Edward Lemay 1

Edward P. Lemay, Jr.

Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Psychology

University of Maryland at College Park

Biology/Psychology Building Room 3147F

College Park, MD 20742

Office: 301-405-5927

Fax: 301-314-9566

Email: elemay@umd.edu

DEGREES

Ph.D. 2008 Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology), Yale University, New Haven, CT

Dissertation: You think you reap what you sow: The functional projection of

communal responsiveness.

M.S. 2007 Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology), Yale University, New Haven, CT

Thesis: Projection of responsiveness to needs.

M. Phil. 2007 Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology), Yale University, New Haven, CT

Thesis: Walking on eggshells: How expressing relationship insecurities perpetuates

them.

M.S. 2002 Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology), Rutgers University, New Brunswick,

NJ.

Thesis: When being categorized by others leads to self-categorization: A reflected

categorizations approach.

B. S. 1999 Psychology, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2013-Present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College

Park, MD.

2008-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire,

Durham, NH.

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PUBLICATIONS

Chapters in Books

1. Lemay, E. P., Jr. (in press). Effects of emotion on interpersonal behavior: A motivational

perspective. In Fox, A. S., Lapate, R. C., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (Eds.), The nature

of emotion. Fundamental questions (2nd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

2. Shackman, A. J., Stockbridge, M. D., Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Fox, A.S. (in press). The

psychological and neurobiological bases of dispositional negativity. In Fox, A. S., Lapate, R.

C., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (Eds.), The nature of emotion. Fundamental questions

(2nd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

3. Lemay, E. P. (2015). Regulating relationship security of chronically insecure partners. In P. J.

Carroll, R. M. Arkin, and A. Wichman (Eds.), Handbook of Personal Security (pp. 127-144).

New York: Psychology Press.

4. Overall, N. C., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015). Attachment and dyadic regulation processes. In J.

Simpson and S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment Theory and Research: New Directions and

Emerging Themes (pp. 145-169). New York: Guilford.

5. Clark, M. S., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2010). Close relationships. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert &

G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology (5 ed., Vol. 2, pp. 898-940). New York:

Wiley.

6. Clark, M. S., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2009). Dyads. In J. M. Levine & M. A. Hogg (Eds.),

Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (Vol 1) (pp. 229-231). Thousand

Oaks, CA: Sage.

7. Clark, M.S., Graham, S.M., Williams, E., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2008). Understanding relational

focus of attention may help us understand relational phenomena. In J. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.)

Social Relationships: Cognitive, Affective and Motivational Processes (pp. 131-146). New

York: Psychology Press.

Journal Articles

Note: Student authors shown in italics. *co-first authors.

8. Assaad, L., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (in press). Social anhedonia and romantic relationship

processes. Journal of Personality.

9. Clark, M. S., Von Culin, K. R., Clark-Polner, E., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (in press). Accuracy and

projection in perceptions of partners' emotional experiences: Both minds matter. Emotion.

10. Leppert, K., Kushner, M., Smith, V. C., Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Dougherty, L. R. (in press).

Children's cortisol responses to a social evaluative laboratory stressor from early to middle

childhood. Developmental Psychobiology

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11. Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016). The forecast model of relationship commitment. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 34-52.

-Covered in Psychology Today and The Atlantic.

12. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Muir, H. (2016). The action model of relationship security: How one's

own behavior shapes confidence in partners' care, regard, and commitment. Personal

Relationships, 23, 339-363.

13. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Razzak, S. (2016). Perceived acceptance from outsiders shapes security in

romantic relationships: The overgeneralization of extradyadic experiences. Personality and

Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 632-644.

14. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Venaglia, R. (2016). Relationship expectations and relationship quality.

Review of General Psychology, 20, 57-70.

15. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Wolf, N. R. (2016). Human mate poaching tactics are effective: Evidence

from a dyadic prospective study on opposite-sex "friendships." Social Psychological and

Personality Science, 7, 374-380.

16. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Wolf, N. R. (2016). Projection of romantic and sexual desire: A self-

fulfilling prophecy in opposite-sex friendships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42,

864-878.

17. Stangor, C., & Lemay, E. P. Jr. (2016). Introduction to the special issue on methodological

rigor and replicability. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 66, 1-3.

18. *Venkatesan, A.,*Lemay, E. P., Jr., Zuo, S. W., Cichowitz, C., Ruff, C. B., & Shochet, R. B.

(2016). Decreasing emotional distress among first-year medical students. Medical Education,

50, 565-566.

19. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2015). Motivated cognition in romantic relationships.

Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 72-75.

20. Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Dobush, S. (2015). When do personality and emotion predict destructive

behavior during relationship conflict? The role of perceived commitment asymmetry. Journal

of Personality, 83, 523-534.

21. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Lin, J. L., & Muir, H. J. (2015). Daily affective and behavioral forecasts in

romantic relationships: Seeing tomorrow through the lens of today. Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1005-1019.

22. Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Spongberg, K. (2015). Perceiving and wanting to be valued by others:

Implications for cognition, motivation, and behavior in romantic relationships. Journal of

Personality, 83, 464-478.

23. Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2014). Accuracy and bias in self-perceptions of responsive behavior:

Implications for security in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology, 107, 638-656.

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24. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Melville, M. C. (2014). Diminishing self-disclosure to maintain security in

partners' care. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 37-57.

25. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Neal, A. M. (2014). Accurate and biased perceptions of responsive

support predict well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 270-286.

26. Neal, A. M., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2014). How partners' temptation leads to their heightened

commitment: The interpersonal regulation of infidelity threats. Journal of Social and Personal

Relationships, 31, 938-957.

-Covered in Science of Relationships

27. Overall, N. C., Girme, Y., Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Hammond, M. D. (2014). Attachment anxiety

and reactions to relationship threat: The benefits and costs of inducing guilt in romantic

partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 235-256.

28. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Bechis, M. A., Martin, J., Neal, A., & Coyne, C. (2013). Concealing negative

evaluations of a romantic partner’s physical attractiveness. Personal Relationships, 20, 669-

689.

29. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Neal, A. (2013). The wishful memory of interpersonal responsiveness.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 653-672.

30. Feeney, B. C., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2012). Surviving relationship threats: A theory of

emotional capital. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1004-1017.

31. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Cannon, K. T. (2012). Dysphoric reassurance seeking breeds contempt:

Experimental evidence. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31, 1023-1050.

32. Lemay, E. P., Jr. & O’Leary, K. (2012). Alleviating interpersonal suspicions of low self-

esteem individuals: Negativity as honesty credentials. Journal of Social and Clinical

Psychology, 31, 251-288.

33. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Overall, N. C., & Clark, M. S. (2012). Experiences and interpersonal

consequences of hurt feelings and anger. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103,

982-1006.

34. Monin, J. K., Schulz, R., Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Cook, T. B. (2012). Linguistic markers of

emotion regulation and cardiovascular reactivity among older caregiving spouses. Psychology

and Aging, 27, 903-911.

35. Clark, M. S., Greenberg, A., Hill, E., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Clark-Polner, E., & Roosth, D. (2011).

Heightened interpersonal security diminishes the monetary value of possessions. Journal of

Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 359-364.

36. Lemay, E. P. Jr., & Dudley, K. L. (2011). Caution: Fragile! Regulating the security of

chronically insecure relationship partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100,

681-702.

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37. Yoo, S. H., Clark, M. S., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Salovey, P., & Monin, J. K. (2011). Responding to

partners’ expression of anger: The role of communal motivation. Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin, 37, 229-241.

38. Clark, M. S., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Graham, S. M., Pataki, S. P., & Finkel, E. J. (2010). Ways of

giving benefits in marriage: Norm use and attachment-related variability. Psychological

Science, 21, 944-951.

39. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Clark, M. S., & Greenberg, A. (2010). What is beautiful is good because

what is beautiful is desired: Physical attractiveness stereotyping as projection of interpersonal

goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 339-353.

-Covered in Psychology Today

40. Feeney, B. C., Cassidy, J., Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Ramos-Marcuse, F. (2009). Affiliation with

new peer acquaintances during two initial social support interactions. Personal Relationships,

16, 489-506.

41. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2009). Self-esteem and communal responsiveness toward a

flawed partner: The fair-weather care of low self-esteem individuals. Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin, 35, 698-712.

42. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Dudley, K. L. (2009). Implications of reflected appraisals of interpersonal

insecurity for suspicion and power. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1672-1686.

43. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2008). “You’re just saying that”: Contingencies of self-

worth, suspicion, and authenticity in the partner affirmation process. Journal of Experimental

Social Psychology, 44, 1376-1382.

44. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2008). “Walking on eggshells”: How expressing

relationship insecurities perpetuates them. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95,

420-441.

45. Monin, J. K., Clark, M. S., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2008). Communal responsiveness in

relationships with female versus male family members. Sex Roles, 59, 176-188.

46. Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2008). How the head liberates the heart: Projection of

communal responsiveness guides relationship promotion. Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology, 94, 647-671.

47. Cohen, S., & Lemay, E. (2007). Why would social networks be linked to affect and health

practices? Health Psychology, 26, 410-417.

48. Grote, N.K., Bledsoe, S.E., Larkin, J., Lemay, E., & Brown, C. (2007). Stress frequency and

depression in African American and White women with low-incomes: The protective effects of

optimism and perceived control. Social Work Research, 31, 19-34.

49. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Clark, M. S., & Feeney, B. C. (2007). Projection of responsiveness to needs

and the construction of satisfying communal relationships. Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology, 92, 834-853.

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50. Feild, L., Pruchno, R.A., Bewley, J. Lemay, E.P., & Levinsky, N.G. (2006). Using probability

vs. non-probability sampling to identify hard-to-access participants for health-related research:

Costs and contrasts. Journal of Aging and Health, 18, 565-583.

51. Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Ashmore, R. D. (2006). The relation of social approval contingency to trait

self-esteem: Cause, consequence, or moderator? Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 121-

139.

52. Lemay, E. P., Jr., Pruchno, R. A., & Feild, L. (2006). Accuracy and bias in perception of

spouses’ life-sustaining medical treatment preferences. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,

36, 2337-2361.

53. Pruchno, R. A., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Feild, L., & Levinsky, N. (2006). Predictors of patients’

preferences and spouses’ substituted judgments: The case of dialysis continuation. Medical

Decision Making, 26, 112-121.

54. Pruchno, R. A., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Feild, L., & Levinsky, N. (2005). Spouse as health care

proxy for dialysis patients: Whose preferences matter? The Gerontologist, 45, 812-819.

55. Bates, M. E., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2004). The d2 test of attention: Construct validity and

extensions in scoring techniques. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10,

392-400.

56. Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Ashmore, R. D. (2004). Reactions to perceived categorization by others

during the transition to college: Internalization and self-verification processes. Group Processes

and Intergroup Relations, 7, 173-187.

Additional Publications

57. Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016). Walking on eggshells may be the best strategy for a chronically

anxious partner. Anxiety.org.

EXTRMURAL GRANTS

2012-2017 National Science Foundation, Research Grant (BCS 1145349), Maintaining

Relationships with Chronically Insecure Partners: Interpersonal Security

Regulation.

Role: PI

Total costs: $249,762.

2004-2007 National Institute of Mental Health, National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral

Fellowship (1 F31 MH072031), Depression, Adaptation, and Social Networks.

Role: PI (Sponsor: Margaret Clark)

Total costs: $126, 975

INTERNAL GRANTS

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2017 Research and Scholarship Award, University of Maryland: Delay Discounting and Health-

Related Social Control

Role: PI

Total costs: $9,000

2016-2017 Dean's Research Initiative, University of Maryland: Dating Violence Intervention

Role: Co-PI (with Karen O'Brien)

Total costs: $5,000

ACADEMIC HONORS

2015 Caryl E. Rusbult Early Career Award from the Relationships Research Interest Group of the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

2014 Sage Young Scholars Award from The Foundation for Social and Personality Psychology, on the

basis of research achievements, including "innovation, creativity, and potential to make a

significant impact on the field."

2013 Designated as a "Rising Star" by Association for Psychological Science on the basis of research

achievement.

2011 Summer Grant Writing Stipend ($4,000), University of New Hampshire

2010 Summer Faculty Fellowship, University of New Hampshire

2008 Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award Winner

2008 James Grossman Dissertation Award from Department of Psychology, Yale University

2008 International Association for Relationship Research Dissertation Award Winner

2006 Travel Award from Society of Personality and Social Psychology

2005 Winner of Time-sharing Experiments in Social Sciences Special Competition, sponsored by the

National Science Foundation.

2004 Awarded National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship from National Institute of

Mental Health: Depression, adaptation, and social networks.

2003 Accepted to (from a large competitive pool) and attended the Summer Institute in Social

Psychology, Relationship Processes course, sponsored by Society of Personality and Social

Psychology and the National Science Foundation.

1999 Received special recognition for outstanding scholarship in Psychology from Psi Chi, National

Honor Society in Psychology.

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1999 Received research award from the First Annual Worcester State College Research and Creative

Works Conference.

1998 Awarded the John Coughlin Memorial Scholarship, Worcester State College

ADDITIONAL QUANTITATIVE POSITIONS

2008 Statistical Consultant, MATRIX Public Health Solutions. New Haven, CT.

2007 Teaching Fellow for Graduate Course on Quantitative Data Analysis, Department

of Psychology, Yale University

2006 Statistical Consultant, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University,

New Haven, CT

2004-2005 Statistical Consultant, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University,

Pittsburgh, PA

2003-2004 Research Data Analyst, Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

ADVANCED STATISTICAL TRAINING

2015 Attended workshop on Multilevel Modeling: A Second Course by Statistical Horizons and taught

by Kristopher Preacher, Philadelphia, PA.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Association for Psychological Science

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology

International Association for Relationship Research

Social Psychology Network

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Editorial Positions: Associate Editor, Personal Relationships, 2012-2016

Special Issue Guest Editor, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2015-2016

Guest Editor, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2016

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Editorial Boards: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2012-Present)

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2011-Present)

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2012-Present)

Social and Personality Psychological Science (2015-Present)

Ad Hoc Reviewer: Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Current Directions in Psychological

Science; Emotion; European Journal of Social Psychology; Evolutionary Psychology; Group Processes

and Intergroup Relations; International Review of Social Psychology; Journal of Experimental Social

Psychology; Journal of Marriage and Family; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of

Research in Personality; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Journal of Social and Clinical

Psychology; Management Science; Memory; Motivation and Emotion; National Science Foundation;

Personal Relationships; Personality and Individual Differences; Personality Disorders: Theory,

Research, and Treatment; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Proceedings of the National

Academy of Sciences; Psychological Science; Psychological Review; Sage Publications London; Self and

Identity; Social Networks; Social Psychological and Personality Science; Social Psychology Quarterly;

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Social Science and Medicine; US-Israel

Binational Science Foundation

Panelist: National Institutions of Health, Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes study

section (October, 2016)

TEACHING, MENTORING, AND ADVISING

Graduate Courses Taught – University of Maryland

Graduate Seminar: Interpersonal Relationships (1 sections; 4 enrolled; 2 audited). Average evaluation on

overall teaching effectiveness: 3.8 on 0 to 4 scale.

Graduate Seminar: Multilevel Modeling (1 section; 12 enrolled). Average evaluation on overall teaching

effectiveness: 4 on 0 to 4 scale.

Fundamentals of Social Psychology (1 section; 28 enrolled). Average overall teaching evaluation: 3.2 on

0 to 4 scale.

Undergraduate Courses Taught – University of Maryland

Laboratory in Social Psychology (3 sections; 43 enrolled). Average overall teaching evaluation: 3.54 on 0

to 4 scale.

Undergraduate Courses Taught – University of New Hampshire

Research Methods in Psychology (8 sections; approximately 25 students per section). Average global

evaluation: 4.32 on 5-point scale.

Social Psychology (2 sections; approximately 65 students per section). Average global evaluation: 4.7 on

5-point scale.

Attraction and Close Relationships (4 sections; approximately 20 students per section). Average global

evaluation: 4.69 on 5-point scale.

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Advanced Statistics and Research Methods (1 section; 18 students). Average global evaluation: 4.3 on 5-

point scale.

Graduate Courses Taught – University of New Hampshire

Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology of Interpersonal Relationship (2 sections; approximately 10

students per section). Average global evaluation: 4.8 on 5-point scale.

Research Methods and Statistics III: Multivariate Statistics (2 sections; approximately 10 students per

section). Average global evaluation: 4.87 on 5-point scale.

Workshops Instructed

Expert workshop in Multilevel Modeling, Department of Psychology, Yale University (December, 2013)

Expert workshop on Dyadic Data Analysis Using Multilevel Modeling, Department of Psychology,

University of Maryland (December, 2014)

Expert workshop in Multilevel Modeling, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University

(May, 2006)

Graduate Advising: Research Direction

Joshua Ryan, pre-MS to MS, UMD (2016-Present)

Nadya Teneva, pre-MS to MS, UMD (2016-Present)

Lily Assaad, MS, Psychology, UMD (2015-2016)

Rachel Venaglia, pre-MS to MS, Psychology, UMD (2014-Present)

Noal Wolf, pre-MS to MS, Psychology, UMD (2014-Present)

Angela Neal, pre-MS to MS, MS to Pre-Dissertation, Psychology, UNH (2010-2013)

Kari Dudley, pre-MS to MS, Psychology, UNH (2008-2010)

Graduate Student Thesis and Dissertation Committee Membership

2016-Present Sarah Barth, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Yujie Lu, Dissertation Committee Member, Civil Engineering, UMD

2016-Present Jayne Allen, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2016-Present Brandon Terrizzi, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Elissa Sarno, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Hannah Samuelson, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Marina Chernikova, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2015-2016 Marina Chernikova, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Jessica Fernandez, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2015-Present Stephanie Merwin, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2016-Present Eddie Chong, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2015-Present Clara Cheung, Dissertation Committee Member, Civil Engineering, UMD

2015-Present Young Hwa, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2014-Present Ellen Marks, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2014-Present Kristen Pinto-Coelho, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2014-2015 Cristina Garcia, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2014-2015 Shudarshana Gupta, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2014-2015 Junjie Su, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

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2013-2015 Rabiah Muhammad, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2013-2015 Sarah Lyons, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UMD

2012-2013 Sidney Bennett, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2012-2013 Kristi Dixon, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2012-2013 Michael Melville, Thesis Committee Chair, Psychology, UNH

2012-2013 Danny Rasco, Thesis Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2011-2013 Kristi Gozjolko, Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, UNH

2011-2012 Angela Neal, Thesis Committee Chair, Psychology, UNH

2010 Rick Trinkner, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2009-2010 Don Bucolo, Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

2009-2010 Kari Dudley, Thesis Committee Chair, Psychology, UNH

2009 Catherine Overson, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Psychology, UNH

Undergraduate Honors Theses Supervision and Committee Membership

2016 Celeste Witting (Chair); Reza Mahmud (Committee Member)

2015 Leon Li (Committee Member)

2012-2013 Sarah Dobush; Monica Rosskothen; Kerry Spongborg; Samuel Stevens (Supervisor)

2011-2012 Heather Balch; Kevin Cannon (Supervisor)

2010-2011 Margarite Bechis; Kevin O'Leary (Supervisor)

2009-2010 Perry Dripps (Supervisor)

Supervision of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

2014 Chidiogo Nkume, McNair Graduate Opportunity Program

2014 Jonathan Lin & Oguerekhian Addeh, Summer Research Institute

2012-2013 Manuel Lopez, McNair Graduate Opportunity Program

2011 Kevin Cannon, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2010 Kevin O'Leary, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2009-2010 Tsion Mamo, McNair Graduate Opportunity Program

OTHER SERVICE

Departmental: Psychology, University of Maryland

2016-Present Chair, SDOS Brownbag Series Committee

2016-Present Member, Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee

2016-Present Member, Peer Teaching Review Committee

2015-Present Member, Graduate Training Committee

2015 Member, Ad-hoc Grading Dispute Review Committee

2015 Member, Faculty 3rd Year Review Committee

2014 Co-Chair, Social, Group, and Cultural Processes Research Workgroup

2013-2014 Co-Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee for SDOS Program

2014 Member, Merit Review Committee

2014 Member, Ad-hoc Grading Dispute Review Committee

2014 Member, Merit Review Policy Group

Departmental: Psychology, University of New Hampshire

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2010-2012 Member, Chair's Advisory Committee

2010-2011 Member, Community/Clinical Psychology Faculty Search Committee

2009-2013 Member, Human Subjects Departmental Review Committee

2009-2012 Member, Graduate Program Development and Operations Committee

2009-2013 Undergraduate Academic Advisor

2008-2009 Member, Colloquium Committee

2008-2010 Member, Graduate Quantitative Training Committee

University: University of Maryland

2016-2017 Member, BSOS Programs, Curricula, and Courses (PCC) Committee

2016-2017 Member, Psychology Chair Search Committee

2016 Member, Behavioral and Social Sciences Distinguished Award Review Committee

University: University of New Hampshire

2011 Poster Judge, Undergraduate Research Conference

2010 Commencement Faculty Marshal

2009-2013 Member, Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects

Profession

2016 Reviewer, Promotion and Tenure Committee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

2016 Program Committee Member / Abstract Reviewer, International Association for

Relationships Research

2015 External Reviewer, Dissertation Committee, University of Toronto

2015 External Referee, Promotion and Tenure Committee, University of New England

2015 Panelist, Panel on Completing a Dissertation, New Scholars Preconference of the

International Association of Relationships Research, New Brunswick, NJ

2014 Dissertation Award Committee, Member, Society for Experimental Social Psychology

2013 Conference Program Committee, Member, Social for Personality and Social Psychology

2013 External Examiner, Dissertation Committee, Australian National University

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Invited Addresses and Colloquia

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016, May). Invited seminar participant on relationship quality and dyadic data

analysis. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, October). The construction of interpersonal trust. Invited colloquium presented

at Yale University, New Haven CT.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, October). The construction of interpersonal trust. Invited colloquium presented

at University of Delaware, Newark, DE.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, October). The role of relationship forecasts in relationship maintenance. Invited

colloquium presented at University of Delaware, Newark, DE.

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Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, August). The role of relationship forecasts in relationship maintenance. Invited

colloquium presented at University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, February). The construction of relationship security. Invited award address

presented at the Relationships Preconference at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality

and Social Psychology.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2013, April). You think your reap what you sow: The projection of interpersonal

goals. Invited colloquium presented at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Melville, M. (2012, October). Signal distortion bias: Misperceiving self-disclosure

and partner understanding to reach desired conclusions about partners' care. Invited address

presented at the Annual Society of Experimental Social Psychology Attraction and Relationships

Preconference, Austin, TX.

Lemay, E. P. Jr. (2010, April). Caution: Fragile! Regulating the security of chronically insecure

relationship partners. Invited colloquium presented at University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2009, December). The partner’s perspective: Interpersonal insecurity accommodation.

Invited colloquium presented at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2009, April). Interpersonal insecurity accommodation. Invited colloquium presented

at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2009, March). Interpersonal insecurity accommodation. Invited colloquium presented

at Colby College, Waterville, ME.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2008, October). You think you reap what you sow: The functional projection of

communal responsiveness. Invited award address presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society

of Experimental Social Psychology, Sacramento, CA.

Refereed Conference Presentations

Wolf, N., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2017, August). The thrill of the chase: The relative effectiveness of subtle

pursuit behaviors in inspiring romantic interest between friends. Poster presented at the Annual

Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., O'Brien, K. M., Kearney, M., Sauger, E., & Venaglia, R. (2016, August). Everyone

else does it: College students' willingness to intervene in dating violence. Poster presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Assaad, L. & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016, May). The association of social anhedonia with romantic

relationship processes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for

Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Venaglia, R. & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016, May). What is mine is desirable: Self-enhancement shapes

prescriptive gender stereotypes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for

Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

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Merwin, S. M., Smith, V. C., Kushner, M., Lemay, E. P., & Dougherty, L. R. (2016, May). Parent-Child

Adrenocortical Concordance in Early Childhood: The Moderating Role of Parental Depression

and Child Temperament. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for

Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Leppert, K. A., Kushner, M. R., Smith, V. C., Lemay Jr., E. P., & Dougherty, L. R. (2016, May).

Children’s cortisol responses to a laboratory stressor from early to middle childhood. Poster

presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago,

IL.

Wolf, N., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2016, January). Human Mate Poaching Tactics are Effective: Evidence

from a Dyadic Prospective Study on Opposite-Sex "Friendships." Poster presented at the Society

for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Wolf, N. (2016, January). Biased perceptions of romantic desire in friendship. Paper

presented as part of the symposium, “Is it best to be accurate or biased? Real world consequences

of self-knowledge and accurate interpersonal perceptions” E. Carlson & S. Cote (chairs).

Symposium presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San

Diego, CA.

Muir, H., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, June). Differences Between Hurt Feelings and Anger: Valuing

Partners and Relationship Repair. Paper presented at the International Association for

Relationships Research Mini-Conference on Relationships, Health, and Wellness. New

Brunswick, NJ.

Venaglia, R., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, June). Biased Perceptions of Partner’s Hostility During

Romantic Conflict as a Form of Emotion Regulation. Paper presented at the International

Association for Relationships Research Mini-Conference on Relationships, Health, and Wellness.

New Brunswick, NJ.

Wolf, N., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, June). Initial Construction of an Instrument Designed to Identify

Limerence in Individuals. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationships

Research Mini-Conference on Relationships, Health, and Wellness. New Brunswick, NJ.

Jackson, J. C., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Halberstadt, J. B. (2015, May). Adult attachment and emergent social

groups: Explaining the matching and contrast effects of anxiety and avoidance. Paper presented at

the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. New York, NY.

Venaglia, R., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, May). Ignorance Contributes to Bliss: Biased Perceptions of

Partner's Hostility as a Form of Emotion Regulation During Conflict. Paper presented at the

Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. New York, NY.

Wolf, N., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, May). Initial Construction of an Instrument Designed to Identify

Limerence in Individuals. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual

Convention, New York, NY.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, March). Biases in Perceptions of Responsiveness. Paper presented as part of the

symposium, "Responsiveness, Empathy and Compassion: New Insights About Interpersonal

Caring. H. Reis (chair). Symposium presented at the International Convention of Psychological

Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Addeh, O. & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2015, February). Romantic Surveillance and Secret Assessments:

Responsiveness Monitoring Born from Insecurity in Relationships. Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2014, October). Interpersonal Security Regulation. Paper presented as part of the

symposium, "Personal Security: Perspectives from Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology."

P. Carroll, R.M. Arkin, & A. Wichman (chairs). Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of

the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, OH.

Neal, A. M., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2013, May). Temptation Leads to Heightened Commitment: The

Relationship-Protective Function of Mate Guarding. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Park

City, Utah.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. & Melville, M. C. (2013, January). Responsiveness-driven diagnosticity. Poster

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New

Orleans, LA.

Melville, M. C. & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2013, January). The role of commitment and implicit theories of

relationships in predicting response to relationship conflict. Poster presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2012, October). Undermining the safe haven: Self-esteem and social support dynamics

in romantic relationships. Paper presented at the Relationships Preconference at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2012, July). Responsiveness-driven diagnosticity: Buffering unresponsive behavior

through the construction of communication barriers. Paper presented as part of the symposium,

"Buffering insecurity, negative evaluations, and lack of responsiveness: Identifying relational and

cognitive processes that protect against factors that harm relationships" N. Overall (chair).

Symposium presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Conference,

Chicago, IL.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., Bechis, M., & Martin, J. (2012, July). Concealing negative evaluations of a romantic

partner's physical attractiveness. Paper presented as part of the symposium, "What makes you hot:

Understanding the determinants of feelings and expressing sexual desire in initial encounters and

ongoing relationships" G. Birnbaum (chair). Symposium presented at the International Association

for Relationship Research Conference, Chicago, IL.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2012, January). Self-protective memory of interpersonal events. Poster presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Clark, M. S., Lemay, E. P., Jr., Graham, S., Pataki, S.,. & Finkel, E. (2011, January). Bases for

benefiting partners in marriage: Most attachment related variability emerges gradually across time.

Paper presented as part of the symposium, “As time goes on: Longitudinal predictors of

relationship outcomes” X. Xu & J. Tomlinson (chairs). Symposium presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

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Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2010, October). Caution: Fragile! Dispelling doubts of chronically insecure partners.

Paper presented as part of the symposium, “Recognizing and Regulating Relational Doubt” X.

Arriaga (chair). Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental

Social Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.

Dudley, K. L., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2010, May). Explaining contradictory claims about sharing gossip:

Social resources compete with valuing others. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the

American Psychological Society, Boston, MA.

Yoo, S.H., Clark, M.S., Salovey, P., Lemay, E.P., Hoffman, E., & Mukerji, C.E. (2009, February).

Evaluations of partners who express anger. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of Society

for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2009, February). You think you reap what you sow: The functional projection of

communal responsiveness. Poster session to be presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2008, July). You think you reap what you sow: The functional

projection of communal responsiveness. Paper presented as part of the symposium, “Perceived

partner regard: The importance of feeling loved.” J. Rodden (chair). Symposium presented at the

biennial meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, RI.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Clark, M. S. (2008, February). “Walking on eggshells”: How expressing

relationship insecurities perpetuates them. Paper presented as part of the symposium,

“Understanding and Undermining the Cognitive and Behavioral Mechanisms that Perpetuate

Relational Insecurity.” E. P. Lemay & M. S. Clark (chairs). Symposium presented at the annual

meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Lemay, E. P., & Clark, M. S. (2006, July). Contingent self-worth begets contingent approval of others:

Self-esteem, reflection, and contingent caregiving in friendships. Poster presented at the Annual

Meeting of the International Association for Relationships Research, Rethymnon, Crete.

Lemay, E. P., Clark, M. S., & Feeney, B. C. (2006, January). Projection of responsiveness to needs and

the construction of satisfying and communal marriages. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of

the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Lemay, E. P., Graham, S., & Clark, M. S. (2005, January). Mismatches in perceptions of attention to

needs and marital unhappiness: A longitudinal investigation. Poster presented at the annual

meeting for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Clark, M. S., Graham, S. M., Pataki, S., Finkel, E. J., & Lemay, E. (2004, July). It’s the thought that

counts. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the International Association of Relationships

Research (IARR), Madison, WI

Lemay, E. P., Jr., Pruchno, R. A., & Feild, L. (2004, November). Bias and accuracy of perceiving

marriage partners: The life or death consequences. Poster presented at the Annual Scientific

Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

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Lemay, E. P., & Ashmore, R. D. (2004, January). The relation of social approval contingency to trait

self-esteem: Cause, consequence, or moderator? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Lemay, E.P., & Ashmore, R. D. (2002, March). Category investment, evaluation, and identification:

Predicting collective self-esteem using a Jamesian-Pelham model. Poster presented at the 73rd

Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Lemay, E. P., & Ashmore, R. D. (2001, April). Socializers, academics, and substance abusers: An

analysis of college students’ social categorization from the targets’ perspective. Poster presented

at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.

Lemay, E. P., and Mosher-Ashley, P. M. (1999, November). A qualitative assessment of life satisfaction

in older adults living in long-term care facilities. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Scientific

Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA. Poster also presented at the

First Annual Worcester State College Research and Creative Works Conference, Boston, MA

(1999, April). Paper presented at the Gerontology Student Symposium, Worcester, MA (1999,

April), and as part of the panel, “Facilitating Student Research and Publications at the

Massachusetts State Colleges”, Worcester, MA (1999, April).

Mentored Undergraduate Research Presentations

Gooden, L. (2014, April). Why does partner's attachment anxiety predict one's own dissatisfaction: The

mediating role of inauthentic behavior. Poster presented at Psychology Undergraduate Research

Fair, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Razzak, S., & Singer, S. (2014, April). Effects of interpersonal trust and desire on pro-relationship

behavior in romantic relationships. Poster presented at Psychology Undergraduate Research Fair,

University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Riddle-Wilder, A. (2014, April). Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of Partner's Behavior. Poster

presented at Psychology Undergraduate Research Fair, University of Maryland, College Park,

MD.

Sallinger, J., & Pretty, M. (2014, April). I want you to like me: The goal to be valued and interpersonal

attraction. Poster presented at Psychology Undergraduate Research Fair, University of Maryland,

College Park, MD.

Balaguer-Datiz, V. (2013, April). How insecurity spreads: Generalization bias contaminates perceptions

of romantic partners' acceptance. Paper presented at the New Hampshire Psychological

Association Undergraduate Research Conference, Plymouth, NH.

Dobush, S. (2013, May). Anger-proneness, hostility, and commitment in intimate relationships. Paper

presented at the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster

presented at the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH.

Lopez, M. (2013, May). Role of self-esteem and need to belong in couples’ conflict interactions. Paper

presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham,

NH.

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Neal, A. M.. (2013, April). Effects of infidelity threat on attraction to alternative romantic partners: An

attachment perspective. Poster presented at the University of New Hampshire Graduate Research

Conference, Durham, NH.

Rosskothen, M. (2013, May). Tiptoeing around insecure relationship partners: Experimental evidence

that perceiving partner’s insecurity heightens vigilance to threat. Paper presented at the George

M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH.

Spongberg, K. (2013, May). Interpersonal confidence and desire: Implications for explanations,

emotions, and behavior in romantic relationships. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud

Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH.

Stevens, S. (2013, May). Trust biases perceptions of romantic partners’ hostility and responsive

behavior. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research Conference,

Durham, NH. Poster presented at the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research

Conference, Durham, NH.

Balch, H. (2012, April). Self-esteem and authenticity doubts in support interactions. Paper presented at

the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at

the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH.

Cannon, K. T. (2012, April). Do you really love me?: Experimental exploration of excessive reassurance

seeking and interpersonal rejection. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate

Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at the New Hampshire Psychological

Association, Keene, NH.

Bechis, M. (2011, May). Speaking on eggshells: Perceived partner security as a predictor of deceptive

communication in romantic relationships. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud

Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at the University of New

Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at the New

Hampshire Psychological Association, Durham, NH. Second Place in Poster Competition at the

New Hampshire Psychological Association.

O’Leary, K. (2011, May). Earning honesty credentials: Partners’ negativity reduces authenticity doubts

for low self-esteem individuals. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate

Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at the University of New Hampshire

Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH. Poster presented at the New Hampshire

Psychological Association, Durham, NH. URC Award of Excellence.

Wile, M., Coyne, C., & Neal, A. (2011, May). Self-protective memory of interpersonal events. Poster

presented at the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, Durham, NH.

URC Award of Excellence.

Dripps, P. (2010, May). “I’m not mad, I’m just hurt:” Why relationship commitment reduces antisocial

behavior following rejection. Paper presented at the George M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research

Conference, Durham, NH.

Mamo, T. (2010, May). Providing negative feedback to highly insecure individuals. Poster presented at

the New Hampshire Psychological Association, Durham, NH.