1 Corey L. Cook Curriculum Vitae CONTACT INFORMATION: Department of Psychology Cell: (480) 329-1714 Office: (518) 580-8306 815 North Broadway Fax: (518) 580-5319 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 E-mail: ccook@skidmore.edu Website: http://www.skidmore.edu/psychology/faculty/cook.php http://www.socialpsychology.org/member/corey-cook 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 title: Threats and Prejudice: Do Threat-Relevant Stimuli Increase Prejudices toward Associated Outgroup Members? M.S. in Social Psychology 2009 Advisor: Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D. Thesis title: 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 Award for Outstanding 2011 Research in Social Psychology, 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. (2013). Prior storm experience moderates water surge perception and risk. PLoS ONE, 8, e62477. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062477
3 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. http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep102934.pdf Manuscripts Under Review or In Revision Cook, C. L. & Cottrell, C. A. (under review). You don t know where he s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward gay (and straight) men. 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. Crysel, L. C., Schember, T. O., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (under review). Harry Potter and the measures of personality : Extraverted Gryffindors, agreeable Hufflepuffs, thinking Ravenclaws, and manipulative Slytherins. Weymar, F., Cook, C. L., & Bornewasser, M. (invited revision). Exploring the relationship between intergroup contact, cross-group friendships, prejudices, trust, and cooperativeness. Invited revision, European Journal of Social Psychology. Manuscripts In Preparation Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., & Ross, J.* (in prep). Is there something about Mary? Relationship status as a moderator of prejudiced responses toward lesbian women and gay men. Cook, C. L. & Pirlott, A. G. (in prep). Sexual prejudice and discrimination as goal activated and threat driven: The affordance management approach to sexual prejudice. Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., Nichols, A. L., & Richards, D. A. R. (in prep). A MAP of gender differences in self-presentation: Do men and women experience different multiple audience problems? Newell, S., Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (in prep). Individual differences in disgust sensitivity as a predictor of prejudices toward gay men. Newell, S., Cottrell, C. A., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (under review). Sick of prejudice: Contagion cues increase negativity toward gay men.
4 PRESENTATIONS: (* undergraduate student) Invited Talks Cook, C. L. (2012, May). Defining Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination. Talk delivered to the Psychology Department,, Saratoga Springs, NY. 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 Schember, T. O., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (2013, November). People s evaluations of gender stereotypes research and the psychologists who conduct it. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Augusta, GA. 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.
5 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., Nichols, A. L., & Richards, D. A. R. (2014, February). MAP ing gender differences in the multiple audience problem: Examining the effect of dominance and deference goals in job interviews. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Newell, S., & Cook, C. L. (2014, February). Perceptions of interracial relationships. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Crysel, L., Orozco Schember, T., Cook, C. L., & Webster, G. D. (2013, June). Harry Potter and the measures of personality. Poster presented at the bi-annual conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Charlotte, NC. Cook, C. L., Cottrell, C. A., & Newell, S. (2013, May). Chronic threat sensitivity predicts prejudices toward threat-relevant outgroups following stereotype activation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. 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.
6 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., Nichols, A. L., & Richards, D. A. R. (2012, January). A MAP of gender differences in self-presentation: 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. 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: Experimental Psychology (Lecture and Lab) Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Spring 2013
7 Social Psychology Spring 2014 Fall 2012 (2 sections) Spring 2012 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Summer 2010 Honors Forum in Social Psychology (Advanced Seminar) Spring 2014 Psychology of Good and Evil (Advanced Topics Seminar) Spring 2014 Introduction to Psychological Science Fall 2013 Summer 2013 Fall 2012 Spring 2010 Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Spring 2013 Research Methods in Social Psychology (Laboratory Instructor) Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Social Psychology (Teaching Assistant) Fall 2011 Spring 2008 Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination (Teaching Assistant) Summer 2008 Judgment and Decision Making (Teaching Assistant) Fall 2007 Introductory Psychology (Undergraduate Teaching Assistant) Spring 2003
8 MENTORING EXPERIENCE: Thesis Supervision (* undergraduate student) Bellotti, Christine* (2014). Examining the green-eyed monster: The role of age and type of infidelity on romantic jealousy., Saratoga Springs, NY. Ross, Jessica L.* (2012). Is there something about Mary? Relationship status as a moderator of prejudiced responses to lesbian women and gay men. Graduate supervisor under Catherine A. Cottrell, Ph.D.,, Gainesville, FL. Research Supervision Exploratory Research Experience: Spring 2014 3 students Fall 2013: 4 students Spring 2013: 2 students Research Work Experience: Fall 2012: 1 student TEACHING INTERESTS: Social Psychology Research Methods Introduction to Psychological Science Psychology of Good and Evil 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 2006 Supervisor: Steven L. Neuberg, Ph.D. Research Assistant 2005 Supervisors: Douglas T. Kenrick, Ph.D. and Steven L. Neuberg, Ph.D.
9 Research Assistant 2005 Supervisor: George P. Knight, Ph.D. Research Assistant 2003 2004 Supervisor: Marek P. Wosinski, Ph.D. STATISTICAL SKILLS: Techniques Analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA and ANCOVA) Repeated-measures designs and mixed modeling Longitudinal analysis: Growth curve modeling, multilevel modeling, survival analysis Multivariate Statistics: Factor analysis, MANOVA Multilevel and structural equation modeling Qualitative analysis: content coding and analysis Regression: linear, multiple, logistic, nonparametric Simulation and bootstrapping Methodological and Statistical Software SPSS SAS LISREL HLM AMOS Medialab Qualtrics Microsoft Excel RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK: Advanced Psychology Courses Grant Writing in the Neurobehavioral Sciences Instructor: Mark H. Lewis, Ph.D. 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.
10 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 Secret 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 Ad-Hoc Co-Reviewer: Personality and Individual Differences Book Reviewer: Worth Publishers: Psychology (10e) by D. G. Meyers PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Association for Psychological Science (APS) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Human Behavior and Evolutionary Society (HBES) Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Social Psychology Network (SPN) Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS)
11 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 Gregory D. Webster, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Office: (352) 273-2160 Fax: (352) 392-7985 E-Mail: gdwebs@ufl.edu