About Dr. Wendorf

I am an Associate Professor of Psychology with interests in the psychology of fairness, the psychology of culture, statistical methods, and psychology as applied to teaching.

Office: D241 Science
Phone: (715) 346-2304
Email: cwendorf@uwsp.edu

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Professional Conference Presentations

This page lists a few of my professional conference presentations. (Names in BOLD are my students.) Copies of some of the presentations are available.

Social and Cultural Psychology

Justice, Fairness, and Morality

Wendorf, C.A., Kastner, A.N., & Sworsky, S.P. (2007, May). Where is justice in the realm of values and politics? Poster presented at the 79th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C.A., & Sonnentag, T. L. (2007, May). Similarity as the basis for distributive and retributive justice. Poster presented at the 79th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C.A., Parker, M. T., Seefelt, J. L., Kosmalski, J. A., & Teo, Y. P. (2006, May). Exclusion from fairness concerns in the wake of terror. Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A. (2004, April). The structure and determinants of justice criteria importance. Poster presented at the 76th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., & Firestone, I. J. (2004, April). Functional morals: Attitude functions and moral reasoning. Poster presented at the 76th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., & Alexander, S. (2001, May). Justice context and changes in fairness-related criteria over time. Poster presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., Firestone, I. J., & Alexander, S. (1999, August). Social justice and moral reasoning: Comparing two traditions of psychological research. Poster presented at the 107th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., & Alexander, S. (1999, April). Distributive and procedural justice in a moral reasoning context. Poster presented at the 71st annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]

Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology

Parkhill, M. R., Lucas, T. W., Wendorf, C. A., İmamoğlu, E. O., & Shen, J. (2003, June). The meaning of marriage: Cross-cultural invariance testing of a marital satisfaction measure. Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Lincoln, NE.
Wendorf, C. A., Weisfeld, G. E., Parkhill, M. R, Lucas, T. W., & Weisfeld, C. C. (2002, August). Marriage within the extended family in four cultures. Paper presented to the Congress of the International Society for Human Ethology, Montreal, Canada.
Weisfeld, G. E., Weisfeld, C. C., İmamoğlu, E. O., Shen, J., & Wendorf, C. A. (2001, June). Cultural differences in the impact of number of children on marital satisfaction. Paper presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, London, UK.
Weisfeld, G. E., Wendorf, C. A., Weisfeld, C. C., İmamoğlu, E. O., & Shen, J. (2000, August). Marriage and emotional well-being in three cultures. Paper presented at the Congress of the International Society for Human Ethology, Salamanca, Spain.
Weisfeld, C. C., Wendorf, C. A., Weisfeld, G. E., Shen, J., & İmamoğlu, E.O. (2000, August). Sex and cultural differences in marital satisfaction. Paper presented at the Congress of the International Society for Human Ethology, Salamanca, Spain.

General Social Psychology

Cano, A., Roos, M. T., Geisser, M., & Wendorf, C. A. (2004, November). Couples’ life stressors as correlates of pain and psychological distress. Symposia presentation at the 38th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Dickson, M. W., & Wendorf, C. A. (1999, August). Manager's implicit theories of motivation: How managers think motivation "works." Poster presented at the 107th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Pedagogy and Educational Psychology

Psychology of Teaching and Learning

Gervasio, A. H., Wendorf, C. A., Yoder, N. F., Smith, M. M., & VanBerkel, C. (2008, May). Validating a psychology as a helping profession scale. Poster presented at the 80th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., Nemeth, R., & Lewis, J. (2007, October). Obedience to PowerPoint: A pedagogical view. Workshop conducted at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – North, Traverse City, MI.
Parker, M. T., Seefelt, J. L., Sheldon, D. P., & Wendorf, C. A. (2006, May). Violations of justice and its impact on evaluations of instructors. Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Parker, M. T., Seefelt, J. L.,, & Wendorf, C. A. (2006, May). The presence of implicit theories of motivation in the classroom. Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
Wendorf, C. A., Wilson, L. O., Loy, M. J., & Gingrasso, S. H. (2005, September). Meet the midwest millennials: Implications of generational and demographic characteristics for higher education. Workshop conducted at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – North, Traverse City, MI.
Wilson, L. O., Loy, M., Wendorf, C. A., & Gingrasso, S. H. (2005, March). Speaking millennial: Understanding and teaching a new generation of students. Workshop conducted at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – West, Pomona, CA.

Faculty Training and Development

Wilson, L. O., Wendorf, C. A., Loy, M., & Gingrasso, S. H. (2006, April). The FACETS Design: How scaffolds can help and support your SoTL work. Workshop conducted at the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Evidence, Impact and Momentum, Madison, WI.
Wilson, L. O., Wendorf, C. A., Loy, M., & Gingrasso, S. H. (2005, March). The impact of a Faculty Alliance for Creating and Enhancing Teaching Strategies (FACETS). Poster presented at the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Evidence of Student Learning, Atlanta, GA.
Wilson, L. O., Gingrasso, S. H., Loy, M. J., & Wendorf, C. A. (2005, October). Rethinking SoTL work: Giving folks what they really need in order to grow in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Vancouver, British Columbia.
Wilson, L. O., Loy, M., & Gingrasso, S. H., & Wendorf, C. A. (2005, September). Legacies and lessons: The evolution of grassroots professional development. Workshop conducted at annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
Wilson, L. O., Wendorf, C. A., Loy, M., & Gingrasso, S. H. (2005, April). Radical course revision: The promise of backwards design. Workshop conducted at the Office of Professional and Instructional Development’s (OPID) Focus on Teaching and Learning Conference, Madison, WI.