harring@muhlenberg.eduMoyer Hall - Room 216
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA 18104
484.664.3424
Fax: 484.664.5627
Kathleen Harring, Ph.D., Professor
Associate
Dean
for Institutional Assessment
As a psychology professor, I teach students how to think more critically about their own and others' behavior. Because there are so many areas and situations where we can apply psychological concepts, we always have new questions to answer and new idea s to examine. I try to share my excitement for psychology with my students and it is quite rewarding when they tell me that they talk about psychological theory and research with their friends and roommates.
Teaching at a small liberal arts college like Muhlenberg gives me the opportunity to get to know my students at a personal level. Our classes are small and many students take more than one course with me. In addition, I usually have several students who work with me as research assistants.
Another plus about teaching at Muhlenberg are my interactions with faculty and students from other disciplines. Having a biology or business major in my social psychology class adds a different perspective and enhances the learning experiences for both the students and me.
Also -- since Muhlenberg places a high priority on excellent teaching -- the faculty spend a great deal of time thinking and talking about teaching. I enjoy being part of a community that places such a high value on undergraduate teaching!
Research
Interests
Preconscious Processing, Gender Role Identity, Perceptions of Parenting and
Child-Care Choice, Influence of Religious Beliefs on Health and Well-Being
Selected
Publications and Presentations
Harring, K., & Edelman, L. (May, 2007). Child care choice influences
perceptions of both mothers and their children. Presented at the annual meeting
of the Association of Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Harring, K. & Edelman, L. (March 2007). Optimism does not influence the detectability of positive stimuli. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA
Harring, K., Wixon, K., Reder, M, & Bloss, A. (October, 2006). Mentoring new faculty at small liberal arts colleges. Presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Portland, OR.
Snodgrass, L. & Harring, K. (May 2006). Pedagogies that facilitate student engagement: Getting them involved and connected. Invited address at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. NY, NY.
Snodgrass, L.L., & Harring, K.E. (Winter 2004-2005). Right hemisphere positivity bias in preconscious processing: Data from five experiments. Current Psychology, 23, 318-335.
Harring, K. & Snodgrass, L. (June, 2002). Positivity offset and negativity bias evaluated in a signal detection paradigm. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Snodgrass, L. & Harring, K. (2000). Intensity affects the preconscious processing of emotionally toned words in college students. Current Psychology, 19, 249-257.
Snodgrass, L. & Harring, K. (April, 2000). Feminist identity affects perceptions of prime time TV characters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Research Collaborations with Muhlenberg Students
Dearborn, K., Harring, K., Young, C., & O’Rourke, E. (2006). Mirror and phase difficulty influence dancer attention and body satisfaction. Journal of Dance Education, 6, 116-123.
Harring, K., Snodgrass, L., Kaplan, A. & Sommer, R. (2006, March). College students’ perceptions of good and bad parents. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Harring, K., Harvey, A., Levin, S., & Williams, N. (March, 2003). College students’ expectations for the division of family responsibilities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Brunell, A., & Harring, K. (April, 2001). Compliance with donation requests to charities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Harring, K., Snodgrass, L., Zyzniewski, L., & Myers, B. (1995, June). Predicting students' learning experiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.
Harring, K., & Gaertner, L. (1992, April). Social categorization affects recall of ingroup and outgroup members' attitudes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
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