1 Curriculum Vitae CODY B. COX Assistant Professor Department of Behavioral Science University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College 80 Fort Brown Brownsville, TX 78526 956-882-7992 cody.cox@utb.edu EDUCATION Rice University Houston, TX PhD., Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2010) Dissertation Title: The Role of Age in Causal Attributions for Poor Performance: Target and Rater Effects ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC M.A., Experimental Psychology (2005) Thesis Title: Examining the Effects of Ego- Depletion on Temporal Discounting Southwestern University Georgetown, TX B.A., Psychology, 2000 B.A., Religion, with Honors, 2000 2008 Outstanding Reviewer Award - Academy of Management. Awarded by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management for providing exceptional high-quality feedback on conference submissions. 2005-present Rice Graduate Student Fellowship. Full tuition reimbursement. 2005 Selected to attend the Innovate Conference in Kyoto and Shanghai. 2004 Wake Forest University Summer Research Fellowship. 2003-2005 Wake Forest University Graduate Assistantship. Full tuition reimbursement. 2000 Psi Chi / Allyn & Bacon Psychology Award. Awarded for paper (3 rd place), Examining perceivers reaction to behavioral and self-reported self-handicapping. American Psychological Association (APA) convention, Washington, D.C. (August, 2000). Published in Journal of Social Behavior and Personality (Vol. 14, No. 3, 1999).
2 2000 Norman W. Spellman Award. Outstanding Southwestern University student in religion. PUBLICATIONS Cox, C. B., & Beier, M. E. (2008). The effects of the framing of courses on interest: Age, self-efficacy efficacy, and goal orientation as moderators. The International Journal of Training and Development, 13, 247-261. Leary, M. R., & Cox, C. B. (2008). Belongingness motivation: A mainspring of social action. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation Science. New York: Guilford. Cox, C. B., & Giuliano, T. (1999). Constructing obstacles versus making excuses: Examining perceiver s reactions to behavioral and self-reported selfhandicapping. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 14, 419-432. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Huerta, D. K., Wood, V. W., Johnson, M., Cox, C. B. (2009). An exploration of various relationship options among Hispanic college students in South Texas. Beier, M. E., Beal, D. J., Hardigree, A. E., & Cox, C. B. (2008). A meta-analysis of age and job performance: A consideration of job complexity in the context of changing abilities. Cox, C. B., Beier, M. E., Crook, A., & Kell, H. (2008). Testing the validity of a singleitem Situational Judgment Test in an applied setting. Cox, C. B., & Beier, M. E. (2008). The 2008 Presidential election as a psychological teaching tool. To be submitted to Teaching of Psychology. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Crook, A., Beier, M. E., Kell, H., & Cox, C. B. (2008). Using SJTs as training content: Will training identification of the best behaviors increase performance on the job? Poster to be presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Cox, C. B. (2008, August). Knowledge sharing. Chaired paper session at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA. Cox, C. B. & Beier, M. (2008, August). Framing training to increase interest: Effects of efficacy and goal orientation. Paper to be presented at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
3 Cox, C. B., Kell, H., & Beier, M. (2008, May). Predicting success in teaching math: The role of knowledge, beliefs and classroom environment. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL. Cox, C. B., & Beier, M. (2008, February). Why do they do it? Perceived rewards of training predict interest in training and development. Poster session presented at the 16 th Annual Midwinter Conference for the Society of Consulting Psychology, Austin, TX. Cox, C. B. (2007, April). The potential cost of reappraisal: Neuroticism moderates the relationship between reappraisal and cognitive performance. Poster session presented at the Annual Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, New York, New York. Cox, C. B. (2007, February). Essential leadership in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Paper presented at Education Research Conference, Lamar, Texas. Cox, C. B. (2006, May). Are men really more impulsive? Exploring gender differences in discounting rates. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society, New York, New York. Cox, C. B. (2005, February). Discounting rates as a function of the Behavioral Inhibition System. Poster presented at the North Carolina Cognition Conference, Greensboro, NC. Cox, C. B., Patrick, E. C., Barrera, P. V., & Giuliano, T. A. (1999, April). Nothing ventured, nothing lost: Perceptions of behavioral vs. self-reported selfhandicapping. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Albuquerque. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Psychology University of Texas at Brownsville/ Fall 2009 Texas Southmost College Industrial/Organizational University of Texas at Brownsville/ Fall 2009 Psychology Texas Southmost College Introduction to Psychology Rice University Sum 07, Fall 08 Student Evaluations for Fall 2008 (1 = Outstanding to 5 = Poor) My Score Rice Average Instructor s Preparation 1.41 1.72 Instructor s Presentation 1.64 1.94 Instructor s Responsiveness 1.47 1.76 Instructor s Ability to Foster a Positive Atmosphere 1.48 1.75 Instructor s Ability to Stimulate Curiosity 1.84 1.96 Instructor s Knowledge 1.71 1.63
4 Instructor s Overall Effectiveness 1.62 1.86 Course Organization: 1.64 1.95 Course Overall Quality: 1.84 1.97 Class Assignments: 1.93 2.01 Course Challenge: 2.23 1.89 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Rice University Summer 2008 Introduction to Social Psychology Rice University Summer 2008 TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITIONS Introduction to Statistics Rice University Spring 2008 Research Methods Rice University Spring 2007 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Rice University Spring 2006 Research Methods Wake Forest Univ. Fall 04, Spring 05 Animal Behavior Wake Forest Univ. Spring 2004 Emotions Wake Forest Univ. Fall 2003 ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE English Instructor English Friends; Seoul, Korea Dec. 02-May 03 Taught students of all ages spoken and written English, worked with staff to design lesson plans, organized outdoor activities and interactive learning experiences for students, delivered lectures on American customs and culture. English Instructor N.C.M. College: Beijing, P.R.C. July 01 Jan. 02 Taught students of all ages spoken English, worked with staff to design lesson plans, organized activities and learning experiences, delivered lectures on American customs and culture, taught elementary school on weekends, designed and administered final exams for students. ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Internship National Aeronautics and Space Administration Spring 2009 Examined diversity issues at NASA for the Office of Workforce Planning in terms of selection, performance evaluation, and promotions. Measured trends in hiring for different positions and developed projections based on current patterns. Explored group differences in performance evaluations and promotions as a function of gender, age, race, and educational background.
5 Research Assistant Rice University Math/Science Project Summer 07 Assisted with the summer program designed to provide math at science instructors at all levels with additional pedagogical instruction, gathered evidence of learning and satisfaction from attendees, later observed teacher performance in the classroom to evaluate whether the program had been successful, presented results at the American Psychological Society Conference in Chicago, IL. Consultant Children s Museum of Houston Fall 2007 Worked with fellow graduate students to design a Situational Judgment Test for hiring and training guides in the museum, gathered critical incidents from job incumbents and created a measure of effective and ineffective performance, scores on these measures were validated against performance measures, results are being compiled into a manuscript for publication. Psychiatric Care Aide University of Colorado H. S. C. Oct. 2000 May 01 Counseled juvenile offenders in a therapeutic community setting, case managed clients individually, administered medication, lead group counseling sessions and discussions, coordinated with probation officers and case workers, resolved conflicts between clients and assisted field trips into the community. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Academy of Management Member 2006-2010 AOM New Doctoral Student Consortium Finance Committee 2007-2008 Conference Reviewer 2008 American Psychological Society Member 2006-2008 Houston Area Industrial/Organizational Psychology Member 2005-2009 Society of Consulting Psychology Member 2008-2009 Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology Member 2005-2010