Sarah Estow, Ph.D. Psychology Department 5800 W. Friendly Avenue

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1 Sarah Estow, Ph.D. Psychology Department 5800 W. Friendly Avenue Guilford College Greensboro, NC Phone: (336) EDUCATION Tufts University, Medford, MA Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (Social Psychology Concentration), May, 2001 Tufts University, Medford, MA M.S., Experimental Psychology (Social Psychology Concentration), May, 1998 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT B.A., with honors in Psychology, May, 1993 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Society Society for the Teaching of Psychology TEACHING INTERESTS Social psychology, introductory psychology, research methods, statistics, personality, research methods in social psychology, stereotyping, psychology of food and eating, psycholinguistics, psychology of sex and gender, persuasion, group processes, psychology of advertising, psychology of business. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Scholar; Psychology Department, Tufts University Course Taught: Psychology of Sex and Gender Assistant Professor of Psychology (tenured); Psychology Department, Guilford College General Psychology Social Psychology Research Methods & Analysis Practicum: Research Methods & Analysis Psychology of Sex and Gender Psychology of Language (Honors and non-honors) First Year Experience: Food for Thought present

2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College Experimental Study of Social Behavior (Fall, 2005) Seminar on Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination (Fall, 2005) Graduate Pro-Seminar (Fall, 2005) Psychology and Business (Winter, 2006) Psychology of Sex and Gender (Spring, 2006) Senior Honors Project advisor (Fall, Spring, 2006) Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harvey Mudd College Introduction to Psychology (Fall, 2004) Psychology of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination (Fall, 2004) Social Psychology (Spring, 2005) First-year seminar: Psychology of Sex and Gender (Spring, 2005) First-year graduate project advisor at Claremont Graduate University (Fall, Spring, 2005) Directed reading supervision (Spring, 2005) Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; Department of Psychology, Colby College Research Methods and Statistics (Spring, 2002, 2003, 2004) Social Psychology (Fall, 2001, 2002, 2003) Psychology of Sex and Gender (Spring, 2003; Fall, 2003) Introductory Psychology (portions) (Spring, 2002, 2003, 2004) Seminar: Psychology of Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination (Fall, 2002; Spring, 2004) Theories of Personality (Fall, 2001) Senior Honors Project advisor (Fall, Spring, 2004) Senior Project advisor (Fall, Spring, 2004) Book seminar (Fall, 2002, 2003; Spring, 2003) Instructor; Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts/Boston Social Psychology (Summer, 1998, 2000, 2001) Introductory Psychology (Summer, 1999) Guest Lecturer; Department of Psychology, Tufts University Social Psychology (Fall, 1998, 2000) Teaching Assistant and Section Leader; Department of Psychology, Tufts University Experimental Psychology (Fall, 1999; Spring, 2000, 2001) Statistics (Fall, 2000) Introduction to Psychology (Spring, 1999) Teaching Assistant; Department of Psychology, Tufts University Social Psychology (Fall, 1998) Introduction to Psychology (Spring, 1997, 1998) Research Methods in Social Psychology (Fall, 1996, 1997) Teaching Assistant; Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University Introduction to Psychology (Fall, 1991) Page 2 of 5

3 INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Guilford College: Member, Clerk s Committee (2013-present) Member, Educational Support Committee ( ) Member, Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee ( ), SLRP Assessment Subcommittee ( ), & Principled Problem Solving/Responsible Engagement Subcommittee ( ) Faculty advisor Independent study advisor Mentor to students on probation Internship faculty sponsor Dartmouth College: Senior honors thesis advisor Harvey Mudd College: Campus Diversity Training Advisory Committee Senior honors thesis reader (Scripps College) First-year project advisor (Claremont Graduate University) Colby College: Search committee member Honors thesis co-advisor New faculty representative Faculty associate First-year advisor Faculty advisor Tufts University: Committees: Search, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student Organized: Departmental colloquium, Social Psychology Speaker Series CONSULTANT/REVIEWER Allyn & Bacon Wadsworth Group Worth Publishers Pearson Higher Education RESEARCH INTERESTS Racial and gender stereotypes and prejudice, feminist self-identification, persuasion and reactance, psycholinguistics, trait attribution, social labeling, group processes, the a-ha effect, obesity and attributions of responsibility, contagious yawning and self-monitoring, materialism, outcomes related to instructor feedback, the social psychology of food and eating. Page 3 of 5

4 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE The feminist label and persuasion Instructor feedback and student outcomes Happiness and material vs. experiential purchasing Plagiarism reduction Stereotypes and communication present present present present present Non-verbal communication of prejudice against homosexuals Contagious yawning and self-monitoring Social factors and the A-ha effect Attributions of responsibility for illness and obesity Gender and floor in discourse and group decision-making Undergraduate honors research (Wesleyan University) PRESENTATIONS Adams, K., Lawrence, E., & Estow, S. (2012). A successful model: Combining a Research Methods and Analysis course with a practicum. Presented at the 11 th Annual Society for the Teaching of Psychology Best Practices conference, Atlanta, GA. Estow, S. (2011). I feel like they re yelling at me when they use red ink : The effect of instructor feedback color on students perceptions and outcomes. Presented at the 34 th Annual Meeting of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL. Estow, S., & Lawrence, E. K. (2010). Money CAN buy happiness (at least sometimes): The effect of material vs. experiential purchases on happiness. Presented at the 10 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Webster, G., Whitnell, R., & Estow, S. (2009). Assessing and improving student learning of the mole concept. Presented at the POGIL National Meeting, St. Paul, MN. Estow, S., Lawrence, E., & Adams, K. (2007). Practice makes perfect: Improving plagiarism identification in psychology majors. Presented at the 6 th Annual Society for the Teaching of Psychology Best Practices conference, Atlanta, GA. Estow, S. (2007). Using social psychological principles to break the ice. Presented at the 8 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN. Estow, S. (2006). Dancing around the issue: A preliminary examination of racial referent avoidance. Presented at the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Jamieson, J. P., Estow, S., & Yates, J. R. (2004). The effects of self-monitoring on contagious yawning. Presented at the 25 th Annual Meeting of the Maine Psychological Association, Waterville, ME. Hoffman, M. M. & Estow, S. (2003). It s the guy in the green shirt : Referent avoidance and stereotyping processes. Presented at the 24 th Annual Meeting of the Maine Psychological Association, Waterville, ME. Page 4 of 5

5 PRESENTATIONS (CONTINUED) PAPERS Estow, S. (2002). Watch what you say: The impact of suppressing racial referents on communication and stereotyping processes. Presented at the 23 rd Annual Meeting of the Maine Psychological Association, Waterville, ME. Soraci, S., Garcia, J., Wills, T., & Estow, S. (2000). Group participation facilitates aha effects in memory. Presented at the 4 th Annual Meeting Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ. Estow, S. & Garcia, J. (1999). The effects of social communication on stereotyping of European-American and African-American women. Presented at the 70 th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI. Estow, S., Garcia, J., & Meagher, N. (1998). Social communication and stereotyping in dyadic interaction. Presented at the 10 th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C. Estow, S. (1998). The effects of social communication on stereotyping in dyadic interaction. Presented at the 1 st Annual Tufts Graduate Student Symposium, Medford, MA. Estow, S. & Garcia, J. (1998). Social communication and stereotyping in dyadic interaction. Presented at the 69 th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Estow, S., Lawrence, E. K., & Adams, K. A. (2011). Practice makes perfect: Improving students skills in understanding and avoiding plagiarism with a themed methods course. Teaching of Psychology, 38(4), Estow, S., Jamieson, J. P., & Yates, J. R. (2007). Self-monitoring and mimicry of positive and negative social behaviors. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, Wills, T., Estow, S., Soraci, S., & Garcia, J. (2006). The a-ha effect in dynamic group learning contexts. Journal of General Psychology, 133(3), Estow, S. Avoiding the obvious: The impact of stifling racial referents on social communication and stereotyping processes. Manuscript in preparation. Estow, S. Interpersonal communication and referent use: The marking of African American males? Manuscript in preparation. Estow, S. (2001). The effects of social communication on stereotyping processes. Dissertation Abstracts International Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, 62 (2-B), Estow, S. (1998). Social communication and stereotyping in dyadic interaction. Unpublished master s thesis, Tufts University. Estow, S. (1993). Gender and floor in discourse and group decision-making. Unpublished undergraduate honors thesis, Wesleyan University. Page 5 of 5