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Dr. Ginette Blackhart, Director New location: 117 Gilbreath Hall East Tennessee State University |
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Current Lab Members: Graduate Students
Alex earned a B.S. in Psychology at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) in 2017, where she also minored in Theater. She received an M.A. in Psychological Science at the Univeristy of North Carolina Wilmington in 2020 before joing the Ph.D. program in Experimental Psychology at ETSU.
Leona earned a B.S. in Psychology at East Tennesee State University in 2022. Undergraduate Students Allison Bennett Isabelle Bisio* LaVada Del Conte Brianna Galloway* Jehad Malibari Kinzee Mounger Ruby Purgason Bailey Ratliff Deanna Ruscielewicz Sierra Tenney Anneleise White *Honors-in-Discipline (HID) students Former Graduate Students:
Samantha Castelblanco, Ph.D. (2022), Assistant Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Mike Feeney, Ph.D. (2020), Clinical Post-Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, VA.
Parker Dreves, Ph.D. (2019), Research Analyst for Client Insights at Research Management Group, Kansas City, MO
Margaret Hance, Ph.D. (2019), Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arkansas State University
Lyndsay Nelson, Ph.D. (2014), Research Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jessica Williamson, Ph.D. (2014), Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University Bakersfield
Brian Nelson, M.A. (2010), COO at NewsBreak Media in Knoxville, TN Katie Bieda, M.A. (2009) |
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Lab meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. S&R Lab members 2021-2022, left to right: Abigail Wyatt, Alex Dismuke, Sam Castelblanco, Hannah Lowe.
Jehad Malibari and Isabelle Bisio presenting their research at the 2023 Appalachian Student Research Forum (2nd place winner).
Leona Day presenting her reserach at the 2023 Appalachian Student Research Forum (1st place winner).
Self & Relationship members at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, hosted by ETSU in Johnson City, TN. From left to right: Amber Nerren, Linden Hillhouse, Dr. Sam Castelblanco, Elizabeth Wilson, Daisy Hernandez, Dr. Ginni Blackhart, Tom South. |
Recent Representative Student Presentations:
Day, L., & Blackhart, G. (2023). The indirect link between adverse childhood experiences and imposter phenomenon. Poster presented at the 2023 annual Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.
Malibari, J., Bisio, I., & Blackhart, G. (2023). Exploratory research on predictors of conspiracy theory beliefs in college students. Poster presented at the 2023 annual Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.
Blackhart, G.C., Castelblanco, S., & Dismuke, A.N. (2023). Emotion regulation and attachment anxiety as mediators of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and social health. Poster presented at the 2023 International Convention for Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
Hernandez, D., & Blackhart, G. (2020). Semester stress: Time of semester effects on data quality. Poster presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Hillhouse, L., & Blackhart, G. (2020). Data quality: Does time of semester matter? Poster presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Hance, M. A., Wilson, E., Dromgoole, B., & Blackhart, G. (2020). Can one like social media too much? Exploring maladaptive social media use and well-being. Poster presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Nerren, A., Wilson, E., & Blackhart, G (2019). Rejection sensitivity and self-disclosure in online and in-person communications. Poster presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Johnson City, TN.
Wilson, E., & Blackhart, G. (2019). Rejection sensitivity and successful dates: Does online dating play a role? Poster presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Johnson City, TN.
Simerly, G., Dreves, P., Leonard, R., & Blackhart, G. (2019). Effects of self-care on undergraduate stress. Poster presented at the 2019 annual Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.
Wilson, E. B., & Blackhart, G. C. (2019). Does engagement in online dating lead to greater dating success for rejection sensitive individuals? Poster presented at the 2019 annual Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.
Hernandez, D., Hance, M., & Blackhart, G. (2018). Let’s get personal: The relationship between rejection sensitivity, true self, and self-disclosure in online environments. Poster presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Raleigh, NC.
Wilson, E., Hernandez, D., Hance, M., & Blackhart, G. (2018). Online versus offline communication: The relationship between rejection sensitivity and self-disclosure. Poster presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Raleigh, NC.
Glass, A. B., Hance, M. A., & Blackhart, G. (2018). The impact of maladaptive social media use on mental well being. Poster presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Want to get involved?
Complete an application to do an independent study in the S&R Lab as an undergraduate research assistant.
Email Dr. Blackhart for more information about the Experimental Psychology PhD program at ETSU. I am considering graduate applications for Fall 2024.