Sarah L. B. Singletary
EDUCATION
Rice University
Department of Psychology
Ph.D., Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Expected May 2008
MA,
Industrial-Organizational Psychology, May 2006
Dillard
University
Division of Education and Psychological Sciences
B.A., Psychology – Summa Cum Laude, May 2003
HONORS and AWARDS
John C. Flanagan Award for Best Student
Paper Submitted to the Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP), April 2005
American Psychological Association Travel
Award, August 2004
Invited participant to the Inaugural
Minority Student Conference of the Society for Multivariate and Educational
Psychology (SMEP), March 2004
Rice University Provost’s Fellowship,
August 2003 - Present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching positions
Instructor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Summer 2005.
Designed and implemented an undergraduate course. Responsible
for every aspect of the class, including lecturing, project construction, and
grading.
Teaching assistant positions
Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Gender, Fall 2005.
Designed and graded quizzes and exams, developed a
guest lecture and lead class discussion, and assisted students with questions
and assignments.
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Industrial/Organizational
Psychology, Spring 2005.
Designed and graded quizzes and exams, developed a guest lecture and lead class
discussion, and assisted students with questions and assignments.
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Psychology, Fall 2003.
Designed and graded quizzes and exams, developed
a guest lecture and class discussion, and assisted students with questions and
assignments.
GUEST LECTURES and TALKS
Singletary, S. (February,
2006). The
Singletary, S. (October, 2005). Gender at the
Movies. Led a
discussion of gender issues in modern cinema in the Psychology of Gender
undergraduate course at
Singletary, S. (September, 2005). Understanding the Stigma of Obesity: Manifestations and
Consequences of Discrimination. Talk given to Belief
and Health undergraduate class at
Singletary, S.
(March, 2005). Diversity in work-family
research: Presence or Absence? Talk given to the Work Family
Interface class at
Singletary, S.
(March, 2005). Stigma in the workplace. Talk given to the Industrial-Organizational Psychology research
seminar at
Singletary, S.
(March, 2005). Assessing diversity and discrimination in the
workplace. Guest lecture given to the Introduction to
Industrial-Organizational Psychology class at
Singletary, S.
(December, 2003). Questionable and erroneous beliefs. Guest lecture given to the Introduction to Social Psychology class
at
PUBLICATIONS
King, E. B., Shapiro, J., Hebl,
M. R., Singletary, S., & Turner, S. (in press). The stigma of obesity in customer service: A mechanism
for remediation and bottom-line consequences of interpersonal discrimination. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Revise and
Resubmit
Hebl, M. R., Kazama, S., Glick, P., & Singletary,
S. (revise and resubmit). Hostile and benevolent behavior toward women: Complementary interpersonal
punishments and rewards that maintain traditional roles. Currently in revise
and resubmit status at the Journal of
Applied Psychology.
Under
review
Cruz, P., Turner, S., Singletary, S.,
Rodriguez, J., & Papakonstaniou, A. (under
review). Building confidence in the classroom: The role of the
master teacher. Under review at Teacher
Development.
In
preparation
Singletary, S. & Hebl, M.
R. (in prep). Targeting the subtleties: Strategies for
reducing interpersonal discrimination. Manuscript
currently in preparation for submission to the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Singletary, S., Smith, A.,
& Hebl, M. R. (in prep). Perceptions of
effective leadership: The influence of
race and gender. Manuscript is currently in preparation.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate
Student Researcher,
Department of Psychology,
August 2003 - Present
Advisor: Michelle R. Hebl, Ph.D.
Currently conducting research examining leadership,
personnel selection, workplace diversity and manifestations of discrimination
in organizational settings, and supervise undergraduate research assistants
enrolled in the Hebl research laboratory.
Research
Assistant,
May 2004 – Present
Supervisor: Anne Papakonstantino, Ed.D.
Currently developing a situational judgment test to select teacher
leaders, write and edit grant documentation, revise questionnaires and survey
instruments, conduct interviews and observations, analyze data to determine
program effectiveness, write technical reports, and assist program director and
assistant director as necessary.
PRESENTATIONS
Singletary, S., & Hebl, M. R. (August, 2005). Targeting the
subtleties: Strategies for reducing interpersonal discrimination. Talk given at the annual conference for the
Cruz, P., Turner,
S., Minsky, J., Singletary,
S., Rodriguez, J., & Papakonstantino, A.
(April, 2005). Building
confidence in the classroom: The role of the master teacher. Talk given at the annual conference for the American Educational
Research Association given in
Turner, S., Singletary, S., Hebl,
M. R., Shapiro, J., & King, E. B. (April, 2005). Remediation
strategies and consequences of interpersonal discrimination toward obese
customers. Interactive poster presented at the annual conference of the
Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology in
Singletary, S., & Hebl, M.
(July, 2004). The role of pregnancy in customer service
interactions. Poster presented at the annual conference of the
American Psychological Association in
Singletary, S. (March, 2003). Understanding why
incumbents expand their roles at work: The importance of autonomy and
preference for motivational work. Talk given to the National
Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in
APPLIED AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Student Worker, Department of Psychiatry – Section of
Psychology,
October 2000 –
May 2003
Supervisor:
Thomas Wolfe, Ph.D.
Scored
personality tests (MMPI and CPI) for individuals applying for civil service
jobs, conducted literature searches, created and updated databases, and
assisted faculty as necessary.
Crisis/Resource
Counselor, Vialink Copeline
October 2002 - May 2003
Supervisor: Marilyn Shraberg, MSW
Completed 40 hours of crisis management/counseling training, assisted individuals
needing crisis intervention services, as well as, community resource
information.
ORGANIZATION
MEMBERSHIP
American Psychological Association. Member since 2001.
Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Member since 2003.
Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Member since 2004.
AD HOC REVIEWS
Journal of Applied Psychology
Obesity Research
RELEVENT GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Personnel Selection, Completed Spring 2005
Training, Completed Fall 2005
Work-Family Interface, Completed Spring 2005
Teams and Leadership, Completed
Spring 2004
Seminar in Organizational
Psychology, Completed Spring 2004
Seminar in Organizational
Psychology, Completed Spring 2006
Research Methods: HLM &
Meta-Analysis, Completed Fall 2005
Structural Equation Modeling,
Completed Spring 2005
Multivariate Statistics, Completed Fall 2004
Regression, Completed Spring 2004
ANOVA, Completed Fall 2003