Department


Life Sciences

Professor
Focus: Health Psychology
518-694-7433
nancy.dorr@acphs.edu


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Nancy Dorr, PhD

Education

  • Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Statistics, and Methodology, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • M.A. in Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • B.A. in Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo

Courses Taught at ACPHS

  • Health Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Human Sexuality
  • Motivation
  • Research Methods & Statistics
  • Psychology of Discrimination

Selected Publications

  • Fennell PA, Dorr N, & George SS (2021). Elements of suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The experience of loss, grief, stigma, and trauma in the severely and very severely affected, Healthcare.
  • Dougherty EN, Dorr N, & Pulice RT (2016). Assisting older women in combatting ageist stereotypes and improving attitudes toward aging. Women and Therapy.
  • Green S & Dorr N (2016). Changing attitudes toward older adults through a simulated aging exercise: Implications for family therapy. Women and Therapy.
  • Flint RW Jr & Dorr N (2010). Social neuroscience at The College of Saint Rose: The art of team teaching in emerging areas of psychological science. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education.
  • Dorr N, Brosschot JF, Sollers JJ, & Thayer JF (2007). Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: The differential effect of expression and inhibition of anger on cardiovascular recover in Black and White males. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Awards

  • 2013 Thomas A. Manion Distinguished Faculty Award
  • Institute for Community Research and Training Research Fellow

Presentations

  • Gerson M & Dorr N (2024). Weight-related meta-stereotypes and stereotype threat as predictors of work attitudes. The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Gerson M & Dorr N (2023). Weight-related stereotype threat predicts perceptions of the workplace and career aspirations. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Dorr N, Seus S, & Smith S (2022). Perceived and actual effects of suicide memes. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Gerson, M & Dorr N (2022). The effect of self-deprecating humor about weight on anti-fat attituded. Eastern Psychological Association, New York City, NY.
  • Dorr N, Fennell P, & Shapiro L (2021). Pandemic and patients: Examining health-related behaviors of patients with systemic sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. American College of Rheumatology, Virtual.
  • Fennell P, Shapiro L, Dorr N, Lukasiewicz R, Houser F, & Taylor M (2020). Pathway to scleroderma: Concerning patients’ experiences during the diagnostic process. American College of Rheumatology, Virtual.
  • Fennell P, Shapiro L, Dorr N, Lukasiewicz R, Houser F, & Taylor M (2020). The diagnosis of scleroderma as a traumatic experience: Patients’ reactions to the diagnostic process. American College of Rheumatology, Virtual.
  • Houser F & Dorr N (2020). The relationship between dispositional love and well-being. Eastern Psychological Association, Virtual.
  • Dorr N & Houser F (2019). Compassionate love as a predictor of well-being. International Conference of Psychological Science, Paris, France.

Professional Organization Memberships

  • Association for Psychological Science
  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology