Curriculum Vitae January 2018 VERONICA M. LAMARCHE Department of Psychology University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ v.lamarche@essex.ac.uk EDUCATION 2017 Ph.D. in Social Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY Advisor: Dr. Sandra Murray Committee Members: Dr. Mark Seery, Dr. Shira Gabriel, Dr. Jennifer Read Dissertation: The influence of non-relational sources of appetitive motivation on relationship regulation 2015 Summer Institute in Social & Personality Psychology, Northeastern University 2015 M.A. in Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY Advisor: Dr. Sandra Murray Master s Project: Vicarious goal satiation and relationship risk regulation 2010 B.A. with Honors in Psychology & Business, University of Waterloo Advisor: Dr. Gráinne Fitzsimmons Honors Thesis: Relationship regulation and goal pursuit in reseponse to perceived relationship threats. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2017 Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Psychology, University of Essex AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS AWARDS 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate School, University at Buffalo 2017 Dissertation Award (Runner-Up), Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo 2016 Student Travel Award, International Association for Relationship Research 2016 Travel Award, Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2015 Graduate Student Retention Award, University at Buffalo ($577) 2015 Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology ($500) 2015 Travel Award, Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2014 Rice Award for Early Excellence in Research, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo ($1,200) 2014 Outstanding Research Award, Psychology Graduate Student Association,
University at Buffalo 2012 Travel Award, Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2012 Graduate Student Retention Award, University at Buffalo, SUNY 2 FELLOWSHIPS 2011-2015 Presidential Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($24,000) GRANTS 2016 Dissertation Research Grant, Mark Diamond Research Fund, University at Buffalo ($2,400) RESEARCH INTERESTS Motivated cognition in romantic relationships Trust and dependence regulation in romantic relationships Resilience in romantic relationships PUBLICATIONS PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Murray, S. L., Lamarche, V. M., & Seery, M. D. (2018). Shared reality and close relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 23, 34-37. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.11.008 Murray, S. L., Lamarche, V. M., Gomillion, S., Seery, M. D., & Kondrak, C. L. (2017) In defense of commitment: The curative power of violated expectations in relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 697-729. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000102 Streamer, L., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2017) Not I, but she: The beneficial effects of self-distancing on challenge/threat responses. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 235-241. Seery, M. D., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T., & Lamarche, V. M. (2016). Preejection period can be calculated using R peak instead of Q. Psychophysiology, 53, 1232-1240. Gomillion, S., Murray, S. L., & Lamarche, V. M. (2015) Losing the wind beneath your wings: The prospective influence of romantic breakup on goal progress. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 5, 513-520. doi:10.1177/1948550614568160 Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2014) Selectively myopic? Self-esteem and attentional bias in response to potential relationship threats. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 5, 786-795. doi:10.1177/1948550614532377
Gomillion, S., Lamarche, V. M., Murray, S. L., & Harris, B. (2014) Protected by your self-control: The influence of partners self-control on actors responses to interpersonal risk. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 5, 873-882. doi:10.1177/1948550614538462 Murray, S. L., Gomillion, S., Holmes, J. G., Harris, B., & Lamarche, V. (2013) The dynamics of relationship promotion: Controlling the automatic inclination to trust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 305-334. doi:10.1037/a0030513 3 CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS SYMPOSIUM TALKS Lamarche, V. M., Seery, M. D., Kondrak, C. L., Saltsman, T., & Streamer, L. (2017, April). Smart girls, stressed hearts: Benevolent sexism and cardiovascular threat. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Lanza, B., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2017, April). The mindful heart: Trait mindfulness predicts challenge and threat states during active performance stressors. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Lamarchce, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2016, May). Do Physical Threats Trigger Relationship Risk Regulation? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, Illinois. Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2016, May). Too many fish in the sea: Choice overload results in concurrent threat. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Gomillion, S., Murray, S. L., & Lamarche, V. M. (2015, June). The Prospective Influence of Romantic Breakup on Goal Progress. Paper presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference 2015, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Lamarche, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2015, May). The Effect of Conflict Frequency and Self-esteem on Relationship Resilience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, Illinois. Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2015, May). Too many fish in the sea: Does choice overload result in concurrent threat? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Gomillion, S., Murray, S. L., & Lamarche, V. M. (2015, May). The Prospective Influence of Romantic Breakup on Goal Progress. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, Illinois.
Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2015, February). Attention and Motivated Cognition in Romantic Relationships. Data Blitz presented at the Close Relationships Preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Long Beach, California. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2014, May). Selectively Myopic? Self-esteem and attentional bias in response to potential relationship threats. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Social Psychologists Around Western New York (SPAWN), Rochester, New York. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2014, May). Self-esteem and attentional bias in response to potential relationship threats. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, Illinois. 4 POSTERS Lamarche, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2017, January). Do Physical Threats Trigger Relationship Risk Regulation? Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Antonio, Texas. Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Lanza, B., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2017, January). The mindful heart: Trait mindfulness predicts challenge and threat states during active performance stressors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas. Lamarche, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2016, July). Do Physical Threats Trigger Relationship Risk Regulation? Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research 2016 (IARR 2016), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Lamarche, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2016, January). The Effect of Conflict Frequency and Self-esteem on Relationship Resilience. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, California. Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2016, January). Demystifying morality: The role of regulatory means in processes of moral compensation and moral consistency. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, California. Lamarche, V. M., Kondrak, C. L., Streamer, L., Saltsman, T. L., & Seery, M. D. (2015, June). The Effect of Conflict Frequency and Self-esteem on Relationship Resilience. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference 2015, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2015, February). Love is so short, forgetting is so long: Self-esteem and changes in positive illusions following relationship dissolution. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Long Beach, California.
Saltsman, T., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2015, February). Too many fish in the sea: Does choice overload result in concurrent threat? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, California 5 Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2014, June). Negative emotion and relationship regulation. Poster presented at the annual Psychology Graduate Student Association Behavior and Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS), University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York. Saltsman, T. L., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2014, May). Too many fish in the sea: Does choice overload result in concurrent threat? Poster presented at the annual Psychology Graduate Student Association Behavior and Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS), University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York Saltsman, T. L., Kondrak, C. L., Lamarche, V. M., Streamer, L., & Seery, M. D. (2014, May). Too many fish in the sea: Does choice overload result in concurrent threat? Poster presented at the annual meeting of Social Psychologists Around Western New York (SPAWN), Rochester, New York. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2014, February). Negative emotion and relationship regulation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Austin, Texas. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2013, May). Here s (to not) looking at you kid: Directed attention and relationship regulation. Poster presented at the annual Psychology Graduate Student Association Behavior and Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS), University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York. Lamarche, V. M., & Murray, S. L. (2013, January). Here s (to not) looking at you kid: Directed attention and relationship regulation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans, Louisianna. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015-2017 Senior Lab Manager Interpersonal Processes Lab, University at Buffalo, SUNY Assistant Lab Manager 2013-2016 Social Psychophysiology Lab, University at Buffalo, SUNY 2011-2014 Interpersonal Processes Lab, University at Buffalo, SUNY 2012-2016 Graduate Research Assistant Impulsive and Reflective Trust and the Transition to Parenthood, University at Buffalo, SUNY, PIs: Dr. Sandra Murray & Dr. Mark Seery. Funding: National Science Foundation BCS-1143747 2010-2011 Research Advisor Nanos Research, Ottawa Ontario, Canada
2010 Research Apprentice Memory and Aging, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab with Dr. Myra Fernandes, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario, Canada 2009 Junior Research Analyst Learning Policy Directorate, Employment and Social Development Canada (Formerly: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada), Government of Canada, Gatineau Quebec, Canada 6 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Denotes courses/modules that were team taught. INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX Fall 2017 Preparing for University Psychology Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Employability Modules in Psychology Spring 2018 Applied Psychology Spring 2018 Special Topics in Social Psychology INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SUNY Spring 2017 Self & Self-Esteem Summer 2016 Self & Self-Esteem Spring 2015 LAB INSTRUCTOR, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SUNY Spring 2014 Psychological Statistics (2 sections) TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SUNY Summer 2015 Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Summer 2012 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Psychological Statistics Guest Lecturer: Close Relationships (2 sections) Scientific Inquiry (Research Methods) OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015-2017 Teaching Associate, Standardized Patient Program, Simulation-Based Learning Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada 2015-2017 Teaching Associate, Women s Wellness Program, Simulation-Based Learning Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
2014-2015 Teaching Associate, Standardized Patient Program, Niagara College, Welland Ontario, Canada 7 UNDERGRADUATE MENTORSHIP UNDERGRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISOR Alexander Davis. (2015-2016). The impact of expectancy violations on relationship perceptions. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISOR Over 100 undergraduate students worked under my supervision as research assistants in the Interpersonal Processes Lab (2011-2017) and the Social Psychophysiology Lab (2013-2017) at the University at Buffalo, and the Relationship Science Lab at the University of Essex (2017-present). INVITED TALKS Lamarche, V. M. (2015, October). Going to Grad School. Talk given to Hilbert College Undergraduate Psychology Club, Hamburg, New York. INVITED PANEL DISCUSSIONS 2016 Panelist, Considering Grad School? ; Undergraduate Psychology Association, University at Buffalo 2012,2014-2015 Panelist, Going to Grad School ; Honors Student Seminar; Department of Psychology, Unviersity at Buffalo PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ADHOC REVIEWER JOURNALS 2017 Biological Psychology 2016 Self & Identity 2014 Social Psychological & Personality Science ADHOC REVIEWER GRANTS & AWARDS 2014-2016* Student Research Grant Competition (Spring, Summer & Fall competitions); Mark Diamond Research Fund;Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo (*2016 Spring competition only) 2015 Student Research Award; Association for Psychological Science 2014-2015 Student Research Grant Competition; Association for Psychological Science 2013 Outstanding Research Awards; Graduate Student Council, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
SERVICE 2017 SONA Administrator, Department of Psychology, University of Essex 2017 Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Essex 2017 Mentor; Student Mentorship Program; Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus 2016 Panelist; Graduate Teaching Seminar; Dept. of Psychology, University at Buffalo 2014-2015 Faculty Senate Representative; Dept. of Psychology, University at Buffalo 2013-2015 Grievance Committee Representative; Dept. of Psychology, University at Buffalo 2013-2014 Senator; Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2013-2014 Brown Bag Coordinator; Social Psychology Area, University at Buffalo 2013 Student Admissions Representative; Social Psychology Area, University at Buffalo 2012 Student Ambassador; McNair Scholar Diversity Day, University at Buffalo 8 SYMPOSIUM COORDINATOR 2017 Reviewer, Psi Chi Undergraduate Posters; Midwestern Psychological Association 2016 Organizer & Program Coordinator; 5 th Annual Behavior & Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS); Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2015 Organizer & Program Coordinator; 4 th Annual Behavior & Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS); Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo 2015 Organizer; 2 nd Annual meeting of Social Psychologists Around Western New York (SPAWN); Buffalo, NY 2014 Organizer & Program Coordinator; 3 rd Annual Behavior & Brain Sciences Symposium (BBSS); Psychology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2011-present International Association for Relationship Research 2012-present Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2013-2017 Midwestern Psychological Association 2014-present Association for Psychological Science SKILLS STATISTICAL PACKAGES PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES RESEARCH SOFTWARE SPSS STATA JavaScript Inquisit MediaLab DirectRT Qualtrics SurveyMonkey Acknowledge