CURRICULUM VITAE (Updated July 2006)

Dr. Alan Searleman

Psychology Department

St. Lawrence University

Canton, N.Y. 13617-1475

e-mail: asearleman@stlawu.edu

Telephone: 315-229-5114

Fax: 315-229-7427

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth -- 9/28/51

Married with three children

Wife's name -- Janice Searleman (Computer Scientist at Clarkson University)

ACADEMIC HISTORY

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1969-1973

B.S. in Psychology, May 1973

State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1973-1978

Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, August 1978

POSITIONS HELD

Graduate Lectureship in Psychology, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook

1976-1978

Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Lawrence University

1978-1983

Associate Professor of Psychology, St. Lawrence University

1983-1989 (promoted to Associate Professor 1 year early, with tenure awarded the following year)

Professor of Psychology, St. Lawrence University

1989-present

Chair of Psychology Department

1992-2000

HONORS AND SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Eta Sigma

Omicron Delta Kappa

Three Faculty Advisor awards from the student members of St. Lawrence's Psi Chi Chapter (1982, 1987, 1988).

J. Calvin Keene Award (1999) presented at Convocation each year to a faculty member in recognition of “high standards of personal scholarship, effective teaching, and moral concern”.

American Psychological Society

Eastern Psychological Association

Psychonomic Society

Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

During Graduate school I received two Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid and two Bio-Medical Research Fellowships.

I have been fortunate to receive several research grants from St. Lawrence ranging from $250 -$1700.

In collaboration with Jonathan Vaughan (Hamilton College), we received a grant from the New York State Science Education Program (NYSEP) for $2500 to hold two curriculum development workshops in psychology. One was held on October 30, 1999 (at Hamilton College) and the second was held on April 8, 2000 (at St. Lawrence). Jon and I were co-organizers for both workshops.

SEMESTER COURSES TAUGHT AT ST. LAWRENCE

Learning

Learning Lab

Sensation and Perception

Sensation and Perception Lab

Research Methods

Research Methods Lab

Neuropsychology (seminar)

Comprehensive Overview (seminar)

Introductory Psychology

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Consulting Editor (1979-1982) -- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Consulting Editor (2000-present) -- Journal of General Psychology: Experimental, Physiological, and Comparative Psychology

Ad Hoc Reviewer (1979-present):

Brain and Language

Brain and Cognition

Science

Psychological Bulletin

Canadian Journal of Psychology

Cognitive Technology

Contemporary Psychology

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning, Memory, & Cognition

Memory & Cognition

I have also reviewed several textbooks for a variety of publishers.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Searleman, A. (1994). Test File for Memory from a broader perspective. New York: McGraw-Hill. (125 pages).

Searleman, A., & Herrmann, D.J. (1994). Memory from a broader perspective. New York: McGraw-Hill. (450 pages).

Herrmann, D.J., Weingartner, H., Searleman, A., & McEvoy, C.L. (Eds.) (1992). Memory improvement: Implications for memory theory. New York: Springer-Verlag. (260 pages).

JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (in press). The relationship between hand preference consistency, health, and accidents in a sample of adults over the age of 65 years. Laterality:Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition.

Porac, C., Searleman, A., & Karagiannakis, K. (2006). Pseudoneglect: Evidence for both perceptual and attentional factors. Brain and Cognition, 61, 305-311.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., Dafoe, C., & Hetzel, B. (2005). Altering Mueller-Lyer illusion magnitude using figural additions at the wing-shaft intersections. American Journal of Psychology, 118, 619-637.

Searleman, A., Hornung, D.E., Stein, E., & Brzuszkiewicz, L. (2005). Nostril dominance: Differences in nasal airflow and preferred handedness. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition, 10, 111-210.

Searleman, A., & Porac, C. (2003). Lateral preference profiles and right shift attempt histories of consistent and inconsistent left-handers. Brain & Cognition, 52, 175-180.

Searleman, A. (February Issue, 2003). Is there such a thing as a photographic memory? And if so, can it be learned? Scientific American Online. www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0001148.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2002). The effects of hand preference side and hand preference switch history on measures of psychological and physical well-being and cognitive performance in a sample of older adult right- and left-handers. Neuropsychologia, 40, 2074-2083.

Schultz, P.W., & Searleman, A. (2002). Rigidity of thought and behavior: 100 years of research. Genetic, Social, & General Psychology Monographs, 128(2), 165-207.

Searleman, A., & Porac, C. (2001). Lateral preferences as possible correlates of successfully switched left hand writing: Data and a theory. Laterality, 6(4), 303-314.

Searleman, A. (2000). Putting the right hemisphere into context. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14(4), 393-394.

Schultz, P.W., & Searleman, A. (1998). Personal need for structure, the Einstellung Task, and the effects of stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 24 (3), 305-310.

Searleman, A. (1996). Personality variables and prospective memory performance. In D.J. Herrmann, C.L. McEvoy, C. Hertzog, P. Hertel, & M.J. Johnson (Eds.), Basic and applied memory research. Volume 2: Practical applications (pp. 111-119). Mahwah, N.J: Erlbaum.

Mullin, P.A., Herrmann, D.J., & Searleman, A. (1993). Forgotten variables in memory theory and research. Memory, 1, 43-64.

Herrmann, D.J., & Searleman, A. (1992). Memory improvement and memory theory in historical perspective. In D.J. Herrmann, H. Weingartner, A. Searleman, & C. L. McEvoy (Eds.), Memory improvement: Implications for memory theory (pp. 9-22). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1991). Fun facts about lefties. Good Housekeeping, p. 245.

Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1990). Birth stress and left-handedness: The rare trait marker model. In S. Coren (Ed.), Left-handedness: Behavioral implications and anomalies (Advances in Psychology Series) (pp. 3-32). New York: Elsevier Science Publishers/North-Holland Book Series.

Herrmann, D.J., & Searleman, A. (1990). The new multimodal approach to memory improvement. In G.H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory (pp. 175-205). San Diego: Academic Press.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., Coren, S. (1989). The relationship between birth order, birth stress, and lateral preferences: A critical review. Psychological Bulletin, 105 (3), 397-408.

Searleman, A. (1988). Neuropsychological factors and mathematical reasoning ability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11 (2), 209-210.

Searleman, A. & Carter, H. (1988). The effectiveness of different types of pragmatic implications found in commercials to mislead subjects. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2(4), 265-272.

Searleman, A. (1988) From swampland to prime real estate: The right hemisphere. Contemporary Psychology, 33(8), 663-664.

Searleman, A. & Fugagli, A.K. (1988). Left-handedness and suspected autoimmune disorders: A reply to Persson and Ahlbom. Neuropsychologia, 26(5), 739-740.

Searleman, A., Cunningham, T.F., & Goodwin, W. (1988). The association between familial sinistrality and pathological left-handedness: A comparison of mentally retarded and non-retarded subjects. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 10 (2), 132-138.

Searleman, A. (1987). Sinister People. St. Lawrence University Magazine, 47 (3), 22-24.

Coren, S. & Searleman, A. (1987). Left-sidedness and sleep difficulty: The Alinormal Syndrome. Brain and Cognition, 6, 184-192.

Searleman, A. & Fugagli, A.K. (1987). Suspected autoimmune disorders and left-handedness: Evidence from individuals with diabetes, Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Neuropsychologia, 25 (2), 367-374.

Coren, S., Searleman, A., & Porac, C. (1986). Rate of physical maturation and handedness. Developmental Neuropsychology, 2, 17-23.

Porac, C., Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1986). Environmental factors in hand preference formation: Evidence from attempts to switch the preferred hand. Behavior Genetics, 16, 251-261.

Arnold, J.D., Cunningham, T.F., Makosky, V.P., McGrevy, D.F., Ross, J.A., & Searleman, A. (1985). Students' long-term evaluation of introductory psychology: How psychology compares with other introductory courses. Teaching of Psychology, 12, 139-142.

Coren, S. & Searleman, A. (1985). Birth stress and self-reported sleep difficulty. Sleep, 8, 222-226.

Searleman, A. (1985). Immunoreactive theory and pathological left-handedness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8, 458-459.

Searleman, A., Herrmann, D.J., & Coventry, A.K. (1984). Cognitive abilities and left-handedness: An interaction between familial sinistrality and strength of handedness. Intelligence, 8, 295-304.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Coren, S. (1984). Writing hand posture and four indexes of lateral preference. Brain and Cognition, 3, 86-93.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Coren, S. (1984). Lateral preferences and writing hand posture in left-handers: A reply to Levy. Brain and Cognition, 3, 451-454.

Porac, C., Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1983). Inverted versus straight handwriting posture: A family study. Behavior Genetics, 13 (3), 311-320.

Searleman, A. (1983). Language capabilities of the right hemisphere. In A. Young (Ed.), Functions of the Right Cerebral Hemisphere. London: Academic Press.

Searleman, A., Morris, C.D., Becker, M., & Makosky, V.P. (1983). Are the fruits of research available to all: The effects of sex and academic rank on reprint sending behavior. Sex Roles, 9, 1091-1100.

Coren, S., Searleman, A., & Porac, C. (1982). The effects of specific birth stressors on four indexes of lateral preference. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 36 (3), 478-487.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Coren, S. (1982). The relationship between birth stress and writing hand posture. Brain and Cognition, 1, 158-164.

Searleman, A. (1980). Subject variables and cerebral organization for language. Cortex, 16, 239-254.

Searleman, A., Tsao, Y-C., & Balzer, B. (1980). A reexamination of the relationship between birth stress and handedness. Clinical Neuropsychology, 2, 124-128.

Springer, S.P., & Searleman, A. (1980). Left-handedness in twins: Implications for the ontogeny of lateralization. In J. Herron (Ed.), Neuropsychology of Left-Handedness. New York: Academic Press.

Searleman, A., Tweedy, J., & Springer, S.P. (1979). Interrelationships among subject variables believed to predict cerebral organization. Brain and Language, 7, 267-276.

Springer, S.P. & Searleman, A. (1979). Hemispheric asymmetry of function in twins. In W. Nance (Ed.), Progress in Clinical and Biological Research -- Twin Studies. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.

Springer, S.P. & Searleman, A. (1978). The ontogeny of hemispheric specialization: Evidence from dichotic listening in twins. Neuropsychologia, 16, 269-281.

Springer, S.P. & Searleman, A. (1978). Laterality in twins: The relationship between handedness and hemispheric asymmetry for speech. Behavior Genetics, 8, 349-357.

Searleman, A. (1977). A review of right hemisphere linguistic capabilities. Psychological Bulletin, 84 (3), 503-528.

PRESENTATIONS

Over the years I have had many interviews with the popular press. The vast majority of these have focused on one of my two major research interests: (1) left-handedness and brain function/organization, and (2) human memory processes and phenomena (especially, memory improvement theory and techniques).

For example, I have given different interviews to (and have been quoted in) the following:

New York Times

Washington Post

Washington Times

Los Angeles Times

Detroit Free Press

Psychology Today

Good Housekeeping

Click! (online health magazine)

Chicago Tribune

Ottawa Citizen

The Scotsman (Scotland's national daily newspaper)

Newsday

Atlanta Constitution

Hartford Courant

Philadelphia Inquirer

Forbes Magazine

Vancouver Columbian

Watertown Times

IDEA Fitness Edge

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

New Choices Magazine

Nature

Men’s Health

Parents Magazine

Glamour Magazine

Omni

Insight Magazine

McCall’s Magazine

Left-Hander Magazine

Toronto Sun

Evening Standard (London)

Daily Mail (London)

The Independent (London)

I have also participated in 5 live radio interviews, including CBS National Radio and BBC Radio from London.

CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA

Searleman, A., Hannigan, S., Pridgen, M., & Slater, E. (2006, March). Exploring change detection ability and confidence of decisions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hannigan, S., Searleman, A., Slater, E., & Pridgen, M. (2005, November). Schematic activation influences accuracy and confidence in change blindness tasks. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2005, June). Hand preference consistency and health status in adults over the age of 65 years. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, Canada.

Hannigan, S. Searleman, A., Wheeler, C., & Reinitz, M. (2005, March). Power to bind: The effects of color on within-pair memory conjunction errors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Searleman, A., Hannigan, S., Christensen, A., & Reinitz, M. (2005, March). Simultaneity overpowers the effect of color on memory conjunction errors for paired faces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2004, November). Alterations in Mueller-Lyer magnitude with functional fovea placement changes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Karagiannakis, K. (2004, April). Influencing the power of the pseudoneglect effect in line bisection tasks. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Sherman, M. (2004, April). Manipulating the strength of the Ponzo illusion by controlling the position of the functional fovea. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Stein, E.J., Brzuszkiewicz, L., Searleman, A., & Hornung, D.E. (2003, April). The relationship between the nasal cycle and preferred handedness. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Florida.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Brzuszkiewicz, L. (2003, March). Changing the strength of the horizontal/vertical illusion by altering the placement of the functional fovea. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Hetzel, B. (2003, March). Exploring the effects of shifting the functional fovea on the components of the Mueller-Lyer illusion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Searleman, A. & Porac, C. (2002, June). Consistent and inconsistent left-handers, right shift history, and lateral preference profiles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychology Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Searleman, A., Porac, C., & Dafoe, C. (2002, March). Altering the effectiveness of the Mueller-Lyer illusion by manipulating the functional fovea. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2000, August). Hand preference side and cognitive performance in older adults. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2000, June). Hand preference switch history and physical well-being in older left-handers. Poster presented at the 61^st annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa.

Porac, C., & Searleman, A. (2000, June). Hand preference shift reports and lateral preference patterns in older adults. Poster presented at the 12^th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami Beach, Florida.

Searleman, A. (2000, April). Psychology majors, minors, and interdisciplinary programs. Talk given at St. Lawrence/Hamilton curriculum development workshop in psychology held at St. Lawrence.

Searleman, A., Wallace, J., & Buzanowski, D. (2000, March). Age related differences in gaze aversion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Searleman, A. (1999, October). Introductory psychology laboratories: What should be taught? Talk given at Hamilton College/St. Lawrence curriculum development workshop in psychology held at Hamilton.

Searleman, A. (1999, September). Everything you always wanted to know about memory, but forgot to ask. Invited colloquium presented to the psychology department at Penn State/Erie.

Sigmundi, R. A., DiBella, J.L., & Searleman, A. (1999, April). Blending colors in the mind’s eye. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, R.I.

Schultz, P.W., & Searleman, A. (1996, October). Behavioral responses to stressful situations: The arousal-rigidity link. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Sturbridge, Mass.

Searleman, A. (1995, October). Motion perception and how it relates to virtual reality. Colloquium presented to the Virtual Reality Research Group at Clarkson University.

Searleman, A. (1994, August). Personality variables and prospective memory performance. Paper presented at the Third Practical Aspects of Memory Conference, University of Maryland.

Herrmann, D.J., Mullin, P.A., & Searleman, A. (1993, November). Explaining the influence of extrinsic variables on memory performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Washington, D.C.

Herrmann, D.J., Searleman, A., & Mullin, P.A. (1992, November). Memory and other psychological processes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Missouri.

Herrmann, D.J., & Searleman, A. (1990, October). Memory improvement and memory theory in historical perspective. Paper presented at the Union College Conference on Memory Improvement.

Searleman, A., & Gaydusek, K.A. (1989, November). Relationship between prospective memory ability and selective personality variables. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Herrmann, D.J., & Searleman, A. (1988, November). A multi-modal view of memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Tatro, V., Herrmann, D.J., Vaughan, J., & Searleman, A. (1988, April). Biases in graduate admission tests for assessing comprehension of semantic relations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Buffalo, N.Y.

Searleman, A. (1987, March). Familial sinistrality as a predictor of mathematical and verbal ability. Colloquium presented at Clarkson University to the psychology department.

Searleman, A. & Bailey, M.P. (1987, October). Psychological factors that affect investment decisions. Paper presented at the 6th annual Adelphi University Applied Experimental Psychology Conference, Adelphi University.

Searleman, A., Greene, T.C., & Fregoe, J.S. (1987, April). The effects of hemispheric activation of color preference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Arlington, Virginia.

Porac, C., Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1986, June). Gender differences in right-handedness: An analysis of the environmental component. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Searleman, A. (1986, February). Familial sinistrality, strength of handedness, and cognitive abilities in left-handed subjects. Invited address at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Searleman, A. (1986, November). The relationship between left-handedness and suspected autoimmune disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Searleman, A., Greene, T.C., & Gloo, D.L. (1986, June). Biasing effects of language on remembering colors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Coren, S., Searleman, A. & Porac, C. (1985, March). Maturational development, lateral preferences, and handwriting posture in a normal population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass.

Porac, C., Coren, S., & Searleman, A. (1985, Jun