Holly M. Rus
Updated January, 19 2015
Email: hrus@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 707-391-7651
PsychoNeuroEndocrinology Lab
www.pnelab.com
Health Communications and Interventions Lab
www.cameronhcilab.com
University of California, Merced
School of Social Sciences,
Humanities, and Arts
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Merced, Health Psychology, Expected May 2017
Faculty Advisor: Jitske Tiemensma, Ph.D.
B.A.
University of California, Davis, Psychology, Education, Magna Cum Laude, 2011
Honors Thesis: Evaluative Trait Generation Based on Knowledge of Past Behavior.
Faculty Advisor: Kristin H. Lagattuta, Ph.D.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social influence on health behaviors, social media use, stress recovery, health communications,
chronic illness management
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Rus, H. M., & Tiemensma, J., Social media use for stress recovery.
Cameron, L. D., Ramirez, A. S., Durazo, A., Rus, H. M., Corona, R., Cultural appropriateness
and feasibility of a text messaging diet and nutrition intervention for Hispanic and Latino
populations. Smokefree.gov
Cameron, L. D., Ramirez, A. S., Durazo, A., Rus, H. M., Corona, R., Views on diet and nutrition
among Hispanic and Latino Adults
PUBLICATIONS
Cameron, L. D., Durazo, A., & Rus, H. M. (2015). Illness representations. In
Benyamini, Y., Karademas, V., & Johnston, M. (Eds.) Assessment in Health Psychology,
in press.
MAUNSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Rus, H. M., Cameron, L. D. (2015). Health communication in social media:
Message features predictive of user engagement on diabetes-related Facebook pages.
Rus, H. M., Tiemensma J. (2015). The effect of Facebook use on stress recovery:
A pilot study.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rus, H. M., Cameron, L. D. (2015, February). Health communication in social media:
Message features predicting user engagement on diabetes-related Facebook pages. Talk
accepted for Data Blitz presentation at the Social Personality Health Network Preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
Long Beach, CA.
Rus, H. M., Tiemensma, J. (2015, March). The effect of Facebook use on stress recovery: A pilot
study. Poster accepted for presentation at the inaugural meeting of the International
Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rus, H. M., Cameron, L. D. (2015, April). Health communication in social media:
Message features predictive of user engagement on diabetes-related Facebook pages.
Talk accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral
Medicine, San Antonio, TX.
Rus, H. M., Tiemensma, J. (2015, August). The effect of Facebook use on stress recovery. Poster
accepted for presentation at the annual meeting for the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rus, H. M., Cameron, L. D. (2014, May). Health communication in social media:
Elements of engaging messages. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Association for Psychological Sciences, San Francisco, CA.
Rus, H. M. (2014, April). Latent class analysis of self-management behavior among
diabetics in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Rus, H. M. (2011, May) Evaluative trait generation based on knowledge of past behavior.
Poster presented at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference, Davis, CA.
Rus, H. M. (2011, May) Evaluative trait generation based on knowledge of past behavior.
Poster presented at the UC Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference,
Berkeley, CA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer
Fall 2013
Undergraduate Health Psychology
Lecture: Chronic Illnesses
Guest Lecturer
Fall 2014
Undergraduate Health Psychology
Lecture: Physical Activity and Health
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2014
Health Psychology, UC Merced
Instructor: Deborah Wiebe, Ph.D.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Spring 2014 Public Health Genetics, UC Merced
Instructor: Stephen Wooding, Ph.D.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2013
Health Psychology, UC Merced
Instructor: Jitske Tiemensma, Ph.D.
Instructional Intern
Fall 2013Center for Research on Teaching Excellence, UC Merced
present
Supervisors: Amy Fenstermaker, Ph.D., Anali Makoui, Ph.D.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Spring 2013 Introduction to Psychology, UC, Merced
Instructor: Ross Avilla, Ph.D.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2012
Introduction to Psychology, UC Merced
Instructor: Meaghan Altman, Ph.D.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference, 2015 Citation Abstract and Meritorious
Student Abstract Award
UC Merced Research and Travel Award 2014
UC Merced Research and Travel Award 2013
UC Davis Psychology Department Citation for Outstanding Performance 2010-2011
UC Davis Deans’ Honors List Fall 2009-Spring 2011
UC Santa Cruz Deans’ Honors List Fall 2008- Spring 2009
Psi Chi International Honors Society Member
Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society Member
SERVICE
01/2013-08/2013
Graduate Student Representative
Graduate Research and Orientation Week Committee
University of California, Merced
Duties include representing Graduate Student Association interests in the planning, organizing,
and facilitating of orientation week in August of 2013.
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