psychological science
Stone presents at conference
Dr. Nancy J. Stone, professor of psychological science, presented findings and discussed issues related to online learning at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual conference during the first week of October.
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Speaker to discuss morality of AI agents
Do people perceive artificial intelligence (AI) agents to be moral wrongdoers? Dr. Daniel Shank will present a lecture titled “The Perceived Morality of Artificially Intelligent Agents” at the psychology colloquium 1-2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, in Room 318 of Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall.
Read More »Educational research mini-grants awarded to five faculty projects
Expanding the sophomore design curriculum for aerospace engineering students and maximizing the co-op experience are a couple of topics faculty will be researching with the help of mini-grant funding. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) recently provided nearly $25,000 in mini-grant funding for the following projects:
Read More »Belfi to lead national organization
Dr. Amy Belfi now leads a national organization, Graduate Women in Science. She was inducted as president during the organization’s annual conference in Iowa City June 16.
Read More »S&T student, professor highlighted in UM System newsletter
Eli Rychtarczyk, a junior in minor engineering, and Dr. Jessica Cundiff, assistant professor of psychological science, are featured in the March issue of the University of Missouri System newsletter, Campus Highlights.
Read More »Tap into work behavior research over a pint
Join the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business for the next Research on Tap lecture at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, on the second-floor loft of Public House Brewing Co. in Rolla. Dr. Clair Kueny, assistant professor of psychological science, will present “Good or Bad for Whom? Reactions to Other’s Discretionary Work Behaviors.”
Read More »Book chapter addresses women’s barriers in STEM fields
A book chapter by Dr. Jessica Cundiff has been selected for the Feb. 28 hard-copy publication of The War on Women in the United States: Beliefs, Tactics and the Best Defenses, edited by Dr. Joel T. Nadler, and Dr. Meghan R. Lower.
Read More »Seven S&T faculty receive UM Research Board Grants
The University of Missouri Research Board recently awarded grants to seven Missouri S&T faculty members in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. The 12-month grants provide seed money for research initiatives in the categories of humanities, fine arts, social sciences and behavioral sciences. The recipients and their projects are:
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S&T faculty receive grants for affordable, open educational resources
Six Missouri S&T faculty are working to help students save money on textbooks with grants from the University of Missouri System. The grants are provided through the UM System Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) initiative. The program encourages faculty experimentation and innovation in finding new, better and less costly ways to deliver learning materials to students. The grants are awarded for three levels of costs and cost savings. The levels and S&T faculty recipients are:
Read More »Article on industrial-organizational psychology one of most cited in field
Dr. Nancy J. Stone, professor of psychological science, co-authored an article that is ranked seventh among cited articles and book chapters in industrial-organizational psychology textbooks. The article, “Identification and Meta-analytic Assessment of Psychological Constructs Measured in Employment Interviews” was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2001 and ranked relative to 6,654 articles and book chapters.
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