). Development of a Measure of Readiness to get
Tested for HIV. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings of the Rocky Mountain
Association. Reno, NV.
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F., Hosch, H.M., & Lawley, L.R. (2004, January). A comparison of
three legal authoritarianism measures. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas.
Fernandez, N., Braun, G., Hosch, H.M. & Morera, O.F. (2003, November). The Development
of a Rule-Based and Principle-Based Measure of Decision Making. Poster presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Vancouver, BC.
Morera, O.F., Nygren, T.E., White, J., Fernandez, N.P., & Skewes. M. (2003, November).
Assessing the Measurement Invariance of the Decision Making Styles Inventory. Poster
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making.
Culhane, S. E., Morera, O. F., & Hosch, H. M. (2003, May). Toward the development of an
efficient legal authoritarianism measure. Poster presented at the American Psychological
Society annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia
Stoever, C. J., Morera, O.F., & Culhane, S.E. (2003, May). Confirmatory factor analysis of the
Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men (ATLG). Poster presented at the American
Psychological Society annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Del Val, S. & Morera, O.F. (2003, May). Factors that Influence Attitudes Toward Organ
Donation. Poster presented at Western Psychological Association annual conference,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lechuga, J., Morera, O.F., Culhane, S.E., De la Riva, E. (2003, February).
Individualism/Collectivism: A Revised Scale for Mexican-Americans. Presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Los Angeles, CA.
Espinoza, P, Skewes, M., Morera, O.F., & Nygren, T.E. (2002, November). A Cross-Cultural
Assessment of the Decision Making Styles Inventory. Poster presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Orlando, FL.
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Morera, O.F., Walker, M.E. & Ortiz, B. (2001, November). Attribute Range and Attribute
Weights in the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Poster presentation presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Orlando, FL.
Coleman, T.L. & Morera, O.F. & Walker, M.E. (2001, November). Revisiting WTA-WTP
Disparities: Human Causes, Natural Causes and Personal Responsibility. Poster
presentation presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision
Making. Orlando, FL.
Valencia, A.F. & Morera, O.F. (2001, November). Decision Aids and Hormonal replacement
Therapy Decisions with Hispanic Women. Poster presentation presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Orlando, FL.
Morera, O.F., Turner, L., Johnson, T., Mermelstein, R., Crittenden, K., Freels, S., Flay, B. &
Warnecke, R. (2001, March). Analyzing Longitudinal Transitions in Stage of Change
following a Smoking Cessation Intervention. Poster presentation for the Society of
Behavioral Medicine meetings. Seattle, WA.
Morera, O.F. (2000, November). Decision Aids and Informed Consent in Prostate Cancer
Screening. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Judgment
and Decision Making. New Orleans, LA.
Walker, M.E. & Morera, O.F. (2000, November). A Psychometric Assessment of
Contingent Valuation Methodologies. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. New Orleans, LA.
Wiebe, J. S., Morera, O. F., Hubbard, B. V., Fan, J. (2000, May). Use of Cox Regression to
Model Attrition from Psychotherapy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of
the Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings. Chicago, Illinois
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. P., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden, K. S. & Flay,
B. (1998, May). Psychometric Considerations of the Measure of Stage of Readiness to
Change. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association Meetings. Chicago, Illinois
Morera, O. F. (1997, November). A Psychometric Assessment of the Divide and Conquer
Principle in Multiattribute Decision Making. Poster session presented at the Society of
Judgment and Decision Making, Philadelphia, PA.
Walker, M.E. & Morera, O.F. (1997, November). Disparate WTA-WTP Disparities? The
Influence of human vs natural causes. Poster session presented at the Society for
Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Philadelphia, PA.
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Walker, M. E., Morera, O. F. & Vining, J. (1995, November). The WTA/WTP Disparity and
the Economic Value of Street Trees. Poster session presented at the Society for
Judgment and Decision Making Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
Morera, O. F. & Budescu, D. V. (1995, November). Decision Complexity and the Analytical
Hierarchy Process. Poster session presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
Morera, O. F. & Budescu, D. V. (1994, November). The Decomposition of Multiattribute
Judgments and the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Poster session presented at the Society
for Judgment and Decision Making, Saint Louis, Missouri.
REVIEWING EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Co-guest editor (with Robyn Dawes) for forthcoming issue in the Journal of Behavioral
Decision Making. The issue will be dedicated to Paul Meehl’s work on clinical versus statistical
decision making. The issue is due out in 2006.
Member of Editorial Board for Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2004present)
Member of Editorial Board for Medical Decision Making (2005-present)
Ad-hoc reviewer for:
Addiction (1999)
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences (1999)
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2004, 2005, 2006)
Health Education Research: Theory and Practice (2002, 2005)
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2005, 2006)
Journal of General Psychology (2004, 2005)
Journal of Mathematical Psychology (2005)
Journal of Psychology (2003, 2005, 2006)
Medical Decision Making (1997, 1999, 2005, 2006)
Multivariate Behavioral Research (2006)
National Science Foundation: Decision, Risk and Management Science (1995, 1998, 2001)
Psychological Science (2005)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate-Level:
Psychology 5311; Statistics II: Experimental Design (7 times)
Psychology 5323; Psychometrics (5 times)
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Psychology 5310; Statistics I: Correlation and Regression (1 time)
Psychology 5335; Advanced Topics in Research Design and Data Analysis (structural
equation modeling, to be taught in Spring 2007).
Undergraduate:
Psychology 1301: Introduction to Psychology (1 time)
Psychology 1303: Introduction to Statistics (4 times)
Psychology 4321: Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (1 time)
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Date
Position
9/01 to
8/03
Member, University Faculty Senate
University of Texas at El Paso
9/00 to
8/03
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso.
9/99 to
8/03
Member, Resource Committee
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso.
9/03 to
present
Member, Graduate Program Committee (GPC)
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
9/03 to
present
Chairperson, Graduate Admissions Subcommittee of GPC
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
1/00 to
06/05
Member, Institutional Review Board
Sierra Medical Center, El Paso, TX
8/00 to
9/02
Member, Colorectal Cancer Steering Committee
Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX
I have also participated on the following graduate student committees at the University of Texas
at El Paso:
PhD Committees
Chairperson, Armando X. Estrada’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “An Examination and Proposed Extension of
a Model of Sexual Harassment.” Thesis completed: May 2003.
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Chairperson, Monica Skewes’ Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “UTEP Women Kick Butt! Development,
Implementation and Evaluation of a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Targeted
Toward Hispanic Female College Students.” Thesis completed August 2006
Member, Laura A. Zimmerman’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Law Enforcement Decision Making During
Critical Incidents: A Three-Pronged Approach to Understanding and Enhancing Law
Enforcement Decision Processes.” Thesis completed: May 2006.
Member, Rebecca Palacios’ Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Relation of Family History to Stress Reactions
during Appetitive and Aversive Challenges.” Thesis completed August 2006.
Member, Christopher Johnson’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “The Measurement of Mindfulness.” Thesis
completed: December 2006.
Member, Colby Stoever’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “An exploration of the stereotype inconsistent
memory advantage.” Thesis ongoing.
Member, Julia Lechuga’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Overconfidence in Hispanics? The Effect of
Reasoning Style, Feelings of Knowing and Affect.” Thesis ongoing.
Member, Kendra Witt’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis ongoing.
Member, Scott E. Culhane’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Changing Your Alibi: Current Law
Enforcement, Future Law Enforcement, and Layperson Beliefs and Behaviors.” Thesis
completed: May 2005
Member, F. James Billings’ Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Lying: Do Psychopaths Have the Edge?”
Thesis completed: May 2004.
Member, Candace Rutt’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “An Examination of the Influence of Individual,
Social and Environmental Factors on Physical Activity.” Thesis completed: December 2003
Member, Imelda Guadalupe Alcalá Sáchez’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Validation of Physical
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Activity Self-Efficacy in Mexican and Mexican American: Cross-Cultural Instrument
Development.” Thesis completed: May 2003.
Member, Shelley N. Aikman’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “How do Motivational States Change Attitude
Reports?” Thesis completed: May 2003.
Member, Robert Hitlan’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “The Effects of Language-Based Exclusion on
Mood, Psychological Threat, Work-Related Attitudes, and Intergroup Relations.” Thesis
completed: August 2002
Member, Julie Penley’s Dissertation Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis entitled, “Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Beck
Depression Inventory-II in a Medical and Student Sample.” Thesis completed: December 2001
PhD Comprehensive Examination Committees
Member, Scott E. Culhane’s Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. October 2003
Member, F. James Billings’ Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. October 2002
Member, Dawn McQuiston Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. April 2002.
Member, Candace Rutt’s Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. December 2001.
Member, Rob Hitlan’s Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. July 2001
Member, Shelly Aikman’s Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. July 2001
Member, Armando X. Estrada’s Comprehensive Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. June 2000
Health Psychology Preliminary Examination Committee
Chairperson, Monica Skewes’s Preliminary Examination Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. September 2003.
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Masters Thesis Committees
Chairperson, Norma P. Fernandez’s Masters Thesis in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “How Much Information is Too Much? A
Comparison of Decompositional and Holistic Strategies. Thesis completed: May 2006.
Chairperson, Monica de la Torre’s Masters Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology
at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis project entitled, “Measuring Social Problem
Solving in Spanish Dominant Hispanics using the Social Problem Solving Inventory – Revised.”
Thesis completed: December 2006.
Co-Chairperson, Jesus Arturo Orona’s Masters Thesis Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis project entitled, “The factor structure
of the social phobia and anxiety inventory using a sample of Hispanic college students and its
prediction of alcohol consumption.” Thesis completed: May 2006.
Chairperson, Priya Chakola’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “The Transtheoretical Model for
Behavior Change and Prostate Cancer Screening.” Thesis completed: October 2002.
Chairperson, Monica Skewes’ Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Measuring Stage of Readiness for
HIV Testing.” Thesis completed: December 2002.
Chairperson, Sandra Martinez’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “An Investigation of Differential Item
Functioning on Two MMPI-2 Scales with a Prison Population.” Thesis completed: April 2002.
Member, Denise Rodríguez Esquivel’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Tobacco Use and
Recalcitrant Smoking Characteristics in a Hispanic Sample.” Thesis ongoing
Member, Leslie Hawley’s Masters Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Black Sheep Effect Among Athletes:
When does one bad apple spoil the whole bunch.” Thesis completed: May 2006.
Member, Amelie Tremblay’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Impulse Buying
Behavior Among College Students in the Borderlands.” Thesis completed: May 2005.
Member, Dolores Hernandez’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Disclosure of HIV Serostatus in HIV
Positive Hispanics and Implications for Health Status.” Thesis completed: May 2003.
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Member, Virginia Longoria’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “The Development and Evaluation of
a Bilingual Measure of HIV and AIDS-Related Knowledge in People living with HIV.” Thesis
completed: May 2003.
Member, Christopher Johnson’s Master’s Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Self-Reported Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors in Hispanics as a Function of Acculturation, Sex, Sensation Seeking and Openness.”
Thesis completed: August 2000.
Senior Honors Thesis Committees
Chairperson, Jose Cabriales’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Assessing the Gender Invariance of the
Need for Cognition – Short Form.” Thesis completed December 2006.
Chairperson, Priscilla Macias’ Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Assessing the Temporal Stability of the
Analytic Hierarchy Process Using the Four Methods of Elicitation of Expert Choice™.” Thesis
completed May 2004.
Chairperson, Nicholas Fernandez’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology
at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Development of a Rules-Based
and Principles-Based Measure of Decision Making.” Thesis completed May 2003.
Chairperson, Sandra del Val’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Readiness to Talk to One's Family
about Organ Donation Using the Transtheoretical Model .” Thesis completed May 2003.
Chairperson, Timothy Coleman’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at
the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Revisiting WTA-WTP Disparities:
Human Causes, Natural Causes and Personal Responsibility.” Thesis to be completed
December 2002.
Chairperson, Anna Valencia’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Decision Aids and Hormonal
Replacement Therapy Decisions with Hispanic Women.” Thesis completed: December 2001.
Committee Member, Jesus Arturo Orona’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “Juror’s Decision
Making in a Sexual Harassment Case.” Thesis completed: December 2001.
Committee Member, Diane Lazcano’s Honors Thesis Committee in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Thesis Project entitled, “The Effect of
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Perceptual Tendencies on our Explanations of other People's Behavior.” Thesis completed:
December 2006.
STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The following former students are currently in these academic positions/programs.
Armando X. Estrada, PhD
Monica C. Skewes, MA
Sandra Martinez, MA
Priscilla Macias, BS
Timothy Coleman, BA
Anna Valencia, BS
Ed Ruiz, BS
Sandra del Val , BS
Paola Espinoza, BA
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at
Washington State University – Vancouver.
PhD student in Health Psychology at UT-El Paso. Post-doctoral
fellow at the Research Institute on Addictions Laboratory at the
University of Buffalo
Doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at New Mexico State
University
Enrolled as a MA student in the Department of Psychology at
California State University-Fullerton
PhD student in Social Psychology at Howard University
MA student in Counseling Psychology at UT-El Paso
Completed his law degree at UC-Berkeley.
Selected for NIMH Post-baccalaureate Fellowship (2003-2004)
and enrolled in MA Occupational Therapy program at UT-El Paso
Admitted to the Clinical Psychology MA program at UTEP
In addition to this work, I am also an active member of the St. Pius X (El Paso, TX) Health
Ministry and Families with Children with Disabilities Ministry.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychological Association
Psychometric Society
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Medical Decision Making
GUEST LECTURES
Fall 2006: Health Sciences 5353: Health Promotion Issues and Strategies. Class lecture on
health promotion and the internet.
Fall 2006: Psychology 3348: Cognitive Psychology. Class lecture on judgment/decision making
Fall 2004: Psychology 3348: Cognitive Psychology. Class lecture on judgment/decision making
Summer 2003: Health Sciences 3307: Death and Dying. Class lecture on organ donation
Fall 2002: Psychology 3348: Cognitive Psychology. Class lecture on judgment/decision making
Fall 2002: Psychology 3350: Health Psychology. Class lecture on medical decision making
Fall 2000: Psychology 3348: Cognitive Psychology. Class lecture on judgment/decision making
Spring 2002: Provided a seminar on logistic regression for the College of Health Sciences.
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OSVALDO F. MORERA
REFERENCES
Dr. Lawrence Cohn
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747-6567
email: lcohn@utep.edu
Dr. James M. Wood
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave
El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747-6570
email: jawood@utep.edu
Dr. David V. Budescu
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
603 East Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6758
e-mail: dbudescu@s.psych.uiuc.edu
Dr. Timothy Johnson
Director, Survey Research Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago
412 S. Peoria, Sixth Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 996-5310
e-mail: timj@uic.edu
Dr. Richard B. Warnecke
Director, Center for Population Health
and Health Disparities
Institute for Health Research and Policy
Westside Research Office Building, 5th Floor
University of Illinois at Chicago
1747 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 996-7222
e-mail: warnecke@uic.edu
Dr. Michael A. Zárate
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Ave
El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747- 5551
email: mzarate@utep.edu