Research Activities

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., Fallon, M., & Leishman, L. (in press).  Perceptions of the recent Virginia Tech tragedy. Journal of School Violence.

Fallahi, C. R., & Haney, J. D.  (2007). Using debate in helping students discuss controversial topics.  Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 4(10), 83-88.

Fallahi, C. R., & LaMonaca, F. H. (in press).  Creating significant learning experiences in a large undergraduate psychology class:  A pilot study.  Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.

Fallahi, C. R., & LaMonaca, F. H. (in press).  The evolution of educational objectives:  Taxonomies from Bloom to Fink.  Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.

Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R. M., Austad, C. S., & Fallahi, H. (2006).  A program for improving undergraduate psychology students’ basic writing skills.  Teaching of Psychology, 33(3), 171-175.

Kashani, J. H., Beck, N. C., Hoeper, E. W., Fallahi, C., Corcoran, C. M., McAllister, J., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1987).  Psychiatric disorders in a community sample of adolescents.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 584-589.

Kashani, J. H., Hoeper, E. W., Beck, N. C., Corcoran, C. M., Fallahi, C., McAllister, J. A., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1988).  Personality, psychiatric disorders, and parental attitude among a community sample of adolescents.  In S. Chess & A. Thomas (Eds.), Annual progress in child psychiatry and child development (pp. 639-654).  Philadelphia, PA:Brunner/Mazel, Inc.

Kashani, J. H., Hoeper, E. W., Beck, N. C., Corcoran, C. M., Fallahi, C., McAllister, J. A., Rosenberg, T. K., & Reid, J. C. (1987).  Personality, psychiatric disorders, and parental attitudes among a community sample of adolescents.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26, 6, 879-885.

Levine, L. E., Fallahi, C. R., Nicoll-Senft, J. M., Tessier, J. T., Watson, C. L., & Wood, R. M. (in press).  Creating significant learning experiences across the curriculum.  College Teaching.

Levine, L., Fallahi, C., Nicoll-Senft, J., Tessier, J., Watson, C., & Wood, R.  (2007).  Teaching ourselves:  A model to improve, assess and spread the word.  International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Manuscripts Under Review

Fallahi, C. R.   (Under Review).  Redesign of a Lifespan Development course using Fink’s Taxonomy.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., Leishman, L., Gendron, M., & Wood, R. (Under Review).  Gender Differences in the Perception of Prisoner Abuse.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

Fallahi, C. R., & Lesik, S. A. (Under Review).  The effects of vicarious exposure to the recent Virginia Tech Massacre.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Fallahi, C. R., & Austad, C. S. (in preparation).  Teaching evidence-based medicine techniques in a graduate psychopathology course.

Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., Holt, S. A., Austad, C. S., Prelli, F. A., & Fosse, L. (in preparation).  Adolescent and adult parents’ and nonparents’ responses to infant crying.

Wood, R. M., Holt, S. A., Yannetta, K., Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., & Fosse, L. (in preparation).  Cultural differences in listeners’ responses to infant cries.

Paper/Poster Presentations

Austad, C. S., Gendron, M., Fallahi, C., & Wood, R.  (April, 2006).  Measuring physiological arousal in changing emotional states.  Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) conference, Portland, Oregon.

Broderick, S. E., Fellows, R., & Fallahi, C. R. (2004, April).  What motivates the typical student to join Psi Chi?  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.

Broderick, S. E., Fellows, R., & Fallahi, C. R. (2004).  What motivates the typical student to join Psi Chi?  Proceedings and abstracts of the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, USA, 75, 134.

Fallahi, C. (June, 1987).  The Personality Assessment System:  Implications for diagnosis and treatment.  Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Counseling Centers of Upstate New York, Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y.

Fallahi, C.R. (1984).  A review of the literature of Gittinger’s Personality Assessment System.  Paper presented at the First Annual Research Day, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.

Fallahi, C. R. (2005, May).  Creating significant learning experiences in a large lecture hall Lifespan course.  Poster presented at the Central Connecticut State University Teaching Symposium.  Central Connecticut State University.

Fallahi, C.R. (2003, November).  Effective Writing.  Paper presented at the ninth annual conference of the Connecticut Consortium for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Fallahi, C.R. (2003, May).  Improving communication across the disciplines.  Poster and paper presented at the Central Connecticut State University Teaching Symposium.  Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut.

Fallahi, C. R. (2006, October).  Redesigning a Lifespan Development course based on Fink’s Taxonomy.  Poster presented at the Northeast Conference for Teachers in Psychology.  Southern New Hampshire University.

Fallahi, C. R. (2006, October).  Using debate to help students discuss controversial topics.  Poster presented at the Northeast conference for Teachers in Psychology.  Southern New Hampshire University.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., & Leishman, L. (2007, May). Prisoner abuse and the effects of gender on the perceptions of participants.  Poster presented at the 19^th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D. C.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., & Wood, R. (2004, April).  Gender differences in friendship.  Paper presented at the CSU Faculty Research Conference, New Haven, Connecticut.

Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., Fallon, M., & Leishman, L. M. (2008, May).  Student and faculty perceptions of the Virginia Tech tragedy.  Poster submission to the 20^th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.

Fallahi, C. R., Levine, L., Nicoll-Senft, J., Tessier, J., Watson, C., & Wood, R. (2005, October & November).  “Fink”ing about teaching.  Faculty development workshops presented at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut.

Fallahi, C. R., & Lesik, S. A. (2008, May).  Using multinomial logit models to predict the effects of vicarious exposure in the recent Virginia Tech tragedy.  Poster submission to the 20^th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.

Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R. M., & Austad, C. S. (2004, May).  The effects of a detailed rubric on writing quality for introductory psychology students.  Poster and paper presented at the Central Connecticut State University Teaching Symposium, New Britain, Connecticut.  

Fellows, R., Broderick, S., & Fallahi, C. R. (2004, April)  Is there a relationship between Psi Chi membership and psychological achievement?  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.

Fellows, R., Broderick, S., & Fallahi, C. R. (2004).  Is there a relationship between Psi Chi membership and psychological achievement?  Proceedings and abstracts of the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, USA, 75, 134-135.

Levine, L., Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R., Nicoll-Senft, J., Tessier, J., & Watson, C. (April, 2005).  Creating significant learning experiences across the curriculum.  Poster presented at the 2005 CSU Faculty Conference, New Britain, Connecticut.

Levine, L., Fallahi, C. R., Nicoll-Senft, J., Tessier, J., Watson, C., & Wood, R. M. (November, 2004).  Creating significant learning experiences across the curriculum.  Workshop presentation at the NEFDC 2004 Fall Conference, Westford, Massachusetts.

Lichty, W., & Fallahi, C. (1984).  Longitudinal study of careers of Division 6 women and men.  Poster session presented at the APA annual convention, Toronto, Canada.

Shaw Austad, C, Fallahi, C., & Perdue, L. (2003, February).  Comparison:  RET, Tibetan Buddhism and Islam:  Albert Ellis,  the Dali Lama and Mohammed..  Paper presented at the Third Annual International Conference on Diversity in Organizations.  University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Stowe, R. S., Dieterich, R., & Fallahi, C. (2003, March).  Young adults’ attempts to relate and evaluate five diverse relationships spanning more than fifty years.  Poster presentation at the 29^th Annual meeting for the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Wood, R. M. & Fallahi, C. R. (2004, May).  The effects of a detailed study guide on student’s knowledge and application in a Lifespan Development class.  Poster and paper presented at the Central Connecticut State University Teaching Symposium, New Britain, Connecticut.

Wood, R. M., Fallahi, C. R., Holt, S. A., Austad, C. S., Prelli, F. A., & Fosse, L.  Adolescent and adult parents’ responses to infant crying.  Abstract submitted to the 19^th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D. C.

Wood, R. M., Holt, S. A., Yannetta, K., Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., & Fosse, L. (2007, March).  Differences among Latino/Latina, Jamaican, and Caucasian listeners’ responses to infants’ cries.  Poster presentation to be presented at the 2007 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wood, R. M., Holt, S. A., Yannetta, K., Fallahi, C. R., Austad, C. S., & Prelli, F. (2006, May).  Cultural differences in adults’ responses to infants’ cries.  Poster presentation at the 18^th Annual Association for Psychological Sciences, New York, N. Y.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Fallahi, C. R. (1990).  Personality patterns, problem-solving style, and personal problems in college students.  (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Missouri – Columbia, 1989).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 1492.

Fallahi, C.R., & Fallahi, H. (2003).  Improving communication skills in a general psychology class.  Effective Teaching:  Systematic Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching, 1, 22-27.

Fallahi, C. R., & LaMonaca, F. H. (2006).  Creating significant learning in a large undergraduate psychology class.  Effective Teaching:  Systematic Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching, 3, 1-7.

Fallahi, C. R., Wood, R. M., & Austad, C. S. (2005).  The effects of a detailed on writing quality for introductory psychology students.  Effective Teaching:  Systematic Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching, 2, 30-35.

Levine, L., Fallahi, C., Nicoll-Senft, J.,. Tessier, J., Watson, C., & Wood, R.  (2006).  Creating significant learning experiences across the curriculum.  Effective Teaching:  Systematic Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching, 3, 46-56.

Wood, R. M., & Fallahi, C. R. (2006).  The effects of a detailed study guide on student’s knowledge and application in a Lifespan Development class.  Effective Teaching:  Systematic Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching, 3, 76-85.

On-going Research

Fallahi, C. R., & Lesik, S. (2008). Understanding the relationship between rejection sensitivity and the shame-prone person [working title].

Fallahi, C. R., & Lesik, S. (2008).  The effects of past traumatic events on recent trauma [working title.]

Fallahi, C. R. (2008).  The effects of attachment on friendship [working title]

Fallon, M., & Fallahi, C. R. (2008).  The effectiveness of blogging in retention, synthesis, and evaluation of material in an undergraduate Lifespan Development course.

Pearlson, G., Austad, C. S., Fallahi, C. R., & Wood, R. M. (2008).  Brain activation patterns in a diverse sample of substance abusing college students [working title].  NIDA/NIDAA grant proposal submission.

Wood, R. M., & Fallahi, C. R. (2008).  Adolescent parents’ perceptions of and responses to infants’ cries.