Selected PI Conference Presentations
2024
Lawson, K. M., *Goering, T., *Adisa, R. & *Wilson, J. (April, 2024). Aging as a firefighter: Injuries, concerns, and training-related workplace stressors. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Kossek, E. E., Lawson, K. M., Hammer, L. B., Allen, S., Bodner, T., Perry, M., & Xu, J. (April, 2024). Supervisor support for family/sick leaves intervention: An organizational field experiment. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Conference, Chicago, IL.
Lawson, K. M., *Goering, T., *Adisa, R. & *Wilson, J. (April, 2024). Aging as a firefighter: Injuries, concerns, and training-related workplace stressors. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Kossek, E. E., Lawson, K. M., Hammer, L. B., Allen, S., Bodner, T., Perry, M., & Xu, J. (April, 2024). Supervisor support for family/sick leaves intervention: An organizational field experiment. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Conference, Chicago, IL.
2023
*Goering, T., & Lawson, K. (accepted, August). Caregiving and gender differences in mental health among computer science faculty during COVID-19. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC. Lawson, K. M., Lee, S., Smith, C., & Thiem, K. (April, 2023). Retaining STEM women faculty: The role of family-supportive supervisor behaviors. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL. |
2022
Lawson, K. M., Barrineau, M. J., *Woodling, C. M., *Ruggles, S., & Largent, D. (April, 2022). Computer science faculty’s work/family responsibilities and work attitudes during COVID-19. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL. *Ruggles, S., *Woodling, C. M., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2022). Familism as a predictor of life-to-work conflict and family-work enrichment. Abstract submitted to the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. *Woodling, C. M., *Ruggles, S., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2022). Belonging and diversity climate on turnover intentions and job commitment. Abstract submitted to the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. |
2021
*Brown, K. L., *Miller, M., *Woodling, C. M., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2021). Sexism and reactivity predicting the desired gender typicality of desired occupations. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. *Maric, D., *Brown, K. L., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2021). Perceptions of adjustment to a new career: Does motherhood matter? Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Lawson, K. M. (March, 2021). Women’s daily positive experiences and engagement in U.S. male-dominated academic majors. Paper Presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Virtual due to COVID-19. |
2020
Lawson, K. M., & Lee, S. (June, 2020). Daily affective reactivity to work-to-family conflict predicts overall health among IT workers in the U.S. In K. Kidwell (Chair), Novel approaches to stress and the work-family interface. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19). *Miller, M. & Lawson, K. M. (May, 2020). Attitudes toward women as a predictor of gender typicality of college women’s desired occupations. Paper accepted for presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19). |
*Brown, K. L., & Lawson, K. M. (May, 2020). Perceived stress predicting psychological distress: The role of poor sleep. Paper accepted for presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Maric, D., & Lawson, K. M. (February, 2020). The association between feelings of belonging and gender typicality of desired occupations among women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, New Orleans, LA.
*Maric, D., & Lawson, K. M. (February, 2020). The association between feelings of belonging and gender typicality of desired occupations among women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Supervised Student Conference Presentations
*Merriweather, C. (April, 2024). The relationship between managerial status, job satisfaction, and voice power among firefighters. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Research Conference, Muncie, Indiana.
*Allen, S., *Brooks, C., *Edwards, B., *Kelly, J., & *Pinnick, A. (April, 2023). Crafting a new future: An anaylsis of student perceptions in the PSYS department. Paper presented at the Ball State University Psychological Science Department Symposium, Muncie, IN. All authors contributed equally to the project. *Sarin, R. & Holtgraves, T. (April, 2023). The indirect effects of parental gender attitudes on their children's income in adulthood. Paper presented at the Ball State University Conference, Muncie, IN. |
*Jennings, L., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2023). Burnout and role overload for computer science faculty with disabled children. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL. *VanAntwerp, J. & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2023). Sexual minority stress and parental burnout in LGBTQ+ parents. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL. |
*Armstrong, M. (April, 2022). Work-life and health experiences of computer science faculty parents of children with developmental disabilities during COVID-19. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, Indiana.
*Power, L. (April, 2022). Association between marital status and mental health among computer science professors. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, Indiana. |
*Vincent, O. (April, 2022). The effect of maternal education on sense of belongingness in a set of computer science professors. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, Indiana.
*Jennings, A., *Woodling, C. M., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2021). Perceptions of a woman’s race in computer science. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. *Woodling, C. M., Holtgraves, T., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2021). Resilience and attrition of women in male dominated STEM occupations. Paper presented at the 2021 Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. |
*Jennings, A. (April, 2021). Perceptions of grief severity: How outsiders’ perceptions of grieving pets and humans differ. Paper presented at the 2021 Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN.
*Kaihara, E. (April, 2021). Evaluations of applicants for a leadership position in a male-dominated academic field: The role of gender and race. Paper presented at the 2021 Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. *Allen, M. (May, 2020). College student stress, expected academic achievement, and women in male-dominated majors. Paper accepted to be presented at the 2020 Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19). |
*Ocasio, S. (May, 2020). Race, gender, and the relation to authority preference. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Melo, V. (May, 2020). Perceived identity compatibility and expected post-undergraduate achievements for women in male-dominated majors. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Shohatee, A. (May, 2020). The relationship between attitudes toward gender roles and GPA among women in male-dominated majors. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Melo, V. (May, 2020). Perceived identity compatibility and expected post-undergraduate achievements for women in male-dominated majors. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Shohatee, A. (May, 2020). The relationship between attitudes toward gender roles and GPA among women in male-dominated majors. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Maric, D., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2020). Perceived stress as a mediator between sexism and academic motivation. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Note: The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19).
*Maric, D., & Lawson, K. M. (May, 2019). Emotional reactivity to sexism among women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the 2019 Association for Psychological Science Conference, Washington, DC. *Caballero, A., Lawson, K. M., & *Winningham, R. (April, 2019). Sexism as a predictor of perceived stress and physical health for women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. |
*Kelley, M. E. (April, 2019). Sexism, perceived stress, and peer support in a sample of university students. Poster presentation at the 2019 Ball State University Department of Psychological Science Symposium, Muncie, IN.
*Maric, D., & Lawson, K. M. (April, 2019). Experiences and mental health outcomes among women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. |
*Tinkler, D. (June, 2018). Living in the workplace: Role boundary, effort-recovery, and work stress of resident assistants. Paper to be presented at the Work & Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington, DC.
*Chopra, N. (April, 2018). Intersectionality in the hiring process: Effects on perceived employability and leadership. Paper presented at Ball State University Psychological Science Department poster session, Muncie, IN. *Smith, K. (April, 2018). The association between sexism and GPA. Paper presented at Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. |
*Kranz, K. (April, 2018). Men and women in male-dominated majors: Stressors and social belonging. Paper presented at Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN.
*Caballero, A. M. (April, 2017). Students' perceptions of men and women's adjustment to college in gender typical and atypical fields. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. *Caballero, A. M. (April, 2017). Students' perceptions of men and women's work-family conflict in gender typical and atypical fields. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. |
*Grimes, J., & *Matthews, K. (March, 2017). Work-family conflict in gender atypical occupations. Paper presented at the Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. *Kuchta, O., & *Di Iorio, A. (March, 2017). Perceptions of students' adjustment to college in gender atypical fields. Paper presented at the Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. |
*Mabrey, M., *Skipton, C., *Gustin, K., Lawson, K., & Smit, B. (April, 2016). Lay theories of juggling work and family influence job preferences: A policy capturing study. Paper presented at the Ball State University Department of Psychological Science Annual Poster Session, Muncie, IN. *Nees, A. (April, 2016). Gender differences in vulgarity as seen in contemporary comedy films. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Richmond, IN. |
*Kuchta, O., *Franz, K., & *Guimond, S. (April, 2016). Mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of mother-daughter occupations among women pursuing male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the Ball State University Student Symposium, Muncie, IN. |
*Stroup, J., & *Aker, C. (April, 2016). Contextual buffers of the negative effects of sexism on women in male-dominated majors. Paper presented at the Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Richmond, IN. |