CURRICULUM VITAE
 

NAME:                                       Lara Kristin Ault

OFFICE ADDRESS:                   Tennessee State University
                                                 College of Education, Department of Psychology
                                                 317-A Clay Hall
                                                 (615) 963-2177
                                                  lault@tnstate.edu

ACADEMIC TRAINING:               University of Louisville
                                                            Ph. D. in Experimental Social Psychology, 2002   
                                                            Dissertation Advisor: Stanley A. Murrell, Ph.D.

  University of Louisville    
                         M. A. in Experimental Social Psychology, 1999                        
                         Thesis Advisor: Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D.

  University of Florida
                         B. A. in Anthropology, 1996
                         B. S. in Psychology, 1995

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:                              Associate Professor, Tennessee State University, Fall 2007                          COURSES TAUGHT:                   Introduction to Psychology
                                                                           Elementary Statistics

                                  Assistant Professor, Holy Family University, Fall 2002  present
   COURSES TAUGHT:                  Introduction to Psychology
                                                    Learning and Behavior
                                                    Social Psychology
                                                    Group Dynamics
                                                    Statistics for Behavioral Sciences
                                                    Research methods I
                                                    Advanced Research Methods

                                             Part-time Instructor, University of Louisville, 1998-2002
   COURSES TAUGHT:                  Introduction to Social Psychology -- 6 semesters
                                                    Introduction to Psychology –- 1 and 1/2 semesters
                                                    Research Methods & Statistics -- 2-semester course,
                                                    completed 4 Semesters

PUBLICATIONS:

Alexander, M., Ault, L. K., & Curran, S. (2006). Testing psychological effects of spider phobia. Invertabrates Magazine, 5 (3, 4).2-7.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K. & Barbee, A. P. (2002). Interpersonal Attraction. In International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Relationships.

Cunningham, M. R.; Shamblen, S. R.; Barbee, A. P & Ault, L. K. (2005). Social allergies in romantic relationships: Behavioral repetition, emotional sensitization, and dissatisfaction in dating couples. Personal Relationships, 12, pp.. 273-295

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Ault, L. K., et al. (2003). Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 85-104. 

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Ault, L. K., et al. (2003). Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions. Personal Relationships, 10, 307-331.

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Ault, L. K., et al. (In press). The geographic distribution of Big Five personality traits: Patterns and profiles of human self-description across 56 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Submitted for publication: 

Cunningham, M. R., Rowatt, T. J., Rowatt, W. C., Ault, L. K., Shamblen, S. R., Miles, S. S., Bettler, R. F., Jr., & Barbee, A. P. (under review). Men and women are from Earth:  Care versus material variables in mate choice. Submitted for review by the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Fall 2003

Rowatt, T. J., Barbee, A. P. & Ault, L. K. (Under review). When Women Choose a Surname: The Influence of Personality and Relationship Style. (Under review by the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Fall 2003).

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allensworth, M., Allik, J., Ault, L. K., et al. (under review).  Patterns and Peculiarities of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 60 Cultural Regions: Are Models of Self and Other Cross-Cultural Universals? Submitted for review by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (February, 2002). 

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allensworth, M., Allik, J., Ault, L. K., et al. (under review). Gender Differences in Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions: Why Are Men Always More Dismissing Than Women, or Are They? Submitted for review by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (May, 2002). 

Bettler, R. F. Jr., Murrell, S. A., & Ault, L. K. (under review). The Circumplex Octant Discontinuity Index: A new  measure of interpersonal rigidity. Submitted for review by the Journal of Personality Assessment (February, 2003). 

In preparation for publication:

Ault, L. K. & Cunningham, M. R. (In Preparation). Should I risk embarrassing others in order to improve their self-presentations?: Preventative Face-Saving and the Diplomacy Dilemma.

Ault, L. K., Cunningham, M. R., & Bettler, R. F., Jr. (In Preparation for the Journal of Personality). The impact of personality on behavior in scritpless situations: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Self-consciousness, and Embarrassment.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K.,  Rowatt, T. J. Shamblen, S. R., Rowatt, W. C., & Barbee, A. P. (in preparation for the Psychological Bulletin).  Life trajectory dynamics in mate choice: A meta-analysis.

Rowatt, W. C., Cunningham, M. R., & Ault, L. K. (In Preparation). Impression Management in Close Relationships: Other-Monitoring Scale Development and Validation.

Ault, L. K., Murrell, S. R., & Bettler, R. F. (In Preparation for Journal of Family Psychology). Affective and interpersonal mechanisms of relationship satisfaction: An examination of liking and loving in romantic relationships.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Ault, L. K., Barrese, A. J., LaDage, J. M., Cunningham, H. C. & Yoder, M. (2007). Personality Correlates of Accuracy and
            Enhancement Bias in Self- and Other-Perceived Physical Attractiveness. Poster presented at the annual Eastern
            Psychological Association conference in Philadelphia, PA, March 2007.

Ault, L. K. & Bettler, R. F., Jr. (2006). Preventative Face-Saving: Desire to avoid guilt drives helping in embarrassing situations. Poster presented at the annual Association for Psychological Science conference in New York City, May 2006.

Ault, L. K., Murrell, S. A. & Bettler, R. F. (2004). Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction: Liking & Affiliation Mean More Than Loving. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Society conference in Chicago, May 2004.

Roussel, S., Ault, L. K., & Bettler, R. F., Jr. (2003). Influences on Personal Construct Development: Parental Behavior Patterns and Secure Attachment. Poster presented at the 15th annual convention of the American Psychological Society in Atlanta, GA.

Cunningham, M. R., Shamblen, S. R., & Ault, L. K. (2002). Small slights and acts of grace: Social allergies and enrichments in close relationships. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Communication Association.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K., Shamblen, S. R., Hatten, J., & Barbee, A. P. (2002). Prosocial and Selfish Approaches to Long- and Short-Term Relationships: Partner, Player, Parasite and Predator. Paper presented at the 2002 annual conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ault, L. K. & Philhower, C. P. (2001). Allergen avoidance: Qualities in romantic partners that are shunned by lovers and their parents. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Prescott, AZ.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K., & Shamblen, S. R. (2001). From Impression Management to Social Allergy: Romantic Deflation and the Emergence of Aversive Behaviors. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Prescott, AZ.

Cunningham, M. R. , Shamblen, S. R., & Ault, L. K. (2001). The erosion and revitalization of love: Social allergies and pleasantries in romantic relationships. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Prescott, AZ.

       Conference panel chair for “Creeping negativity: Aversive processes in close relationships” at the 2001 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Prescott, AZ.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K., Shamblen, S. R., Bettler, R. F., Philhower, C. P. (2000). Life trajectories and Romantic Relationship Orientations: Partners, Players, Predators, and Parasites. Poster presented at the 2000 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, TN.

Ault, L. K., and Cunningham, M. R. (1999). Helping another to avoid  embarrassment: Preventative Face-Saving as a social support behavior. Poster presented at the 1999 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K., Bettler, R. F., Jr.,  Rowatt, W. C., Rowatt, T. J., Miles, S. S., Shamblen, S. R., and Barbee, A. P. (1999). Four approaches to Romantic Relationships: A Life Span Strategy analysis of Partners, Players, Predators, and Parasites. Panel discussion at the 1999 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

     Conference panel chair for "Good Will Hunting: Relationships and Well Being" at the 1999 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships/International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Ault, L. K., Bettler, R. F., Cunningham, M. R, Rowatt, T. J., Miles, S. S., Shamblen, S., & Rowatt, W. C.(1998). Partners, Players, Predators and Parasites: A Life-Span Strategy Theory Analysis. Poster presented at the 1998 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Miles, S. S., Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K., Rowatt, T. J., Georgianna, J., Shamblen, S. R., Bettler, R. F., Rowatt, W. C., & Barbee, A. P.(1998). Punks & Drunks: Sociosexuality and the desire to date people with undesirable qualities. Poster presented at the 1998 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Rowatt, T. J., Cunningham, M. R., Ault, L. K.,  Rowatt, W. C., Miles, S., Georgianna, J., & Shamblen, S. (1997). Men and women are from earth: Life span strategy dynamics in mate choices. Poster presented at the 1997 meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

Ault, L. K., Schlenker, B. R., & Birkimer, J. C. (1996). Impression management as a strategy for dealing with embarrassing situations. Poster presented at the 1996 meeting of the Kentucky Psychology Association, Louisville.

HONORS AND 
AWARDS:                       Taylor Faculty Development Award – Internal grant for $6400.00 for relationship research - 2005
                                         Taylor Faculty Development Award – Internal grant to purchase AMOS software - 2004
                                         Grawemeyer Research Fellowship, Summer 2002
                                     Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Psychology, University of Louisville,1996-2002
                                     Outstanding Women of America award recipient,1997

PROFESSIONAL 
AFFILIATIONS:              American Psychological Association (APA)
                                      Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
                                      International Association for Relationships Research (IARR)
                                      American Psychological Society (APS)

SPECIAL SKILLS ACQUIRED:

• Currently serving on the Holy Family University IRB, 2004 – 2007
• Currently serve as coordinator for the General Psychology course, selecting textbook and other materials, and coordinating with part-time and full-time faculty who teach General Psychology
• Reorganized Holy Family’s General Psychology course for the new Core curriculum, 2004
• Created a graduate seminar in relationship science for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Holy Family, 2005
• Chaired and served on several faculty search committees at Holy Family, 2003 – 2006
• Assisted in forming a University-wide IRB at Holy Family College, Fall 2002 - Spring 2004
• Moderated the Holy Family cheerleading team, 2003 – present
• Moderated the Social & behavioral Sciences Club, 2003 - present
• Served as Laboratory coordinator and manager for Dr. Michael R. Cunningham Fall 1999 – Spring 2002
• Served as Reviewer for Personal Relationships and Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the official journals of the International Association of Relationship Researchers (IARR)
• Proficient in the following statistics packages: AMOS, HLM, SPSS, SYSTAT  
• Participation in the Preparing Future Faculty Seminar, involving the creation and maintenance of a Professional portfolio
• Industrial/Organizational selection consulting work done for Reid Systems, involving analysis and reporting of results for a sample of Argentinean employees
• Independent consulting work done for the Jury Justice Project (jury selection and strength-of-case testing research)
• Supervised Independent Study projects multiple undergraduate students, including Honors theses, independent study, and individual research projects for undergraduates enrolled in my research methods courses.
• Collaborated on the writing of a grant-supported curriculum for training social work trainers: Solution-Based Casework:  Permanency and Protection Curriculum.

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