Faculty

Invited Presentations

Beins, B. C. (2021, March). Critical Thinking: Psychology and Beyond. Presidential Address delivered at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

Gallagher, S., & Beins, B. C. (2021, February). Online Psychology Laboratory: Teaching During the Pandemic and Beyond. Invited presentation at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. Atlanta, GA.

Beins, B. C. (2019, October). The Long Road: The Golden Age of the Teaching of Psychology. Invited presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Teachers of Psychology Conference, Largo, MD.

Beins, B. C. (2018, November). Psychology from Beginning to End: What Do We Want Our Students to Learn? Invited address at the annual convention of the New England
Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.

Beins, B. C. (2018, November). The Online Psychology Laboratory: Now it’s mobile. In B. C. Beins (Chair), APA’s recent tools for teaching and research: Data, content, and
assessment. Symposium at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Worcester, MA.

Beins, B. C. (2018, November). Predictions are Hard, Especially about the Future: Trying to Predict Research Results. Presentation at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of
Psychology, Worcester, MA.

Beins, B. C. (2018, September). The Online Psychology Laboratory: Now it’s mobile. In B. C. Beins (Chair), APA’s recent tools for teaching and research: Data, content, and
assessment. Symposium at the Mid-Atlantic Teachers of Psychology Conference, Largo, MD.

Beins, B. C. (2018, May). Why thinking like a psychologist matters. Invited address at the annual APS-STP Teaching Institute, San Francisco, CA.

Beins, B. C. (2017, March). The process of writing: What students don’t do and what teachers should do. Invited presentation at The Conference on Writing in Psychology, Stevenson
University, Stevenson, MD.

Beins, B. C. (2017, March). Teaching writing in research methods and statistics. Invited presentation at The Conference on Writing in Psychology, Stevenson University,
Stevenson, MD.

Beins, B. C. (2017, March). The Many Colors of Psychology: A Sociocultural History. Keynote presentation at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston,
MA.

Beins, B. C. (2016, October). Psychological Science and Scientific Literacy: Paths to a Good Life. Presidential address at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.

 

 Peer-Reviewed Presentations

Beins, B. C. (2020, March 13-15). Show me the data: thinking critically about research results [Symposium presentation]. In D. A. Bensley (Chair), Teaching critical thinking in psychology [Symposium]. Eastern Psychological Association annual convention, Boston, MA, United States.

Nolan, S. A., Flores, R., Beins, B. C., & Simon, A. F. (2019, November). Teaching Diversity in Unusual Places: How to Transform Statistics, Research Methods, and History. Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Manchester, NH.

Landrum, R. E., & Beins, B. C. (2019, October). Old Timers and Opportunities: How Seemingly Small Events and Micro-Decisions Can Contribute To Making Big Career Impacts. Presentation at the Annual Conference on Teaching, Denver, CO.

Beins, B. C. (2019, August). Early psychological perspectives on African Americans 2: Hidden assumptions and conclusions. In R. L. Miller (Chair), Hidden, Overshadowed, and Forgotten---Little-Known Legacies of 20th Century Psychology. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Beins, B. C. (2019, March). Early psychological perspectives on African Americans: Hidden assumptions and conclusions. In B. C. Beins (Chair), A history of groups on the margin. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Beins, B. C. (2019, March). The origins of the Eastern Psychological Association in NYC in 2003. In H. Takooshian (Chair), The little-known history of New York regional Psychology associations. Symposium at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

*Crilly, M., *Dahlin, B., & Beins, B. C. (2019, March). The possible incompatibility of orientation to laughter and persistence. Poster session at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Beins, B. C. (2018, November). Predictions are hard, especially about the future: Trying to predict research results. Teaching demonstration session at the Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Worcester, MA.

*Overdorf, M., *McCroskey-Neff, A., & Beins, B. C. (2018, November). Gelotophobia: Lack of Optimism and Fear of Happiness. Poster session at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.

*Glassman, J., *Stagg, J., & Beins, B. C. (2018, March). Unrealistic optimism and gelotophobia: Bleak past and bleak future. Poster session at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Beins, B., Campaenu, S., & Simon, A. (2018, March). Leveraging your psychology degree in the workforce. Panel discussion at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Beins, B. C. (2018, March). The Online Psychology Laboratory: Now it’s mobile. In B. C. Beins (Chair), APA’s recent tools for teaching and research: Data, content, and assessment. Symposium at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Beins, B. C. , & Baker, S. (2018, March). Science, assessment, professional development, and more: Key issues and deliverables from the summit. In S. Baker (Chair), The 2017 APA Summit on High School Psychology Education: Creating the best future for high school psychology. Symposium at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Beins, B. C. (2018, January). Classroom data collection: What works? Participant Idea Exchange, National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

Beins, B. C. (2017, August). Building a lab science for students: E. C. Sanford’s forgotten legacy. In K. D. Keith (Chair), Gone but not forgotten: Diverse legacies in American Psychology. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Beins, B. C. (2017, March). Did Chomsky’s Review of Verbal Behavior Really CauseBehaviorism’s Collapse? In B. C. Beins (Chair), Psychology Reconceptualized: Thinking and Responding. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Cardwell, M., Smith, A., Suarez, J., McGuane, A., Marshall, M., Krauss, M., Lauser, C. & Beins, B. C. (2016, October). Laughing at me, laughting at you, and interpersonal traits: Gelotophobia and Katagelasticism. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.

Smith, A., Suarez, J., Marshall, M., Lauser, C., Krauss, M., Cardwell, M., McGuane, S., & Beins, B. C. (2016, October). Unrealistic optimism and gelotophobia. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.

Beins, B. C. (2016, August). Making learning better: Some contributions of Wilbert J. McKeachie. In In B. C. Beins (Chair), How psychologists think: Contributions of Dewey, Klineberg, and McKeachie. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

    Beins, B. C. (2016, March). Popular knowledge and popular belief: Facts are slippery little devils. In A. S. Hunter, J. Buckner, & P. Fisher (Chairs), CUPP Symposium: Infusing Critical Thinking into Psychology Courses. Symposium at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Associaiton, New York, NY.

    Beins, B. C. (2016, March). Even if you didn’t see it, subliminal perception has preoccupied psychology for a century. In B. Beins (Chair), Past and Present: Connections of Historical Ideas from the Past to the Present. Symposium at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

    Beins, B. C., & Cohen-Filipic, J. (2016, January). The writing of psychology and the psychology of writing: fostering effective writing. Workshop presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.

    Chew, S. & Beins, B. C. (2016, January). Teaching the Hoffman Report and the reproducibility project. Participant Idea Exchange at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.