WILLIAM J. LAMMERS

Vita

Home Address:

1030 Clarence Dr.

Conway, AR 72032

(501) 329-7494

Business Address:

Department of Psychology & Counseling

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, AR 72035

(501) 450-5415

 

Personal Data:

Place of Birth: Chicopee Falls, MA

 

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Experimental Psychology, December 1989.

Master of Arts, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Experimental Psychology, May 1987.

Bachelor of Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182. Psychology, May 1985.

 

Employment History/Experience

Professor, Psychology and Counseling, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. August 2003 - present.

Duties include: Teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses including General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Sensation & Perception, Experimental Psychology, Experimental Psychology Lab, and Physiological Psychology.  Academic Advisor for undergraduate psychology majors. Director of the undergraduate program in psychology.

Associate Professor, Psychology and Counseling, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. August 1994 - August 2003.

Duties include: Teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses including General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Experimental Psychology, Experimental Psychology Lab, Psychophysiology, Physiological Psychology, Advanced Psychological Statistics, Advanced Physiological Psychology, and Educational Research. Faculty Advisor for Psi Chi National Honor Society / Psychology Club. Academic Advisor for undergraduate psychology majors.

Assistant Professor, Psychology and Counseling, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. August 1990 - August 1994.

Duties included: Teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses including General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Experimental Psychology Lab, Psychophysiology, Physiological Psychology, Advanced Psychological Statistics, and Advanced Physiological Psychology. Faculty Advisor for Psi Chi National Honor Society / Psychology Club.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana. August 1989 - August 1990.

Duties included: Teaching of undergraduate courses including General Psychology, Psychology Statistics, Experimental Psychology, Theories of Learning, and Psychophysiology of Wake and Sleep.

Technician, Toledo Sleep Disorders Center, Toledo, Ohio. May 1986 - February 1988.

Duties included: Attachments of electrodes and other recording devices to patients, monitoring patients throughout the night for sleep disorders, scoring polygraph records for evaluation of a variety of sleep disorders.

Doctoral Assistant, Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. August 1988 - May 1989.

Duties included: Conducting psychophysiological research in the areas of event-related potentials during classical conditioning and olfactory responsiveness during sleep.

Teaching Assistant, Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. August 1988 - December 1988.

Duties included: Taught undergraduate Introductory Psychology.

Teaching Fellow, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. August 1987 - May 1988.

Duties included: Conducting psychophysiological research in the areas of circadian rhythms in auditory responsiveness during sleep, recording of event-related potentials during sleep stages, and psychophysiological assessment of short-term memory during sleep.

Research Assistant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. August 1985 - August 1987.

Duties included: Conducting psychophysiological research in the areas of differential habituation with central and peripheral measures of information processing and habituation of event-related potentials.

 

Professional Activities

 Research/Publications

 

 Scholarship of Teaching

Lammer, W.J. & Badia, P. (2005). Fundamentals of Behavioral Research. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Lammers, W.J. & Murphy, J. (2002). A profile of teaching techniques used in the university classroom. Active Learning in Higher Education, in press.

Lammers, W.J., Onwuegbuzie, T., & Slate, J.R. (2001). Academic success as a function of the sex, class, age, study habits, and employment of college students. Research in the Schools, 8, 71-81.

Lammers, W.J. (1999).  Reading, writing, and thinking before each class. In Benjamin, L. et al. (Eds.)  Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, (Vol. 4), pgs. 28-29.  American Psychological Association.

 Lammers, W.J. (1999).  Applying Psychology to issues in society: An activity to summarize the introductory course. In Benjamin, L. et. al. (Eds.).  Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, (Vol. 4), pgs. 37-38.  American Psychological Association.

 

Advising Issues

 

Lammers, W.J. (2001). An informal seminar to prepare the best undergraduates for doctoral programs in psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 28, 58-59.

Lammers, W.J. (2000). Quick tips for applying to graduate school in psychology. Eye on Psi Chi, 4, 40-42.

Fielstein, L., & Lammers, W.J. (1992).  The relationship of student satisfaction with advising to administrative support for advising services.  National Academic Advising Association Journal, 12, 15-21.

 

Psychophysiology

 

Lammers, W.J. (1995).  EEG antecedents of conditioning awareness.  Journal of Psychophysiology, 9, 119-126.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (1991).  Motor responsiveness to stimuli presented during sleep:  The influence of time-of-testing on sleep stage analysis.  Physiology and Behavior, 50, 867-868.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (1991).  Temperature, time-of-night and responsiveness to stimuli presented while sleeping.  Psychophysiology, 28, 463-467.

 

Badia, P., Lammers, W.J., Wesensten, N.J., & Boecker, M. (1990).  Responsiveness to olfactory stimuli presented during sleep.  Physiology and Behavior, 48, 87-90.

 

Badia, P., Lammers, W.J., Harsh, J., & Wesensten, N.J. (1989).  Habituation of P300 to target stimuli:  Are arousal and attention factors?  In N.W. Bond and D.A.T. Siddle (Eds).  Psychobiology:  Issues and Application, pp. 269-276, North-Holland, Amsterdam, New York.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (1989).  Habituation of the P300 to target stimuli.  Physiology and Behavior, 45, 595-601.

 

False Memory Phenomena

 

Reinitz, M.T., Lammers, W.J., & Cochran, B. (1992).  Memory conjunction errors:  miscombination of information in long-term memory can lead to false positive identifications.  Memory and Cognition, 20, 1-11.

 

Student Projects

 

Glenn, E., Bihm, E.M., & Lammers, W.J. (2002). Depression, anxiety, and relevant cognitions in persons with mental retardation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, in press.

 

 

Presentations made to Professional Audiences

 

Scholarship of Teaching

 

Pfeiffer, C., Hall, A., & Lammers, W.J. (2002). Use of Different Teaching Techniques:  Faculty and Student Perspectives. Presented at Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

Smith, S. & Lammers, W.J. (2002). Learning factors in the university classroom:  Faculty and             student perspectives. Presented at Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). An effective course website: Opportunities for student learning in and out of class. Presented at the University of Central Arkansas Techfest: Best Practices in Teaching with Technology.

 

Hall, A. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). Use of different teaching techniques: Faculty and student perspectives. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

Lammers, W.J. (January, 2001). Teaching Statistics and Experimental Psychology in a computer classroom: Opportunities and challenges. Presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.

 

Lammers, W.J. (November, 2000). Establishing and teaching in a computer classroom. Presented at the Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

 

Lammers, W.J. (September, 2000). Using a computer classroom to teach Statistics and Research Methods. Presented to the Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Murphy, J. (November, 1999).  Profile of teaching activities in the university classroom.  Presented at the Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH.

 

McMann, K., Mallett, K., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1999).  Teaching activities among male and female college instructors.   Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Searcy, AR.

 

Gleghorn, S., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1999).  Profiles of teaching.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Searcy, AR.

 

Bihm, E.M., Lammers, W.J., Nelson, B., & Tie, P.  (April, 1998).  Experimental Lab students as scientists: Lessons from cognitive science.  Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA,

 

Bryant, M.L., Stewart, A., Lammers, W.J., Bihm, E., & Nelson, B. (April, 1998).  Thinking like  scientists: Using superlab, concept maps, and guided reading in experimental psychology.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Lammers, W. (January, 1998).  Seeing the big picture: Students creating computer-based concept maps.  Presented at the Twentieth Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.

 

Advising Issues

 

Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). Getting In to Graduate School: A Workshop for Students and Advisors. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Houston, TX.

  

Lammers, W.J. (April, 1998).  An informal seminar to prepare top students for doctoral programs.  Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New  Orleans, LA.

 

Psychophysiology

 

Ayers, K.J., Bird, T.M., Bush, L.K., Lammers, W.J., & Scoles, M.T.  (April, 1998).  Physiological response to components of an aversive stimulus.  Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Towler, K. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1998).  The effects of exercise on depressed college students: Mood  state and hemispheric activation.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Lammers, W.J. (October, 1996).  A comparison of event-related potential and skin conductance measures of classical conditioning.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 

Mincy, M., & Lammers W.J. (April, 1996).  An investigation of the effect of sleep on classical conditioning.  Research presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR.

 

Lammers, W.J. (October, 1995).  Human event-related potentials during classical conditioning: Effect of the unconditioned stimulus valence.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

Lammers, W.J. (October, 1993).  EEG antecedents of conditioning awareness.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Rottach-Egern, Germany.

 

Lammers. W.J. (October, 1992). ERPs to CS+ and CS- during classical conditioning: Effect of "US" aversiveness.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, San Diego, CA.

 

Lammers, W.J. & Badia, P. (September, 1992). Event-related brain potentials during classical conditioning.  Research presented at the Sixth International Congress of Psychophysiology, Berlin, Germany.

 

Lammers, W.J. & Badia, P. (October, 1991). Event-related potentials across three phases of Pavlovian conditioning.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Chicago, IL.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (October, 1990).  Event-related potential indices of Pavlovian conditioning.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Boston, MA.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (February, 1990).  Event-related potential indices of Pavlovian conditioning.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), New Orleans, LA.

 

Lammers, W.J., Hughes, R., & Badia, P. (October, 1989).  Short-term memory in sleep.  Research presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research, New Orleans, LA.

 

Badia, P., Lammers, W.J., & Boecker, M. (June, 1989).  Responsiveness to olfactory stimuli in sleep.  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Washington, D.C.

 

Lammers, W.J., Carpenter, G., & Badia, P. (June, 1989).  Responsivity, temperature, and time-of-night.  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Washington, D.C.

 

Badia, P., & Lammers, W.J. (October, 1988).  Responsivity in sleep and time-of-night.  Psychophysiology, 25, 433 (abstract).  Research presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research, San Francisco, CA.

 

Badia, P., Lammers, W.J., & Wesensten, N. (August, 1988).  Differential habituation with central (P300) and peripheral (SCR) measures.  Research presented at XXIV International Congress of Psychology, Sydney, Australia.

 

Badia, P., Wesensten, N., Lammers, W.J., & Harsh, J. (June, 1988).  Methodological considerations for recording evoked potentials in sleep.  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, San Diego, CA.

 

Lammers, W.J., Wesensten, N., & Badia, P. (1987).  Habituation of the P300 in a reaction time task.  Psychophysiology, 24, 695 (abstract).  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Amsterdam, Holland.

 

Badia, P., Wesensten, N., Lammers, W.J., & Harsh, J. (1987).  Changes in long-latency components of the auditory evoked potential following nocturnal sleep.  Sleep Research, 16, 5 (abstract).  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Lammers, W.J. (April, 1987).  The impact of drugs on sleep and performance.  Paper presented at the symposium "Shiftwork, Sleep and Performance", the Annual Meeting for I/O and O/B Graduate Students, Knoxville, TN.

 

Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (1986).  Habituation of P300 to target stimuli.  Psychophysiology, 23, 447 (abstract).  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, Canada.

 

Wesensten, N., Lammers, W.J., & Badia, P. (1986).  Effects of sleep and repeated testing on P300 amplitude.  Sleep Research, 15, 108 (abstract).  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Columbus, OH.

 

Lammers, W.J., Wesensten, N., Culpepper, J., Badia, P., & Harsh, J. (1986).  Three microcomputer-based tasks for assessing level of cognitive performance.  Sleep Research, 15, 246 (abstract).  Research presented at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Columbus, OH,

 

False Memory Phenomena

 

Bihm, E., Lammers, W.J., Stephanidis, J., & Scissom, L. (2002). The phenomenology of false memory:  Schema development and intrusions. To be presented at Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

Reinitz, M., Lammers, W.J., & Cochran, B. (November, 1990).  Illusory conjunctions of information in long-term memory.  Research presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.

 

Student Projects

 

Smith, A., & Lammers, W.J. (2002). Jury sentencing: Type of group interaction and direction of conformity. To be presented at Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

Faulk, S. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). A measure of the stroop effect using a direction-word test. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Houston, TX.

 

Faulk, S. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). A measure of the stroop effect using a direction-word test. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

Smith, A., Ruff, A., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). The development of a web-based training program to prepare college students for data collection. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

Witt, E., O’Neal, C., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). Conformity testing based on mode of interaction. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

Gibby, T., Turner, S., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). Hindsight bias and the effect of social pressure. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

Good, C. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2001). Effect of a terroristic event on birth rates. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Hendrix College, Conway, AR.

 

 Smith, S., Tumbleson, S., Reynolds, A., Turner, B., Page, J., Jackson, C., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2000). The effect of color-related words and background color on response time in the original Stroop task. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

 

Blue, T.M., Taylor, M.M., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 2000). The effects of schema congruency and eyewitness credibility on the likelihood of guilt. Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

 

Luedloff, J., & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1999).   Affirmative action and attitudes towards minority scholarships.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Searcy, AR.

 

Mooney, D. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1998).  The effects of sex and exposure on homophobia.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Strzelecki, M. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1998).  Art as therapy: Using art within a treatment setting as a tool for recentering the chaos of addiction.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Rodriquez, D. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1998).  Religious affiliation, religiousness, and views about  the etiology of homosexuality: Attitudes towards gays and lesbians.  Presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Tate, L. Baker, C. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1996).  A survey of the relationship between self-esteem and exercise.  Research presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas Tech University.

 

Rohr, S. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1996).  Gender, drink preference, and group status as variables affecting alcohol consumption in a public bar setting.  Research presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas Tech University

 

Traffanstedt, B. & Lammers, W.J. (April, 1996).  Time of week as a determinant of alcohol consumption: An observational study.  Research presented at the Arkansas Symposium for Psychology Students, Arkansas Tech University.

 

Mullins, M., and Lammers, W.J. (1993).  Relationship of lucid dreaming to educational variables.  Paper presented at the Arkansas Psychological Association, October 22, 1993, Little Rock, AR.

 

Jackson, L., and Lammers, W.J. (1993).  Personality and educational variables related to eating disorders.  Paper presented at the Arkansas Psychological Association, October 22, 1993, Little Rock, AR.

 

 

Professional Service Activities

 University

 

  College

 

 Department

 

 Community

  Profession

 

Research and Grant Support

 

Lammers, W.J., & Murphy, J. (January, 2002). A Profile of Teaching Activities in the University Classroom: Assessment of a Web-Based Training Program for Observers. University of Central Arkansas Research Council Grant.

Lammers, W.J. (January, 2001). Attendance and presentation at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. UCA Faculty Development Grant.

Lammers, W.J. (November, 2000). Attendance and presentation at the annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching. UCA Faculty Development Grant.

Lammers, W.J., & Murphy, J.  (November, 1999).  Attendance and presentation at the annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching.  UCA Faculty Development Grant.

 

Lammers, W., Bihm, E., & Goswick, J. (1998-2000).  Infusing Technology into the Psychology Curriculum: A Model Laboratory to Promote Scientific Thinking.  National Science Foundation - Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant.

 

Lammers, W. (November, 1997).  Attendance at the Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching.  UCA Faculty Development Grant.

 

Lammers, W. (November, 1996).  Attendance at the Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching.  UCA Faculty Development Grant.

 

Lammers, W. (March, 1995).  Development of a computerized information source for Psychology majors.  University of Central Arkansas Foundation Grant.

 

Bihm, E., Williams, B., & Lammers, W. (December, 1994).  The integration of computers into teaching psychology.  College of Education Professional Development Committee.

 

Lammers, W. (October, 1994).  Psychophysiological indices of awareness in human learning. University of Central Arkansas Research Council Grant.

 

Lammers, W. (April, 1993).  Human event-related potentials during classical conditioning:  Effect of the unconditioned stimulus valence.  University of Central Arkansas Research Council Grant.

 

Lammers, W. (January, 1993).  Human EEG predictors of declarative and nondeclarative learning. University of Central Arkansas Research Council - Summer research stipend.

 

Lammers, W. (September, 1992).  Funds awarded by the University of Central Arkansas department of International Programs for travel to the Sixth International Congress of Psychophysiology held in Berlin, Germany.

 

Lammers, W. (January, 1992).  Funds awarded by the College of Education Faculty Development  Committee for the purchase of resources concerning active learning and multicultural education.

 

Lammers, W. (October, 1990).  Effect of stimulus intensity and task requirements on event-related potential indices of Pavlovian conditioning.  University of Central Arkansas Research Council Grant.

 

Lammers, W., & Badia, P. (August, 1987).  Evoked potentials, responding, and memory in sleep.  Submitted as a pre-doctoral fellowship application to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Rockville, MD.

 

Professional Organizations

 

Membership

 

 

Awards, Scholarships, and Honors

 

 

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