March 2013 Maryhope Howland, PhD Candidate Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota N218 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344 Phone 917.977.1835, Email maryhope@gmail.com EDUCATION PhD (Current) Coursework University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Social Psychology, PhD Minor in Interpersonal Relationships. Advisors: Jeffry A. Simpson, Ph.D; Traci Mann, PhD. London School of Economics, London, U.K. Subject: Contemporary Social Psychology, 2002 BA New York University. Summa Cum Laude, (Psychology GPA: 3.89/4.0; Cumulative GPA: 3.90/4.0) Honors Thesis Advisor: Niall Bolger, Ph.D. 2002 ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE University of Minnesota Member of the Social Interaction Lab with Prof. Jeffry Simpson, 2007- Present University of Minnesota Member of the Health & Eating Lab with Prof. Traci Mann, 2007- Present University of Minnesota Member of the Health & Relationships Research Group with Professors Alex Rothman, Jeffry Simpson, and Traci Mann 2008-Present University of Minnesota Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Traci Mann, Ph.D. 2010-2011 Barnard College, Columbia University Lab Manager of Affect & Relationships Lab, with Prof. Eshkol Rafaeli, Ph.D. 2003-2005 New York University Full Time Research Assistant, NYU Couples Lab, Psychology Department, with Professors Niall Bolger and Patrick Shrout. 2001-2003 OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE Psychology consultant, product manager, and co-author of PersonalDNA (www.personaldna.com), an online personality test. ATTAP Technologies, Inc., New York, New York. 2005-2007 (full time), 2007-2010 (free-lance). Psychology consultant. Path101, Inc. (www.path101.com). New York, New York. 2007-2008 (freelance).
Maryhope Howland 2 AWARDS & HONORS University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-2013 academic year, $22,500 David Campbell International Travel Award, Fall 2011, $2000. Graduate Student Research Fellowship, 2011 Summer, $4,000. Eva O. Miller Fellowship, 2011-2012 academic year, $22,000. Graduate Student Travel Award, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 $500. Vertically Integrated Research Team Experience (VIRTEx) Fellowship, 2009, $4000. Graduate Research Partnership Program award, 2008, $4000. Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2008 Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Student Travel Award, 2009, $500. National Science Foundation, Honorable mention for the Graduate Research Fellowship, 2008. New York University Deans List Honors, 1998-2002 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 2001. Admitted to Scholars Program, 2001. PUBLICATIONS 1) Howland, M. & Simpson, J. A. (In press). Attachment Orientations and Reactivity to Aggressive Humor in a Social Support Context. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2) Simpson, J. A. & Howland, M. (2012). Bringing the partner into attachment theory and research: A commentary on Mikulincer and Shaver (2012). Journal of Family Theory and Review. 3) Howland, M. & Hunger, J., & Mann, T. (2012). Friends don t let friends eat cookies: Effects of restrictive eating norms on consumption among friends. Appetite, 59, 505-509. 4) Shallcross, S., Howland, M., Bemis, J., Frazier, P., & Simpson, J. (2011). Failing to capitalize in social capitalization interactions: The role of attachment Insecurity. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 77-85. 5) Howland, M. & Simpson, J. A. (2010). Getting in under the radar: A dyadic view of invisible support. Psychological Science, 21, 1878-1885. 6) Howland, M. & Rafaeli, E. (2010). Assessing empathic accuracy with daily diary data. Journal of Personality, 78, 1437-1468. 7) Cuperman, R., Howland, M., Ickes, W. & Simpson, J. A. (2010). Motivated inaccuracy: Past and future directions, in Smith, J. L., Ickes, W., & Hodges, S. (Eds), Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity: Knowing When and When Not to Understand Others. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 8) Simpson, J. & Howland, M. (2009). Interpersonal Trust, in Reis, H., & Sprecher, S. (Ed.s), The
Maryhope Howland 3 Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. In preparation 10) Howland, M. & Simpson, J. Reading minds and being invisible: The magic of effective support provision. 11) Rafaeli, E., Gadassi, R., & Howland, M. Predictive Validity of Daily Indices of Empathic Accuracy in Couples. 12) Howland, M., Kim, & Simpson, J. A. Reaping what you sow: Transmission of capitalization behaviors from one interaction to the next. 13) Scherschel, H., Howland, M. & Mann, T. Don't call a carrot healthy: The influence of food labels on food choice. INVITED TALKS Columbia University, New York, NY. March 2010. Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand. May 2012. With Jeffry A. Simpson. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/PARTICIPATION 1) Howland, M. (2012, October). Adult attachment style and reactivity to aggressive humor in couples. Informal presentation to be given at the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Austin, TX. 2) Howland, M. (2012, July). Convener of symposium, It may take two, but how so? How studying dyadic effects can illuminate close relationships. Presented at the 2012 International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Chicago, IL. 3) Howland, M. & Simpson, J. A. (2012, July). Anxious Attachment and Reactivity to Aggressive Humor. 2012 International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Chicago, IL. 4) Howland, M., Hunger, J. Burns, R., Schershel, H. Mann, T. (2011, September). How toothpicks became freshly baked cookies: Lessons from a study on social influences on eating. Presented at the 25th annual meeting of the European Health Psychology Society, Crete, Greece. 5) Howland, M. (2011, January). Social distractions and eating behavior: Food choice, consumption and the presence of close others. Presented at the Health Psychology Preconference Data Blitz at the 12th annual meeting of of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. 6) Simpson, J. A. & Howland, M. (2010, October). Dyadic effects of invisible support. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maryhope Howland 4 POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1) Howland, M & Simpson, J. A. (2013, January). I know you don t want to support me: How having an anxiously attached support provider biases partner perceptions and reactions to the support context. Poster to be presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2) Scherschel, H. Howland, M., Ahlstrom, B. & Mann, T. (2013, Jan.). Effects of Implicit and Explicit Health Messages on Food Choice Poster presented at the 14 th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. 3) Howland, M. & Simpson, J. A. (2010, Jan.). Mindreading, invisibility, and the magic of support: Empathic Accuracy and the Provision of Invisible Support. Poster presented at the 11 th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, Nevada. 4) Burns, R., Howland, M., Mann, T., Rothman, A., & Simpson, J. A. (2010, Jan.). Are You Going to Eat That? A Naturalistic Examination of Intra-group Variability in Consumption Behavior. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, Nevada. 5) Hunger, J.M., Howland, M., & Mann, T.L. (2009, Nov.). You are what we eat: Normative influences on individual eating behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making in Boston, Massachusetts. 6) Shallcross, S., Howland, M., Simpson, J., Frazier, P., & Bemis, J. (2009, Feb.). Adult Attachment Orientations Predict Underestimation of Responsiveness in Capitalization Interactions. Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida. 7) Howland, M., Shallcross, S., Simpson, J., Frazier, P., & Bemis, J. (2009, Feb.). Still happy and together 3 months later? Capitalization, responsiveness and subsequent relationship status and quality. Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida. 8) Howland, M., Rafaeli, E., & Graber, E. (2007, Jan). Empathic accuracy about positive and negative moods in daily life. Poster presented at the 8th annual SPSP meeting, Memphis Tennessee. 9) Saxena, G., Shulimovich, R., Grinfeld, L., Howland, M., & Rafaeli, E. (2006, May). Relationship Satisfaction and Empathic Accuracy with Daily Diary Data. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York. 10) Rafaeli, E., Howland, M., & Drejet, R. (2005, Nov.) Using diary methods in the study of psychopathology. Paper presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington DC. 11) Gabriel, A., Howland, M., & Rafaeli, E. (2005, Jan). Attachment Styles Affect Our Experience of Social Support and Hindrance. Poster presented at the 6th annual SPSP meeting, New
Maryhope Howland 5 Orleans, Louisiana. 12) Sashikant, S., Howland, M., Gabriel, A., & Rafaeli, E. (2005, Jan). Measuring Empathic Accuracy with Daily Diary Data. Poster presented at the 6th annual SPSP meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. 13) Howland, M. & Bolger, N. (2003, Jan.). Empathic Accuracy and Invisible Support in Couples Under Stress: An Apparent Inconsistency. Poster presented at the annual SPSP meeting, Los Angeles, California. TEACHING 1) Co-Instructor, Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar, University of Minnesota, Fall 2012 2) Co-Instructor, Close Relationships & Health Freshman Seminar, University of Minnesota, Fall 2011 3) Co-Instructor, Close Relationships & Health, University of Minnesota, May Term 2011 4) Instructor, Introduction to Personality, University of Minnesota, Spring 2011 5) Instructor, Major Project Capstone Course, University of Minnesota, Summer 2010, 2012 6) Instructor, Introduction to Health Psychology, University of Minnesota, Fall 2009, Spring 2010 7) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Health Psychology, Instructor: Professor Traci Mann, University of Minnesota, Spring 2009 8) Section Leader, Major Project Capstone Course, Instructor: Professor Caprice Nicolli-Waller. University of Minnesota, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 9) Section Leader, Major Project Capstone Course, Instructor: Professor Tom Brothen, University of Minnesota, Fall 2007 10) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Personality, Instructor: Professor Jeffry A. Simpson, University of Minnesota, Fall 2007 AD-HOC REVIEWING Health Psychology Attachment and Human Development DEPARTMENTAL & UNIVERSITY SERVICE Panel member, University of Minnesota Preparing Future Faculty: How to Prepare for a Faculty Interview, Spring 2013 Presentation given to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, Spring 2013
Maryhope Howland 6 Talk given to University of Minnesota Psychology Alumni Giving Association, Fall 2011 Co-Organizer of the Donut Run, the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Minneapolis, 2010. Co-chair of the University of Minnesota PSychology Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, 2008 ORGANIZATION & SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science International Association of Relationships Research Phi Beta Kappa Social Personality and Health Network Social Psychology Network (SPN) Society of Personality and Social Psychology MEDIA ATTENTION 1) April 27, 2011 The Benefits of Invisible Support WCCO CNN Radio 2) April 26, 2011 Here s Why Prince William Might Make a Good Husband Minneapolis Start Tribune 3) April 24, 2011. Royal Wedding, How Prince William s Marriage Will Be Different. Fox News 4) March 28, 2011. Has Prince William been too scarred by his parents split? Marie Claire Magazine. 5) March/April, 2011. Relationships. Psychology Today. 6) February 11, 2011. How to be a supportive Spouse. Greater Good, University of Californa, Berkeley. 7) January 17, 2011. Social support can be visible and invisible. Journal Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. 8) January 15, 2011. Romance, commitment, insecure and anxious attachment in good times. Examiner.com Los Angeles. 9) January 2, 2011 The visible benefits of invisible support. Access Minnesota Radio.