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