Margaret L. Kern Curriculum Vita

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1 1 Margaret L. Kern Curriculum Vita University of Pennsylvania 1801 Buttonwood St, Apt 1012 Department of Psychology Philadelphia, PA Educational History Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, CA (Social/Personality Psychology) June 2010 Dissertation: Physical Activity, Personality, Social Contexts, and Health: Interactions Within a Lifespan Perspective (Chair: Dr. Howard S. Friedman, Members: Dr. Chandra A. Reynolds, & Dr. Sonya Lyubomirsky) M.A., University of California, Riverside (Social/Personality Psychology) June 2006 Thesis: Conceptualizing and measuring health in older age (Chair: Dr. Howard S. Friedman, Members: Dr. Chandra A. Reynolds, & Dr. Sonya Lyubomirsky) B.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (Psychology) May 2004 Summa cum Laude Minors: Spanish and Communications Undergraduate Honors Degree, Barrett Honors College Honors thesis: Gastric Bypass Surgery: Discovering Important Psychosocial Predictors of Successful Treatment (Chairpersons: Dr. Richard Lanyon, Arizona State University and Dr. Barbara Maxwell, St. Luke s Medical Center, Phoenix) Overseas Coursework: Honors Study Abroad Program to the British Isles Summer 2001 Semester Exchange Program Fall 2002 Spanish proficiency certificate, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador French Study Abroad Program, Annecy, France Summer 2004 Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Fellow, Positive Psychology Center, August 2010-present University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Assistant Instructor, Masters of Applied Positive Psychology Program Fall 2010 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Adjunct Instructor, University of California, Riverside, CA Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Riverside, CA Adjunct Instructor, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA Fall 2009 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Riverside, CA Fellowships and Awards Post-Doctoral Fellow, PPC, University of Pennsylvania August 2010-present Graduate Dean s Dissertation Research Grant, UCR

2 Chancellor s Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Riverside Dean s Fellowship Award, University of California, Riverside Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, Arizona State University Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Arizona State University Golden Key National Honour Society, Arizona State University Regent s Academic Scholarship Teaching Experience I have taught the following course (as Instructor): [Student evaluations available upon request] Introduction to Statistics (UCR) Summer 2007 Health Psychology (UCR) Summer 2008 Health & Behavior Change (UCR) Summer 2008; Winter 2009; 2010 Health Psychology (UCR) Summer 2009 Sport Psychology (La Sierra University) Fall 2009 Intro to Statistical Methods, (Masters level), University of Pennsylvania Fall 2010 Advanced Statistics (Masters level), University of Pennsylvania Fall 2010 I have been a teaching assistant in: [Student evaluations available upon request] Introduction to Statistics Summer 2005 Personality Psychology Winter 2006 Introduction to Statistics Summer 2006 Child Social and Personality Development Spring 2007, 2008 I am prepared to teach the following courses (graduate or undergraduate levels): Social Psychology Introduction to Statistics Personality Psychology Structural Equation Modeling Child Development Longitudinal Data Analysis Health and Behavior Change Multivariate regression Health Psychology Sport Psychology Publications Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (in press). Personality and pathways of influence on physical health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Kern, M. L. & Friedman, H. S. (in press). Personality and differences in health and longevity. To appear in T. Chamorro-Premusiz, A. Furnham, & S. von Stumm (Eds.) The Handbook of Individual Differences. Wiley-Blackwell. Friedman, H. S., & Kern, M. L. (in press). Personality: Contributions to health psychology. In J. Suls, K. Davidson, & R. M. Kaplan (Eds.), Handbook of health psychology. New York: Guildford. Friedman, H. S. & Kern, M. L. (in press). Psychological predictors of heart disease. In V. S. Ramachandran (Editor-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 2nd Ed. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

3 Kern, M. L., Reynolds, C. A., & Friedman, H. S. (2010). Physical activity stability across midlife: A growth curve analysis. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2010). Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation? Personality, social relations, and resilience. In P. S. Fry & C. L. M. Keyes (Eds.), Frontiers of Resilient Aging (pp ). New York: Cambridge University Press. Friedman, H. S., Kern, M. L., & Reynolds, C. A. (2010). Personality and health, subjective well-being, and longevity as adults age. Journal of Personality, 78, Kern, M. L., Friedman, H. S., Martin, L. R., Reynolds, C. A., & Luong, G. (2009). Personality, career success, and longevity: A lifespan analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2009). Early educational milestones as predictors of lifelong academic achievement, midlife adjustment, and longevity. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2008). Do conscientious individuals live longer? A quantitative review. Health Psychology, 27, Friedman, H. S., Martin, L. R., Tucker, J. S., Criqui, M. H., Kern, M. L., & Reynolds, C. A. (2008). Stability of physical activity across the lifespan. Journal of Health Psychology, 13, Howell, R., Kern, M.L. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes. Health Psychology Review, 1, Manuscripts Under Review Forgeard, M. J. C., Jayawickreme, E., Kern, M. L., & Seligman, M. E. P. (submitted November 2010). Doing the right thing: Measuring well-being for public policy. International Journal of Well-Being. Manuscripts in Preparation Cole, E., Reid, P. T., & Kern, M. L. (in preparation). Wives of powerful men: Identity, privacy, and relationships. To be submitted to the Psychology of Women Quarterly. Della Porta, S. S., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (in preparation). The role of personality in fourishing versus languishing. Friedman, H. S., Hampson, H. E., Duckworth, A. L., & Kern, M. L. (in preparation). A new lifespan approach to conscientiousness and health: Combining the pieces of the causal puzzle. Kern, M. L., & Duckworth, A. L. (in preparation). Jingle jangle: A meta-analysis of convergent validity evidence for self-control measure. To be submitted to the Journal of Research in Personality.

4 Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (in preparation). Dynamic lives: When being neurotic is a good thing. Kern, M. L., Hampson, S. E., Goldberg, L. R., & Friedman, H. S. (in preparation). Integrating Prospective Longitudinal Data: Modeling Personality and Health in the Terman and Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort Studies, To be submitted to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Kim-Jo, T., Sy, T., Kern, M. L. & Benet-Martinez, V. (in preparation). Cultural intelligence and Employee job outcomes: The role of leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior. Martin, L. R., Clark, K. M., Friedman, H. S., & Kern, M. L. (in preparation). Occupation, personality, and the congruence between them: Associations with mortality risk. To be submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology. Reynolds, C. A., McArdle, J. J., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (in preparation). Sample selection and generality in long-term longitudinal data: Effects of high IQ in the Terman Life Cycle Study. Vie, L. L., Kern, M. L., Reynolds, C. A., & Friedman, H. S. (in preparation). Early marital happiness as a predictor of health aging. To be submitted to Health Psychology. 4 Presentations Talks Vie, L. l., Reynolds, C. R., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2010, November). Partner personality and health: A growth curve analysis. Symposium talk presented at the 63 rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Kern, M. L. (2010, March). Personality and healthy aging: A consideration of lifespan trajectories. Colloquial talk presented at the Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2009, November). Personality: Direct and indirect influences on healthy aging and longevity. Symposium talk presented at the 62 nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA. Martin, L. R., Clark, K. M., Friedman, H. S., & Kern, M. L. (2009, November). Occupationpersonality congruence and mortality risk in aging adults. Symposium talk presented at the 62 nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA. Vie, L. L., Kern, M. L., Reynolds, C. R., & Friedman, H. S. (2009, November). New Frontiers in Resilience and Healthy Longevity: Longitudinal Studies of Protective Factors: Marital Happiness as a Predictor of Healthy Aging. Symposium talk presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA. Kern, M. L. (2008, October). Exercise and health: Does it depend on the individual? Colloquial talk presented at the Social/Personality Brown Bag Series, University of California, Riverside, CA. Kern, M. L. (2008, January). Personality and health, subjective well-being, and longevity as adults age. Colloquial talk presented at the Social/Personality Brown Bag Series, University of California, Riverside, CA.

5 Kern, M. L. (2007, May). Predictors of health and longevity: Exercising your way to long life? Colloquial talk presented at the Social/Personality Brown Bag Series, University of California, Riverside, CA. Kern, M. L. (2006, May). Conceptualizing and measuring health in older age. Colloquial talk presented at the Social/Personality Brown Bag Series, University of California, Riverside, CA. Posters Kern, M. L., Hampson, S. E., Friedman, H. S., & Goldberg, L. R. (2011, January). Combining longitudinal data on personality and health from the Terman Life Cycle and Hawaiian cohorts. Poster to be presented at the 12 th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. Reynolds, C. R., Balasubramanian, A. B., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2010, August). Affect variability and longevity in late life. Poster presented at the 2010 American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA. Kern, M. L., Martin, L. R., & Friedman, H. S. (2010, January). Personality and longevity across seven decades. Poster presented at the 11 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Vie, L. L., Reynolds, C. A., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2010, January). Partner Personality and Long-term Health: Compensatory and Complementary Relations. Poster presented at the 11 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Kern, M. L., Friedman, H. S., & Reynolds, C. A. (2009, April). Physical activity, personality, and health: Interactions within a lifespan perspective. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montreal, Canada. Kern, M. L., Friedman, H. S., & Reynolds, C. A. (2009, April). Physical activity, personality, and health: Interactions within a lifespan perspective. Poster presented at the 4th Annual UCR Graduate Student Association Conference, Riverside, CA. Kern, M. L., Horton, S., Tung, G., Rajec, A., & Friedman, H. S. (2008, April). Conceptions of Health: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Comparisons. Poster presented at the 88 th Annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA. Kern, M. L., Reynolds, C. A., Friedman, H. S., & Martin, L. R. (2008, March). Patterns of physical activity and mortality risk: Combining latent growth and survival analyses. Poster presented at the 29 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA. Kern, M. L., Friedman, H. S., Luong, G., & Martin, L. R. (2008, February). Personality, career success, and longevity. Poster presented at the 9 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. Horton, S. L., Friedman, H. S., & Kern, M. L. (2008, February). Personality and stressful life events: A life-course perspective. Poster presented at the 9 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. Kern, M. L., Reynolds, C. A., & Friedman, H. S. (2007, November). Mid-life adult activity patterns and older age health and longevity. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA. 5

6 Reynolds, C. A., McArdle, J. J., Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2007, November). The effect of initial selection on childhood IQ on generalizability of the Terman Life Cycle Study. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA. Friedman, H. S., Kern, M. L., & Martin, L. R. (2007, August). Health, happiness, and longevity: Differential relations to neuroticism. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. Nodarse, B. C., Friedman, H. S., & Kern, M. L. (2007, August). Preliminary look into personal definitions of health. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. Kern, M. L., Friedman, H. S., & Martin, L. R. (2007, May). Components of healthy aging as predictors of mortality risk. Poster presented at the 87th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC. Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2006, April). Conceptualizing and measuring health in old age. Poster presented at the 86 th Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, California. Martin, L. R., Kern, P. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2006, January). Long-term effects of school entry age on educational attainment, career success, and longevity. Poster presented at the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California. Howell, R. T., & Kern, M. L. (2006, January). The effects of positive and negative emotions on physical health: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 7 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Pre-conference, Palm Springs, California. Kern, M. L. (2004, April). Gastric bypass surgery: Discovering important psychosocial predictors of successful treatment. Poster presented at the 84 th Annual Conference of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, Arizona. 6 Statistical Training Multivariate Regression Survival Analysis Hierarchical Linear Modeling Joint Growth-Survival Modeling Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of Variance Cluster Analysis Contrasts Factor Analysis Logistic Regression Statistical Program Competence: Amos HLM MPlus Mx SAS SPSS R

7 Research Interests Personality psychology, social psychology, health psychology, positive psychology, statistics and data analysis Psychosocial aspects of physical activity across the lifespan Life course trajectories of physical activity over time Activity patterns and late-life health, well-being, and longevity Personal and social determinants of physical activity Interactive effects between personality and social environments Understanding and measuring healthy aging Measurement issues regarding the empirical examination of theoretical models Predictors and outcomes associated with multiple components of health in older age Conscientiousness and Health Facet-level measurement of personality Mechanisms connecting conscientiousness and health outcomes Social moderators of personality-health relations 7 University Service UCR Internal Review Board (Human Subject), student representative Professional Memberships Western Psychological Association, student affiliate Society for Personality and Social Psychology, student affiliate Gerontological Society of America, student member Society of Behavioral Medicine, student member American Psychological Society, member present present present present present References Dr. Howard S. Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Howard.Friedman@ucr.edu Dr. Chandra A. Reynolds, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Chandra.Reynolds@ucr.edu Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Sonja.Lyubomirsky@ucr.edu Dr. Robert Rosenthal, University Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Robert.Rosenthal@ucr.edu Dr. Leslie R. Martin, Professor, Department of Psychology, La Sierra University, lmartin@lasierra.edu