Curriculum Vitae
R. Michael Furr

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2000     University of California, Riverside, CA
                       Major Area: Social/Personality Psychology
                       Minor Area: Quantitative Methods

M.S. 1995       Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

B.A. 1992       College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2009-present    McCulloch Faculty Fellow, Wake Forest University

2008-present    Associate Professor, Wake Forest University

2004-2008       Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University

2000-2004       Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University

CLASSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate

General Psychology
Personality Psychology
Psychological Testing
Research Methods (General)
Research Methods/Statistics (Correlational)
Research Methods/Statistics (Experimental)

Graduate

Research Methods (General)
Statistics (General)
Univariate Statistics
Multivariate Statistics
Personality Psychology
Psychometrics

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference organizing

      Program Committee Member for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
      Program Committee Member for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
      Program Chair for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists
      Symposium Chair, Welcome to the Neighborhood: Social Psychologists Who are New to the Southeast, for the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (October, 2007).
      Symposium Chair, Personality Pathology, for the Association for Research in Personality (January, 2007).

Executive Editor

      Journal of Social Psychology (2008-present)

Consulting Editor

      Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2009-present)
      Social Psychological and Personality Science (2009-present)
      Journal of Research in Personality (2006-present)
      Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (2006-present)
      Journal of Social Psychology (2006-2008)
      Advisory board member for Encyclopedia of Research Design

Ad hoc reviewer for journals

      Anthrozoos
      Applied and Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives
      Archives of Ophthalmology
      Educational Research and Evaluation
      European Journal of Personality
      European Journal of Social Psychology
      Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
      Journal of Counseling Psychology
      Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
      Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
      Journal of Personality
      Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes
      Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences
      Journal of Personality Assessment
      Journal of Research in Personality
      Journal of Social Psychology
      Motivation and Emotion
      Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
      Psychological Methods
      Psychological Science
      Psychology of Sport and Exercise
      Social Psychological and Personality Science

Other Reviewing

      Ad hoc grant reviewer for National Science Foundation (2003, 2004)
      Conference Proposal Reviewer
            APA Division 5 (Division of Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics) (2004, 2006, 2007)
      Dissertation reviewer, Saybrook Graduate School (2001)
      Reviewer for commercial publishers
            Oxford University Press (2004)
            Psychology Press (2004)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Books

Furr, R. M. (Contracted and submitted). Scale Construction and Psychometrics. London, UK: Sage Publications. (For the "Social Psychologists' Toolkit" series).

Furr, R. M., & Bacharach, V. R. (2008). Psychometrics: An Introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

As of Fall 2009, this book is being translated into Russian.

Funder, D. C., Spain, J. S., & Furr, R. M. (2004). Instructors’ manual and test item file: The Personality Puzzle (3rd Ed.). New York, NY: Norton.

Articles and Chapters

Carlson, E. N., Furr, R. M., & Vazire, S. (In press). Do we know the first impressions we make? Evidence for idiographic meta-accuracy and calibration of first impressions. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Furr, R. M. (In press).The double-entry intraclass correlation as an index of profile similarity: Meaning, problems, and alternatives. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Furr, R. M., Wagerman, S. A., & Funder, D. C. (In press). Personality as manifest in behavior:  Direct behavioral observation using the revised Riverside Behavioral Q-sort (RBQ-3).  To appear in C. R. Agnew, D. E. Carlston, W. G. Graziano, & J. R. Kelly (Eds), Then A Miracle Occurs: Focusing On Behavior In Social Psychological Theory And Research. New York: Oxford University Press.

Keeley, J. W., Furr, R. M., & Buskist, W. (In press). Differentiating students’ perceptions of their teachers: Evidence for the reliability and validity of the TBC. Teaching of Psychology.

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (2009). Evidence of differential meta-accuracy: People understand the different impressions they make. Psychological Science, 20, 1033-1039.

Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Marsh-Richard, D. M., Furr, R. M., Nouvion, S. O., & Dawes, M. A. (2009).  Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research.  Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 8, 61-73.

Furr, R. M. (2009). Personality psychology as a truly behavioural science. European Journal of Personality, 23, 369-401. (Target article).

Furr, R. M. (2009). The study of behaviour in personality psychology: Meaning, importance, and measurement. European Journal of Personality, 23, 437-453.

Furr, R. M. (2009). Profile analysis in person-situation integration. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 196-207. (Invited article for special issue, "Personality and Assessment at Age 40:  Reflections on the Past Person-Situation Debate and Emerging Directions of Future Person-Situation Integration")

Gauthier, K. J., Furr, R. M., Mathias, C. W., Marsh, D. M., & Dougherty, D. M (2009). Differentiating impulsive and premeditated aggression: Self and informant perspectives among adolescents with personality pathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 23, 74-82.

Michael, K. D., Furr, R. M., Masters, K. S., Collett, B. R., Spielmans, G. I., Ritter, K., Veeder, M. A., Treiber, K., & Cullum, J. L. (2009). Using the MMPI-2 to predict symptom reduction during psychotherapy in a sample of community outpatients. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 39, 157-163.

Furr, R. M. (2008). A framework for profile similarity: Integrating similarity, normativeness, and distinctiveness. Journal of Personality, 76, 1267-1316.

Furr, R. M. (2008). A contrast analysis approach to change. Educational Research and Evaluation (Special Issue, Examining Individual Change: Analyzing Longitudinal Data Through Different Growth Models), 14, 335-362.

Furr, R. M., Dougherty, D. M., Marsh, D. M., & Mathias, C. W. (2007). Personality judgment and personality pathology: Self-other agreement in adolescents with conduct disorder. Journal of Personality, 75, 629-662.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (2007). Behavioral observation. In R. Robins, C. Fraley, & R. Krueger (Eds). Handbook of Research Methods in Personality Psychology (pp. 273-291). New York: Guilford Press.

Mathias, C. W., Furr, R. M., Daniel, S. S., Marsh, D. M., Shannon, E. E., & Dougherty, D. M. (2007). The relationship of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and psychopathy among adolescents.  Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1333-1343.

Furr, R. M. (2005). Differentiating happiness and self-esteem. Individual Differences Research, 3, 105-127.

Furr, R. M. (2004). Interpreting effect sizes in contrast analysis. Understanding Statistics: Statistical Issues in Psychology, Education, and the Social Sciences, 3, 1-25.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (2004). Situational similarity and behavioral consistency: Subjective, objective, variable-centered, and person-centered approaches. Journal of Research in Personality, 38, 421-447.

Hill, R. W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler. J., Vicente, B. B., & Kennedy, C. (2004). A new measure of perfectionism: The Perfectionism Inventory (PI). Journal of Personality Assessment, 82, 80-91.

Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (2004). Personality and life satisfaction: A facet level analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1062-1075.

Bacharach, V. R., Baumeister, A., A., & Furr, R. M. (2003). Racial and gender science achievement gaps in secondary education. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 164, 115-126.

Furr, R. M., & Rosenthal, R. (2003). Repeated-measures contrasts for "Multiple-pattern" hypotheses. Psychological Methods, 8, 275-293.

Furr, R. M., & Rosenthal, R. (2003). Evaluating theories efficiently: The nuts and bolts of contrast analysis. Understanding Statistics: Statistical Issues in Psychology, Education, and the Social Sciences, 2, 45-67.

Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., & Nemanick, R. C. (2003). Measurement of dispositional affect: Construct validity and convergence with a circumplex model of affect. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 63, 655-673.

Huelsman, T. J., Munz, D. C., & Furr, R. M. (2003). The role of affect as a mediator variable: An application to organizational psychology. Individual Differences Research, 1, 173-188.

Reise, S. P., Smith, L., & Furr, R. M. (2001). Measurement invariance on the NEO-PI-R Neuroticism scale. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 36, 83-110.

Abraham, P. P., Reddy, L.A., & Furr, R. M. (2000). Adolescents’ and mental health workers’ perceptions of helpfulness in a residential treatment setting. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 17, 55-66.

Funder D. C., Furr, R. M., & Colvin, C. R. (2000). The Riverside behavioral q-sort: A tool for the description of social behavior. Journal of Personality, 68, 451-489. RBQ items are available in English, in German, and in Dutch. The RBQ has also been adapted for use with children - Children's RBQ

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (1998). A multi-modal analysis of personal negativity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1580-1591.

Kendzierski, D. A., Furr, R.M., & Schiavoni, J. (1998). Physical activity self-definitions: Correlates and perceived criteria. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 20, 176-193.

Encyclopedia Entries and Other Publications

Furr, R. M. (In press). Split-half reliability. In N. J. Salkind, D. M. Dougherty, & B. Frey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Research Design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Furr, R. M. (In press). Social desirability. In N. J. Salkind, D. M. Dougherty, & B. Frey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Research Design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Furr, R. M. (In press). Yates’ correction. In N. J. Salkind, D. M. Dougherty, & B. Frey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Research Design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Furr, R. M. (2008). The person-situation debate. In W. A. Darity (Editor in chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Ed). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, USA.

Furr, R. M. (2008, updated). Effect Sizes and Their Links to Inferential Statistics. Wake Forest University web site. Note: This document is included as a “Resource for Reviewers and Authors” on the Publisher’s web site for the Journal of Personality Assessment

Furr, R. M. (2002). Psychology and astrophysics: Overcoming physics envy. Dialogue, 17, 17. Reprint

Presentations at Professional Meetings:

Barfield, M., Smith, C. P., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2010). Relationship quality and personality similarity: Differentiating distinctiveness and normativeness.  Poster to be presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2010). Differential meta-accuracy:  People are aware of the relative impressions they make on others.  To presented in C. R. Colvin (Chair), Accurate Self-knowledge. Symposium to be conducted at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Smith, C. P., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2010). Relational distress associated with sub-clinical personality pathology.  Poster to be presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Parnitzke, C., Furr, R. M., & Carlson, E. N. (July, 2009). Behavioral manifestation of sub-clinical personality pathology in brief social interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston, IL.

Carlson, E. N., Furr, R. M., & Vazire, S. (July, 2009). Differential meta-accuracy: People are aware of the relative impressions they make. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston, IL.

Fleeson, W., Furr, R. M., & Arnold, E. (July, 2009). Using experience-sampling to investigate actual symptom occurrence in the personality disorders. In A. Clifton & D. Leising (Chairs), Personality Disorder Research Beyond Retrospective Questionnaires. Symposium conducted at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Evanston, IL..

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2009). Differential meta-accuracy: People are aware of the differential impressions they make on others. Poster presented at 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. (Awarded first place in the Society for Personaltiy and Social Psychology Student Poster Award competition.

Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Dawes, M. A., Richard, D. M., Furr, R. M., Shannon, E. S., and Liguori, A. (December, 2008).  Impulsivity and Information Processing in Adolescent Marijuana Users.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Scottsdale, AZ.

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2008). Measuring meta-accuracy for the big five:  A trait-centered and profile-based approach. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality pre-conference of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. (Awarded best poster prize by the Association for Research in Personality)

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2008). Self-presentational goals and performance: The toxic effects of personality pathology.  Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Carlson, E. N., Nave, C., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2008). Social outcomes of self-ascribed and other-perceived authenticity. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM

Tucker, J. N., & Furr, R. M. (October, 2007). Interpersonal values and self-presentational strategies in everyday life situations.  Poster presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists.

Nouvion, S. O., Dawes, M. A., Furr, R. M., Marsh, D. M., Mathias, C. W., & Dougherty, D. M. (May, 2007). Factor analyses supporting empirical distinction of behavioral measures of impulsivity.  Poster presented at the 19th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington DC.

Schirillo, J. A., Plumhoff, J., Coumas, P., & Furr, R. M. (March, 2007). Mondrian, Eye Movements, and the Oblique Effect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Carlson, E. & Furr, R. M. (January, 2007). Evaluating a trait profile approach to personality pathology. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality pre-conference of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Catalino, L. I., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2007). An Exploration of Trait-State Interactions with the Need for Relatedness.  Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Gauthier, K. & Furr, R. M. (January, 2007). Lay-Persons’ Perceptions of Cross-Situational Behavioral Variability: Accuracy, Interpersonal Effects, and Instrumental Effects.  Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Gauthier, K., Furr, R. M., Mathias, C. W., Dougherty, D. M., & Marsh, D. M.  (January, 2007). NEO Personality Ratings in Adolescents with Conduct Disorder: Comparisons between Those who Display Impulsive versus Premeditated Aggression. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality pre-conference of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN

Nave, C.S., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2007). Examining personality judgments from a self-presentational perspective.  Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Furr, R. M. (November, 2006). Social anxiety as a trait and state: A self-presentation approach. In M. Steger (Chair), Personality dynamics: Exploring trait stability, fluctuation, and interactions with experience. Symposium conducted at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists.

Rodgers, B. E., & Furr, R. M. (October, 2006). Understanding Consistency in Parenting and Family Systems. Poster to be presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Austin, TX.

Keeley, J. W., Furr, R. M., & Buskist, W. (February, 2006). Differentiating Teacher Quality in TBC Ratings. Poster presented at the 18th Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology

Catalino, L. I., Furr, R. M., & Manna, S. J. (January, 2006). A Social Cognitive Approach to the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety. Poster presented at the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Nave, C. S., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2006). Development and validation of a social motivation/social efficacy scale. Poster presented at the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA

Catalino, L. I., Furr, R. M., Bellis, F. A., Swanger, B., & Stridh, P. (January, 2006). The Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety: An Interaction Between Impression Motivation and Impression Efficacy. Poster presented at the Personality Pre-conference of the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Araujo, G., Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M. (August, 2005). Perfectionism and positive indices of psychological functioning. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington , D.C.

Furr, R. M. (April, 2005). Discussant. In S-K Kim (Chair), Growth Models and Their Applications in Educational and Psychological Research. Symposium conducted at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, Montréal, Canada.

Furr, R. M., Stridh, P. E., & Swanger, R. L. (January, 2005). A social cognitive perspective on social anxiety: Situations influence intra-individual associations among social anxiety person variables. Poster presented at 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Reimer, H. M., & Furr, R. M. (January, 2005). Lay prediction of behavior: Information, judge, and behavior effects. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Michael, K. D., Campbell, M., Bacharach, V., & Furr, M. (October, 2004). Absent fathers: The impact on kindergarteners' behavior. Poster presented at the Kansas conference in Clinical child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Furr, R. M. & Funder, D. C. (August, 2004). A realistic social approach to personality judgment: Assumptions, assertions, and extensions. In Y-T Lee (Chair), Personality and Person Perception. Symposium conducted at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.

Woodworth, J. B., Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (August, 2004). Chinese and American students' dreams: 1983-1997. Poster presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.

Michael, K. D., Furr, R. M., Masters, K. S., Collett, B. R., & Speilmans, G. I. (July, 2004). Predicting clinically significant change in psychotherapy: The utility of the MMPI-2. Poster presented at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler, J., & Vicente, B. B. (May, 2004). Perfectionism Inventory convergence with Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Reimer, B. A., Bellis, F. A., & Furr, R. M. (April, 2004). Development and initial validation of the Impression Motivation and Efficacy scale. Poster to be presented at the North Carolina Psychological Foundation Student Poster Session, Charlotte, NC.

Furr, R. M., & Bellis, F. A. (January, 2004). Situational and interactive effects in the self-presentation theory of social anxiety. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Saunders, K. M., Reimer, H. M., Furr, R. M., Howe, W. M., & Angel, J. D. (January, 2004). The role of persons and situations in lay predictions of behavior: judge and information effects. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Schmidt, E. A., Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (January, 2004). Differential item functioning of positive and negative wording in personality and social assessment: An item response theory analysis Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (September, 2003). Affect and immune system functioning. In W. Fleeson (Chair), Using within-person data to obtain new perspectives on classic problems. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greensboro, NC.

Michael, K. D., Hill, R. W., Hudson, M. R. & Furr, R. M. (August, 2003). Group CBT for youth with PTSD: Results from a controlled trial. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada

Kim, M., Furr, R. M., & Parke, R. D. (June, 2003). Across Time and Situations in the Middle Childhood Period: Links Between the Stability of Children's Behaviors and their Mental Health Poster presented at the 2003 Conference on Middle Childhood, Washington, DC.

Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler, J., & Vicente, B. B. (May, 2003). Factor Analytic Support for a New Measure of Perfectionism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Manner, S., Hill, R. W., Heulsman, T. J., & Furr, R. M. (May, 2003). Detecting Careless Responding Among Subject Pool Participants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA

Reimer, H. M., Angel, J. D., Howe, W. M., & Furr, R. M. (April, 2003). Lay prediction of behavior: Information preferences and personality correlates. Poster presented at the North Carolina Psychological Foundation Graduate Student Poster Session, Chapel Hill, NC.

Furr, R. M., Huelsman, T. J., Schmidt, E. A. (2003, February). An IRT Analysis of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Poster presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Nieman, D. C. (2003, February). State Affect and Cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10) in Marathon Runners. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA

Michael, K. D., Hill, R. W., Hudson, M., L. & Furr, R. M. (2002, October). Adjunctive manualized treatment of sexually traumatized youth in a residential milieu: Preliminary results from a small controlled trial. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (2002, February) Similar person - similar behavior. Paper presented at the 3^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (2001, February). Behavioral consistency and situational similarity: A person-centered approach. Paper presented at the 2^nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (1999, August). Differentiating happiness and self-esteem. Paper presented at the 107^th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Simpkins, S. D., & Furr, R. M. (1999, August). A comparison of methods for analyzing sociometric data. Paper presented at the 107^th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA..

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (1999, May). Personal negativity and the accuracy of interpersonal perception. Paper presented at the 79^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Creed, A. T., & Furr, R. M. (1999, May). Two faces of private self-consciousness: Scale construction and validation. Paper presented at the 79^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Furr, R. M., & Simpkins, S. D. (1999, April). A reanalysis of sociometric data using the social relations model. Paper presented at the 79^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (1999, April). A comparison of Q-sort and Likert rating methods of personality assessment. Paper presented at the 79^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Furr, R. M., Funder, D. C., & Smith, L. (1998, August). Personality types and the five factor model of personality. Paper presented at the 106^th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Furr, R. M., & Funder, D. C. (1997, August). Inter- and intra-personal correlates of personal negativity. Paper presented at the 105^th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Furr, R.M., & Funder, D.C. (1996, June). Personality and behavioral correlates of the Beck Depression Inventory. Paper presented at the 8^th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Kendzierski, D. A., & Furr, R. M. (1995, August). Correlates of physical activity identities. Paper presented at the 103^rd Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Invited University Colloquia

University of Texas at Austin, October, 2009.

University of California at Riverside, September, 2009.

Duke University, November, 2007.

High Point University; February, 2005.

College of William and Mary; February, 2004.

Wake Forest University, January, 2004.

Appalachian State University; March, 2000.

College of William and Mary; February, 2000.

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

Impulsivity and Information Processing in Adolescent Cannabis Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21-DA020993)

  Role: Co-Investigator

  Direct Cost $525,000

  Funding Period: 09/25/05 to 08/31/08

PA-05-115 Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Research

To Support Behavioral Models of Impulsivity: Alcohol and 5-HT Effects

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

  Role: Mentor

  Amount $130,475

  Funding Period: 06/24/05 to 06/23/07.

Behavioral Models of Impulsivity: Alcohol and 5-HT Effects

National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01-AA-014988)

 Role: Consultant/Co-Investigator

 Direct and Indirect Funds to Reynolda Campus: $42,184

 Support period: 5/05 to 8/07

Impulsivity Models: Behavioral Mechanisms

National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH-63908)

 Role: Consultant/Co-Investigator

 Direct and Indirect Funds to Reynolda Campus: $33,889

 Support Period: 5/05 to 8/06

Complementary associations among traits, goals, behavior, and emotion.

University Research Council at Appalachian State University.

 Role: Co-investigator

 Amount: $3,232

 Funding Period: 08/03 to 05/04

Under review

Integrating Process and Structure in Borderline Personality Disorder

National Institute of Health

Role: Co-Investigator

Direct Cost $1,250,000

Funding Period: 07/01/08 to 06/30/13

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

Wake Forest College (Undergraduate School of Arts and Sciences)
      Strategic Planning Committee (2006-2007)
      Lower Division Advising (2005-2007, 2008-2010)

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry)
      Lecturer in Research Methods and Design Seminar for Residents in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (three 1-hour lectures)  (Fall, 2006)

Graduate School
      Doctoral Task Force for Graduate Program Planning (2009)
      Poster judge, Gradute Student Research Day (2008)

Department of Psychology
      Graduate Committee (2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010)
      Psi Chi Advisor (2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008)
      Chair’s Advisory Committee (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010)
      Longe Range Planning Committee (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010)
      Personality Search Committee (2006-2007)
      Departmental Review Committee (2005-2006)

College of Arts and Sciences
      Committee on Reassigned Time (2003-2004)

Department of Psychology
      Departmental Personnel Committee (2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004)
      Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (2001-2002, 2002-2003)
      Teaching Evaluation Committee (2000-2001, 2001-2002)
      Textbook Committee (Psychological Measurement, Advanced Research Methods, Personality)

Coordinator of Social/Personality area brown-bag series (1999-2000)
Graduate Student Representative – UCR Psychology Department (1996-1999)
Web site development – UCR Psychology Department; Riverside Accuracy Project

Graduate Student Representative – Villanova University Psychology Department (1994-1995)
Vice President, Psi Chi – Villanova University Psychology Department (1994-1995).
Peer Reviewer, Concept: Graduate Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 1995.

HONORS AND AWARDS

McCulloch Faculty Fellowship, 2009-2012
Faculty Q&A feature on University web site and in Wake Forest Magazine, Fall 2008
Highlighted in an article on Cross-campus collaborations, Wake Forest Magazine, Dec. 2006
Faculty Appreciation Dinner, Alpha Phi Omega, Fall 2005

First Place, Student Poster Award Competition (Erika Carlson, first author), Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Feb., 2009
Best Poster Prize (Erika Carlson, first author) Annual Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Jan. 2008
"Young Psychologist" Award & Travel grant for the International Congress for Psychology, Beijing, China, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science (USNC/IUPsyS), 2004
Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association1999
Travel Award, American Psychological Association1999
Travel Grant, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1998, 1999

Travel Grant, University of California, Riverside, Graduate Student Association, 1996, 1997, 1998
Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, Graduate School
Psi Chi, College of William and Mary, 1991

THESIS SUPERVISION

Carlson, E. N. (2008); Gauthier, K. J. (2008); Catalino, L. I. (2006); Nave, C. S. (2006)

Nathan, J. (2009); Manly, S. C. (2008); Tucker, J. (2007); Pittman, K. E. (2006)

Reimer, H. M. (2004); Schmidt, E. A. (2004); Bellis, F. A. (2004); Rogers, B. E. (2003)

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS (Current)

Association for Research in Personality (ARP)
APA Division 5 – Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
APA Division 8 – Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Behavioral variability, consistency, and predictability

Social and Personality influences on behavioral variability

Individual Differences in variability/consistency
Situational similarity and personality similarity

Social Anxiety

Intuitive psychology of behavioral prediction

Research methodology and analysis

Repeated measures, techniques for "intra-individual" analysis
Contrast Analysis
Multivariate statistical techniques (eg, Structural Equation Modeling, Hierarchical Linear Modeling)

Personality assessment