Current Graduate Students
Jennifer Vrabel
My primary research interests are self-esteem and morality. In particular, I am interested in virtue-based contingent self-esteem and the consequences individuals experience when they fail to maintain their goals of being virtuous. In addition, I am interested in investigating other possible domains of contingencies in which adults’ self-worth is based. My other research interests include, pathological personality features, immoral behaviors, moral foundations, and implicit theories of personality (i.e., incremental theory, entity theory).
My primary research interests are self-esteem and morality. In particular, I am interested in virtue-based contingent self-esteem and the consequences individuals experience when they fail to maintain their goals of being virtuous. In addition, I am interested in investigating other possible domains of contingencies in which adults’ self-worth is based. My other research interests include, pathological personality features, immoral behaviors, moral foundations, and implicit theories of personality (i.e., incremental theory, entity theory).
Destaney Sauls
My primary research interests concern dark personality traits and their influence on strategies for achieving higher social status. In this, I am interested in looking at how an individual with a certain set of social status and respect seeking strategies will react when they fail to achieve their goal status or experience a perceived lack of respect.
My primary research interests concern dark personality traits and their influence on strategies for achieving higher social status. In this, I am interested in looking at how an individual with a certain set of social status and respect seeking strategies will react when they fail to achieve their goal status or experience a perceived lack of respect.
Rania Bellaaj
My research interests involve the psychology of motivation within the organizational context according to Self-Determination Theory. In particular, I am investigating whether the satisfaction of basic psychological needs have indirect associations with job commitment and organizational commitment through job-related attitudes (i.e., job rewards, job costs, job satisfaction, job investment, and quality of alternative jobs).
My research interests involve the psychology of motivation within the organizational context according to Self-Determination Theory. In particular, I am investigating whether the satisfaction of basic psychological needs have indirect associations with job commitment and organizational commitment through job-related attitudes (i.e., job rewards, job costs, job satisfaction, job investment, and quality of alternative jobs).
David Andrews
My core research interest involves utilizing an interdisciplinary approach by adopting principles from psychological research and theories (i.e. sexual narcissism, precarious manhood hypothesis, sexual economics theory) and principles from criminological research and theories (i.e. Hirschi’s social bond theory, Agnew’s general strain theory) to explain male-perpetrated phenomena such as mass violence, hostility towards women, and sexual aggression. My secondary interest looks to expand the dearth of literature on life history strategies (life history theory) and its implications on prosocial and antisocial behaviors. Further, I have interests that probe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in terms of world views and threat perception. Lastly, I am interested in the influence of the sensation-seeking personality trait on dangerous and antisocial behaviors.
My core research interest involves utilizing an interdisciplinary approach by adopting principles from psychological research and theories (i.e. sexual narcissism, precarious manhood hypothesis, sexual economics theory) and principles from criminological research and theories (i.e. Hirschi’s social bond theory, Agnew’s general strain theory) to explain male-perpetrated phenomena such as mass violence, hostility towards women, and sexual aggression. My secondary interest looks to expand the dearth of literature on life history strategies (life history theory) and its implications on prosocial and antisocial behaviors. Further, I have interests that probe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in terms of world views and threat perception. Lastly, I am interested in the influence of the sensation-seeking personality trait on dangerous and antisocial behaviors.
Former Graduate Students
Christopher Holden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University
Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University
Ashton Southard, Ph.D.
Research Analyst at J.D. Power
Research Analyst at J.D. Power
Aisha Baker, Ph.D.
Therapist and Part-Time Faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College
Therapist and Part-Time Faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College
Erin Myers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Western Carolina University
Associate Professor at Western Carolina University
Angela Baker, MS
Cheryl Cosby, MS
Sinead Cronin, MS
Brian Enjaian, MS
Doctoral Student at the University of Kentucky
Doctoral Student at the University of Kentucky
Thomas Ewing, MS
Community College Instructor
Community College Instructor
Andrew Holub, MS
Doctoral Student at Oakland University
Doctoral Student at Oakland University
Mark Lehtman, MS
Gillian McCabe, MS
Doctoral Student at the University of Kentucky
Doctoral Student at the University of Kentucky
Amy E. Noser, MS
Doctoral Student at the University of Kansas
Doctoral Student at the University of Kansas
Noah Pollock, MS
Office of Institutional Research at Oakland University
Office of Institutional Research at Oakland University
Caitlin Traeder, MS
David Trombly, MS
