Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations

  • Leader, T., & Xu, X. (November 3, 2018). Analysis of the lack of resources for victims of IPV. F.R.E.E.D.O.M. in a Diverse World, Lawrenceville, GA.
  • Mundie, T., Awong-Taylor, J., Runck, C., D’Costa, A., Pursell, D., Leader, T., Achat-Mendes, C., Anfuso, C. (October 24, 2018). Undergraduate research for all: Addressing the elephant in the room. University of System of GA STEM Summit, Statesboro, GA.
  • Achat-Mendes, C., Anfuso, C., Awong-Taylor, J., Brown, C., Curry Savage,J.,  Dekhane, S., D’Costa, A., Hurst-Kennedy, J., Johnson, C., Leader, T., Pinzon, K., Purcell, D., Runck, C., Sudduth, E., Simmons, R., Shepler, B., & Mundie, T. (March 28-31, 2018). Engendering a culture of STEM learning with a unique peer supplemental instruction model. 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Myrtle Beach, SC.
  • D’Costa, A., Leader, T., Purcell, D., Runck, C., Mundie, T., & Awong-Taylor, J. (June 1-3, 2018). Using Course-­embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) as a pedagogical tool. The Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • D’Costa, A., Achat-Mendes, C., Awong-Taylor, J., Hammonds-Odie, L., Huey, P., Javazon, E., Timpte, C., Edwards, J., & Leader, T. (March 16, 2018). Assessing Experimental Design STEM skill in BIOL1107K. 3rd Annual Teaching and Learning Day, GGC, Lawrenceville, GA
  • Leader, T. (March 6-9, 2018). Persuading your students to learn. Symposium: Teaching of Psychology – Class Assignments, Projects, and Papers that Enhance Undergraduate Psychology Courses. 64th Annual SEPA meeting. Charleston, SC.
  • Pursell, D., Awong-Taylor, J., Leader, T., D’Costa, A., & Runck, C. (March 1-3, 2017). Promoting cultural change in STEM fields: How STEM faculty and teaching and learning centers can collaborate to incentivize faculty to reform undergraduate STEM education. Run the Gauntlet SRFIDC’s 41st Annual Sharing Conference, Lawrenceville, GA.
  • Awong-Taylor, J., D’Costa, A., Pursell, D., Leader, T., Runck, C., and Mundie, T. (June 8-9, 2016). Institutional Impact of Scaling-up Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). SMTI NSEC 2016 National Conference. San Antonio, TX.  Program Proposal and practice accepted for inclusion in the Network of STEM Education Center’s (NSEC) STEM Education Innovation Database.
  • Leader, T., & Mullen, D. (May 3-4, 2016). Joking about Pointy Sticks: Humor, Violence and Verbal Complexity in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Comedy and Critical Thought: Laughter as Resistance, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
  • Awong-Taylor, J., Runck, C., Leader, T., D’Costa, A., & Mundie, T. (November 12-14, 2015). Promoting cultural change: Using mini-grants to incentivize faculty reform undergraduate STEM education. Crossing Boundaries: Transforming STEM Educatoin, presented by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Seattle, WA.
  • Leader, T. Ribaniszky, N., Brown, M. (March 21, 2015). The science behind Ferguson: Historical, institutional, and individual components of American representations of Black masculinity. 4th Annual Intersections Conference at GGC, Lawrenceville, GA. –Featured in the Atlanta Science Festival
  • Awong-Taylor, J., Runck, C., D’Costa, A., Pursell, D., Mundie, T., Leader, T. & Peiffer, B. (March 25-27, 2015). Enhancing student engagement and student learning in STEM fields at GGC through course-embedded research and service learning internships: An update. 8th Annual SoTL Commons Conference, GA Southern University, Savanah, GA.
  • Leader, T., Runck, C., Pursell, D., D’Costa, A., Giles, G., Awong, J., & Mundie, T. (June 26-July 1, 2014). Monitoring undergraduate research outcomes: Designing effective assessments. Presented at the CUR 16th Annual National Conference – Creating the citizens of tomorrow: Undergraduate research for all, Washington D.C. (interactive presentation)
  • Runck, C., Pursell, D., D’Costa, A., Giles, G., Awong, J., Mundie, T., & Leader, T. (June 26-July 1, 2014). A course embedded model for integrating undergraduate research experiences throughout the 4-year curriculum. Presented at the CUR 16th Annual National Conference – Creating the citizens of tomorrow: Undergraduate research for all, Washington D.C. (interactive presentation)
  • Giles, G., Runck, C., Awong, J., Mundie, T., Pursell, D., D’Costa, A., & Leader, T. (June 26-July 1, 2014). Large scale implementation of undergraduate research projects in lower division STEM courses. Presented at the CUR 16th Annual National Conference – Creating the citizens of tomorrow: Undergraduate research for all, Washington D.C. (poster)
  • Runck, C., D’Costa, A., Awong-Taylor, J., Giles, G., Pursell, D., Leader, T., & Mundie, T.  (March 31-April 2, 2014). A 4-year course-embedded research model for enhancing student engagement and learning in STEM fields for all students. Presented at the CUREnet Conference, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.  (poster)
  • Leader, T, Hue, G, Napier, N., & Hammonds-Odie, L. (March 29, 2014). The supermodel types are almost completely absent: Why are women underrepresented in the sciences? 3rd Annual Intersections Conference at GGC, Lawrenceville, GA. (Panel coordinator)
  • Broth, M., Desroschers, S., & Leader, T. (March 29, 2014). Rape and rape myths: Difficult topics in psychology. 3rd Annual Intersections Conference at GGC, Lawrenceville, GA.
  • Runck, D., J. Awong-Taylor, D’Costa, A., Giles, G., Mundie, T., Pursell, D., & Leader, T. (March 7, 2014).  Course-embedded research and service learning internships – GGC’s high impact practices for enhancing student engagement and learning in STEM fields – an update.  Presented at the Georgia Scholarship of STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.  (poster)
  • Hughes, J., Broth, M., Wise, J., Myers, C., & Leader, T. (March 6, 2014). Engaging undergraduate psychology students with in-class activities: Symposium I.  SEPA 60th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
  • Hughes, J., Broth, M., Mannahan, K., Bramstedt, B., Leader, T., & Desrochers, S. (March 13-16, 2013). Engaging our students: Teaching techniques for undergraduate courses in psychology.  SEPA 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Leader, T, Hue, G, Rommelfanger, K., Huey, P. Napier, N. (March 2, 2013). The supermodel types are almost completely absent: Why are women underrepresented in the sciences? 2nd Annual Intersections Conference at GGC, Lawrenceville, GA.
  • Leader, T. (September, 2009). Language and inter-ethnic relations: I know you are but what am I? Presented at the British Psychological Society Conference, Sheffield, UK.
  • Leader, T. (February, 2009). A meta-analytic examination of stereotype formation in the intuitive analysis of covariance paradigm. Presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL, USA.
  • Leader, T. (April, 2008). Group membership reduces stereotyping: A meta-analytic examination of stereotype formation in the illusory correlation paradigms. Presented at the British Psychological Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Leader, T. (September, 2007). Essentialism of the group: A meta-analytic examination of stereotype formation in the illusory correlation paradigms. Presented at the British Psychological Society Conference, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
  • Leader, T. (March, 2007). A Meta-analytic examination of mechanisms contributing to stereotype formation in the expectancy-based illusory correlation paradigm. Presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, York, UK.
  • Leader, T. (September, 2006). Psychological and sociological perspectives on social contributions to lynching. Presented at the British Psychological Society Conference, Birmingham, UK.
  • Leader, T. (January, 2005). Distinctiveness-based and expectancy-based illusory correlation as a model of racial profiling.  Presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Leader, T. (November, 2004). Violence and verbal complexity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the mouths of butt-kicking babes. Presented at Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Buffalo, NY, USA.
  • Mullen, B., Leader, T., & Rice, D. R. (January, 2004). An experimental examination of the effects of ethnophaulism complexity on exclusion. Presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX, USA.
  • Leader, T. (January, 2004). Expectancy-based illusory correlation as a model of racial profiling.  Presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin, TX, USA.
  • Leader, T., Begeny, J., Buchler, N., Kleinman, A., Lee, S., Neal, D., Onyper, S., Rosenblatt, M., Stawski, R., & Wasylyshyn, C. (November, 2003). Does music have charms to soothe the demented breast? A meta-analytic integration of music therapy for dementia. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Leader, T. (February, 2001). The cult of scientology. Presented at the South Carolina Academy of Religion, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA.
  • Leader, T. (2000). College men’s behavior as a function of knowledge about STDs. Presented at Honors Symposium, Columbia, SC, USA: Organized symposia of senior honors projects, 5 speakers.
  • Betenbaugh, D., Fowler, V. & Leader, T. (1998). Religious studies: Pedagogy for critical thinking. Presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Leader, T., & Watts, A. (1998). Gender schemas, children and toys. Presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.