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| Steven Prentice-Dunn, PhD Professor |
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Contact Information:
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| Office: | 352 Gordon Palmer |
Teaching of Psychology Practicum (PY 695) Honors Introduction to Psychology (PY 105): Traditional & online formats |
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| Phone: | (205) 348-1940 | ||||
| FAX: | (205) 348-8648 | ||||
| E-Mail: |
sprentic@bama.ua.edu |
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| Website: | http://bama.ua.edu~sprentic | ||||
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| Research Interests: |
I am a faculty member in the University of Alabama’s doctoral concentration in social psychology. My current courses are Introduction to Psychology in traditional, honors, and online formats, as well as a graduate course in the Teaching of Psychology. I have been honored to receive the College’s and University’s highest awards for teaching excellence and have been a consulting editor for the journal, Teaching of Psychology. My research focuses on health psychology and on teaching. In recent years, I have investigated interventions to promote preventive health behaviors such as reducing skin cancer risk, complying with dietary guidelines following gastric bypass surgery, and increasing breast cancer awareness . I have also written articles on training graduate students to teach and on consultation with new instructors. I am a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, which is the primary professional organization in my field. |
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| Research Affiliations: | Social Psychology | ||||
| Recent Publications: |
Prentice-Dunn, H., & Prentice-Dunn, S. (in press). Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and childhood obesity: A review of cross-sectional studies. Psychology, Health and Medicine. |
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Prentice-Dunn, S. (2012).Teaching in the context of professional development and work-private life balance. In W. Buskist & V. A. Benassi (Eds.), Effective college and university teaching: Strategies and tactics for the new professoriate (pp. 39-47). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. |
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| Boeka, A., Prentice-Dunn, S., & Lokken, K. (2010). Psychosocial predictors of weight loss and intentions to comply with post-surgical guidelines following bariatric surgery. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 15, 188-197. | |||||
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Payne, K. L., Prentice-Dunn, S., & Allen, R. S. (2010). A comparison of two interventions to increase completion of advance directives. Clinical Gerontologist, 33, 49-61. |
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Prentice-Dunn, S., McMath, B. F., & Cramer, R. J. (2009). Protection motivation theory and stages of change in sun protective behavior. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 297-305. |
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