September, 2008

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Stephen J. Misovich, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Hillyer College

University of Hartford

200 Bloomfield Avenue

West Hartford, CT 16117

 

(860) 768-4721 (office)

(860) 768-5085 (fax)

Misovich@mail.hartford.edu

http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/misovich

 

Education

 

            University of Connecticut                                Ph.D.               1995                   Social Psychology 

 

            University of Connecticut                                M.A.               1995                   Social Psychology 

 

            University of Connecticut                               B.A.                1985                   Sociology        

 

 

Postdoctoral Positions

 

            Associate Professor                                                                            9-03 to Present

            Hillyer College, University of Hartford

 

Assistant Professor

            Hillyer College, University of Hartford                                             9-98 to 8-03

 

            Assistant Research Professor                                                             1-97 to 9-98

University of Connecticut

 

Research Director                                                                               10-95 to 9-98

NIMH Grant #MH54378-01A1

“Changing AIDS Risk Behavior in High School Students.”

           

Research Associate                                                                             10-95 to 1-97

University of Connecticut

 

            Postdoctoral Research Associate                                                        Fall, 1995

University of Illinois, Chicago

 

Predoctoral Positions

 

Graduate Research Assistantship in Social Psychology, NIMH Grant #MH46224, with Dr. Jeffrey D. Fisher, 1989-1995.

 

Graduate Research Assistantship in Social Psychology, University of Connecticut, with Dr. Reuben M. Baron, NSF Grant #BNS-8719065, 1988-1991.

 

Graduate Research Assistantship in Social Psychology, University of Connecticut, with Dr. Jeffrey D. Fisher, "The Initiation and Maintenance of Personal Change," 1987.

 

Research Awards

 

2007 recipient (with Melinda Miceli of the University of Hartford), research award from the Women’s Educational Leadership Fund, a legacy of the Hartford College for Women, “Promoting Women’s Educational Engagement Through College Course Discussion Boards.”

 

1999 recipient of Instructional Research Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division 2 of the American Psychological Association, Thinking Through Technology" category, for the project "A web-based manual of internet psychology resources and activities."

 

Consulting Experience

 

Connecticut State Department of Health; University of Connecticut Health Center; Yale University Medical School

 

Teaching Experience

 

Introductory Psychology; Social Psychology (undergraduate), Social Psychology (graduate), Gender, Identity, and Society, Research Methods, Technology as a Human Affair, Psychology Laboratory

 

Professional Affiliations 

 

American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Eastern Psychological Association, Society for Social and Personality Psychology, Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

 

Consulting Editor/Reviewer

 

The American Psychologist; AIDS and Behavior; Cognitive Therapy and Research; Developmental Psychology; Health Psychology; The Journal of Applied Social Psychology; The Journal of Sex Research; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Psychological Reports.

Editorial Board, Health Psychology

 

Federal Grant Reviewing

 

NIMH Special Emphasis Panel Reviewer, 1997 - 2001

 

Publications
Books

Misovich, S., Katrichis, J., Demers, D., & Sanders, W. (2003). An Introduction to Interactive Multimedia. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Journal Articles

 

Misovich, S. J., Martinez, T. M, Fisher, J. D., Bryan, A., & Catapano, N. (2003). Predicting breast self - examination: A test of the Information --Motivation -- Behavioral Skills model. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 775-790. 

Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A, Bryan, A., & Misovich, S. J. (2002). Theoretically grounded school-based interventions change HIV risk behavior in inner city youth. Health Psychology.

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1999). Belief in a cure for HIV infection associated with greater HIV risk behavior among HIV positive men who have sex with men. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 8, 231-240.

Fisher, J. D., Misovich, S. J., Kimble, D. L., & Weinstein, E. (1999). Dynamics of HIV risk behavior in HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS and Behavior, 3, 41-57.

Fisher, J. D., Kimble, D. L., Misovich, S. J., & Weinstein, E. (1998). Dynamics of HIV risk  behavior in HIV-infected men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 2, 101-113.

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1997). Close relationships and elevated HIV risk behavior: Evidence and possible underlying psychological processes. Review of General Psychology, 1, 72-107.

Yzer, M. C., Fisher, J. D., Bakker, A. B., Siero, F. W., & Misovich, S. J. (1998). The effects of information about AIDS risk and self-efficacy on women’s intention to engage in AIDS-preventive behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 1837-1852.

Malloy, T. E., Fisher, W. A., Albright, L., Misovich, S. J., & Fisher, J. D. (1997). Interpersonal perception of the AIDS risk potential of persons of the opposite sex. Health Psychology, 16, 480-486.

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1996). The perceived AIDS-preventive utility of knowing one’s partner well: A public health dictum and individuals’ risky sexual behavior. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 5, 83-90.

Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A., Misovich, S.J., Kimble, D. L., & Malloy, T. E. (1996). Changing AIDS risk behavior: Effects of an intervention emphasizing AIDS risk reduction information, motivation, and behavioral skills in a college student population. Health Psychology, 15, 114-123.

Berry, D. S., & Misovich, S. J. (1994).  Methodological approaches to the study of social event perception.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 139-152.

Baron, R. M., & Misovich, S. J. (1993). Dispositional knowing from an ecological perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 541-552.

Baron, R. M., & Misovich, S. J. (1993).  An integration of Gibsonian and Vygotskian perspectives on changing attitudes in group contexts.  British Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 53-70.

Berry, D. S., Misovich, S. J., Kean, K. J., & Baron, R. M. (1992). Effects of disruption of structure and motion on perceptions of social causality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 237-244.

Berry, D. S., Kean, K. J., Misovich, S. J., & Baron, R. M. (1991). Quantized displays of human movement: A methodological alternative to the point-light display. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 15, 81-97.

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1990).  Evolution of college students' AIDS-related behavioral responses, attitudes, knowledge, and fear.  AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2, 322-337

Book Chapters

 

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, W. A., & Fisher, J. D. (1998). A measure of AIDS prevention information, motivation, behavioral skills and behavior. In C. Davis, W. Yarber, R. Bauserman, G. Schreer, and S. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (pp. 328-337). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Baron, R. M., & Misovich, S. J. (1999). On the relationship between social and cognitive modes of organization. In S. Chaiken & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual process theories in social psychology (pp. 586-605). New York: Guilford Press.

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D, & Fisher, W. A. (1997). Social comparison and AIDS prevention.  In Gibbons, F., & Buunk, B. (Eds.), Health, coping, and well-being (pp. 95-123).  Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Baron, R. M., & Misovich, S. J., (1992).  The social constitution of the persistence of personal change: An ecological interpretation.  In Y. Klar, J. D. Fisher, J. M. Chinsky, & A. Nadler (Eds.),  Self change: Social psychological and clinical perspectives (pp. 179-195).  New York: Springer-Verlag.

Fisher, J. D., Misovich, S. J., & Fisher, W. A. (1992).  The impact of perceived social norms on adolescents' AIDS-risk behavior and prevention.  In R. DiClemente (Ed.), Adolescents and AIDS: A generation in jeopardy (pp. 117-136).  Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1990).  Social influence and AIDS-preventive behavior.  In J. Edwards, R.S. Tindale, L. Heath, & E. J. Posavac (Eds.), Social influence processes and prevention (pp. 39-70).  New York: Plenum.

 On-line Publications

 

Misovich, S. J. (2001).  A Web-Based Manual of Introductory Experimental Psychology Resources and Activities. http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/teachingresources.html#intro. Published by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division 2 of the American Psychological Association.

Misovich, S. J. (2000). Information - Motivation - Behavioral Skills HIV Prevention Program - Program Overview. Published by Films for the Humanities and Sciences (films.com).

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, W. A., Fisher, J. D., Figueroa-Richmond, B., Bryan, A., & Muller, L (2000). Information - Motivation - Behavioral Skills HIV Prevention Program - Teacher's Manual and Natural Opinion Leader Training Manual. Published by Films for the Humanities and Sciences (films.com).

Misovich, S. J., Bryan, A., Fisher, W. A., Fisher, J. D., Figueroa-Richmond, B, & Miller, L. (2000). Natural Opinion Leader Training Curriculum. Published by Films for the Humanities and Sciences (films.com).

Misovich, S. J., Fisher, W. A., Fisher, J. D., & Bryan, A. D. (2000). Information - Motivation - Behavioral Skills HIV Evaluation Materials. Published by Films for the Humanities and Sciences (films.com).

Reprinted Articles

 

Baron, R. M., & Misovich, S. J. (1996). Una integracion de las perspectivas gibsonianas y vygotskianas sobre el cambio de actitudes en contextos grupales. In D. Paez & A. Blanco (Eds.), La teoria sociocultural y la psicologia social actual (pp. 111-130). Madrid, Spain: Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje.

 

Paper Presentations

 

“Gender and Online Class Discussion: Does New Technology Change Established Patterns?” With Melinda Miceli and Julie Shiller. Presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, NY, NY, 2008. 

"An Ecological Approach to Understanding Social Behavior."  Paper presented with Reuben M. Baron at Gordon College, Ipswich, MA, June 1993.

"The Dynamic Quantization Technique as a Method for the Study of Event Perception in Social Psychology."  Paper presented at the International Society for Ecological Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with Diane S. Berry, Kevin J. Kean, & Reuben M. Baron, August, 1991.

"Behavioral Synchrony in Related and Unrelated Dyads."  Paper presented at the Ecological Psychology Group, University of Connecticut, 1991.

"Heterosexual Relationships and AIDS-Risk Behavior among College Students," Jeffrey D. Fisher and Stephen Misovich.  Paper presented at the International Conference on Personal Relationships, Oxford, England, July 15-20, 1990.

"AIDS Fear, AIDS Knowledge, and AIDS Preventive Behavior," with Jeffrey D. Fisher, and William A. Fisher.  Presented at the International Conference on Groups, Networks, and Organizations, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, June 1987.

 

Technical Reports

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1987). 1987 Technical Report on Undergraduate Students' AIDS-Preventive Behavior, AIDS-Knowledge, and Fear of AIDS.

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1988). 1988 Technical Report on Undergraduate Students' AIDS-Preventive Behavior, AIDS-Knowledge, and Fear of AIDS.

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1989). 1989 Technical Report on Undergraduate Students' AIDS-Preventive Behavior, AIDS-Knowledge, and Fear of AIDS.

Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1990). 1990 Technical Report on Undergraduate Students' AIDS-Preventive Behavior, AIDS-Knowledge, and Fear of AIDS.

This technical report was written annually from 1987 through 1990 as a progress report for our research sponsored by the University of Connecticut.

 

Other Creative Products

Just Like Me (1997).  A 30-minute video depicting social comparison others who contracted HIV as teenagers.  Designed to motivate AIDS-preventive behavior among high school students. 

Knowing the Facts (1997).  An 18-minute video presenting the facts of HIV/AIDS and AIDS-preventive behavior.

Stakes are High (1997).  A 24-minute video modeling the behavioral skills necessary for practicing AIDS-prevention.

People Like Us: A Reprise (1992). A videotape of HIV+ social comparison others for college students designed to motivate people to change HIV risk behavior, used in AIDS prevention interventions.

Couples Like Us (1994). A 35-minute video emphasizing the potential for individuals to contract HIV from others with whom they are in a close relationship. Designed to motivate safer sex among individuals in relationships.

These videotapes were produced by the Center for HIV Intervention and Prevention at the University of Connecticut.