C Rebecca Oldham
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- School: Texas Tech University
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- Department: Human Dev Family Sciences
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Lubbock, TX - 79409 - Dates at Texas Tech University: July 2017 - August 2017
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Biography
Texas Tech University - Human Dev Family Sciences
Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University
C. Rebecca
Oldham
I am an Assistant Professor of Child Development and Family Studies in the Human Sciences department at Middle Tennessee State University. I teach courses on family relationships and violence in the family. My research is primarily about the role that sex plays in the development of romantic relationships, but also extends to sexual violence and coercion.
Experience
Education
Texas Tech University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Human Development and Family Studies, General
Fulfilled requirements for Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Research Interests: Sexual behavior in romantic relationships; romantic relationship development, predictors of relationship success; dyadic analysis methodologies.Texas Tech University
Master's degree
Human Development and Family Studies, General
Texas Tech University
Graduate Research Assistant
Helped design fMRI study with PIs; created fMRI program using E-Prime 2.0; managed participants at Texas Tech fMRI center; created and updated codebooks; wrote, revised, and submitted IRB proposals, amendments, and extensions; recruited and contacted participants via telephone, letters, and email for initial recruitment and follow-up phases; scheduled, conducted, and transcribed interviews; administered questionnaires in-person, online, and through mail; paid participants; created online studies using Qualtrics and MTurk; created datasets, entered data, organized data files, and analyzed data using SPSS 22.1; maintained organization of lab, paper files, and electronic files; wrote poster and paper conference submissions in collaboration with graduate/undergraduate students and professors; presented findings at local and national conferences; managed other students in conducting lab activities; mentored and graded undergraduate students in developing and presenting a full research project using lab data; contributed content to grant proposal submissions.Texas Tech University
Graduate Student Part-time Instructor
Prepared syllabus; prepared and administered lectures, activities, assignments, and exams; designed, administered, and graded exams; tracked attendance; designed and graded research papers; held office hours; entered grades; adapted and administered curriculum as an online course; designed and moderated live online classroom discussions via Blackboard CollaborateTexas Tech University
Doctoral Candidate
Mississippi State University
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General Studies
General education courses; taken during final years of high schoolFreed-Hardeman University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Psychology
Publications
Doing Gender
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
An encyclopedia entry reviewing West & Zimmerman's (1987) concept of doing gender.
Doing Gender
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
An encyclopedia entry reviewing West & Zimmerman's (1987) concept of doing gender.
PREP Programs
The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia entry reviewing literature regarding The Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP)
Doing Gender
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
An encyclopedia entry reviewing West & Zimmerman's (1987) concept of doing gender.
PREP Programs
The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia entry reviewing literature regarding The Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP)
Accuracy and bias in newlywed spouses' perceptions of each other's personalities
Personal Relationships
This study investigated moderators of newlywed spouses' accuracy in judging each other's personality. Spouses in 154 predominantly Hispanic newlywed couples rated their own and their partners' personality traits. Full‐sample results showed significant associations between perceivers' and targets' personality ratings (“truth force”/“tracking accuracy”). Positive directional bias (perceivers' mean trait ratings of targets exceeding targets' self‐ratings) also was evident. Positive directional bias occurred when perceivers had little familiarity with their spouse prior to dating and when perceivers had high self‐esteem. Truth force/tracking accuracy increased with less time spent cohabiting and higher perceiver self‐esteem. Positive associations between perceivers' self‐esteem and ratings of partners on positively valenced traits were reduced when partners had had greater opportunities to observe one another's behaviors.
Doing Gender
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
An encyclopedia entry reviewing West & Zimmerman's (1987) concept of doing gender.
PREP Programs
The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia entry reviewing literature regarding The Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP)
Accuracy and bias in newlywed spouses' perceptions of each other's personalities
Personal Relationships
This study investigated moderators of newlywed spouses' accuracy in judging each other's personality. Spouses in 154 predominantly Hispanic newlywed couples rated their own and their partners' personality traits. Full‐sample results showed significant associations between perceivers' and targets' personality ratings (“truth force”/“tracking accuracy”). Positive directional bias (perceivers' mean trait ratings of targets exceeding targets' self‐ratings) also was evident. Positive directional bias occurred when perceivers had little familiarity with their spouse prior to dating and when perceivers had high self‐esteem. Truth force/tracking accuracy increased with less time spent cohabiting and higher perceiver self‐esteem. Positive associations between perceivers' self‐esteem and ratings of partners on positively valenced traits were reduced when partners had had greater opportunities to observe one another's behaviors.
Lights, camera, activism: Using a film series to generate feminist dialogue about campus sexual violence
Family Relations
We examine the use of an interdisciplinary film series, “2015 Sexism | Cinema: 50 Years on the Silver Screen,” as a space for discussion where attendees can discover allies, express critical thought, and advance their thinking. A film series is a useful response to the widespread problem of campus sexual assault in three critical ways: (a) a theater provides an informal, recreational space for discussion of feminist thought; (b) the content of the films highlights the insidious nature of sexual violence and gender inequality in our culture; and (c) there exists a degree of separation that subverts defensiveness while inspiring a critical dialogue. We discuss the utility of a film series as an accessible approach to the cultural antecedents of sexual violence on college campuses. We offer our own experiences of the film series and recommend film as a feminist pedagogical tool to address sexual violence.
Doing Gender
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
An encyclopedia entry reviewing West & Zimmerman's (1987) concept of doing gender.
PREP Programs
The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia entry reviewing literature regarding The Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP)
Accuracy and bias in newlywed spouses' perceptions of each other's personalities
Personal Relationships
This study investigated moderators of newlywed spouses' accuracy in judging each other's personality. Spouses in 154 predominantly Hispanic newlywed couples rated their own and their partners' personality traits. Full‐sample results showed significant associations between perceivers' and targets' personality ratings (“truth force”/“tracking accuracy”). Positive directional bias (perceivers' mean trait ratings of targets exceeding targets' self‐ratings) also was evident. Positive directional bias occurred when perceivers had little familiarity with their spouse prior to dating and when perceivers had high self‐esteem. Truth force/tracking accuracy increased with less time spent cohabiting and higher perceiver self‐esteem. Positive associations between perceivers' self‐esteem and ratings of partners on positively valenced traits were reduced when partners had had greater opportunities to observe one another's behaviors.
Lights, camera, activism: Using a film series to generate feminist dialogue about campus sexual violence
Family Relations
We examine the use of an interdisciplinary film series, “2015 Sexism | Cinema: 50 Years on the Silver Screen,” as a space for discussion where attendees can discover allies, express critical thought, and advance their thinking. A film series is a useful response to the widespread problem of campus sexual assault in three critical ways: (a) a theater provides an informal, recreational space for discussion of feminist thought; (b) the content of the films highlights the insidious nature of sexual violence and gender inequality in our culture; and (c) there exists a degree of separation that subverts defensiveness while inspiring a critical dialogue. We discuss the utility of a film series as an accessible approach to the cultural antecedents of sexual violence on college campuses. We offer our own experiences of the film series and recommend film as a feminist pedagogical tool to address sexual violence.
Hooking up
The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia (SAGE Publications)
An encyclopedia entry reviewing modern hook-up culture
