Ashley E. Nixon Curriculum Vitae Home 2532 Glenrise Place Wesley Chapel, FL 35433 (941) 545-1400 aenixon79@gmail.com University University of South Florida Psychology Department, PCD 4118G 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620 EDUCATION University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Degree: Ph.D., expected graduation date of August 2011 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Degree: Master of Arts University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Major: Psychology Degree: Bachelor of Science in Psychology, With Honors PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Course Instructor, Industrial Psychology Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2009 2009 Occupational Health Psychology Trainee Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2006 Present NIOSH funded OHP training grant recipient. Program includes interdisciplinary training, course work, and research experience. Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2005-2008 Course assistant and lab instructor for Introduction to Psychological Science. Lab instructor for Research Methods in Psychology. Graduate Research Assistant Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2006 2007 Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Borman Study: Examining deferential effects of cultural and climate in engineering and science departments in Florida Universities on women and minorities. Duties: Literature review, methodological development, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. Coordinator of Student Services
Goshen College, Sarasota, FL 2003-2004 Designed and monitored individual student graduation plans; Organized and lead commencement, orientation, campus community service projects, and social events; All academic advising; Instructed CLEP and DANTE test preparation for adult learners; scheduled courses; arranged contracts with adjunct professors; liaison for student services at Goshen s main campus in Indiana; registrar for local campus; lead recruitment activities; created, distributed, analysis of, and final distribution of professor and course evaluations. Graduate Research Assistant Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2002-2003 Supervisors: Drs. Erin Hardin and Christine Robitschek Study: Examined relationship between Self Discrepancy and Personal Growth Initiative Duties: Assisted in preparing documents for publication and poster presentations for annual meeting of APA; Assisted in all aspects of research development, collection, and analysis; Trained and supervised undergraduate assistants. Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2000-2001 Supervisor: Dr. Dolores Albarracin Study: Cognitive and social psychological influences on attitude formation Duties: Conducted library research for a review of the empirical literature on Attitude development. Assisted in data collection and coding; Conducted data analysis in SPSS. Independent Study Department of Psychology, University Florida, Gainesville, FL 2001 Supervisor: Dr. Dolores Albarracin Study: Effect of sensation seeking and social support in adolescent substance use Duties: Literature review, conceptual design, execution, analysis, and preparation of final document for review. MANUSCRIPTS Nixon, A., Meikle, H., and Borman, K. (2006). The Urgent Need to Encourage Aspiring Engineers: Effects of College Degree Program Culture on Female and Minority Student STEM Participation. Latin American and Caribbean Journal of Engineering Education, 1(2), 57-63. Hardin, Erin E., Bayer, I., Robitschek, C., & Nixon, A. E. (2007). Self Discrepancy and Distress: The Role of Personal Growth Initiative. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54, 86-92. Kessler, S. R., Nixon, A. E., & Nelson, C. E. (2008). Don't Throw Out the Baby With the Bath Water: A Novel Way of Evaluating Outcomes in the Healthy Families America Programs. American Journal of Evaluation, 29(3), 288-300.
Bruk-Lee, V., Khoury, H., Nixon, A. E., Goh, A., & Spector, P. E. (In Press). Replicating and Extending Past Personality/Job Satisfaction Meta-Analyses. Manuscript accepted for publication at Human Performance. Nixon, A. E., Yang, L., Spector, P. E., Zhang, X. (Under Review). Emotional Labor in China: Examining moderators and consequences of the emotional labor process. Manuscript under review at Stress & Health. Nixon, A. E., Mazzola, J., Bauer, J., Spector, P. E., Krueger, J. R. (Under Review). Can Work Make You Sick?: A Meta-Analysis of Job Stressor-Physical Symptom Relationships. Manuscript under review at Personnel Psychology. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Hardin, Erin E., Bayer, I., Nixon, A., Robitschek, C. (2003). Self Discrepancy and Distress: The Role of Personal Growth Initiative. Poster presented at annual meeting of American Psychological Association. Toronto, Canada. Borman, Kathy, Tyson, William, Hanson, Mary Ann, Fernandez, Eva, Meikle, Heather, Nixon, Ashley (2006). Effects of College Degree Program Culture on Female and Minority Student Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Participation. Poster presented at annual meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Taylor, A. M., Nixon, A. E., & Boyer, S. L. (2006). Effects of Classroom Diversity on Underrepresented Student Graduation Rates within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Programs. Interactive Poster presented at annual meeting of Florida Education Research Association. Jacksonville, Florida. Khoury, H., Nixon, A. E., Bruk-Lee, V., Goh, A., & Spector, P.E. (2007). Beyond the big five: A meta-analysis of personality factors and job satisfaction. Poster presented at annual meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York, New York. Nixon, A. E., Nelson, C., & Kessler, S. R. (2007). Participant Retention in Home Visitation Programs. Poster presented at annual meeting of American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California. Nixon, A. E., Nelson, C., & Kessler, S. R. (2007). The Impact of Fidelity in Implementation on Program Quality of Home Visiting Programs. Poster presented at annual meeting of American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California. Taylor, A. M., Nixon, A. E, & Lee, R. (2007). Women and Minorities in Engineering Programs: A Multilevel Examination. Poster presented at annual meeting of American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California.
Nixon, A. E., Mazzola, J., Spector, P. E., (2008). Occupational Stressors and Physical Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at the Seventh Work, Stress, & Health Conference. Washington DC. Nixon, A. E., Jackson, E., Johnson, R., Chang, C., Rosen, C. (2008). Politicis, Justice, and Citizenship: Does Justice Make Workers More Considerate? Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. San Francisco, California. Nixon, A. E., Yang, L., Spector, P. E., Zhang, X. (2008). Emotional Labor in China: Examining moderators and consequences of the emotional labor process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Anaheim, California. Yang, L. Q., Nixon, A., Spector, P.E., & Zhang, X. C. (2009) Incivility and stress: The role of perceived organizational suppport. Paper in Vicky Magley, Alyssa McGonagle, & Jessica Gallus (Chairs). Rude Awakenings: New Research on Experiences of Workplace Incivility. Symposium presented at the Annual conference of Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Nixon, A. E., Mazzola, J., Bauer, J., Spector, P. E., James, J. (2009). Are all symptoms created equally? A meta-analytic investigation of occupational stressors and physical symptoms inventories. Paper to be presented at the Eighth Work, Stress, & Health Conference. San Juan, PR. REVIEWING Stress & Health Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Work, Stress, & Health Annual Conference ACHEIVEMENTS AND HONORS Chancellor s Fellowship Graduate Student Government Association Travel Award, 2003 Graduation with Honors Psi Chi Honors Society National Collegiate Honors Society Golden Key Honors Society Certified Phone Counselor President s List at the University of Florida, 1999-2002 Dean s List at the University of Florida, 1998-1999 MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Academy of Management American Psychological Association
Southern Management Association Society for Occupational Health Psychology