Lisa Thomson Ross, Ph.D.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1986 B.A.,
Hope College Holland, MI
Majors: Psychology
and Social Work
1988 M.A.,
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
Major: Experimental
Psychology
Thesis: Effects
of physical masculinity/femininity and need for cognition on psychological
attributions. Advisor: John E. Williams, Ph.D.
1993 Ph.D., Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Major: Social
Psychology
Minor: Industrial-Organizational
Psychology
Dissertation: Social
support schematic processing: Priming
effects on mood and support-related cognitions. Advisor: Brian Lakey, Ph.D.
1995 Post-doctoral
Research Fellowship, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Area: Psychosocial adjustment of
families and the impact of alcohol.
EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Responsibilities
include teaching undergraduate courses, serving as a research
mentor
for undergraduate students, conducting research, and committee
service.
8/99
– 7/04 Assistant Professor,
Responsibilities
include teaching undergraduate courses, serving as a research
mentor
for undergraduate students, conducting research, and committee
service.
Winter Adjunct Professor,
Trimester Taught accelerated graduate course.
1999-2002
9/98
- 8/99 Visiting Assistant Professor, The Citadel, Department of Psychology
Taught
graduate and undergraduate courses; coordinated undergraduate internships;
served as a research mentor for undergraduate and graduate students.
1/98-7/98 Adjunct
Professor, College of Charleston, Women’s Studies Program and Sociology
Department
Taught
undergraduate courses.
8/97-7/98 Visiting Assistant
Professor,
Taught
undergraduate courses and served as a research mentor for
undergraduate
students.
9/97-5/98 Visiting Instructor,
The Citadel, Department of Psychology
Taught
undergraduate and graduate courses.
9/95- 8/97 Research Investigator,
The University of Michigan School of
Nursing, Child
and
Parent Relations Study and Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention Study
Examined predictors of
adolescent substance use; investigated effectiveness of
school-based and
family-based adolescent substance abuse prevention
programs; helped design
in-home booster intervention for adolescent substance
abuse
prevention; assisted with competing and non-competing grant renewals; supervised graduate and undergraduate
students’ research projects.
Fall, 1996 Visiting Instructor,
Spring, 1996 Taught undergraduate courses.
Winter, 1995
Fall, 1994
Investigated
alcoholism's impact on family functioning;
conducted secondary
data analysis for
publication; designed and implemented
original research on
alcohol,
unpredictability schemas, and risk-taking; submitted three grants.
July
1993, Participant, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social
Research,
July 1996 Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods,
Completed
statistics workshops on LISREL and Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Winter,1994 Visiting Instructor,
The
Taught a
graduate course.
1988-1993 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University Department of
Psychology
and College of Lifelong Learning
Taught
undergraduate courses.
1991-1993 Graduate
Research Assistant, Wayne State University Department of
Summer,
Community Medicine, Addiction
Research Institute
1989
Investigated
the role of alcohol in sexual assault; conducted program
evaluation of
elementary school substance abuse prevention program.
Evaluated infants' and children’s psychosocial and cognitive functioning as part of a multidisciplinary team; assisted with therapeutic interventions for child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
1985 Beginning French Lab Instructor, Hope College Dept. of Foreign Languages Taught reinforcement classes using the
Dartmouth/Rassias method of instruction.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate
Department
of Psychology
fall,
1997; spring, 1998–fall, 2000;
fall, 2001,
2002, 2003
Social
Psychology (PSYC 310)
summer, 1998; fall, 1999, 2001, 2002,
2006
spring,
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
Psychology
of Personality(PSYC 308)
fall,
1999, 2000, 2004; spring, 2001, 2002,
2005
Psychology of Gender (PSYC 410
& 350)
summer, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005; 2006;
spring,
2000, 2003, 2004; May, 2002;
fall,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Social
Psychology Lab (PSYC362)
spring 2002, 2003, 2007; fall, 2003
Special
Topics: Relationships and Mental Health
(PSYC410)
May, 2004
Individual
in Society (SOCY )
spring 1999
Women’s
Studies Program
May
evening, 2004, May, 2006
Honors
Program
(HONS 392) spring, 2005
Introduction to Psychological Science (HONS
163)
spring,
2007
The
Citadel
Social Psychology,
spring, 1998, 1999
Department
of Psychology Psychology
of Individual Behavior, F 1988
summer,1999
Department
of Psychology Social
Psychology, winter, 1995
Psychology
of Sex, spring, 1996; fall, 1996
Department
of Psychology Social
Psychology, winter, 1989-fall, 1990
and
College of Lifelong Learning Human
Sexuality, fall, 1990-summer, 1993
Department
of Foreign Languages
Graduate
Psychology,
The
Citadel
Human
Growth and Development, fall, 1997, 1998;
spring, 1999, summer, 1999
The
AWARDS
AND HONORS
Sigma
Xi Senior Research Award,
C.J.
Stringer Memorial Award in Psychology,
Who’s
Who Among America’s Teachers, nominated Spring, 2000, Spring 2004
Southeastern Psychological
Association Outstanding Paper Award nominee, Spring 2003
Golden Key Honor Society, honorary
member, Spring, 2004
South Carolina Governor’s Teacher of
the Year Nominee, Fall, 2006
GRANTS
AWARDED
Measuring
Unpredictability in Alcoholic Families (Principal Investigator), National
Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, RO3 (AA10646-01) New Investigator Award
($10,000
direct), January, 1995.
GRANTS
AWARDED – continued
The Negative
Impact of Unpredictability (Principal Investigator),
Childhood
Environmental Unpredictability, Schemas for Unpredictability, and Risk Taking (Principal
Investigator), College of Charleston Faculty Research and Development Committee,
Faculty Professional Support Grant Award ($1,440 direct), Spring, 2002.
Developing an Honors Course
(Co-Principal Investigator with Kathy Gehr), College of
Charleston School of Humanities and
Social Sciences ($1,500, direct).
PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
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denotes student author under my supervision
Ross, L.T., & Kaplan, K.J. (1994). Life ownership orientation and abortion,
suicide and capital
punishment
attitudes. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 28, 17-30.
Lakey, B., & Ross,
L.T. (1994). Dependency and self-criticism as moderators
of interpersonal and
achievement
stress: The role of initial dysphoria. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 18, 581-
599.
Abbey, A., Ross, L.T., McDuffie, D.M., & McAuslan, P. (1996).
Alcohol and dating risk factors for
sexual
assault among college women. The
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 20, 147-169
Lakey, B., Ross, L.T.,
role
of similarity and conscientiousness. The
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 15,
283-304.
Hill, EM., Ross, L.T.,
joint
effects of parental alcoholism, gender, and childhood socioeconomic
stress. Addiction,
92, 583-596.
Hill, E.M., Ross, L.T., & Low, B.S.
(1997). The role of future
unpredictability in human risk-
taking. Human Nature, 8, 287-325.
Abbey, A., McAuslan, P., & Ross, L.T. (1998).
Sexual assault perpetration by college men: The
role
of alcohol, misperception and sexual beliefs and experiences. Journal of Social and
Clinical
Psychology, 17, 167-195.
Ross,
L.T., Lutz, C., &
Lakey, B. (1999). Perceived social support and attributions for
failed
support.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 906-919.
Loveland-Cherry, C., Ross, L.T., & Kaufman, S.
(1999). Effects of a home-based family
intervention
on adolescent alcohol use/misuse. Journal
of Studies on Alcohol, 13
(supplement),
94-102.
Abbey, A., McAuslan, P., Ross, L.T. , & Zawacki, T. (1999).
Alcohol expectancies regarding sex,
aggression
and sexual vulnerability: Reliability
and validity assessment. Psychology
of
Addictive
Behaviors. 13, 174-182.
Ross,
L.T., & Hill,
E.M. (2000). The Family Unpredictability Scale: Reliability and validity.
Journal
of Marriage and the Family, 62, 549-562.
Ross,
L.T., & Hill,
E.M. (2001). Drinking and parental unpredictability among
adult children of
alcoholics: A pilot study. Substance Use and Misuse, 36, 609-638.
Ross,
L.T., & Hill,
E.M. (2002). Childhood environmental unpredictability,
schemas for
unpredictability,
and risk taking. Social Behavior and
Personality: An International
Journal,
30, 453-474.
Ross,
L.T. & Gill, J.L.** (2002). Family unpredictability, anxiety and eating
disorders among
college
women. Psychological Reports, 91,
289-298.
Lynch, E. R** and
Ross, L.T. (2003). The influence of beliefs
on sexual assault attributions and
perceptions. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research,
8, 33-39.
Ross,
L.T. & Hill, E.M. (2004). Comparing alcoholic and non-alcoholic parents on
the Family
Unpredictability
Scale. Psychological Reports,94,
1358-1391
Smith, S.T.** & Ross, L.T. (2006). Family and environmental
contributions to young
adults’ racism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 2750-2765.
Burnett,
G., Jones, R. A., Bliwise, N. G., Ross, L. T. (2006). Family
unpredictability, parental
alcoholism, and the development of
parentification. American Journal
of Family Therapy,
34,
181-189.
Veal, M.L.**
& Ross, L.T. (2007, in
press) Gender, alcohol consumption, and parental
monitoring.
Journal of Psychology.
Ross,
L.T. & McDuff, J.** (2007, in press) The Retrospective Family
Unpredictability Scale:
Reliability and validity. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS
** denotes student author under my supervision
Abbey, A., Ross, L.T., & McDuffie, D. (1994). Alcohol's role in sexual
assault. In R. R. Watson
(Ed.),
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews, Vol. 5:
Addictive Behaviors in Women
(pp.97-123).
Furr, A.E.**, & Ross, L.T. (2006). Family Risk and Protective Factors
for Eating Disorders
Among
College Women. Accepted for publication
in F. Columbus (Ed.) Trends in Eating
Disorders
Research.
Ross
L.T. (2007, in press). Family Unpredictability. Accepted for publication in D.M. DeVore
(Ed.)
Parent-Child Relations.
Abbey, A., Ross, L.T., McDuffie, D.M., and McAuslan, P. (1996).
Alcohol, misperception and
sexual
assault: How and why are they
linked? In D.M. Buss & N. Malamuth
(Eds.), Sex,
power,
conflict: Evolutionary and feminist
perspectives (pp.138-161).
N.Y.:
University
Press.
TECHNICAL
REPORTS
Thomson,
L.I., & Abbey, A.
(1989). An evaluation of the South Central Michigan Substance Abuse
Commission's
substance abuse prevention campaign:
Teachers' and administrators'
perceptions
of the program. Presented to the South
Commission,
Abbey, A., & Thomson, L.I. (1992).
Psychosocial explanations of alcohol's role in sexual assault.
Presented
to the
Education.
Abbey, A., Ross, L.T., McDuffie, D.M., & McAuslan, P. (1993). The
relationship between alcohol
and
sexual assault among African American and Caucasian women. Presented to the City of
Loveland-Cherry, C., Ross, L.T., Pappas, M., & Laetz, V.B. (1996, 1997).
The University of
Michigan
Child and Parent Relations Project:
Summary and interpretation of results.
Presented
to participating principals in
MANUSCRIPTS
UNDER REVIEW
**
denotes student author under my supervision
Veal, M.L.**
& Ross, L.T. Parental monitoring,
family dysfunction, and binge drinking.
NON-REVIEWED
PAPERS
**
denotes student author under my supervision
Ross, L.T. “Enhancing personal responsibility via
self evaluation” (Spring, 2002). Article
published
in
the “Teaching Psychology Matters” column of the South Carolina Psychological
Association’s
newsletter Feedback.
Ross, L.T.
“A profile of student-faculty research collaboration“ (Spring, 2003). Article published
in
the College of
Veal, M.** and Ross, L.T. “Gender,
Parental Monitoring and Binge Drinking” (2004).
In
Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research
at the
Volume 3.
Ross, L.T.
“Student-faculty research collaboration:
A profile” (Fall, 2006). Article published
in
the
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
**
denotes student author under my supervision
Ross,
L.T., Loveland-Cherry,
C., Leech, S.L., & Laetz, V.
Parental, peer and personal correlates of
adolescent
substance use.
Ross, L.T., & Speck, A.** Family factors related to eating pathology in
female athletes.
Miller, J. R. ** & Ross, L.T. Parental divorce
and college students: The impact of family
unpredictability
and perceptions of divorce.
Weaver, C., DeRoma, C., Nida, S., Ross,
L.T. & Sinisi, C. Tolerance for
ambiguity and college
milieu
selection.
Furr, A.E.** & Ross, L.T. Eating disorders and family unpredictability
among college women: The
potential
mediating role of ineffectiveness.
Furr, A.E.** & Ross, L.T. Eating
disorders among college women: Childhood family risk and
protective
factors.
Ross,
L.T., Kurth, C.L., Krahn, D.D., & Gomberg.
E.S.L.,
Nonconsensual
sexual experiences and alcohol consumption among college women.
PROFESSIONAL
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
Association
for Psychological Science, Member
Southeastern
Psychological Association, Member
52%/National
Organization for Women,
REVIEWING
Ad
Hoc Reviewer
Addiction (1996)
Psychological
Reports (1999, 2003, 2006[2x])
Psychology
of Women Quarterly (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin (2000)
European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2002)
Journal
of Psychology (2003[2x])
Southeastern
Psychological Association conference reviewer (2007)
Consulting Reviewer
Journal of Psychology (2004 - present)
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
**
denotes student author under my supervision
Thomson
Siebert, L. (1987, November). Relative use of visual and
descriptive information in
masculinity/
femininity judgments. Poster presented
at the Society of Southeastern Social
Psychologists,
Athens, GA.
Goldstein,
D.J., Thomson Siebert, L. ,
Peterson, N.C., & Sheaffer, C.I. (1988, April). Revised
presented
at the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Thomson
Siebert, L. , &
Williams, J.E. (1988, April). Relationship among judgments of
masculinity/ femininity and physical and
sexual attractiveness. Paper presented
at the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Thomson
Siebert, L. , &
Williams, J.E. (1989, March). Effects of physical masculinity/femininity on
psychological attributions. Poster presented at the Southeastern
Psychological Association,
Thomson,
L.I.,
conscientiousness in making social
support judgments. Poster presented at
the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Abbey, A., & Thomson, L.I. (1991, September). Substance use and acquaintance
rape. Paper
presented
at the Funding for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education conference,
Abbey, A., & Thomson, L.I.&nb