Teaching

Research

Psychology Related Websites

Over the past several years I have been interested in studying issues related to right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and attitudes toward a variety of social issues.

My recent research has involved assessing the relationship between right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation and their relationship to identity status development during late adolescence.

I enjoy working with students on projects of their design.  Many of these projects end up being presented at regional and national conferences as well as being published in peer-reviewed journals.  The following is a sample of these presentations and publications:

O’Hara, R. E., Walter, M. I., & Christopher, A. N. (2009). Need for Cognition and Conscientiousness as 
          Predictors of Political Interest and Voting Strategy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1397-
          1416.

Benton, J. P., Christopher, A. N., & Walter, M. I. (2007). Death Anxiety as a Function of Aging Anxiety. Death
          Studies, 31, 337-350.

Gauthier, K. J., Christopher, A. N., Walter, M. I., Mourad, R., & Marek, P. (2006). Religiosity, religious doubt,
          and the need for cognition: Their interactive relationship with life satisfaction. Journal of Happiness
          Studies, 7, 139-154.

Karakashian, L. M.*, Walter, M. I., Christopher, A. N., & Lucas, T. (2006). Fear of negative evaluation affects
          helping behavior: The bystander effect revisited. North American Journal of Psychology, 8, 13-32.