Spring, 2024
Amanda M.
Vicary
Office:
Department of Psychology
Illinois Wesleyan University
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702
E-mail: Avicary@iwu.edu
EDUCATION
2011 |
PhD in Social-Personality Psychology |
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Advisor: R. Chris Fraley |
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Minors: Quantitative Psychology, Developmental Psychology |
2006 |
M.A. Social-Personality Psychology |
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2004 |
B.S. in Psychology |
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Summa Cum Laude |
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Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of the Year: Earned spot on |
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ballot for ranking in the top five of nominees |
2017 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant: |
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Aggression and Violence: A social neuroscience approach ($1,000; team-taught) |
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NCAA CHOICES Mini-Grant: Educational on alcohol use, |
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prevention of abuse, and related risky behaviors ($750) |
2016 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Instructional Development Grant: |
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Attendance at National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology ($500) |
2016 |
Mellon Foundation Academic Development Grant: |
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Aggression and
Violence: An Integrated Analysis (with Dr. Abbie Kerr) ($1,000) |
2016 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000) |
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Society for Teaching in Psychology: |
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Early Career Psychologist Travel Grant ($250) |
2014 |
Summer Mellon Scholar Faculty Sponsor |
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2013 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Junior Faculty Leave (for Sp' 2014) |
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2013 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000) |
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2012 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant ($2,000) |
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2012 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000) |
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2012 |
Summer Eckley Scholar Faculty Sponsor |
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2011 |
Midwest Faculty Seminar attendee |
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*Crime and the Social Order, University of Chicago |
2011 |
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching-Campus Award ($3,500) |
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*Awarded annually to five graduate instructors at the University of Illinois |
2011 |
Lynn Martin Award for Distinguished Teachers ($2,000) |
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*Awarded annually to one graduate student at the University of Illinois |
2011 |
Teacher Scholar Certificate-Signifies completion of an intensive program that focuses on teaching skills and discipline-based service |
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2010 |
Marion Morse Wood Communication Fellowship ($10,000) |
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*Awarded based upon research on Internet use after tragedies |
2010 |
Instructor of the Year-Psychology Department ($250) |
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*Awarded annually to one graduate student in the Psychology department |
2010 |
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students |
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2009 |
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students |
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2008 |
Lyle H. Lanier Travel Award-for travel to SPSP |
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2008 |
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students |
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2008 |
Higginson Summer Research Award ($2,000) |
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*For research on students' online communication after tragedies |
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2007 |
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students |
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2007 |
Graduate Teaching Certificate-Signifies completion of a program that focuses on teaching skills and reflective practices |
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2006 |
SPSP Graduate Poster Award Runner Up |
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2006 |
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students |
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2004 |
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Psychology, |
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Bradley University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Attachment theory, interpersonal relationships, and relationship satisfaction
- Evolutionary perspectives on aggression, violence, mating, and attraction
- Interest in crime; factors related to wrongful convictions
PUBLICATIONS
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E. ...Vicary,
A.M. ....(2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of
relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couple studies. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 11, 226-235.
Parris, L., Wesselmann, E. D., Clevenger, S., & Vicary, A. (2019). The allure: The therapist who falls. Invited chapter in T. Langley (Ed.), The Joker psychology: Evil clowns and the
women who love them. New York, NY: Sterling.
Vicary, A. M. & Larsen, A.* (2018). Potential Factors Influencing Attitudes Towards Veterans who Commit Crimes: An Experimental Investigation of PTSD in the Legal System. Current Research in Social Psychology, 26,12-23. [pdf]
Vicary, A. M. & Zaikman, Y.* (2017). The CSI Effect: An investigation into the relationship between watching crime shows and forensic knowledge. North American Journal of Psychology, 19, 51-64.[pdf]
Zaikman, Y.*, Vogel, E. A.*, Vicary, A. M., & Marks, M. J. (2016). The influence of early
experiences and adult attachment on the exhibition of the sexual double standard, Sexuality and Culture, 33,425-445.
Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. M. (2016). The interplay and effectiveness of implicit and explicit avoidant defenses. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33, 619-639.
Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary, A. M. (2014). Coregulation in romantic partners' attachment styles: A longitudinal investigation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 845-857. [pdf]
Heffernan, M., Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A. M., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2012). Attachment features and functions in adult romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 671-693.[pdf]
Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A. M. , Brumbaugh, C. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2011). Patterns of stability in adult attachment: An empirical test of two models of continuity and change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 974-992.[pdf]
Fraley, R. C., Heffernan, M., Vicary, A. M., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2011). The experiences in close relationships-relationship structures questionnaire: A method for assessing attachment orientations across relationships. Psychological Assessment, 23, 615-625. [pdf]
Vicary, A. M. (2011). Mortality salience and namesaking: Does thinking about death make people want to name their children after themselves? Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 138-141. [pdf]
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Student reactions to the shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University: Does sharing grief and support over the Internet affect recovery? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36 , 1555-1563.[pdf]
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2010). Captured by True Crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Social Psychological and Personality Science,1 , 81-86. [pdf]
Turan, B., & Vicary, A. M. (2010). Who recognizes and chooses behaviors that are best for a relationship? The separate roles of knowledge, attachment, and motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 119-131. [pdf]
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). Choose your own adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1279-1291. [pdf]
Fraley, R. C., Niedenthal, P. M., Marks, M. J., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary, A. (2006). Adult attachment and the perception of emotional expressions: Probing the hyperactivating strategies underlying anxious attachment. Journal of Personality, 74, 1163-1190.[pdf]
NON PEER-REVEIWED CHAPTERS
Vicary, A. M., & Rosner, J. L. (2011). Vampires and werewolves are not so different after all:
Parallel patterns of attachment in Edward and Jacob. In E. Klonsky, A. Black, D. Frederick, & E Berg (Eds.), The Psychology of Twilight. Smart Pop Books.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVISION OR UNDER REVIEW
These are top-secret!
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Ad hoc reviewer for
- Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
- Bereavement Care
- British Journal of Social Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Emerging Adulthood
- European Journal of Social Psychology (EJSP)
- Evolutionary Psychological Science
- Homicide Studies
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology (JASP)
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JESP)
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Journal of Family Issues (JFI)
- Journal of Personality
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP)
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JSPR)
- Motivation and Emotion
- New Media and Society
- Personal Relationships
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB)
- Social Psychological and Personality Science (SPPS)
- Traumatology
- Violence and Victims
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Illinois Wesleyan University
- Social Psychology (Psyc 259)
- Psychology of Gender (Psyc 374)
- Advanced Social Psychology: A Social Perspective on Crime, Serial Killers, & The Justice System (Psyc 359)
- Senior Thesis in Psychology (Psych 400 & 401)
- Focus Group (Psych 369)
- Aggression and Violence: A Social Neuro Approach (May term; Psyc 369; co-taught with Dr. Abbie Kerr)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Personality Psychology (six semesters)
Team-taught with Brent Roberts, Caroline Tancredy, & Ed Diener
Enrollment: 300 students
- Social Psychology (two semesters)
Enrollment: 50 students
MENTORING EXPERIENCE
2016 |
Senior Thesis Super visor |
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Smeets, M. The influence of camera angle on perceptions of confessions. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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2014 |
Summer Mellon Scholar |
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O'Connor, C. The therapeautic value of creative writing. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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2013 |
Senior Honors Thesis Supervisor |
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Larsen, A. Potential factors affecting leniency toward veterans who commit crimes. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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2012 |
Summer Eckley Scholar |
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Maurer, D. Criminal assessment of homosexual defendants. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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2012 |
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervisor |
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Vogel, A. Attachment theory and the sexual double standard. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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2012 |
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervisor |
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Zaikman, Y. Life history theory and the sexual double standard. Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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TALKS AND PANELS
Vicary, A. M.. (2018, October). Wrongful Convictions? The Pursuit of Justice in IllinoisPanel at Illinois Wesleyan University, Normal, IL.
Vicary, A. M.. (2014, April). Drawn to the dark side: An investigation into women's interest in crime and attraction to serial killers. Invited talk at Illinois State University Psychology Department, Normal, IL.
Vicary, A. M., & Turan, B. (2010, January). Who recognizes and chooses behaviors that
are best for a relationship? The separate roles of knowledge, attachment, and motivation. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Vicary, A. M. (2008, March). Captured by True Crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Invited talk at Bradley University, Psychology Department. Peoria, IL.
Vicary, A. M. (2008, February). True Crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Talk given at the Social, Personality, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series, Champaign, IL.
Vicary, A. M. (2005, May). Choose Your Own Adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship. Talk given at the Social, Personality, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series, Champaign, IL.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Vicary, A. M., & Larsen, A. (2014, April)
Factors influencing leniency toward veterans who commit crimes.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association,
Portland, OR.
Larsen, A., & Vicary, A. M. (2013, May)
Factors influencing leniency toward veterans who commit crimes.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Zaikman, Y, & Vicary, A. M. (2013, May)
Is there a relationship between crime-showing viewing and criminal technique?
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Vicary, A. M., Marks, M. J., Vogel, E., & Zaiman, Y. (2013, January)
Attachment theory and the sexual double standard.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
New Orleans, LA.
Zaikman, Y, & Vicary, A. M. (2012, May)
Attachment theory and the sexual double standard.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Vogel, E., & Vicary, A. M.. (2012, May)
Judging the self, judging others: Disordered eating and the sexual double standard.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Marks, M. J., Vicary, A. M. , Trafimow, D. T., & Rice, S. C.(2012, January).
The relative contributions of strategy and consistency to secure attachment behaviors: A potential performance theory analysis.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Vicary, A. M. (2011, January).
Mortality salience and namesaking: Does thinking about death
increase desire to name children after oneself?
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
San Antonio, TX.
Cole, S., Vicary, A. M., & Bryant, F. (2009, May).
Pat Robertson and the Dalai Lama: Fundamentalism, Religiosity, and Spirituality.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.
Vicary, A. M., &
Fraley, R.C. (2009, February).
How do people use the Internet in times of tragedy?
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
Tampa, FL.
Vicary, A. M., &
Fraley, R.C. (2008, February).True Crime: Why do women enjoy reading about serial killers?
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
Albuquerque, NM.
Vicary, A. M., &
Fraley, R.C. (2007, May).
True Crime: An investigation
into women's interest in serial killers.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Vicary, A. M., &
Fraley, R.C. (2007, January).
An investigation into the
longitudinal reliability and validity of the 10-Item
Personality Inventory.
Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley,
R.C. (2006, May).
Choose your own adventure:
Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship.Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley,
R.C. (2006, January).
Choose your own adventure:
Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship.
Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Brumbaugh, C. C.,
Fraley, R. C., Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. M. (2005, May).
Adult attachment and the
perception of emotions.
Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Vicary, A. M., &
Montgomery, D. E. (2004, May).
The effect of contact lenses
on attractiveness: An evolutionary perspective .
Poster presented at the
annual Bradley University Research Showcase, Peoria, IL.
UNIVERSITY SERVICES
Advising and Summer Reading Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Subject Pool Coordinator-Psych Department (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Nominating Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Safety Committee (Illnois Wesleyan University)
Learning and Conditioning Job Search Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Cognitive Psychology Job Search Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Academic Advisor (30 students)
Volunteer for Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Orientation (University of Illinois)
- Conducted seminars on lesson planning and questionning strategies
- Provided feedback for micro-teaching sessions
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)
Society for Personality and Social
Psychology (SPSP)
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