Curriculum Vitae

Michael J. McGuire


Washburn University
Department of Psychology
1700 College Avenue
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 231-1010 X1763
Fax (785) 231-1004
E-Mail: michael.mcguire@washburn.edu

 

Education

Undergraduate: Wabash College (1989-1993)
Psychology Major, Theatre Minor
B.A., May 1993
Graduate:

Idaho State University (1993-1995)
Psychology (Experimental) Major
M.S., May 1995

Texas Tech University (1995-2000)
Experimental (Emphasis in Cognition) Major
Ph.D., May 2000

Post-Graduate:
Northern Michigan University (2000-2002)
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow

   

Professional Experience

 
Present
Associate Professor, Washburn University
 
Fall 2002 – Spring 2008:
Assistant Professor, Washburn University
 
Fall 2000-Summer 2002:

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Northern Michigan University
Taught several different courses, established research laboratory, and coordinated undergraduate research groups. Harry A. Whitaker, Ph.D., Sponsor

 
1998-2000:
Research Assistant, Half-time: Texas Tech University
Assisted in researching metacognitive-related issues, maintained research laboratory, and coordinated undergraduate research groups. Ruth H. Maki, Ph.D., Supervisor
 
1996-1998:
Teaching Assistant, Half-time: Texas Tech University
General Psychology, Research Methods, and Physiological Psychology
 
1995-1996:
Teaching Assistant, Quarter-time: Texas Tech University
General Psychology
 
1995-1997:

Research AssistantTexas Tech University
Involved investigating the role of anaphors in text comprehension. Supervised by Jason E. Albrecht, Ph.D.

 
1993-1995:
Clinical Assistant, Half-time: Idaho State University
Involved working with disadvantaged children. Supervised by Mark Roberts, Ph.D.

 

  Experience with Computer Applications & Languages
 

Windows Operating Systems

MS Office 97/00/XP/03/07

 

Unix Operating System

SPSS 6.12, 9.0 - 15.0

 

Corel Suite 2000

HTML, Dreamweaver

 

WebCT, Respondus

E-Prime

  Flash Adobe Captivate 3

 

 

 

 

 

  Awards and Honors
  2008 (Spring) Granted Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
  2002 Internal Research Grant, Washburn University, $1800.
  1999 Competitive $2000 Graduate School-Summer Dissertation Award
  1995-1999 Departmental Scholarship, Texas Tech University
  1997(Spring)-1998(Fall) Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Member by the Delta-Delta-Delta sorority
  1991-1993 Dean=s List at Wabash College. Academic All-American Wrestler

Research Interests

Teaching Experience

General Psychology, Texas Tech University, Fall 1995, Fall & Spring 1996, Fall 1997

Research Methods, Texas Tech University, Spring 1996, Spring 1997

Physiological Psychology, Fall 1996, Fall 1997

Cognition with a Lab, Northern Michigan University, Fall 2000, Fall 2001

Psychology of Gender, Northern Michigan University, Fall 2000

Social Psychology, Northern Michigan University, Winter 2001

Sensation & Perception, Northern Michigan University, Winter 2001

Statistics with a Lab, Northern Michigan University, Summer 2001, Winter 2002

Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Northern Michigan University, Fall 2001

History of Psychology, Northern Michigan University, Fall 2001 (Web-Course)

Advanced Learning, Northern Michigan University, Winter 2002

General Psychology, Washburn University, Fall 2002, Spring 2003

Principles of Learning, Washburn University, Fall 2002

Introductory Psychology Lab, Washburn University, Fall 2002, Spring 2003

Intermediate Statistics (Masters’ Students), Washburn University, Fall 2002

Cognitive Psychology, Washburn University, Spring 2003 (Online), Spring 2004

Departmental Colloquia:

Northern Michigan University, Psychology Colloquium. When Knowing More Means Predicting Less. Marquette, MI, October 2000.

Texas Tech University, Second-Year Project Presentations-Psychology Colloquium. Factors Affecting Inferences During Comprehension of Short Narratives. Lubbock, TX, April 1997.

Texas Tech University, Applied Cognition Colloquium. Interference and Metamemory Judgments. Lubbock, TX, October 1999.

Presentations

McGuire, M.J., Patton, C. E., Moreland, S. M. (2006). To recall or to forget: Which is the better JOL
     query? Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.

McGuire, M. J., Burrell, A. M., & Meinecke, G. M. (2005). The effect of perceived and actual retention
     intervals on judgments-of-learning. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the
     Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

Maki, R. H., Holder, E. W., & McGuire, M. J. (2001). Metamemory of text: A test of the optimum effort
     hypothesis. Paper presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.

Borts, P., Tobin, J., LaCasse, J., & McGuire, M.J. (2001). Metamemory judgments and exam performance
     as a function of question type and content area. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
     33rd Meeting.

McGuire, M. J. & Maki, R.H. (2000). A direct test of accessibility versus competition hypotheses of
     metamemory judgments. Poster presented at the 41st meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

McGuire, M. J. & Maki, R.H. (1999). The influence of a diminished fan effect on metamemory judgments.
     Poster presented at the 40th meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

McGuire, M. J. & Maki, R. H. (1998). The effect of fan on metamemory judgments. Poster presented at
     the 39th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Publications

Dinkel, S., Patzel, B., McGuire, M. J., Rolfs, E., & Purcell, K. (2007). Measures of homophobia among nursing
     students and faculty: A midwestern perspective. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship,
     
4 (1), 1-12.

Maki, R. H. & McGuire, M. J. (2002). Metacognition for text: Findings and implications for education. In
     T. Perfect & B. Schwartz (Eds.), Applied Metacognition. Cambridge.

McGuire, M. J. & Maki, R. H. (2001). When knowing more means less: The effect of fan on metamemory
      judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27, 1172 - 1179.

Unpublished Manuscripts

McGuire, M. J. (1995). Comparison of the informational helplessness model vs. the original model of
     learned helplessness. Master=s Thesis.

Albrecht, J. E. & McGuire, M. J. (1997). Making the connection: The role of anaphoric and causal
     processes in comprehending short narratives.

McGuire, M. J. (2000). The effect of associative interference on predicting future memory performance.
     Dissertation.

References

Victor Joe, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209
(208) 236-2642
joevict@isu.ed

Ruth H. Maki, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2051
(806) 742-3695
ruth.maki@ttu.edu

Cindy A. Prosen, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 227-2941
cprosen@nmu.edu

Roman Taraban, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2051
(806) 742-1744
tirmt@ttacs.ttu.edu

Harry A. Whitaker, Ph.D., Departmental Chair
Department of Psychology
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 227-2936
hwhitake@nmu.edu


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