Allison B. Mueller 1007 W. Harrison Street (M/C 285), Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (847) 687-8863 E-mail: amuelle4@uic.edu EDUCATION AWARDS Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015 - Present Social Psychology Minor: Statistics, Methods, and Measurement M.A. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015 Social Psychology B.A. Northwestern University, 2009 Psychology 2017 UIC Graduate College Student Presenter Award ($100) 2017 UIC Graduate Student Council Travel Award ($275) 2015 SPSP Graduate Student Travel Award ($500) 2014-15 UIC Chancellor s Graduate Research Fellowship ($8,000 over two summers) 2014-17 UIC Department of Psychology Travel Award ($2,200 over four years) 2014 UIC Department of Psychology Thesis Research Grant ($150) 2008 NU Institute for Policy Research Undergrad Research Fellow Award ($3,150) PUBLICATIONS Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (in press). Liars, damned liars, and zealots: The effect of moral conviction on transgressive advocacy acceptance. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (in press). Moral courage and moral disengagement: Different sides of the same coin? To be in Newman, L. S. (Ed.), Why are they doing this to us? The social psychology of genocide and extreme intergroup violence. Oxford University Press. Motyl, M., Demos, A., Carsel, C., Hanson, B., Melton, Z., Mueller, A. B., Prims, J.P., Washburn, A. N., Wong, K., Yantis, C., & Skitka, L. J. (2017). The state of social and personality science: Rotten to the core, not so bad, getting better, or getting worse? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(1), 34-58. Victorson, D., Peterman, A., Bode, R., Buono, S., Mueller, A., Moy, C., & Cella, D. (2015). Development and clinical validation of a new item bank and short form of emotional and behavioral dyscontrol for major neurological disorders: Results from the Neuro- QOL study. Journal of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 3(2), 1098. Page 1 of 5
Carlozzi, N., Beaumont, J. L., Victorson, D., Sung, V., Cheng, W., Gorin, B., Sheng Duh, M., Samuelson, D., Tulsky, D., Gutierrez, S., Nowinski, C., Mueller, A. B., Shen, V., & Frank, S. (2014). HD-PRO-TRIAD validation: A patient-reported instrument for the symptom triad of Huntington Disease. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 4. Victorson, D., Carlozzi, N., Frank, S., Beaumont, J. L., Cheng, W., Gorin, B., Sheng Duh, M., Samuelson, D., Tulsky, D., Gutierrez, S., Nowinski, C., Mueller, A. B., Shen, V., & Sung, V. (2014). Identifying motor, emotional-behavioral, and cognitive deficits that comprise the triad of HD symptoms from the patient, caregiver, and provider perspectives. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 4. Victorson, D., Cavasos, J., Holmes, G., Reder, A., Wojna, V., Nowinski, C., Miller, D., Buono, S., Mueller, A. B., Moy, C., Cella, D. (2014). Validity of the Neurology Quality of Life (Neuro-QoL) measurement system in adult epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 31, 77-84. TECHNICAL REPORT Carsel, T. S., Hanson, B. E., & Mueller, A. B.* (2017). Perceptions of non-academic internships. Manuscript prepared for the Executive Committee of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. [*All authors contributed equally to this paper] MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION & UNDER REVIEW Mueller, A. B. (invited resubmission, PSPR). A self-regulatory theory of moral licensing. Washburn, A. N., Hanson, B. E., Motyl, M., Skitka, L. J., Yantis, C., Wong, K. M., Sun, J., Prims, J. P., Mueller, A. B., Melton, Z. J., Carsel, T. S. (under review). Why do some psychology researchers resist using proposed best research practices? A description of perceived barriers. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (in preparation). See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: A process model of fake news consumption. Skitka, L. J., Hanson, B. E., Washburn, A. N., Mueller, A. B. (in preparation). Distinguishing between moral and religious conviction. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (in preparation). The moralization of personality traits. ORAL PRESENTATIONS Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2016, May). The moralization of personality traits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2015, November). The moralization of personality traits. Paper presented at the Moral Research Lab Conference on Moral Judgment and Decision Making at the University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. Page 2 of 5
communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2013, March). Licensed to lie: The moderating role of moral conviction in the link between moral self-licensing and lying. Paper presented at the 5 th meeting of Chicagoland Morality Researchers (C-MORE). Chicago, IL. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Carsel, T. S., Hanson, B. E., & Mueller, A. B.* (2017, January). Perceptions of nonacademic internships. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Antonio, TX. [*All authors contributed equally to this presentation] Mueller, A. B. (2017, January). A self-regulatory framework of moral self-licensing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Antonio, TX. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2016, January). The moralization of personality traits. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA. communication contexts. Poster presented at the first annual UIC Cross-Program Conference. Chicago, IL. communication contexts. Poster presented at the annual UIC Student Research Forum. Chicago, IL. Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2015, February). Licensed to lie: Evidence for licensing in persuasive communication contexts. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, CA. Mueller, A. B., & Bonam, C. (2014, May). The effect of respondent race on color-blind ideology endorsement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL. Mueller, A. B., & Bonam, C. (2014, February). A post-racial America? The role of perceived racial equality in the link between respondent race and color-blind ideology. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, TX. REPRESENTATIVE MEDIA MENTIONS Daily Mail PsychCentral.com Phys.org Deseret News ScienceDaily.com Page 3 of 5
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Social Psychology (Summer 2017) Statistical Methods in Behavioral Sciences (Spring 2017) Mentor, Illinois Math and Science Academy: Student Inquiry & Research Program Mentored an advanced high school student for one academic year on all aspects of the research process (August 2015 April 2016) Guest Lecturer Social Psychology o Aggression (November 10, 2016) Statistical Methods in Behavioral Sciences o Dependent Means t-tests (March 9, 2017) o Independent Means t-tests (November 3, 2016) Introduction to Research in Psychology o Sampling, Descriptive Statistics, and Data Displays (April 7, 2014) Teaching Assistant Laboratory in Social Psychology (Spring 2016; Fall 2016) Advanced Statistics (Spring 2015) Statistical Methods in Behavioral Sciences (Fall 2014; Fall 2015; Summer 2016) Introduction to Research in Psychology (Summer 2013 Spring 2014) Theories of Personality (Fall 2012 Spring 2013) Participant in Teaching Training Programs UIC Practicum in Teaching (Fall 2016 Spring 2017) SPSP Mentor Lunch: Careers at Liberal Arts Schools (January 2017) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Consultant (2016 2017) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) o Assessed SPSP members interest in and support for graduate student participation in non-academic internships Designed and implemented three surveys for SPSP students, faculty, and industry partners, respectively Analyzed the data from these surveys using both quantitative and qualitative methods Co-authored an executive report, a short report, and a PowerPoint presentation to summarize the findings o Compiled a database (N = 60) of non-academic internships currently available to SPSP graduate students Page 4 of 5
Research Consultant (2013 2016) Ministry Leadership Center, funded by the Hilton Foundation o Observed and identified themes from five meetings about the formation process for leaders in Catholic institutions, such as Catholic health care systems and Catholic higher education Research Study Coordinator (2009 2012) Northwestern University Department of Medical Social Sciences o Coordinated several clinical trials aimed at improving quality of life assessment for people with advanced cancer, Huntington s disease, and ALS AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Association for Psychological Science Chicagoland Morality Researchers (C-MORE) Midwestern Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues RELEVANT GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSEWORK SERVICE Seminar in Moral Psychology Seminar in Emotion Seminar in Self-Regulation and Regulatory Focus Theory Seminar in R Univariate and Multivariate Statistics Hierarchical Linear Modeling Research Methods in Social Psychology Attitudes and Social Cognition Personality Processes and Individual Differences Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes Ad hoc journal reviewer: o Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2016) o European Journal of Social Psychology (2016) o Journal of Psycho-Oncology (2010) Member, UIC Cross Program Conference Planning Committee (2015 2016) Member, UIC Psychology Diversity Advancement Committee (2013 Present) Volunteer at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (2012) Page 5 of 5