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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Students' Presentations
This page lists a few of my students' local conference presentations. (Names in BOLD are my students.) For each, I have included links to the conference's web site. Copies of some of the presentations are available.
I have also provided brief descriptions of each category. This is to permit you to see how the projects have progressed. Students interested in being involved in research are encouraged to build on these existing categories.
Social and Cultural Psychology
Justice, Fairness, and Morality
Many students have conducted projects that flow from my interests in the psychology of justice, fairness, and morality. For example, some projects were based on the observation that following some level of tragedy, citizens and politicians appear willing to limit the right to due process. In other studies, we have noted that people with differing political orientations have different beliefs about the importance of certain fairness principles. In general, this work shows that concerns about justice and fairness are quite context-dependent -- they change in relative strength or importance depending on features of the immediate social environment.
- Kastner, A.N., & Sworsky, S.P. (2007, April). Where is justice in the realm of values and politics? Poster presented at the 8th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Sponsor: Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
- Patovisti, G. M., & Meyer, N. M. (2007, April). Fairness concerns and perceptions of accused terrorists. Poster presented at the 8th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Sponsor: Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
Pedagogy and Educational Psychology
Social Psychology Applied to the College Classroom
Even more broadly speaking, my students and I have been interested in student characteristics as they are related to behaviors in the classroom. For example, in one project we wondered about the extent to which mass-media portrayals of "millennial" students were accurate. In other another case, we have wondered what impact instructors' behaviors (esp. fairness-related behaviors) might have on students' evalutions of those instructors. This work has led to more recent studies investigating a potential rumor/gossip element in verbal and online student "evaluations" of instructors.
- Kalpinski, R., & Gonzales-Martin, A. (2009, April). Judgments about web-based rumors of college instructors. Poster presented at the 9th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Sponsor: Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
- Miyanaka, M. (2009, April). The impact of parents' education on intercultural preparedness. Poster presented at the 9th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Sponsor: Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
- Aird, C. M., & McKeel, A. N. (2007, April). What do millennial students expect in the college classroom? Poster presented at the 8th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Sponsor: Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
Students' Motivation to Study Psychology
After years of teaching psychology, my colleagues and I began to wonder "what factors motivate students to become psychology majors?" This series represents several exploratory projects all centered on the concept of student motivation/goals. Early projects were attempts to identify broad academic goals and student characteristics that might motivate student's to become psychology majors (such as a desire to "learn for learning sake"). Eventually, however, we focused more directly on students' perceptions of psychology as both a science and a helping profession.
- Yoder, N., Holden, S., & Smith, M. (2008, April). Content analysis of students’ reasons for studying psychology. Poster presented at the 9th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Co-sponsors: Amy Herstein Gervasio and Craig A. Wendorf)
- Yoder, N. F., Smith, M. M., & VanBerkel, C. (2008, May). Validating a psychology as a helping profession scale. Poster presented at the 9th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Co-sponsors: Amy Herstein Gervasio and Craig A. Wendorf) [PDF]
- Van Berkel, C., Hoffman, S., Smith, M., Yoder, N., Peaslee, A., & Wilcher, J. (2007, April). Development of two scales for understanding choice of a psychology major. Poster presented at the 8th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Co-sponsors: Amy Herstein Gervasio and Craig A. Wendorf)
- Peaslee, A. M., Teuscher, S. E., & Trost, J. E. (2006, April). Survey of learning goals in psychology. Poster presented at the 7th annual Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (Faculty Co-sponsors: Amy Herstein Gervasio and Craig A. Wendorf)