Katherine N. S. Wickes

Assistant Division Chair, Social Sciences

Blinn College, Bryan Campus

2423 Blinn Blvd.

Bryan, TX 77805

(979) 209-7331

 

Personal Data

E-Mail Address:                                  katherine.wickes@blinn.edu

Web Address:                                     http://www.blinn.edu/brazos/socialscience/kwickes/

 

Education

Ph.D    August 2003                            Texas A&M University

                                                            Department of Psychology

                                                            Advisor:  Thomas B. Ward

Topic: Developing creative competencies:  Implicit theories of creativity in the gifted and non-gifted adolescent

 

M.S.    May 1998                                Texas A&M University

                                                            Department of Psychology

                                                            Thesis Advisor: Thomas B. Ward

 

B.A.     May 1993                                George Mason University

                                                            Fairfax, VA

                                                            Major:  Psychology

Teaching Experience

 

January 2009 -            Assistant Division Chair, Division of Social Sciences,

Present                        Blinn College, Bryan Campus

Coordinate scheduling for Anthropology, Geograpy, Psychology, and Sociology classes.  Process employment applications for instructors in the disciplines. Evaluate part-time faculty and assist in division activities as directed by the Division Chair.

 

August 2003-               Instructor, Division of Social Sciences,

Present                        Blinn College, Bryan Campus.

Currently teaching multiple sections of General Psychology and Lifespan Growth and Human Development.  Responsibilities include developing PowerPoint lecture material, test material, and WebCT content for these courses, including online notes and practice exams, and discussion groups as well as managing course material, including grading exams, papers, and several in-class writing assignments.

 

August 2005-               Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M

Present                        University

                                    Currently teaching both Introductory Psychology and Statistics for Psychology to large sections of undergraduate students.  Responsibilities include development of lecture material, management of graduate teaching assistants, development of supplemental writing assignments and activities on WebCT Vista and grade and classroom management.

 

August 2002 -             Assistant Lecturer, Department of Psychology

May 2003                    Taught 3 sections of Introductory Psychology and Psychology of Adolescence at Texas A&M University.  Sole manager of all course materials, test grading, writing assignments, and internet materials for over 700 students.  Developed web resources for classes such as web-based notes, reviews, and class message board communities.

 

August 2001 -             Instructor, Psychology of Adolescence

December 2001          at Texas A&M University.  Taught an upper-level psychology course to over 100 students concerning the physical, social, and cognitive development of adolescence.  Responsibilities include constructing PowerPoint presentations and web based notes for course material as well as creating and grading tests and writing assignments for the class.

 

August 2000 -              Instructor, Introductory Psychology

August 2002                at Texas A&M University.  Teach Introductory Psychology to over 200 students using a multimedia PowerPoint lecture format in conjunction with web based notes. In some semesters, supervise a Teaching Assistant for grade management as well as test proctoring.

 

January 2000 -            Teaching Assistant, Elementary Statistics

May 2000                    at Texas A&M University.  Provide instruction in SAS statistical software in conjunction with materials covered in Elementary Statistics class.  Assist students in the use of web-based statistical programs for completing homework, quizzes, and tests of basic statistical knowledge.

 

January, 2000 -           Teaching Assistant, Experimental Psychology

May 2000                    at Texas A&M University.  Coordinate approximately 30 students enrolled in experimental psychology lab.  Provide guidance and instruction on APA paper formatting as well as the design and construction of basic experiments.  Help students complete group experimental project and grade APA style research papers. 

 

August 1999 -              Instructor, Introductory Psychology

January 2000              at Texas A&M University.  Teach Introductory Psychology to over 200 students using a multimedia PowerPoint lecture format in conjunction with web based notes. Supervised a Teaching Assistant for grade management as well as test proctoring.

 

August 1998 -             Instructor, Elementary Statistics

May 1999                    at Texas A&M University.  Taught introductory statistics

at the 200 level to two classes of approximately 40 undergraduate Psychology majors.  Coordinated grades and laboratory exercises with a Teaching Assistant.

 

 

 

August 1997 -              Teaching Assistant, Developmental Psychology

May 1998                    at Texas A&M University.  Assisted Dr. Johnson in exam

writing, graded exams, and assisted students in exam

preparation, and paper topic selection.

 

August 1996 –             Teaching Assistant, Developmental Psychology

December 1996          at Texas A&M University.  Graded exams and administered

grades to students.  Duties also included occasional guest lectures for Dr. Davidson.

 

Publications

 

Ward, T.B. & Wickes, K.N.S. (2009). Stable and dynamic properties of category structure guide imaginative thought. Creativity Research Journal, 21(1), 15-23.

 

Saunders Wickes, K.N. & Ward, T.B. (2006). Measuring gifted adolescents implicit theories of creativity. Roeper Review, 28(3), 131-139.

 

Ward, T.B. & Saunders, K.N. (2003) Creativity.  In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science.  London:  Macmillan Publishers/Nature Publishing Group.

 

Ward, T.B., Wilkenfeld, M.J., Sifonis, C.M., Dodds, R.A., & Saunders, K.N. (2002).  The role of graded category structure in imaginative thought. Memory & Cognition, 30(2), 199-216

 

Saunders, K.N. (2000).  Sears, Robert R. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press.

 

Ward, T.B., Dodds, R.A., Saunders, K.N., & Sifonis, C.M. (2000).  Attribute centrality and imaginative thought.  Memory & Cognition, 28(8), 1387-1397.

 

Ward, T.B., Saunders, K.N., & Dodds, R.A. (1999).  Creativity and generative thinking in gifted adolescents. Roeper Review, 21(4), 260 - 266.

 

 

Professional Presentations

 

Saunders Wickes, K.N. (2004) Using children in introductory psychology to demonstrate developmental concepts.  Poster presented at the 2004 112th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

 

Saunders Wickes, K.N., Andringa, L., & Ward, T.B. (2003).  Comparing implicit theories and creative abilities in the gifted and non-gifted adolescent.  Poster presented at the 2003 15th Convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

 

Ward, T.B., Saunders, K.N., & Gerkins, D. P. (2003).  Greater domain knowledge leads to more specificity in creative imagination.  Poster presented at the 2003 15th Convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

           

Saunders, K.N. & Ward, T.B. (2002).  Predicting creative behavior in the college student:  A multi-method approach.  Poster presented at the 2002 14th Convention of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.

 

Saunders, K.N. & Ward, T.B. (2001).  Beyond the creative product:  Gifted adolescents’ implicit beliefs about creativity.  Poster presented at the 2001 13th Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Ontario.

 

Saunders, K.N. & Ward, T.B. (2001).  Evaluating creativity in the gifted adolescent:  A multi-method approach.  Poster presented at the 2001 13th Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Ontario.

 

Saunders, K.N., Dodds, R.A., Ward, T.B. (2000).  Beliefs, activities, and attitudes related to creativity in gifted adolescents.  Paper presented at the 2000 108th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

 

Saunders, K.N., Dodds, R.A., & Ward, T.B. (1999). Gifted adolescents' performance on multiple measures of creativity. Poster presented at the 1999 9th Annual Southwest Area Cognition Conference (ARMADILLO), San Antonio, TX.

           

Johnson, S. P., Cohen, L. B., Marks, K. S., Lawson, K. D., Saunders, K. N., & Sheese, B. (1999).  Young infants’ perception of object unity in rotating displays:  Further evidence.  Poster presented at the 1999 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

 

Saunders, K.N., Dodds, R.A., Ward, T.B., & Donahue, C.M. (1999).  Gifted adolescents’ performance on multiple measures of creativity.  Poster presented at the 1999 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

 

Saunders, K.N. (1999).  A day at the wiener dog races:  Measures of central tendency and scales of measurement.  Poster presented at the 21st Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

 

Ward, T.B., Sifonis, C.M., Saunders, K.N., Dodds, R.A., & Wilkenfeld, M.J. (1998). Primed access to category exemplars in creative generation.  Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX.

 

Saunders, K.N., Dodds, R.A., & Ward, T.B. (1998).  Creative cognition and imagination in gifted adolescents.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

 

Saunders, K.N. & Ward, T.B. (1998).  Children’s understanding of false belief in humans and animals.  Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Human Development, Mobile, AL.

 

Research Experience

 

Creative Cognition in Adolescents and Adults:  with Thomas B. Ward, Rebecca A. Dodds, Cynthia Sifonis.  Collected data from both college students and adolescents attending camps at Texas A&M University concerning how their use of existing concepts influences the overall creativity of products generated in imagination and generative thought tasks.  Current research focuses on how beliefs about the nature of creativity and their effects on generative thinking tasks.

9/96 – present

 

Theory of Mind and False Belief Development in Children:  with Thomas B. Ward.  Collected and analyzed data from local preschools concerning the extent to which attributions of mental states and task requirements affect false belief understanding and theory of mind development.

9/96 – 9/99

 

Infant visual perception:  with Scott Johnson and Bradley Sheese.  Assisted in construction of an infant perception lab and recruitment of local area infants from community as well as supervision of undergraduate research assistants.  Collected data from college students to prepare visual displays to use in testing infants aged two to four months.

1/98 – 9/98

 

Work Experience

 

 

June 1997 – July 1997                       Dorm Director

June 1998 – July 1998                       Youth Adventure Program

June 1999 – July 1999                       Institute for the Gifted and Talented

June 2000 – July 2000                       Texas A&M University

                                                            Supervised counselors and over 100 camp

participants at a summer enrichment camp for

gifted and creative adolescents

 

June 2002                                           Instructor, Exploring Psychology

                                                            Youth Adventure Program

                                                            Institute for the Gifted and Talented

                                                            Texas A&M University

Developed curriculum for and taught a one-week mini-course on general psychology to a group of 11 to 13-year-old gifted adolescents.  Course content included developing and administering a personality test and presentation of mini-experiment results to parents and peers at course end.

 

Awards and Honors

 

2001                Winner, Student Research Competition,

American Psychological Society Student Caucus

 

1998                      Gender Issues Educational Enhancement Grant

 

1997 – 2002    Academic Excellence Award, Texas A&M University

 

1993                B.A., with honors, George Mason University

 

 

 

Professional Affiliations

 

·         Texas Community College Teachers Association

·         Association for Psychological Science (APS)

·         American Psychological Association (APA)

·         APA Division II, Society for the Teaching of Psychology

·         Psi Chi, National Honor Society on Psychology

·         Psi Beta, National Junior College Honor Society for Psychology

·         Co-Advisor, Blinn College Chapter, Bryan Campus

·         Golden Key National Honor Society

 

 

 

Teaching Interests

 

·         Developmental Psychology

·         Child Development

·         Adolescent Development

·         Introductory Statistics

·         Introductory Psychology

·         Psychology of Gifted and Talented

·         Creativity

 

Research Interests

 

·         Creative Cognition

·         Development of Creativity

·         Conceptual Development

·         Gifted and Talented

·         Naïve or Folk Psychology

·         Theory of Mind

·         Adolescence

·         Gender

 

 

 

References

 

Dr. Thomas B. Ward, Professor                                             (205) 348-3178

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172

E-mail:   ward@ccm.ua.edu 

 

Dr. Emily S. Davidson, Associate Professor of Psychology (979) 845-2501

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843

E-mail:  esd@psyc.tamu.edu

 

Dr. William G. Graziano                                                          (765) 494-6410 

Head and Professor of Developmental Studies

Child Development and Family Studies, Room #102 
101 Gates Road
Purdue University 
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2020 

E-mail:  grazianow@purdue.edu

 

Dr. Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., Professor of Psychology             (979) 845-2540

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843

E-mail:  ltb@psyc.tamu.edu