1 Corey L. Cook Curriculum Vitae CONTACT INFORMATION: Department of Psychology 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Office: (518) 580-8306 Fax: (518) 580-5319 E-mail: ccook@skidmore.edu PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology 2012 Present Graduate Instructor, Department of Psychology 2009 2012 Graduate Assistant, Department of Psychology 2007 2012 Executive Academic Advisor 2006 2007 University of Phoenix EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Social Psychology 2012 w/ Certificate in Research Methodology Advisor: Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Dissertation topic: Threats and Prejudice: Do Threat-Relevant Stimuli Increase Prejudices toward Associated Outgroup Members? M.S. in Psychology 2009 Advisor: Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Thesis topic: A Threat Based Approach to Subgroups: Do Different Subgroups of Gay Men Elicit Different Prejudices? B.S. in Psychology 2005 Magna Cum Laude
2 HONORS AND AWARDS: Pearson Teaching Award for 2012 Excellence in Undergraduate Education, Department of Psychology Departmental Travel Award 2012, Department of Psychology Graduate Student Council Travel Grant 2012 Gerber Social Psychology Outstanding Research Award 2011, Department of Psychology Graduate Student Council Travel Grant 2011 Graduate Student Council Travel Grant 2010 Graduate Student Council Travel Grant 2009 Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology 2004 EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS: Stereotyping and Prejudice Evolutionary Psychology Social Threat Perception Social Cognition Intergroup Relations Social Goals/Behavioral Motives Self-Presentation Morals and Value Systems PUBLICATIONS: (* undergraduate student) Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts Published and In Press: Webster, G. D., Agdas, D., Masters, F. J., Cook, C. L., & Gesselman, A. N. (in press). Prior storm experience moderates water surge perception and risk. PLoS ONE.
3 Manuscripts Under Review or In Revision: Cook, C. L., Cottrell, C. A., & Webster, G. D. (under review). No good without God: Anti-atheist prejudice as a function of threats to morals and values. Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., Nichols, A. L., & Richards, D. A. R. (in revision). A MAP of gender differences in self-presentation: Do men and women experience different multiple audience problems? Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., & Ross, J.* (in revision). Sexual prejudice and relationship status: Are coupled gays and lesbians viewed differently than single gays and lesbians? Newell, S., Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (under review). Sick of prejudice: Contagion cues increase negativity toward gay men. Weymar, F., Cook, C. L., & Bornewasser, M. (in revision). Exploring the relationship between intergroup contact, cross-group friendships, prejudices, trust, and cooperativeness. Invited revision, European Journal of Social Psychology. Manuscripts In Preparation: Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (in prep). You don t know where he s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward gay (and straight) men. Cook, C. L. & Pirlott, A. G. (in prep). Understanding sexual prejudice: Integrating the affordance management and fundamental motives perspectives. Newell, S., Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (in prep). Individual differences in disgust sensitivity as a predictor of prejudices toward gay men. Other Publications: Cook, C. L. (2012). The human brain as an evolved rationalization machine: A review of Michael Shermer, The believing brain: From ghosts to gods to politics and conspiracies How we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 29-34. PRESENTATIONS: (* undergraduate student) Invited Talks Cook, C. L. (2012, May). Defining Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination. Talk delivered to the Psychology Department,, Saratoga Springs, NY.
4 Conference Symposia Chaired Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, August). Evolutionary approaches to person perception: Managing perceived threats in everyday social life. Symposia chaired at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Conference Talks: Newell, S., Cottrell, C. A., & Cook, C. L. (2012, October). Disgust and heterosexism. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Gainesville, FL. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, August). Effects of relationship status on antigay prejudices. Talk given at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, August). Evolved threat mechanisms affect biases toward gay and heterosexual men. Talk given at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, June). Innocuous threat-relevant stimuli increase prejudices toward associated outgroups. Talk given at the annual convention of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, NM. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2011, April). Does sexual promiscuity increase threatbased prejudices toward gay men? Talk given at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society, Binghamton, NY. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2010, October). Effects of perceived promiscuity on prejudice toward gay men. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Charleston, SC. Cottrell, C. A. & Cook, C. L. (2010, October). Does relationship status moderate antigay prejudice? Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Charleston, SC. Poster Presentations: Cook, C. L., Cottrell, C. A., & Newell, S. (2013, May). Chronic threat sensitivity predicts prejudices toward threat-relevant outgroups following stereotype activation. Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
5 Crysel, L., Orozco Schember, T., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (2013, May). Harry Potter and the measures of personality. Poster to be presented at bi-annual conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Charlotte, NC. Newell, S., Cottrell, C. A., & Cook, C. L. (2013, January). Necessity for multiple disgust measures in sexual prejudice research. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Ross, J. L.*, Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, October). Relationship status as a moderator of prejudiced responses to lesbian women and gay men. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Gainesville, FL. Cook, C. L., Cottrell, C. A., & Newell, S. (2012, May). Exposure to threat-relevant media increases prejudices toward stereotypically associated outgroups. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Newell, S., Cottrell, C. A., & Cook, C. L. (2012, May). Pathogen, sexual, or moral disgust concerns: Predicting attitudes toward gay men using the three domain disgust scale. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, January). Threat-relevant news stories affect prejudices toward associated outgroups. Poster presented at the Evolutionary Psychology preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2012, January). A MAP of gender differences in selfpresentation: Do men and women experience different multiple audience problems? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2011, May). Do people show different prejudices toward coupled vs. single gays and lesbians? Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2011, January). Do perceptions of promiscuity predict prejudice? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. Cottrell, C. A., & Cook, C. L. (2011, January). Heterosexism and relationship status: Are coupled vs. single gays and lesbians viewed differently? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
6 Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2010, June). Subgroup prejudice: Do different subgroups of gay men elicit different threats? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Eugene, OR. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2010, January). A threat based approach to prejudice: Do different subgroups of gay men elicit different prejudices? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2009, February). Perceptions of coupled versus singled subgroups of gay men and lesbian women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (2008, October). Perceptions of coupled versus singled subgroups of gay men and lesbian women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greenville, SC. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor: Experimental Psychology Spring 2013 Instructor: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Spring 2013 Instructor: Introductory Psychology Fall 2012 Spring 2010 Instructor: Social Psychology Fall 2012 (2 sections) Spring 2012 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Summer 2010 Laboratory Instructor: Research Methods in Social Psychology Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Teaching Assistant: Social Psychology Fall 2011 Spring 2008
7 Teaching Assistant: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Summer 2008 Teaching Assistant: Judgment and Decision Making Fall 2007 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Introductory Psychology Fall 2003 TEACHING INTERESTS: Social Psychology Research Methods Introductory Psychology Moral Psychology Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Introductory and Advanced Statistics Evolutionary Psychology Critical Thinking in Psychology RESEARCH POSITIONS: Graduate Researcher 2007 2012 Advisor: Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Research Assistant 2005 Supervisors: Douglas T. Kenrick, Ph.D. and Steven L. Neuberg, Ph.D. Research Assistant 2005 Supervisor: George P. Knight, Ph.D. Research Assistant 2004 2005 Supervisor: Steven L. Neuberg, Ph.D. RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK: Advanced Psychology Courses Grant Writing in the Neurobehavioral Sciences Instructor: Mark H. Lewis, Ph.D.
8 Self-Esteem and Identity Regulation Instructor: James A. Shepperd, Ph.D. Social Cognition Instructor: John R. Chambers, Ph.D. Evolutionary Social Psychology Instructor: Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Advanced Research Methods in Social Psychology Instructor: Barry R. Schlenker, Ph.D. Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology Instructor: John R. Chambers, Ph.D. Advanced Statistics Courses Best Methods for the Analysis of Change Instructor: Michael Marsiske, Ph.D. Applied Multivariate Measurement in Psychology Instructor: Michael Marsiske, Ph.D. Multilevel Modeling Instructor: James Algina, Ph.D. Structural Equation Modeling Instructor: James Algina, Ph.D. Quantitative Methods in Educational Research (Analysis of Variance) Instructor: James Algina, Ph.D. Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (Multiple Regression) Instructor: James Algina, Ph.D. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Conference Service Judge, 2013 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Poster Award Reviewing Experience Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Social Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology Ad-Hoc Co-Reviewer: European Journal of Social Psychology
9 Ad-Hoc Co-Reviewer: Personality and Individual Differences Book Reviewer: Worth Publishers: Psychology (10e) by D. G. Meyers Thesis Supervision (* undergraduate student) Ross, Jessica L.* (2012). Is there something about Mary? Relationship status as a moderator of prejudiced responses to lesbian women and gay men. Graduate student supervisor under Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D.,. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Association for Psychological Science (APS) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Human Behavior and Evolutionary Society (HBES) Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) Southeastern Center for Evolutionary Studies (SECES) Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES (available upon request): Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Holley S. Hodgins, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Professor and Chair Division of Social Sciences Department of Psychology New College of Florida Office: (941) 487-4699 Office: (518) 580-5309 Fax: (941) 487-4201 Fax: (518) 580-5319 E-Mail: ccottrell@ncf.edu E-Mail: hhodgins@skidmore.edu Steven L. Neuberg, Ph.D. Sheldon Solomon, Ph.D. Foundation Professor Ross Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Department of Psychology Department of Psychology Office: (480) 965-7845 Office: (518) 580-5312 Fax: (480) 965-8544 Fax: (518) 580-5319 E-Mail: steven.neuberg@asu.edu E-Mail: ssolomon@skidmore.edu
10 Gregory D. Webster, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Office: (352) 273-2160 Fax: (352) 392-7985 E-Mail: gdwebs@ufl.edu