Kathleen Boyd Curriculum Vita Office Address Home Address Office of the Provost 9 Overlook Dr. Apt C9 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Christiansburg, VA 24073 330 Burruss Hall (614) 893-9906 Blacksburg, VA 24061 Email: kbs87@vt.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. I/O Psychology, Expected May 2015 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA Masters of Science, I/O Psychology, February 2013 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Mathematics; May 2010 Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Snead, K. and Foti, R. (2014, May). Contextual Constraints: An Examination of Implicit Followership Theories. Poster to be presented at SIOP conference, Honolulu. Coyle, P., Snead, K., Foti, R., Shah, Y., & Massara, J. (2014, May). Measuring Implicit Followership Theories with Cue Validity. Poster to be presented at SIOP conference, Honolulu. Snead, K., Coyle, P., Diana, R., & Foti, R. (2013, April). Organizational Neuroscience: Classic I-O Topics, Innovative Approaches, Semantic Priming as a Measure of Implicit Leadership Theories. Symposia presentation presented at SIOP conference, Houston. Coyle, P., Foti, R., Snead, K., & Thompson, N. A Pattern-Oriented Approach to Examining IFT s. (2013, April). Poster presentation presented at SIOP conference, Houston. Coyle, P., Thompson, N., Foti, R., Snead, K., Moshier, S., & Collura, M. (2012, April). A Measure of Implicit Followership Theories: an Integrative Followership Approach. Poster presented at the SIOP conference, San Diego. Snead, K., Coyle, P., Bowden, E., & Vinson, M. (2011, August). Impact of Gossip on Interpersonal Trust and Commitment: A protocol for monitoring and influencing interpersonal communication. Organized paper symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington DC. Schmitt, E., Snead, K., & Coyle, P. (2011, May). Impact of Gossip on Empathy and Trust: Trials and Tribulations of Attempts to Influence Conversation. Poster presented at the APS Conference, Washington DC. Langford, L. J., Downing, C. O., Snead, K., & Magee, S. (2011, April). A qualitative approach to identifying a favorite: A behavioral field study. Poster presented at the semi-annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Hot Springs, VA.
PUBLICATIONS Meiksins, P., Layne, P., Camargo, E., & Snead, K. (2014). Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2013 Literature. Society of Women Engineers Magazine, Spring, 38-56. Meiksins, P., Layne, P., Camargo, E., & Snead, K. (2013). Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2012 Literature. Society of Women Engineers Magazine, Spring, 46-63. CURRENT RESEARCH Graduate Research, Conceptual Priming of Implicit Theories, Virginia Tech, 2013-Present Priming follower prototypes with various leadership styles to examine the relationship between leadership style and IFT s. Graduate Research, Semantic Priming as a Measure of Implicit Theories, Virginia Tech, Priming traits of prototypes in process oriented procedure (lexical decision task) 2012 Present Graduate Research Thesis, Implicit Followership Theories: Change over time, Virginia Tech, 2011 Present Measuring follower prototypes in company going through acquisition to understand the dynamism associated with implicit followership theories Graduate Research, Biodata scales used in Military assessments, Virginia Tech 2012 Course project designed to facilitate understanding of validation of assessments. Students contracted to analyzed current assessments employed by the Navy. Graduate Research, Measure of Implicit Followership Theory, Virginia Tech 2011 Present Developing a measure of implicit followership and exploring the relationship between followers and leaders. Involves collecting trait data, performing qualitative data reduction, CFA, EFA, LCA and performing a criterion comparison studie Graduate Research, Gossip in Organizations, CABS Lab, Virginia Tech 2010 2013 Preliminary study of gossip in existing research lab, exploring and understanding gossiping behavior and the possible use of an intervention to reduce gossip, increase empathy and improve commitment/trust of organization Graduate Research, Gossip in Sororities, CABS Lab, Virginia Tech 2010 2013 Preliminary study of gossip in existing sorority on campus, exploring and understanding gossiping behavior among sorority sisters UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Research and Consulting, Project Jericho, Springfield, OH 2009 2010 Designed surveys for community outreach program, analyzed data and presented results, regarding participant attitude change and project effectiveness, to organization Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Sour Milk Rising to the Top, Wittenberg University, 2009 2010 Examined the relationship between team performance and destructive leader emergence Undergraduate Research, The Valence Hypothesis, Wittenberg University, 2009 Used SuperLab to examine reaction to negative and positive emotion inducing images
Undergraduate Research, Putt Putt Under Pressure, Wittenberg University, 2008 Examined the relationship between induced anxiety and performance on fine motor tasks TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introductory Psychology Course Coordinator, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech 2012 Present Manage class of 1200 students. Tasks involve preparation of syllabus, exams, recitation course, management of course TA s and recitation course. Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech 2010 Present ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant Leadership Development, Provost s Office, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 2012 Present Aid high administrative searches, periodic reviews, and leadership development workshops and provide software expertise as well as research leadership AdvanceVT Summer Assistantship, Provost s Office, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA Summer 2012 Analyzed university gender and race tenure status data and faculty hiring data SuccessFactors Intern, Arlington, VA Summer 2011 Intern in the training services department at a talent management suite organization Undergraduate Research Mentor, Virginia Tech 2011 Present Mentored a student in her own research project in trolling and social networking Math Tutor, Springfield, OH 2009 2010 Faculty Aid, Springfield, OH 2008 2010 Westcott House Museum, Springfield, OH 2008 Volleyball team, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 2006 2009 Volleyball Team Camp Coach, Springfield; Westerville, OH 2006 2009 Wittenberg Athletic Center Employee, Springfield, OH 2006 2010 Manager (2007 10) Employee (2006 07) HONORS/CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS Virginia Tech IRB Human Participant Training, Blacksburg VA 2010 NIH Human Participant Training 2010 Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, inc. 2010 Present American Psychological Association 2010 Present Graduated with University Honors, Cum Laude 2010 Chi Alpha Sigma, Wittenberg University Psi Chi, Wittenberg University 2008 Present Mortar Board, Wittenberg University Membership Coordinator (2009 10) Omicron Delta Kappa, Wittenberg University Alpha Lambda Delta, Wittenberg University 2007 Present Vice President (2007 08)
RELEVANT COURSEWORK Undergraduate, Psychology Courses Introductory Psychology Developmental Psychology ProSeminar Social Psychology ProSeminar Applied Psychology ProSeminar Abnormal Psychology ProSeminar Physiological ProSeminar Learning Psychology ProSeminar Experimental Design (current) Psychology of Adolescence Cultural Psychology Experimental Social Psychology Lab Learning, Memory and Cognition Lab Industrial/Organizational Psychology Independent Study Leadership and Management Honors Seminar Undergraduate, Math and Statistics Courses Introductory Statistics Calculus I Calculus II Applied Matrix Algebra Fundamentals of Analysis Discrete Mathematical Structures Univariate Probability Mathematical Statistics (Statistical Inference) Statistical Analysis (Regression) Statistical Design Statistical Senior Seminar Computer Science Graduate, Psychology Courses Survey of Organizational Psychology Social Psychology Topics in Organizational Psychology Health Psychology Survey of Industrial Psychology Topics Industrial Psychology Cognitive Psychology Topics in Organizational Psychology Topics in Industrial Psychology Topics in Industrial Psychology Graduate, Math and Statistics Courses Research Methods Regression Hierarchical Linear Modeling Psychometrics Multivariate Data Analysis Structural Equation Modeling SOFTWARE COMPENTENCIES Experienced with Microsoft office, SPSS, SAS, HLM, Lisrel, Presentation, Qualtrics Reference: Dr. Roseanne Foti rfoti@vt.edu 219 Williams Hall 540-231-5814 Amy Hogan amyhogan@vt.edu 300 Burruss Hall 540-231-3273