Timothy C. McCall
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
tmccall@psych.purdue.edu
www.tcmccall.com
Education
M.S. Purdue University, Social Psychology, expected: 2011
- Thesis: A hybrid paradigm for examining spontaneous trait inferences with fewer experimental trials (Advisor: Donal E. Carlston)
B.A. Indiana University, with Honors in Psychology, 2009
- Minors: Biology, Social Science and Medicine
- Honors Thesis: The Effects of Time and Age on Trait Inferences and Character Judgments (Advisor: Steven J. Sherman)
Awards and Grants
APA Division 36 Student Research Award, “Christian Bias among Faculty,” 2010, $100
Hutton Honors College Research Grant, “Trait Inferences and Character Judgments” (Indiana University, 2009): $600
Ronald E. McNair Scholar – Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program: $3300
Professional Affiliations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Midwestern Psychological Association
Teaching Experience
Introduction to Social Psychology (PSY240) Teaching Assistant
- Duties: Primary instructor for two recitation sections each week, meeting with students, proctoring and grading exams
Stereotyping and Prejudice (PSY335) Teaching Assistant
Research Experience
5/08-8/09 Research Assistant, Indiana University Cognitive Development Lab,
- Projects: Language Acquisition and Verb Learning, Math Manipulative Use in Children
- Supervisors: Linda B. Smith, Ph.D., & Josita Maouene, Ph.D.
- Duties: Running studies involving language learning in young children as well as math manipulative use and its involvement in math learning, working closely with Dr. Maouene on creation.
Research Interests
My research interests include social cognition, impression formation, and person perception.
Research in Progress
A hybrid paradigm for examining spontaneous trait inferences with fewer experimental trials | Collaborators: James H. Wirth, Donal E. Carlston
Christian Bias among Faculty in Academia | Collaborators: Matthew P. Kassner, Eric D. Wesselmann
You’re cruel, and so are your friends: Spontaneous trait inferences in groups of people. | Collaborators: Megan K. McCarty, Donal E. Carlston
Presentations
McCall, T.C., & Sherman, S.J. (2009, May). What’s more possible, a dishonest person telling the truth or an honest person lying? Poster presented at the Graduate/Undergraduate Research Conference sponsored by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Engineers and Minority Association of Premedical Students, Bloomington, IN.
McCall, T.C., & Sherman, S.J. (2009, May). The Effects of Time and Age on Trait Inferences and Character Judgments. Poster presented at the Psychological and Brain Sciences Research Symposium, Bloomington, IN.