Curriculum Vitae
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Sean M. Laurent, M.S.

Psychology Department
1227 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1227

Office Phone: 541-346-4924
Email: slaurent AT uoregon.edu

Education

Ph.D.   Social Psychology, University of Oregon, Expected (Spring, 2009)

M.S.   Social Psychology, University of Oregon

B.A.     Psychology & Commonwealth College Honors Program, University of

            Massachusetts, 2004, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA

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Selected Honors and Awards

University of Oregon Graduate Student Travel Grant (2006-2007)

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship, Honorable Mention (Spring, 2006)

Center for the Study of Women in Society Research Grant (Spring, 2006)

University of Oregon Graduate Student Research Grant (2005-2006)

University of Oregon Fighting Fund Fellowship (2005-2006)

Phi Beta Kappa (2004-Present)

Golden Key International Honour Society (2003-Present)

Phi Kappa Phi (2002-Present)

Ethel “Risky” Case Award, for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2002)

Award of Scholastic Excellence (2002)

Teaching Experience

 
University of Oregon

Lab Instructor, PSY 612, Data Analysis II, Winter 2007

Lab Instructor, PSY 611, Data Analysis I, Fall 2006

Instructor, PSY 303, Research Methods in Psychology, Summer 2006

Instructor, PSY 380, Psychology of Gender, Summer 2006

Lab Instructor, PSY 202, Mind and Society (Introductory Psychology), Spring 2006

Teaching Assistant, PSY 380, Psychology of Gender, Spring 2006

Lab Instructor, PSY 302, Statistical Research Methods in Psychology, Winter 2006

Lab Instructor, PSY 303, Research Methods in Psychology, Fall 2005

University of Massachusetts

Teaching Assistant, PSY 580, Clinical Psychology, Spring 2004

Volunteer Teacher, The Literacy Project, 2003-2004

Teaching Assistant, PSY 360, Social Psychology, Spring 2003

Volunteer Teacher, Savuka Afterschool Program, Fall 2002

Research Experience

Principal Investigator, Gender, Empathy, and Perspective Taking Lab, Fall 2005-Present

Design and implement experimental research related to gender-role identification, empathy, and perspective taking; formulate theory related to measurement of social gender; construct scales to measure social gender; prepare research protocols and act as liaison with university IRB; data collection and analysis; writing of articles or chapters intended for publication; supervise undergraduate research assistants.

Advisor: Sara D. Hodges, Ph.D.

 University of Massachusetts

Principal Investigator, Gender, Adult Romantic Attachment Lab, Spring 2004 - Fall 2005

Design and implement research related to gender-role identification and adult attachment; formulate theory related to measurement of social gender; construct scales to measure social gender; prepare research protocols and act as liaison with university IRB; data collection and analysis; writing of articles or chapters intended for publication; supervise undergraduate research assistants.

Advisor: Paula R. Pietromonaco, Ph.D.

 
Lab Supervisor (Honors Project), Social Cognition Lab, Fall 2003 - Summer 2004

Formulate and design experimental research; data collection and data analysis; authoring
computer run experiments with MediaLab software; recruit research participants; manage lab and supervise undergraduate research assistants.

Advisors: Linda Isbell, Ph.D., and Nilanjana Dasgupta, Ph.D.

 
Research Assistant, Social Cognition Lab, Spring 2003

            Conduct research as part of a research team; develop and rate experimental measures, collect and analyze data, perform             administrative duties.

Advisor: Linda Isbell, Ph.D.

Presentations

 Laurent, S. M., & Pietromonaco, P. R. (2006, May). Gender role identification and gender role conflict: Predicting adult romantic attachment. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York.

Laurent, S. M., & Pietromonaco, P. R. (2007, January). Gender role identification and gender role conflict: Predicting adult romantic attachment. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, TN.

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Manuscripts in Preparation

 Laurent, S. M., & Pietromonaco, P. R. (2006). Gender role identification and gender role conflict: Predicting adult romantic attachment. Manuscript in preparation.

 Laurent, S. M. (2006). Measuring traditionalism and gender role conflict in women and men: The Gender Traditionalism and Role Conflict Scale.  Manuscript in preparation.

 Laurent, S. M. (2006). Socially desirable and undesirable aspects of masculine and feminine gender role orientations: The Gender Traits and Behaviors Scale. Manuscript in preparation.

 Laurent, S. M. (2006).  The personality of mind-reading: Individual difference variables related to empathic accuracy. Manuscript in preparation.

 Laurent, S. M. (2006). When sex doesn’t matter: The relationship of gender-role identification to empathic accuracy.  Manuscript in preparation.

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 Professional Affiliations

Society for the Psychology of Women

American Psychological Association

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Association for Psychological Science

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Departmental and Professional Service

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Student Member, Affective Social Neuroscience Job Search Committee, University of Oregon, 2006-2007

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Other Achievements

Published writer of poetry and short fiction

Opened and ran Shaolin Kung Fu and Fitness Center, Head Instructor, 2004

Awarded 2^nd Degree Black Belt, Shaolin Kung Fu Association (June, 2005)

Awarded Black Belt, Shaolin Kung Fu Association (June, 2003)

Awarded Black Belt, Wah Lum Kung Fu Association (September, 1999)