H. Colleen Sinclair, VITA, Page 1

H. Colleen Sinclair

February1st, 2016

Contact Information:

Mississippi State University

Social Science Research Center

1 Research Park, Suite 178

Starkville, MS 39759

Cell: (662) 684-9905

SSRC: (662) 325-9166

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Twitter: @MSUSocialPsy

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Professional Experience:

Mississippi State University

Position(s): Co-Director of the Social Relations LabSeptember 2015 to present

Associate ProfessorAugust 2012 to present

SSRC Research FellowFebruary 2008 to present

Assistant ProfessorAugust 2005 to July 2012

University of Missouri – Columbia

Position(s): Visiting Assistant ProfessorAugust 2003–August 2005

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Position(s): Graduate FellowSeptember 1998–May 1999, 2002–2003

InstructorMay-August 1999, Jan–August, 2002

Carnegie Mellon University

Position(s): Research AssociateAugust 1996–August 1998

Education:

University of Minnesota – Twin CitiesSeptember 1998 –June 2004

Degree: Ph.D. in Social Psychology, with minor in Interpersonal Relationships, and supporting programs in Law and Quantitative Methods.

University of Colorado - BoulderAugust 1992–May 1996

Degree: Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Women's Studies, and English - Creative Writing.

Organizational Affiliations:

American Psychology and Law Society

Association for Psychological Science

Association for Women in Psychology

International Association for Relationships Research

  • Mentor 2015-present
  • Associate Editor of Relationships Research News 2009-2012
  • Future Conferences Committee Member 2009-2012

Psi Chi honor society

  • Faculty sponsor 2007-2014

Sigma Xi honor society

Society of Personality and Social Psychology

  • Twitter team

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

  • Chair: Otto Kleinberg Award Committee 2012-2013
  • Chair: SPSSI Early Career Scholars Task Force 2008-2009
  • Liaison: For the APA Early Career Psychologist Network 2007

Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists

Southeastern Psychological Association

Recognitions &Awards:

Nominated and subsequently invited to give TED talk on “The True Story of Romeo and Juliet” (March, 2016)

Collaboration with the Center for Open Science in Science in the Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2015 in Science magazine and #8 out of 100 scientific discoveries in 2015 in Discover magazine.

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Most read author from my department on ResearchGate for 2015.

Top 0.5% of scholars (in terms of hits) on Academia.edu as of September 2014, top 0.1% as of November 2014.

Selected for the Office of the Vice President for Research Faculty Leadership program, 2012-2013.

State Pride Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievements recipient, 2011

MSU College of Arts and Sciences Researcher of the Month, October 2010.

Oldham Outstanding Mentorship Award, 2010.

MSU Most Influential Teacher Award, 2010.

MSU Student Association College of Arts and Sciences Professor Recognition Award, 2010.

Social Science Research Center Researcher of the Month, February 2010.

Mississippi State University College of Arts & Sciences Academic Excellence award recipient, 2005-2008/2010-2012.

Nominated for the Southeastern Psychological Association Outstanding Professional Paper Award, 2006.

International Congress of Mental Health and Law scholarship recipient, 2006.

University of Missouri Student Nominated for Psi Chi Best Professor Award, 2005.

Office of University Women Special Grants, 2003.

University of Minnesota Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2002-2003.

American Psychology and Law Society Student Travel Award, 2002.

CIC Women in Science and Engineering travel grant recipient, 2001.

University of Minnesota Harrison Gough Travel Award recipient, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002.

University of Minnesota Department of Psychology Graduate Fellowship recipient, 1998-1999.

Honorary Mention in APA Division 35: Student Research Award 1998.

University of Colorado Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant recipient, 1996.

Grant Activity: (Role: PI for all unless otherwise specified)

Mississippi State University Office of Research Small Grants, 2015 (funded: $2,000)

  • Project: Understanding advice: Examining how social networks maintain and threaten romantic relationship stability

National Institute of Justice School Safety Initiative OMB No. 1121-0329, Category 2 (awarded $1.619,644.00)

  • Project: When does rejection trigger aggression? A multi-method examination of a multimotive model.

Association for Psychological Science Registered Replication Reports, 2015 (funded: $1702.80, Co-PI)

  • Project:Replication of “Dealing with betrayal in close relationships: Does commitment promote forgiveness?” by Finkel, Rusbult, Kumashiro, & Hannon (JPSP 82(6), Study 1).

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Research award, 2014 (funded $500, Adviser, PI: Mallorie Miller)

  • Project:Don’t Break the Rules: Disapproval of Violations in Same- and Cross-Gender Friendships

Center for Open Science Registered Replication award, 2014 (funded $4843)

  • Project: Balancing Connectedness and Self-Protection Goals

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Clara Mayo Award, 2013 (funded $500, PI: Rachael Carroll, Co-PI/Adviser: Colleen Sinclair)

  • Project: The Tolerant Social Norm Effect

Office of Research and Development Cross-College Research Grant, 2013 (funded $2,000, Co-PI) & Psi Chi Adviser Grant awarded, 2013 (funded: $2,000)

  • Project: Revising Romeo & Juliet

Center for Open Science Registered Replication awarded, 2013 (funded: $2,000)

  • Project: Revisiting Romeo & Juliet

Mississippi State University Office of Research Small Grants, 2008 (funded: $2,000) & University of Missouri Research Council Grant, 2005 (funded: $7,500)

  • Project: Conditions of conformity: Examining the effect of conformity pressures on pre-existing intergroup attitudes in a computer-mediated context
  • Lead to 2011 Hunter Henry Family Grant (funded: $4,855) Standing up vs. standing by: The egalitarian optimist and confronting prejudice.

Mississippi State University Office of Research Small Grants, 2007 (funded: $2,000)

  • Project: Coding media portrayals of stalking

University of Missouri Summer Grant Institute Fund, 2004 (funded: $8,000)

  • Project: Examining social network influences on dyadic relationship dynamics

University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program Grant, 2001 (funded: $5,000)

  • Project: Classifying crimes by classifying victims: Examining lay conceptions of hate crimes
  • Lead to 2001 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Clara Mayo Grant application (funded: $2,000): Classifying crimes by classifying victims: Examining lay conceptions of hate crimes

Publications: (*Denotes Undergraduate Student Collaborator, **Graduate Student)

Open Science Collaboration. (2015, August 28). Estimating the reproducibility of psychologicalscience. Science, 349(6251). doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716

Sinclair, H. C., Goldberg, R., Wu, S.**, & Miller, M. A.* (2015, March 20). Replication of SL Murray, JL Derrick, S Leder, JG Holmes (2008, JPSP 94(3), Exp. 8). Retrieved from osf.io/cxmf6 Invited as part of the Open Science Collaboration. Reproducibility Project: Psychology. Retrieved from osf.io/ezcuj.

Sinclair, H. C., Felmlee, D. H., Sprecher, S., & Wright, B.** (2015).Don’t tell me who I can’t love: The role of reactance in moderating the effects of social network disapproval on romantic relationships.Social Psychology Quarterly, 78, 77-99.

Walker, B. H.**, Sinclair, H.C., & MacArthur, J. R.** (2015). Social norms vs. social motives: The effects of social influence and motivation to control prejudiced reactions on the expression of symbolic sexual prejudice. Social Influence, 10, 55-67.

Sinclair, H. C. & Ellithorpe, C. N.**(2014). The new story of Romeo and Juliet. (pp. 148-170).In C. R. Agnew (Ed.)Social Influences on Close Relationships: Beyond the Dyad. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Wright, B. L.**, Sinclair, H. C., & Hood, K. B. (2014). In search of Romeo and Juliet. Social Psychology, 45(4), 313-314.

Sinclair, H. C., Hood, K. B., & Wright, B. L.** (2014). Revisiting the Romeoand Juliet effect (Driscoll, Davis, and Lipetz, 1972): Reexamining the links between social network opinions and romantic relationship outcomes.Social Psychology, 45(3), pg. 170-178.

Taras, V., Sarala, R., Muchinsky, P., Kemmelmeir, M., Avsec, A., Aygun, Z. K.,…Sinclair, H. C. (2014). Opposite ends of the same stick? Multi-Method test of the dimensionality of individualism and collectivism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 213-245.DOI: 10.1177/0022022113509132

Blaney, A. D.** & Sinclair, H. C. (2013). Defining concepts and new directions: A commentary on stigma surrounding non-normative romantic relationships. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, DOI: 10.1111/asap.12000.

Wright, B. L.** & Sinclair, H.C. (2012). Pulling the strings: Effects of parent and friends opinions on dating choices. Personal Relationships, 19, 743-748.

Sinclair, H. C. (2012). Still connected: Family and friends in America since 1970, a review. Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 524-527.

Sinclair, H. C. (2012). Stalking myth-attributions: Examining the role of individual, cultural, and contextual variables on judgments of unwanted pursuit scenarios. Sex Roles, 66, 378-391.

Sinclair, H. C. & Lyndon, A. (2012).(Eds.) Issues of gender in stalking research. Special Issue for Sex Roles, vol. 66 (5-6).

Felmlee, D. H., Sweet, E.**, & Sinclair, H. C. (2012). Gender rules: Cross-gender and same-gender friendship norms. Sex Roles, 66, 518-529. (Top 2% of most-downloaded articles on Academia.edu.)

Lyndon, A. E., Sinclair, H. C., MacArthur, J. R.**, Fay, B. A.**, Ratajack, E.**, & Collier, K. E.** (2012). An introduction to issues of gender in stalking research. Sex Roles, 66, 299-310.(Top 5% of most-downloaded articles on Academia.edu.)

Sinclair, H. C., Ladny, R. T.**, & Lyndon, A. (2011). Adding insult to injury: Effects of Self-regulation, Rejection Sensitivity, and Rejection Type on Obsessive Relational Intrusion. Aggressive Behavior, 37, 503-520.

Sinclair, H. C. & Hertl, J. T.** (2010). Gender-motivated bias crimes: Examining why situational variables are important in the labeling of hate crimes (pp. 1-34). In C. T. Lockhardt, Psychology of Hate. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers.(Top 3% of most-downloaded articles on Academia.edu.)

Sinclair, H. C. (2009). Stalking, threatening, and attacking public figures: A review. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 24, 139-140.

Sinclair, H. C. & Wright, B. L.** (2009). Social networks: Effects on developed relationships. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, vol. 3 (pp. 1543-1548). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.(Top 1% of most-downloaded articles on Academia.edu.)

Sinclair, H. C. (2007). Searching for the psychology in Women, Psychology, and the Law. Sex Roles, 57, 467-469.

Williams, S, Frieze, I. H., & Sinclair, H. C. (2007). Stalking and intimate violence. In J. Hamel & T. Nicholls (Eds.), Family Therapy for Domestic Violence: A practitioner’s guide to gender-inclusive research and treatment(pp. 109-123). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (2005). When courtship persistence becomes intrusive pursuit: A comparison of rejecter and pursuer perspectives of unrequited attraction. Sex Roles, 52, 839-852.

Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (2002). Initial courtship behavior and stalking. In K. E. Davis, I. H. Frieze & R. D. Maiuro (Eds.) Stalking: Perspectives on victims and perpetrators (pp. 186-211). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (2000). Initial courtship behavior and stalking: How should we draw the line? Violence and Victims, 15(1), 23-40.

Ryan, K. M., Frieze, I. H., & Sinclair, H. C. (1999). Physical violence in dating relationships. M. A. Paludi (ed.) The psychology of sexual victimization: A handbook (pp. 33-54) Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.

Sinclair, H. C. & Bourne, L. E. (1998). The cycle of blame or just world: Effects of legal verdicts on gender patterns in rape myth acceptance and victim-empathy. The Psychology of Women Quarterly, 22(4): 575-588.

Aleven, V., Koedinger, K. R., Sinclair, H. C., & Snyder, J. (1998). Combating shallow learning in a tutor for geometry problem solving. In B. P. Goettl, H. M. Halff, C. L. Redfield, and V. J. Shute (Eds.) Proceedings from the 1998 Intelligent Tutoring Systems Symposium (pp. 364-373). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

In revision or under review:

Felmlee, D. & Sinclair, H. C. (under review). Social networks and personal relationships. Invited chapter for A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Goldberg, R., Sinclair, H. C. (under review). Are All Networks Created Equal? Gender Differences in the Social Network Effect. Psychology of Women Quarterly

Sinclair, H. C., Blaney, A.**, & Ellithorpe, C.** Discriminating attributions: Ultimate attribution errors in judgments of interracial relationships.

Sinclair, H. C., Goldberg, R., Wu, S.**, Krallman, A.**, & Ellithorpe, C.** Attribution facilitation: Examining social network influences on attributions in romantic relationships.

Sinclair, H. C., Goldberg, R., & Talley, L. C.** (under review). Written in the stars? The role of destiny and growth beliefs in predicting reactions to social network disapproval. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Books in Preparation:

Sinclair, H. C. (Forthcoming). Stalking and the cultural construction of romance. Blackwell-Wiley.

Presentations: (*Denotes Undergraduate Student Collaborator, **Graduate Student)

  1. Sinclair, H. C., Goldberg, R., & Ellithorpe, C.** (2016, July). Invited talk for symposium titled “The Influence of Family and Friends on Relationship Processes and Outcomes“ at the International Association of Relationships Research conference in Toronto, Canada.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2016, March). The true story of Romeo & Juliet. Invited talk to be presented for TED talks at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2013). The new story of Romeo & Juliet. Symposium presented to the Tulane Department of Psychology as part of their invited speaker series. Also presented by invitation at the University of Alabama in 2012 as part of their social psychology area brownbag series.
  1. Lyndon, A., Sinclair, H. C., & Ladny, R. T. (2012). Adding insult to injury: Effects of Self-regulation, Rejection Sensitivity, and Rejection Type on Obsessive Relational Intrusion. Paper presented at the International Association of Relationships Research conference in Chicago, IL.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (Chair, 2012). The new story of Romeo & Juliet. Symposium presented at the 2012 International Association of Relationships Research conference in Chicago, IL. (Discussant: Dr. Diane Felmlee.)
  1. Lyndon, A., Sinclair, H. C., & Martin, S.** (2012) Validation of the Stalking Myths Survey – Revised. Poster presented at the 2012 Southeastern Psychological Association conference in New Orleans, LA.
  1. Sinclair, H. C., Blaney, A.**, Felmlee, D., & Sprecher, S. (2012). Defying or Disregarding Disapproval?: Reactance and the Romeo and Juliet effect. Poster presented at the 2012 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in San Diego, CA. Also submitted as a paper (“Is it really about defiance? Reactance and the Romeo & Juliet effect”) to the 2012 International Association of Relationships Research conference in Chicago, IL.
  1. Fitzpatrick, J. & Sinclair, H. C. (2011). The role of family support and interference in homesickness among undergraduate students. Poster presented at the 2011 Society for the Study of Human Development conference in Providence, RI.
  1. Fitzpatrick, J. & Sinclair, H. C. (2011). Dimensions of social competence and personal factors in homesickness among undergraduates. Poster presented at the 2011 Southwestern Psychological Association conference in San Antonio, TX.
  1. Sinclair, H. C., Denson, J. K.**, Felmlee, D., & Sprecher, S. (2011). Searching for the Romeo & Juliet effect: The role of source, trust, and disapproval type. Poster presented at the 2011 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in San Antonio, TX.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Wright, B. L.** (2009). Balancing relationships: What happens to one's relationships with friends and family when they disapprove of one's romantic partner? Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in Tampa, FL.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2008/2010). Stalking in the media: The romantic comedy of popular portrayals of unwanted pursuit. Invited presentation to the Literary and Civic club of Baton Rouge, LA. Also presented in April 2010 as part of the joint University of Central Missouri and Mississippi State University Meridian campus Distance Talks series in the Psychology department.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2008). Why source matters: Consequences of self-construal for source differences in the association between social network opinion and romantic relationship dynamics. Paper presented at the 2008 International Association of Relationships Research conference in Providence, R.I. Part of panel titled: "Social Network Influences on Romantic Relationships."

14.Sinclair, H. C. (2007). Source matters: Investigating effects of social opinion on romantic relationships. Paper presented at the 2007 Southeastern Psychological Association conference in New Orleans, LA. Nominated for SEPA’s Outstanding Professional Paper Award.

15.Sinclair, H. C. (2007). Culture, courtship, and consequences: How Western beliefs about romance influence the minimization of stalking. Invited presentation to the International Congress on Law and Mental Health in Padua, Italy. Part of three-part panel on stalking research, in symposium titled “Social, Cultural, and Psychological Constructions of Stalking.” Panel coordinator Dr. R. Purcell.

  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Walker, A.** (2007). For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo: Examining gender differences in the impact of peer and family disapproval of one’s romantic relationship. Poster presented at the 2007 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in Memphis, TN.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2006). Stalking myth-conceptions: Consequences of myth endorsement for the perception of stalking cases. Paper presented as part of symposium titled Advances in Research on Stalking (H. C. Sinclair, Symposium chair) in the American Psychology-Law Society 2006 conference in St. Petersburg, FL.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Chawla, M.* (2006) Appetite for affiliation: Examining variables important for determining when one's need to belong is satiated. Poster presented at the 2006 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in Palm Springs, CA.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2005). Attribution Facilitation: Examining social influences on attributions in romantic relationships. Paper presented at the 2005 IARR New Scholars Workshop in Indianapolis, IN.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. (2004). Never, never, never give up: Theory and research on persistence in relational pursuits. Invited presentation for the Social Psychology Brownbag series at the University of Missouri – Columbia.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Chan, A.* (2003). The thin blue line between love and hate: Stalking myths, romanticism and legal outcomes. Paper presented as part of invitation to participate in stalking research symposium at the Southeastern Psychological Association conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  1. Sinclair, H. C., Borgida, E., & Collins, W. A. (2002). Exploring the antecedents and consequences of courtship persistence. Paper presented as part of invitation to participate in a symposium on "Stalking and Courtship: Classifications and Social-Personality Predictors" at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference, Toronto, Canada.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Borgida, E. (2002). Classifying crimes by classifying victims: Investigating lay conceptions of hate crime. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society annual conference, Austin, TX.
  1. Borgida, E. & Sinclair, H. C. (2002). Courtship persistence: Social antecedents, legal consequences. Paper presented as part of invitation to participate in a symposium at the American Psychology and Law Society annual conference, Austin, TX.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (2001). When courtship persistence becomes intrusive pursuit: Comparing victim perceptions and perceptions of the victims of unwanted “romantic” attention. Paper presented as part of an invitation to participate in the symposium titled “Stalking: Another form of violence against women?” at the 26th annual Association for Women in Psychology conference in Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Borgida, E. & Sinclair, H. C. (2001). The nature and measurement of courtship persistence: Implications for understanding sexual harassment. Poster presented at the 2nd annual Society of Personality and Social Psychology conference in San Antonio, TX.
  1. Sinclair, H. C., Borgida, E., Polovitz, J.,* & Tichauer, J.* (2000). ‘Special relationships:’ On what basis are anti-stalking statutes being applied? Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference, Minneapolis, MN.
  1. Sinclair, H. C., Borgida, E., & Henly, C. M.* (2000). A new measure of courtship persistence: Psychometrics and a research agenda. Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Borgida, E. (2000). Assessing legal gate-keeping of psychological science in sexual harassment cases. Poster presented at the 1st annual Society of Personality and Social Psychology conference, Nashville, TN.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Bourne, L. E. (1999). The cycle of blame or just world. Invited paper presented as part of the AWP Student Research Award panel, at the 24th annual Association for Women in Psychology conference, Providence, RI. Honorable mention for AWP Student Research Award.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (1999). I’m trying to court you, not stalk you. Paper presented as part of an invitation to participate in a symposium titled “Drawing the line on Unacceptable Courtship Behaviors” at the 24th annual Association for Women in Psychology conference, Providence, RI.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Frieze, I. H. (1998). Loving when your partner does not love back: Stalking and unrequited love. Paper presented as part of an invitation to participate in a symposium titled "Cognition and emotions in acquaintance rape and courtship violence" at the 23rd annual Association for Women in Psychology conference, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Sinclair, H. C. & Bourne, L. E. (1997). The effects of legal verdicts on gender patterns in rape myth acceptance and victim-empathy. Paper presented at the 22nd annual Association for Women in Psychology conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Graduate Student Collaborative Presentations