Rhonda Swickert,
Ph.D.
Address:
(843) 953-5046
E-mail: swickertr@cofc.edu Fax:
(843) 953-7151
Education
1992-1996 University of
Major: Experimental Psychology/Personality-Social
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Dissertation Topic:
Relationship Between the Brainstem
Auditory Evoked Response and Extraversion, Impulsivity, and Sociability
1989-1992 California State University-Long Beach
Major: Psychology/General Experimental
Degree: Master of Arts
1985-1988 Emporia State University
Major: Psychology
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor 2002-present
Assistant
Professor 1996-2001
Duties:
Maintain an active research program, perform professional service
duties, and teach a variety of psychology courses including:
Introduction to Psychology Laboratory in Social Psychology
Psychology of Personality Psychology of Individual Differences
Social Psychology Psychology of Stress
Health Psychology
Instructor 1993-1996
Duties: Full
responsibility for teaching the following courses:
Introduction to Psychology Psychology of Personal Adjustment
Introduction to Personality Social
Psychology
Research Interests
Stress and coping
Personality and performance
differences
Personality and
physiological activity
Publications
Swickert, R., DeRoma, V. M., &
Saylor, C. F. (2004). The relationship
between gender and trauma symptoms: A proposed mediational model. Individual
Differences Research, 2, 203-213.
Swickert, R., Hittner, J. B., Kitos, N., &
Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E. (2004). Direct or indirect, that is the question: A
re-evaluation of extraversion’s influence on self-esteem. Personality
and Individual Differences, 36, 207-217.
Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E.,
Swickert, R., & Hittner, J. B. (2004).
Effects of neuroticism and workload history on performance. Personality
and Individual Differences, 36, 447-456.
DeRoma, V. M., Saylor, C. F., Swickert, R., Sinisi,
C., Vickery, P., & Marable, T. B.
(2003). College students’ PTSD
symptoms, coping, and perceived benefits following media exposure to 9/11. Journal
of College Student Psychotherapy, 18, 49-64.
Swickert, R. J., Hittner, J. B., Harris, J. L.,
& Herring, J. A. (2002).
Relationships among internet use, personality, and social support. Computers
in Human Behavior, 18, 437-451.
Swickert, R. J., Rosentreter, C. J., Hittner, J. B.,
& Mushrush, J. E. (2002). Extraversion, social support processes, and
stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 877-891.
Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E., Gilliland, K., & Swickert,
R. J. (2001). Congruency of the
relationship between extraversion and the brainstem auditory evoked response
based on the EPI versus the EPQ. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 117-126.
Hittner, J. B., & Swickert, R. J. (2001). Modeling functional and structural social
support via confirmatory factor analysis: Evidence for a second-order global
support construct. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 16, 69-80.
Swickert, R., & Gilliland, K. (1998). Relationship between the brainstem auditory
evoked response and extraversion, impulsivity, and sociability. Journal
of Research in Personality, 32,
314-330.
Amirkhan, J., Risinger, R., & Swickert, R.
(1995). Extraversion: A “hidden”
personality factor in coping? Journal of Personality, 63, 189-212.
Swickert, R. (in
press). Sensation seeking. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development.
Swickert, R. J. (2000). The experience of post-traumatic stress
disorder in the
Swickert, R., Cortese, M., Simonian, S., Spicer, V.
(2005). Developing an internship course:
Issues to consider. Paper presented at
the Charleston Connections 2005 Conference.
Swickert, R., & Hittner, J. B. (2005). Sensation seeking and alcohol use: A
meta-analysis. Paper presented at the
meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences,
Swickert, R., & Hittner, J. B. (2004). Sensation seeking and alcohol use: A
meta-analysis. Paper presented as part
of a symposium presentation entitled, “Social
Cox-Fuenzalida,
L. E., Swickert, R., & Hittner, J. B. (2002). Neuroticism and the effect of workload
variation on performance. Poster
presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society,
DeRoma,
V. M., Saylor, C., Swickert, R., Feurtado, G., Harvey, C., Marable, T., &
Vickery, P. (2002). Military college
students’ symptoms and coping efforts following September 11 attacks. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association,
Swickert,
R., Hittner, J., & Herring, J. (2002).
Relationships among internet use, personality, and social support. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association,
Swickert, R., Hittner, J., Rosentreter, C., &
Hartley, J. (2001). Extraversion, social
support processes, and stress. Poster
presented at the meeting of the International Society for the Study of
Individual Differences,
Swickert, R., Mushrush, J., Rosentreter, C., &
Hall, M. (2000). Extraversion and the
use of social support. Poster presented
at the meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Toris, C., Swickert, R., Myers, J., & Wells, J.
(2000). Public speaking: disfluencies,
arousal, and effects of practice for introverts and extraverts. Poster presented at the meeting of the
American Psychological Society,
Burch, B., & Swickert, R. (1999). The influence of personality on stress and
physical symptoms. Poster presented at
the Southeastern Psychological Association conference,
Swickert, R., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E., & Gilliland,
K. (1998). Relationship between
extraversion and bilateral auditory evoked responses. Poster presented at the meeting of the
American Psychological Society,
Swickert, R., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E., &
Gilliland, K. (1997). Relationship between
the EPI and EPQ: An empirical
investigation. Poster presented at the
meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Gilliland,
K., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E., & Swickert, R. (1996). Current investigations of brainstem auditory
evoked responses and extraversion.
Invited colloquium at the
Gilliland, K., Swickert, R., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E.,
& Lauter, J. (1996). Recent studies
of the auditory evoked responses of introverts and extraverts. Invited paper presented at the meeting of the
Midwestern Psychological Association,
Gilliland, K., Swickert, R., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E.,
&
Gilliland, K., Swickert, R., & Cox-Fuenzalida,
L. E. (1996). Brainstem auditory evoked
response and extraversion. Poster
presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Gilliland, K, Swickert, R.,
Gilliland, K., Swickert, R., Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E.,
& Mills, S. (1995). Differential
strategies of introverts and extraverts on a complex task. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Southwestern Psychological Association,
Gilliland,
K., Swickert, R., & Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E.
(1994). Adaptive responses to
increased workload. Poster presented at
the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association,
Gilliland, K., Mills, S., Swickert, R., &
Cox-Fuenzalida, L. E. (1994). Stress,
recovery and mechanisms of adaptation.
Poster presented at the meeting of the Oklahoma Advancement of Science
and Technology (OCAST),
Swickert, R. (1993).
Individual differences in perception of stress and coping style. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Cristi,
Swickert,
R. (1992). Personality differences in
perception of stress and coping style. Invited colloquium at
Relationship
Between Extraversion and Habituation to Stimulation. Principal Investigator, $1899;
Responding to Stress:
Extraversion’s Influence on Psychological, Physiological, and Behavioral
Processes. Principal Investigator,
$2500;
Professional Research
Experience
Test
Constructor 1991
American Savings Bank
Duties: Develop test
items for a series of competency measures.
Conduct pilot testing for the preliminary tests. Perform item and reliability analyses on the
data.
Graduate
Assistant 1992
Educational Psychology
Clinic
Duties: Administer
various intelligence and achievement tests to children to determine eligibility
for clinic services. Assist graduate
students with testing issues.
Research
Assistant 1993
Civil Aeromedical Institute,
Federal Aviation
Administration
Duties: Responsible for
subject recruitment and data collection on a project developing a cognitive
task to assess risk factors in aviation.
Departmental
Campus-wide Service
Service to the Field of
Received a Certificate of
Appreciation from the College of Charleston in recognition of initiatives in
promoting undergraduate research in the Psychology Department (January, 2002).
Selected as a finalist in the annual
contest of “Best Article Published in the Journal
of Research in Personality in 1998.”
Swickert,
R. J., & Gilliland, K. (1998). Relationship
Between the Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response and Extraversion, Impulsivity,
and Sociability.
Organizational Memberships
The International Society
for the Study of Individual Differences
Southeastern Psychological
Association
The Society for Personality
and Social
Society of Southeastern
Social Psychologists
References
References provided upon
request.