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CURRICULUM VITA
OSVALDO F. MORERA
Department of Psychology Office: (915) 747-5417
University of Texas at El Paso Fax: (915) 747-6553
El Paso, TX 79968
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Date Institution and degree
1997 Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Major: Quantitative Psychology
Minors: Social Psychology and General Engineering
Thesis: An Investigation of Decomposed and Holistic Judgments:
Generalizing the Divide and Conquer Principle.
Dissertation Chair: David V. Budescu
1993 Master of Arts.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Quantitative Psychology
Thesis: Affective States: Do They Influence Subjective Utilities and
Probabilities?
Thesis Chair: Ulf Böckenholt
1988 Bachelor of Science. The Ohio State University
Academic Major: Psychology
HONORS
Former student (Dirk de Heer) was awarded Best UTEP dissertation in 2010.
Commendation from UTEP’s TRIO program for outstanding service to students in 2009.
Winner of student paper competition sponsored by the Decision Analysis Society of the
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1997.
Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant Award; 1995.
University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship, 1988.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Date Position
9/13 to Professor, Department of Psychology
present University of Texas at El Paso
9/05 to Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
8/13 University of Texas at El Paso.
9/99 to Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
8/05 University of Texas at El Paso.
5/07 to Adjunct Faculty, Department of Health Promotion
present and School of Nursing. University of Texas at El Paso
2/04 to Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral
5/07 Sciences, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health
9/96 to Post-doctoral research fellow at the Survey Research Laboratory and the
8/99 Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago.
PUBLICATIONS (n = 40; underlined names denote student authors or post-doctoral fellow)
Richards, D. K., Puentes, R. P., Gonzales, R., Cardoso Smith, J., Field, C. A., & Morera, O. F.
A psychometric evaluation of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale-20 among an
internet sample of adults. (in press). Addictive Behaviors Reports.
Oviedo Ramirez, S., Alvarez, M.J. Field, C., Morera, O.F. Cherpitel, C., Woolard, R. Brief
Intervention Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults in the Emergency Department at the
US-Mexico Border: Examining the Effect of Language of Intervention Delivery in
Predicting Drinking Outcomes. (in press). Alcohol and Alcoholism
Collins, T.W., Aley, S.B., Boland, T.B., Corral, G., Cox, M. B., Echegoyen, L.E., Grineski, S.E.,
Morera, O.F., Nazeran, H. (2017). BUILDing SCHOLARS: Enhancing Diversity among
U.S. Biomedical Researchers in the Southwest. BMC Proceedings, 11(Suppl 12): 12.
Collins, T.W., Shenberger, J., Grineski, S.E., Morera, O.F. & Echegoyen, L.E. Undergraduate
Research Participation Improves Educational Outcomes. (2017). Journal of College
Student Development, 58(4), 583-600.
Daniels, H., Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W., Morales, D.X. & Morera, O.F. (2016) Quantity of
time vs. quality of mentorship in undergraduate research programs: Which matters more
for student gains? CBE Life Sciences Education, 15:ar30, 1–12.
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PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Miranda, P. Y. Morera, O.F., Heyman, J. M. & Balcazar, H.G. (2016)
Health Care Use and Mammography among Latinas With and Without Health Insurance
in the U.S.-Mexico Border. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities,
doi:10.1007/s40615-016-0227-y
Ross, S. J. & Morera, O.F (2016) Comparing legal attitudes of Anglo- and Latino-
Americans: Confirming the factor structure of the Legal Attitudes Questionnaire.
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 14, 195-212.
Morera, O.F. & Stokes, S.M. (2016). Coefficient α as a Measure of Test Score Reliability:
Review of 3 Popular Misconceptions. American Journal of Public Health, 106, 458-461.
Frankowski, S.D., Lupo, A.K., Smith, B.A, Dane'el, Ramos, C & Morera, O.F. (2016).
Developing and Testing a Scale to Measure Need for Drama. Personality and Individual
Differences, 89, 192-201
Romero, D.H., Morera, O.F. & Wiebe, J. (2015) Assessing the Gender Invariance of
the Modern Homonegativity Scale. Journal of Homosexuality, 62, 1539 – 1559.
Johnson, C.J., Wiebe, J.S. & Morera, O.F. (2014). The Spanish version of the Mindful
Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS): Measurement invariance and psychometric
properties. Mindfulness, 5, 552-565.
de Heer, H, Salinas, J., Lapeyrouse, L.M. Heyman, J., Morera, O.F. & Balcazar, H.G. (2013).
Bi-national utilization and barriers to care among Mexican American border residents
with diabetes. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 34, 147-154.
de Heer, H., Balcazar, H.G., Morera, O.F., Lapeyrouse, L.M, Salinas, J. & Zambrana, R.
(2013). Barriers to Care and Co-morbidities along the US-Mexico Border. Public Health
Reports, 128, 480-488.
de Heer, F., Morera, O.F., Warren, M., Pederson, R. & de Heer, H.D (2013). At risk or not:
Comparing normative and criterion-referenced Body Mass Index standards among
Hispanic children. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion, 63, 2.
Frank, M. & Morera, O.F. (2013). Trial Jurors and variables influencing why they return the
verdicts they do – A guide for practicing and future trial attorneys. Baylor Law Review
Morera, O.F. & Castro, F. G (2013). Important Considerations in Conducting Statistical
Mediation Analyses. American Journal of Public Health, 103, 394-396.
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PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED
Frank, M. & Morera, O.F. (2012). Professionalism and advocacy at trial: Real jurors speak in
detail about the performance of their advocates. Baylor Law Review, 64, 1-49.
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Morera, O.F, Heyman, J. M., Amaya, M.A., Pingitore, N.E., & Balcazar, H.
(2012). A Profile of Border Mobility among a Stratified Random Sample of Hispanics
Living in the El Paso-Juarez Area. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 14, 264-
271.
De Heer, H., Koehly, L., Pederson, R., & Morera, O.F. (2011). Everyone gets healthier: An
Afterschool Health Promotion Program for Hispanic Elementary School Children.
American Journal of Public Health, 101, 1907-1913.
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F., Watson, P.J., & Millsap, R. E. (2011). The Bermond-Vorst
Alexithymia Questionnaire: A measurement invariance examination among US Anglos
and US Hispanics. Assessment, 18, 88-94.
De la Torre, M. T., Morera. O.F. & Wood, J. (2010). Measuring social problem solving in
Spanish-dominant Hispanics using the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 501-506.
Culhane, S.E., & Morera, O.F. (2010). Reliability and Validity of the Novaco Anger Scale and
Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI) and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory - 2 (STAXI
- 2) in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Student Samples. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, 32, 586-606.
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F., Watson, P.J & Millsap, R.E. (2009). Assessing Measurement
and Predictive Invariance of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in U.S. Anglo and U.S.
Hispanic Samples. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 387-395.
Ganem, P.A., de Heer, H. & Morera, O.F. (2009) Does body dissatisfaction predict mental
health outcomes in a predominantly Hispanic college sample? Personality and Individual
Differences, 46, 557-561.
Braun, G.P., Fernandez, N., Hosch, H.M. & Morera, O.F. (2008). Development of Rules-
Based and Principles-Based Measures of Decision Making. Journal of Business and
Economic Perspectives, 4, 45-65
Stoever, C.J., & Morera, O.F. (2007). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Attitudes
toward Lesbians and Gay Men (ATLG) Measure. Journal of Homosexuality, 52, 189-
209.
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PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED
Orona, J.A., Blume, A.W., Morera, O.F. & Perez, S. (2007). Examining drinking
consequences and reasons for drinking in a bilingual college sample. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, 29, 83-100.
Morera, O.F. & Dawes, R.M. (2006). Clinical and Statistical Prediction after Fifty Years:
A Dedication to Paul Meehl. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 19, 409-412.
Morera, O.F., Maydeu-Olivares, A., Nygren, T.E., White, R. J, Fernandez, N.P. & Skewes,
M.C. (2006). Social Problem Solving Predicts Decision Making Styles in a U.S. Hispanic
sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 307-317.
Culhane, S.E., Morera, O.F. & Watson, P.J. (2006). The Assessment of Factorial
Invariance in Need for Cognition using Hispanic and Anglo samples. Journal of
Psychology, 140, 53-68.
Morera, O. F., Culhane, S.E., Watson, P.J. & Skewes, M.C. (2005). Assessing the Reliability
and Validity of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire Among U.S. Anglo and
U.S. Hispanic Samples. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 289-298.
Culhane, S., Morera, O.F. & Hosch, H.M. (2004). The Factor Structure of the Need for
Cognition Short Form in an Hispanic Sample. Journal of Psychology, 138, 77-88.
Morera, O.F. & Budescu, D.V. (2001). Random Error Reduction in Analytic Hierarchies: A
Comparison of Holistic and Decompositional Decision Strategies. Journal of Behavioral
Decision Making, 14, 223-242.
Warnecke, R.B., Morera, O.F., Turner, L., Johnson, T.P., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Crittenden,
K.S. Mermelstein, R., & Flay, B. (2001). Changes in Self-Efficacy and Readiness for
Smoking Cessation among Women with High School Education or Less. Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, 42, 97-110.
Turner, L., Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K.S. & Flay, B. (2001). Examining the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Self-Help
Program to Increase Women’s Readiness for Smoking Cessation. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 29, 465-491.
Freels, S. A., Warnecke, R. B., Parsons, J. A., Johnson, T. P., Flay, B. R. & Morera, O. F.
(1999). Characteristics Associated with Exposure to and Participation in a Televised
Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women with High School Education or Less.
Preventive Medicine, 28, 579-588.
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Maydeu-Olivares, A., Morera, O. F. & D'Zurilla, T. J. (1999). Using Graphical Methods in
Assessing Measurement Invariance in Inventory Data. Multivariate Behavioral
Research, 34, 397-420.
Walker, M. E., Morera, O. F., Vining, J. & Orland, B. (1999). Disparate WTA-WTP
Disparities: The Influence of Human vs. Natural Causes. Journal of Behavioral Decision
Making, 12, 219-232.
Morera, O. F. & Budescu, D. V. (1998). A Psychometric Analysis of the “Divide and Conquer”
Principle in Multi-Criteria Decision Making. Organizational Behavior and Human
Decision Processes, 75(3), 187-206.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Crittenden, K.S., Flay, B. R. & Warnecke,
R. B. (1998). The Measure of Stage of Readiness to Change: Some Psychometric
Considerations. Psychological Assessment, 10(2), 182-186.
BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED (n = 5)
Castro, F.G., Morera, O.F., Kellison, J.G. & Aguirre, K. M. (2014). Mixed Methods Research
Design for Prevention Science: Methods, Critiques, and Recommendations. In Z. Sloboda
& H. Petras (Eds.), Defining Prevention Science (pp. 453-492). New York, NY:
Springer.
de Heer, HD, Chaudhari, LS & Morera, OF. (2012). Everyone gets healthier: Impact and
spillover of an after-school physical activity and health education program along the
U.S.-Mexico border (Chapter 14). In: Wall Medrano, A. (Ed.). Health and nutrition in
elementary schools (Volume III); collection of nutrition and population health (in
Spanish). Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez: Ciudad Juarez.
Chun, K.M., Morera, O.F., Andal, J. & Skewes, M.C. (2006). Conducting Research with
Diverse Asian American Groups. In F. Leung, A. Inman, A. Ebreo, L.Yang, L.
Kinoshita, & M. Fiu (Eds.) Handbook of Asian American Psychology, Volume 2. (pp. 47-
65). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Blume, A.W., Morera, O.F. & Garcia, B (2005). Assessment of Addictive Behaviors in Ethnic
Minority Cultures. In D. Donovan & G. A, Marlatt (Eds). Assessment of Addictive
Behaviors 2nd edition (pp. 49-70). New York: Guilford Press.
Tanaka, J. S., Ebreo, A., Linn, N. & Morera, O. F. (1998). Research Methods: The Construct
Validity of Self-Identity and Its Psychological Implications. In N. Zane & L. C. Lee
(Eds.) Handbook of Asian American Psychology (pp. 21-79). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Morera, O.F., Heyman, J. & Balcazar, H. Psychological Distress and
Transnational Movement Across the El Paso-Juárez Border: Examining Risk and
Protective Factors
Richards, D. K., Cabriales, J. A., Morera, O. F., Wagler, A., & Field, C. A. The Indirect
Associations between Motivations for Using Alcohol Responsibly and Alcohol Use
through Protective Behavioral Strategies among College Students
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Dane’el, M., Morera, O.F., Brown, L.D. & Cooper, T.V. Investigating the efficacy of traffic light
labelling for nutrition label presentation.
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Morera, O.F., Heyman, J.C. & Balcazar, H.G. Affordability Remains Key
to Addressing Health Access Barriers among Insured Latinos
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Zambrana, R.E., Morera, O.F., Lopez, L. & Balcazar, H.G. Individual,
contextual, and psychosocial factors associated with functional physical and mental
health status among a sample of Post-Menopausal Latinas
Morera, O.F., Hughes, A.S., Shenberger, J.M., Grineski, S.E. & Collins, T.W. The role of
general faculty engagement on student motivation among participants in undergraduate
research programs at a Hispanic Serving Institution.
Morera, O.F., Cabriales, J.A., Cardoso, J. & Field, C.F. Validation of the Readiness to Change
Questionnaire in a Sample of Heavy Drinkers in a Trauma Care Setting
Morera, O.F., Millsap, R.E., Fernandez, N.P., Byrd, T., Davis, B., Kim, L. K. & Dolan, J.
Measurement invariance of the Problem-Solving Decision-Making Scale among older
Hispanics.
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
Lim, K. H.,& Morera, O., (2011). Impulsive‑analytic disposition: Instrument pilot testing.
In L. R. Wiest & T. Lamberg (Eds.). Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of
the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of
Mathematics Education (pp. 284-292). Reno: University of Nevada. This paper has been
downloaded 86 times as of October 3, 2012 and is available at
http://works.bepress.com/kien_lim/23
Lim, K. H., Morera, O., & Tchoshanov, M. (2009). Assessing problem-solving dispositions:
Likelihood-to-act survey. In S.L. Swars, D.W. Stinson & S. Lemons-Smith (Eds.).
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Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 700-708).
Atlanta: Georgia State University. This paper has been downloaded 533 times as of
October 3, 2012 and is available at http://works.bepress.com/kien_lim/14
Witt, K. E., Fernandez, N. P., & Morera, O. F. (2005). Evaluation of the Eating Disorders
Inventory. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 29, S091. Poster was also recognized as a
Meritorious Student Abstract.
Morera, O.F., Turner, L., Johnson, T., Mermelstein, R., Crittenden, K., Freels, S., Flay, B. &
Warnecke, R. (2001). Analyzing Longitudinal Transitions in Stage of Change following
a Smoking Cessation Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement: Program
and Rapid Communication Poster Abstracts, 23, 79.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. P., Turner, L., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K. S. & Flay, B. (1998). Understanding the Components of a Self-Help Smoking
Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement, 20, S174.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. P., Turner, L., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B., Crittenden,
K. S. & Flay, B. (1998). The Effects of a Self-Help Intervention on Measures of Stage of
Readiness to Change and Self-Efficacy. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Supplement, 20,
S174.
Budescu, D. V., Crouch, B. & Morera, O. F. (1996). A Multi-Criteria Comparison of Response
Scales and Scaling Methods in the AHP. In W. Wedley (Ed.) Conference Proceedings
from the Fourth International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 280-291.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Maydeu-Olivares, A., D'Zurilla, T. J. & Morera, O. F. (1996). Assessing measurement
invariance in questionnaires with latent trait models using Item Response Theory.
Statistics and Econometrics Series 96-41 (12). Getafe: Universidad Carlos III Madrid.
Morera, O. F., Johnson, T. J., Freels, S., Parsons, J., Warnecke, R. B Crittenden, K.S., & Flay,
B. R. &. (1998). Estimating stability and reliability of stage of readiness to change in a
self-help smoking Intervention (Tech. Rep. No. 98-1). Chicago: University of Illinois,
Survey Research Laboratory.
Morera, O.F., (2012). Evaluation of “Teacher Quality” Grant (PI: Mourat Tchoshanov; Co-PI:
Kien Lim). Submitted to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Morera, O.F., (2009). Evaluation of “Strengthening Middle Grades Teachers Quantitative and
Algebraic Reasoning” Grant (PI: Mourat Tchoshanov; Co-PI: Kien Lim)
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Morera, O.F. (2008). Test Development and Test Construction in Credentialing Examinations:
A Brief Review. In Braun, G., P., Brody, R.G. & Salter, S.B. (Eds) CGA PACE vs. CICA
UFE: An Analysis of Different Approaches. A Report on the Comparison of CGA PACE-
Level Examinations and CICA UFE Examinations
Olmedo, C., Soden, D.L., Morera, O.F., McElroy, M., Schauer, D., Peña, S., Fuentes, C., Caire,
M., Conary. J., Tinajero, R., Quiñones, T. & Gibson, E. (2007). Valuing the Paso Del
Norte: Resident and Business Perspectives on the Value of the Environment Relative to
Reopening of the ASARCO Copper Smelter (Technical Report No. 2007-8). El Paso,
TX: University of Texas at El Paso, Institute for Policy and Economic Development. This
technical report has been downloaded 491 times, as of October 3, 2012.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
1 Conducted a survey of students at the University of Texas at El Paso that are involved in
formal undergraduate research programs in the STEM fields
2 Evaluation of a training grant that is designed to diversify undergraduate participation in
the STEM fields.
3 Analyzing data from the Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center’s Household
Survey, where 1,002 Latino El Pasoans were surveyed about their health.
EXTERNAL PROPOSALS FUNDED
“BUILDing SCHOLARS.” Proposal submitted to the National Institutes of Health. Role:
Multiple Principal Investigator (on a team of 8 PI’s). Amount: $22,600,000. Funding
period: September 1, 2014 – June 30, 2019.
“BUILDing SCHOLARS.” 1 P20 MD008700-01. Funding organization: National Institutes of
Health. Role: Principal Investigator (of a team of 8 PI’s). Amount: $225,816. Funding
period: September 25, 2013 – March 25, 2014.
“Culturally Adapted Brief Motivational Intervention to Reduce Heavy Drinking among Heavy
Latinos.” Role: Co-Investigator/Statistician (PI: Craig Field). Funding period: June 1,
2014 – May 30, 2016. Amount: $2,074,686.
“Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center.” 1 P20 MD002287-05. Funding Organization:
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Elias Provencio-Vasquez; Original PI: Robert Anders).
Amount: $6,611,592. Funding period: 10/1/08 – 6/30/14
“Tailored-Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers.” R01-HL089491-
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Funding Organization: National Institutes of Health. Role: Co-Principal Investigator (PI:
Lawrence Ahn) Amount: $2,988,522. Funding period: 9/5/07 – 5/31/11
“Learning Exercise through Academics in your Neighborhood.” Funding Organization: Center
for Border Health Research. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount: $74,542. Funding
period: 1/08 – 6/09.
“Physical Activity, Nutrition & Built Environment in a Bi-national Border Setting.” 1 R21
ES014206-0. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Health. Author: de Castro, J.
Role: Co-Investigator/Statistician. Amount: $399,946. Funding period: September 2005-
August 2008.
“Promoting Health Parity among Mexican-American Women.” 5 R24MD00520-03. Funding
Organization: National Institutes of Health/National Center for Minority Health and
Health Disparities. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount: $1,146,689. Funding period:
October 2003 – September 2006. Original PI: Karen Schmaling.
“Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions in a Hispanic Population.” 2 R24
MH47167-11 Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health/Minority
Research Infrastructure and Support Program. Author: Morera, O.F and Kim, L. Role:
Project Director. Amount: $282,128. Funding period: July 2003- June 2006.
“Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Training.” 2 T24 MH19978-05. Authors: Zarate, M.,
& Morera, O.F. Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health. Role: Co-
Principal Investigator. Amount: $1,015,251 over 5 years. Funding period: September
2002-August 2007.
“Web-Based Smoking Intervention for College Aged Hispanic Women.” 1 R24MD00520-02
Author: Morera, O.F., Funding Organization: National Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health. Role: Project Director. Amount:
$106,114. Funding period: October 2004-September 2006.
INTERNAL PROPOSALS FUNDED
“Web-Based Survey of Alcohol Use among College Student at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Authors: Morera, O.F & Blume, A.W. Funding Organization: Office of the Vice
President for Academic Affairs/Tobacco Settlement Monies. Role: Principal
Investigator. Amount: $6,033.00. Funding period: June 2004-August 2004.
“Web- Based Survey of Tobacco Use among College Student at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Authors: Morera, O.F. Funding Organization: Office of the Vice President for
Academic Affairs/Tobacco Settlement Monies. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount:
$32,064.00. Funding period: June 2002-August 2003.
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“What Is and What Is Not Item Bias: A Cross-Cultural Assessment of Several Psychological
Instruments.” Funding Organization: University of Texas at El Paso Research Institute.
Role Principal Investigator. Amount: $2,700.00. Funding period: October 2001-August
2002.
“The effect of a decision aid on prostate cancer knowledge and interest in PSA testing.”
Submitted to the University of Texas at El Paso Research Institute. Role: Principal
Investigator. Amount: $2,000.00. Funding period: October 1999-August 2000.
PROPOSALS UNDER REVIEW
“Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS.” Proposal submitted to National Institutes of Health.
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator (on a team of 8 PI’s). Amount: $17,941,149.
“Project Ace (Action for Equity): A BUILDing SCHOLARS pipeline.” Proposal submitted to
the National Institutes of Health. Role: Lead Principal Investigator (on a team of 3
Mulitple PI’s). Amount: $1,350,000.
INVITED PAPERS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Morera, O.F. (2014, April). Assessing Measurement Invariance in Translated Measures.
Symposium presentation as part of the “Assessment Strategies and Methodologies for
Research with Diverse Populations: Translations and Transcreations” Pre-conference
workshop for the Society for Behavioral Medicine Meetings. Philadelphia, PA.
Morera, O.F. (2013, February). Decision Aids and Health Disparities. Invited panelist (along
with Dr. Valerie Reyna and Dr. James Stahl) for the Interdisciplinary Decision Research
Group Conference. El Paso, TX.
Morera, O.F. (2008, May). Using Psychological Science to Understand Health Screening
Decisions in Underserved Populations: The Case of Colorectal Cancer. Invited
presentation for the 6th Cancer, Culture and Literacy Conference. Tampa, FL.
Morera, O.F. (2007, October). Using Psychological Science to Understand Health Screening
Decisions in Underserved Populations: The Case of Colorectal Cancer. Invited
presentation for the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale. Carbondale, IL.
Morera, O.F. (2005, March). Decision Aids and Colorectal Cancer Screening Interest among
Hispanics in El Paso, TX. Invited presentation for the Judgment and Decision Making
research group at The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.
Morera, O.F. & Skewes, M.C. (2004, December). Can Web-Based Approaches be applied to
Smoking Cessation. Invited presentation for the Paso del Norte Chapter of the Society of
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Public Health Educators. El Paso, TX.
Morera, OF. (2003, December) Assessing Smoking Prevalence at a Predominantly Latino
University via a Web-Based Survey. Invited presentation for a panel on college student
smoking at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Boston, MA.
Morera, O.F. (1998, December). The “Divide and Conquer” Principle of Multi-Criteria Decision
Making: Its Evaluation and a Proposed Medical Decision Making Extension. Invited
paper presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Decision Making
Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Morera, O.F. (1998, November). Decision Aids and Informed Consent in Prostate Screening.
Invited paper presented for the American Cancer Society site visit of the University of
Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
Morera, O. F. (1997, October). A Psychometric Analysis of the “Divide and Conquer” Principle
in Decision Analysis. Invited presentation at the Awards Ceremony for the Decision
Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences,
Dallas, Texas.
Morera, O. F. (1997, October). A Psychometric Assessment of the Divide and Conquer Principle
in Multiattribute Decision Making. Invited paper presented at the Cognitive Psychology
Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago
Morera, O. F. (1995). The WTA/WTP Disparity and the Economic Value of Street Trees.
Invited paper presented at the Quantitative Psychology Colloquium, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED FOR CONFERENCES
Morera, O.F. (2002, November). An Assessment of Decision Decomposition in the Professional
Literature and the Real World. Symposium organized for the Society for Judgment and
Decision Making Meetings
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES (underlined names denote student authors, papers
only listed from last 10 years)
Delgado, M., Hughes, A.S., Serna, C., Castañeda, E., Boland, T., & Morera, O.F. (April, 2018).
Data problems: A cautionary tale about curve fitting in STEM. Paper to be presented at the
9th International Conference on Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine in Miami,
FL.
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Delgado, M., Hughes, A.S., Serna, C., Oviedo Ramirez, S., Morera, O.F, Corral, G. & Boland,
T. (April, 2018). Navigating ethics in a STEM training grant. Paper to be presented at the
9th International Conference on Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine in Miami,
FL.
Morera, O.F. (2014, January). BUILDing SCHOLARS Student Survey: Preliminary Analysis and
Results. BUILDing SCHOLARS Planning Conference, El Paso, Texas.
Lim, K. H., & Morera, O., (2011, March). Using Clickers and Prediction Items to Address
Students’ Mathematical Misconceptions. Sun Conference, El Paso, Texas.
Lim, K. H., Morera, O., & Tchoshanov, M. (2010, March). Assessing students' impulsive
disposition. Sun Conference, El Paso, Texas.
Lim, K. H. & Morera, O. (2010, February). Addressing Impulsive Disposition: Using Non-
proportional Problems to Overcome Overgeneralization of Proportionality. Thirteenth
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Raleigh, NC.
Lim, K., Morera, O.F. & Tchoshanov, M. (2009, September). Assessing Problem-Solving
Dispositions: Development of a Likelihood-to-Act Survey. Paper presented at the 33rd
Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education. Atlanta, GA.
Johnson, C. J., Wiebe, J. S., & Morera, O. F. (2009, April). Mindfulness and well-being in
English- and Spanish-speaking individuals: A preliminary model. Paper presented at the
30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, CN.
Ross, S.L., Culhane, S.E., & Morera, O.F (2008, March) Confirmatory factor analysis of the
Legal Attitudes Questionnaire: Assessing the validity within Anglo and Hispanic
samples. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law
Society. Jacksonville, FL.
POSTERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES (underlined names denote student authors over
last ten years; posters only included from last 10 years)
Lechuga, J., Bray, J., Madrigal-Gonzalez, L., Capps, J. & Morera, O.F. (February, 2019).
Creeping or Just Checking In?: The Development and Validation of a Scale That
Assesses Cyber “Creeping.” Poster to be presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Richards, D.K., Frietze, G., Fetterman, A.K. & Morera, O.F. Personality Correlates of Self-
Reported Fantasy Football Success. (November 2018). Poster to be presented at the
Annual meetings of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. New Orleans, LA.
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Heydarian, N.M., Hughes, A.M. & Morera, O.F. Stereotypes and Barriers: The role of the
Stereotype Content Model and Diabetes Distress in Blind Adults with Diabetes (April,
2018). Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine meetings, New Orleans,
LA
Heydarian, N. M., Heydarian, M. M., Uribe, M., Arriaga-Pazos, F., Campos, G., Heydarian, C.,
& Morera, O. F. (2018, February). Advice to healthcare providers from blind and
visually impaired patients. Presented at the Cultural Competence Conference, El Paso,
TX.
Echegoyen, L.E., Alvarez, M.J., Aley, S.B., Boland, T., Collins, T.W., Corral, G. M. Cox, M.B.,
Grineski, S.E., Morera, O. F., Oviedo, S. L., Clark, J. & Wagler, A. (October, 2017).
BUILDing SCHOLARS: Combining Asset Bundles with High Impact Practices. Poster
presented at the 2017 Diversity Program Consortium Annual Conference, Rockville, MD.
Morales, DX, Grineski, SE, Corral, G, Aley S, Boland T, Collins, TW, Cox, M, Echegoyen L,
Morera, O, & Wagler, A. (October, 2017). Finding the best match: Managing a multi-
institutional mentoring program using an online mentoring interface. Presented at the
2017 Diversity Program Consortium Annual Conference, Rockville, MD.
Richards, D. K., Morera, O. F., & Field, C. A. (2017, June). Quality over quantity: The
relationship between self-determined motivation and alcohol use. Poster presented at the
annual convention of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Denver, CO.
Field, C., Morera, O.F., Cabriales, J.A. & Cardoso, J. (June, 2017). Validation of the Readiness
to Change Questionnaire in a Sample of Heavy Drinkers in a Trauma Care Setting. Poster
presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism,
Denver, CO
Hughes, A.S., Perez, G.M., & Morera, O.F. (April, 2017). WebMDon’t: Creating a scale to
measure online health information seeking behavior. Poster to be presented at the
Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference in San Diego, California
Hughes, A.S., Serna, C., Boland, T., & Morera, O.F. (September, 2016). Evaluating the pre- and
post-tests of the BUILDing SCHOLARS Boot Camp. Poster presented at the 1st Annual
BUILDing SCHOLARS Symposium at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Alvarez, M.J., Balcazar, P., Oviedo Ramirez, S., Frankowski, S., & Morera, O. (2016).
Development of a scale measuring abstract and concrete factors of social vengeance.
Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Diego, California.
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Gorbett, D., Gutierrez, K., & Morera, O.F. (2015, November). Gender, acculturation,
depression and sensation seeking as correlates of gambling behavior. Poster to be
presented at the Society of Judgment and Decision Making meetings. Chicago, IL
Morera, O.F., Rangel, L.M., Neria, A.L., Millsap, R.E. & Dolan, J.G. (2014, November).
Classifying Patients on the Problem Solving Decision Making with Latent Class
Analysis. Poster presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making meetings.
Miami, FL.
Hughes, A.S., Marquez, L.M Reyes, S.M, Cribbs-Landrau, E., & Morera, O.F. (2014,
November). Do Personality Dispositions and Relationship Styles Influence the Quality
and Quantity of Facebook Usage? Poster presented at the UTEP Graduate Student Expo.
Aguirre, K.A., Lara, C., Armendariz, J, Morera, O.F. & Castro, F.G. (2014, April). Pilot study
of a new avoidant coping behavior measure for Hispanic adults. Poster presented at the
Society for Behavioral Medicine meetings. Philadelphia, PA.
Stokes, S.M., Smith, B.A., Shenberger, J. & Morera, O.F. (2013, May). Longitudinal
Assessment of the Hindsight Bias. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Oklahoma-Kansas Judgment and Decision Making Meetings. Oklahoma City, OK.
Morera, O.F., Stokes, S., Smith, B.A. & Shenberger, J.M. (2013, February). A longitudinal
assessment of the hindsight bias. Poster presented at the Interdisciplinary Decision
Research Group Conference (with Dr. Valerie Reyna and Dr. James Stahl as invited
guests). El Paso, TX.
Castro, F.G., Lapeyrouse, L.M., Morera, O.F. & Balcazar, H.G. (2012, October). Psychological
Distress and Frequency of Mobility Across the El Paso-Juarez Border: Risk and
Protective Factors. Poster presented at the 2012 Science of Eliminating Health
Disparities Summit. National Harbor, Maryland.
Lapeyrouse, L.M., Morera, O.F., & Balcazar, H.G. (2012, October). Affordability Remains Key
to Addressing Health Access Barriers among Insured Latinos. Poster presented at the
American Public Health Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA.
Morera, O.F., Duran, M.D., & Stokes, S. (2012, May). A longitudinal assessment of the
hindsight bias. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society meetings.
Chicago, IL.
Jabeen, L. N. Morera, O.F., & White, K. (2012, May). The effect of external
threats on negative emotions. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society
meetings. Chicago, IL.
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Newton, J., Morera, O.F., Bolt, D., & Stoever, C.J. (2011, May). Response styles influence the
study of demographic variables on attitudes towards homosexuality. Poster presented at
the American Psychological Society meetings. Washington, DC.
Johnson, V., Fernandez, N.P., & Morera, O.F., (2010, November).Random Error Reduction is
Always a Good Thing: The Case for Decompositonal Decision Making. Poster presented
at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making meetings. St. Louis, MO
Fernandez, N.P., Duran, M.D., Johnson, V.M., Guillen-Gomez, L., & Morera, O.F. (June,
2010). Trends of Tobacco Use among UTEP Students. Poster presented at the Hispanic
and Health Disparities Research Center Summer Institute, El Paso, Texas.
Fernandez, N.P., Guillen-Gomez, L., Johnson, V.M., Duran, M.D., & Morera, O.F. (June,
2010). Colorectal Cancer and Screening: Misconceptions that Influence Mexican
Americans. Poster presented at the Hispanic and Health Disparities Research Center
Summer Institute, El Paso, Texas.
Fernandez, N.P., Guillen-Gomez, L., Johnson, V.M., Duran, M.D., & Morera, O.F. (April,
2010). Colorectal Cancer and Screening: Finding Effective Health Education Methods
among Hispanics. Poster presented at the Society of Public Health Education Conference,
Atlanta Georgia.
Fernandez, N.P., Arms, D., Guillen-Gomez, L., & Morera, O.F. (December, 2009). Colorectal
cancer and screening knowledge: A focus group investigation. Poster presented at the
Annual American Association of Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers
in Cancer Prevention Research, Houston, TX.
Fernandez, N.P., Morera, O.F., & Gomez, L. (2009, November). The Sunk Cost Fallacy and
Decision Making Styles. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making meetings. Boston, MA
Susa, K.J. & Morera, O.F. (2009, November). The Effect of Choice Overload and Individual
Differences on the Enjoyment of Decision-Making. Poster presented at the Society for
Judgment and Decision Making meetings. Boston, MA.
Arms, D., Fernandez, N.P., Guillen-Gomez, L., & Morera, O.F. (June, 2009). Efficient
Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aids. Poster presented at the Hispanic Health
Disparities Center: Health Literacy in Hispanics seminar, El Paso, TX.
Gomez, L., de Moor, A., & Morera, O.F. (2008, November). Individual differences of the
perceptions of randomness. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making meetings. Chicago, IL.
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de Moor, A., Gomez, L., & Morera, O.F. (2008, November). The effects of decision making
styles on anchoring and adjustment. Poster to be presented at the Society for Judgment
and Decision Making meetings. Chicago, IL.
Yeh, L., Arêas da Luz Fontes, A., Hsin-Ju Chen, H., Gutierrez, M. and Morera, O.F. (2008,
August). Bilingual’s attitude of code-switching toward others and self. Poster presented
at the Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Conference. Boston, MA.
Morales, R.E., Garcia, M., Zubia, E., de Heer, H., Estrada, S., Romero, D., & Morera, O. F.
(2008, May). Assessing gender differences on social problem solving. Poster presented
at the University of Texas at El Paso Chapter of SACNAS Undergraduate Research
Conference. El Paso, TX.
Gonzalez, D., Gomez, L.I., Estrada, S., Pinon, A., White. R.J., Culhane, S.E. & Morera, O.F.
(2008, February). Decision Making Styles Predict Anger Scores on the
Multidimensional Anger Inventory. Poster presented at the Pre-Judgment and Decision
Makings meetings of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meetings.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
REVIEWING EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Book Reviewing
Book reviewer for Statistics in Context to be published by Oxford University Press. Review
completed December 2014
Book reviewer for Statistics Online to be published by Pearson. Review completed July 2013
Book reviewer for Statistics: A Guide to Understanding Behavior to be published by Prentice
Hall. Review completed August 2011
Book reviewer Statistics for Psychology (4th edition) (2011) published by Prentice Hall. Review
completed February 2011.
Book reviewer for Modern Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (2010) published by Sage
Publications.
Book reviewer for Introducing Statistics and Probability for Behavioral, Cognitive and Social
Sciences to be published by McGraw-Hill Publications.
Book reviewer for Hastie, R & Dawes, R (2008). Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The
Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Grant Reviewing
Reviewed 6 grant proposals for the National Institutes of Health (RFA-GM-11-004: “Research to
Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in
Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences”) in March 2011.
Reviewing of Conference Materials
Reviewed abstracts for the Annual meetings of the Society for Medical Decision Making in 2010
- 2013.
Editorial Board and Ad-Hoc Reviewing
Co-guest editor (with Robyn Dawes) of the December 2007 special issue in the Journal of
Behavioral Decision Making. The issue was dedicated to Paul Meehl’s work on clinical versus
statistical decision making.
Member of Editorial Board for Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2004-2014)
Member of Editorial Board for Medical Decision Making (2005-2007)
Member of Editorial Board for Military Psychology (2009 - present)
Ad-hoc reviewer for:
Acta Psychologica (2008)
Addiction (1999)
Addictive Behaviors (2012)
American Journal of Public Health (2011)
Applied Cognitive Psychology (2008)
Body Image (2011, 2015-2016)
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences (1999)
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2004 - 2014)
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2016, 2018)
Educational Psychology (2011)
Education Research Journal (2012)
Ethics and Behavior (2016)
Family Practice (2018)
Health Education Research: Theory and Practice (2002, 2005, 2009)
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2005 – 2008, 2010 – 2011, 2014-2015, 2017)
Journal of General Psychology (2004, 2005)
Journal of General Internal Medicine (2007, 2018)
Journal of Mathematical Psychology (2005)
Journal of Psychology (2003, 2005 - 2007)
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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (2009, 2011)
Medical Decision Making (1997, 1999, 2005 – 2007, 2009-2012, 2016-2017)
Military Psychology (2009 – 2011, 2017)
Multivariate Behavioral Research (2006)
National Institutes of Health (2011, 6 proposals)
National Science Foundation: Decision, Risk and Management Science (1995, 1998, 2001)
Personality and Individual Differences (2008 – 2012, 2014-2018)
Psychological Science (2005)
Psychometrika (2008)
Sexuality and Culture (2017)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate-Level:
Psychology 6302: Structural Equation Modeling
Psychology 6307: Statistics I: Correlation and Regression
Psychology 6308: Statistics II: Analysis of Variance/Experimental Design
Psychology 6323: Psychometrics
Psychology 6335: Advanced Topics in Research Design and Data Analysis: Multivariate
Statistics
Psychology 6335: Advanced Topics in Research Design and Data Analysis:
Multilevel Modeling
Undergraduate:
Psychology 1301: Introduction to Psychology
Psychology 1303: Introduction to Statistics
Psychology 4321: Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Date Position
9/2016 to Chair, Department of Psychology, Award Committee
Present
Fall 2018 Member, Search Committee for Research Investigator position
UTEP’s Research Evaluation and Assessment Services
6/2016 to Member, Graduate College Summer Funding Review Committee
8/2017
1/2015 to Co-Chair, Professional Annual Review Committee
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9/2017 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
10/2013 to Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee
8/2014 College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso
7/2014 to Member, Variety of Committees for BUILDing SCHAOLARS
present University of Texas at El Paso and BUILD consortium
1/2013 to Member, Teaching Post-doc search committee
4/2013 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
9/2012 to Member, Faculty Senate
8/2014
10/2012 to Member, Internal Advisory Board
2016 UTEP PUENTES Grant; This grant promotes post-baccalaureate
opportunities for Hispanics
3/2012 to Member, Institutional Review Board
Present University of Texas at El Paso
6/2010 to Member, Chair Evaluation Committee
Present Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
9/2010 to Member, Department Steering Committee
5/2015 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
1/2010 to Chair, Professional Annual Review Committee
9/2011 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
10/2008 to Executive Committee and Co-Director of Research, Education and
Present Training Core; Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, University of
Texas at El Paso
1/2008 to Area Chair, Health Psychology Concentration Area
12/2009 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
1/2008 to Executive Committee
12/2009 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
11/2007 to Member, Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum Committee
Present Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
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9/2003 to Chairperson, Graduate Admissions Subcommittee of GPC
9/2007 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
9/2001 to Member, University Faculty Senate
8/2003 University of Texas at El Paso
9/2000 to Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
8/2003 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso.
9/1999 to Member, Resource Committee
8/2003 Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso.
9/2003 to Member, Graduate Program Committee (GPC)
present Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
1/2000 to Member, Institutional Review Board
06/2005 Sierra Medical Center, El Paso, TX
8/2000 to Member, Colorectal Cancer Steering Committee
9/2002 Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX
I have also participated on the following graduate student committees at the University of Texas
at El Paso:
PhD Committees
Chairperson of the following student PhD committees:
Norma P. Fernandez Mosi Dane’el
Hendrik de Heer Nazanin Heydarian
Monica Skewes Allyson Hughes (current PhD student)
Armando X. Estrada
Member on the following student PhD committees:
Elijah Ricks Katherine White Christopher Johnson
Jose Cabriales Luis Omar Rivera Rebecca Palacios
Kevin Gutierrez Brooke de Heer Laura Zimmerman
Julie Blow Thom Taylor Scott Culhane
Rachell Jones Kevin Jolly F. James Billins
David Herring Kendra Witt Candace Rutt
Stephanie Quezada Brenda Hanson Imelda Guadalupe Alcalá Sánchez
Misty Duke Oscar Esparza Shelley Aikman
John A. Sauceda Julia Lechuga Robert Hitlan
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Linsa Jabeen Colby Stoever Julie Penley
Tamara Kang Dilata Ranadive Gabriel Frietze
Miriam Alvarez
Masters Thesis Committees
Chairperson of the following student MA committees
Mosi Dane’El Jesus Arturo Orona
Sonya Stokes Priya Chakola
Daniel Romero Monica Skewes
Diane Arms Sandra Martinez
Norma P. Fernandez Monica de la Torre
Giovanna Perez
Robert McCreary (current MA student)
John Capps (current PhD student working on MA thesis)
Dessaray Gorbett (current PhD student working on MA thesis)
Member on the following student MA committees:
Jessica Armendariz Julie Blow
Dilata Ranadive Luis Alvarado (Mathematics)
Corin Ramos Elsa Martin
Miguel Mendoza (Math) Jose Cabriales
Katherine Aguirre Jacqueline Lopez (Speech and Language Pathology)
Carlos Vargas Hendrik de Heer (Masters of Public Health)
Clinton Prall Kevin Jolly
Denise Rodríguez Esquivel Norma Fernandez (Masters of Public Health)
Leslie Hawley Amelie Tremblay (Sociology)
Dolores Hernandez Virginia Longoria
Christopher Johnson Adon Neria
Cole Higley
STUDENT AND POSTDOCOTRAL FELLOW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The following former students (and a post-doctoral research associate) are currently in these
academic positions/programs.
Lisa M. Lapeyrouse, PhD Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Public
Health Sciences, University of Michigan – Flint.
Lisa was a post-doctoral research associate of the Hispanic Health
Disparities Research Center and was co-mentored by Hector
Balcazar and myself.
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Armando X. Estrada, PhD Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Temple
University. Armando is also the Editor of Military Psychology and
was named a Fellow of APA
Monica C. Skewes, PhD Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Montana and formerly was a post-doctoral fellow at
the Research Institute on Addictions Laboratory at the University
of Buffalo
Hendrik de Heer, PhD Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University and formerly a
post-doctoral research associate at the National Institutes of
Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute
Social and Behavioral Research Branch
Norma P. Fernandez, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Sandra Martinez, MA Completed her doctoral studies in Counseling Psychology at New
Mexico State University and currently works for William
Beaumont Medical Center in El Paso, TX
Monica T. de la Torre, MA Department of Pediatrics
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Diane Arms, BA & MA Enrolled in PhD program in Clinical Psychology at
Texas A&M University
Sonya Stokes, BA Enrolled in MA Experimental Psychology program at UTEP
Enrolled in PhD program in Industrial-organizational psychology
at the University of Houston to work with Paras Mehta.
Nicholas C. Fernandez, BA Enrolled in PhD program in Social Psychology at
University of Arizona
Anke de Moor, BA Enrolled in the Clinical Psychology MA program
University of Leiden
Laura Gomez, BA Enrolled in Educational Psychology MA program
University of Texas at El Paso
Veronica Johnson, BA Enrolled in Educational Psychology MA program
University of Texas at El Paso
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Priscilla Macias, BS Enrolled as a MA student in the Department of Psychology at
California State University-Fullerton
Daniel Romero, BA & MA Enrolled in PhD program in Counseling Psychology at the
University of North Texas.
Samantha Estrada, BS Completed Masters program of Experimental Statistics in the
College of Business at New Mexico State University
Paulina Ganem, BA Completed the MPH program at New York University
Jose Cabriales, BA Completed the Clinical Psychology MA program at UTEP
Completed PhD program in Health Psychology at UT-El Paso
Ed Ruiz, BS Completed his law degree at UC-Berkeley.
Sandra del Val , BS Selected for NIMH Post-baccalaureate Fellowship (2003-2004)
and enrolled in MA Occupational Therapy program at UT-El Paso
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychological Association American Psychological Society
Psychometric Society Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Medical Decision Making
CONSULTING
Consultant, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Serve as an advisor to Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur’s grant entitled, “Closing Health Disparities in
Low-Resource Settings: Increasing Community Health Worker Effectiveness through
Work Systems Analysis,” which is internally funded through the Anita Mochen Loya
Fund in the College of Engineering.
Institute for Policy and Economic Development: Summer 2008
Global Synthesis Incorporated: 2008-2009
Mourat Tchoshanov and Kien Lim: Summer 2009, 2012.
University of Texas at El Paso’s Teachers for a New Era grant: June 2008 – June 2010
Consultant for Barry University’s Law School (PI: Mitch Frank)
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OSVALDO F. MORERA
REFERENCES
Dr. Edward Castañeda Dr. Héctor G. Balcazar
Professor and Chair Dean, College of Science and Health
Department of Psychology Charles R. Drew University of Medicine
University of Texas at El Paso and Science
500 W. University Ave Office of the Dean
El Paso, TX 79968 1731 East 120th Street
(915) 747-6558 Los Angeles, CA 90059
email: [email protected] (323) 563-5851
email: [email protected]
Dr. Lawrence Cohn Dr. James Wood
Professor Professor
Department of Psychology Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Ave. 500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968 El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747-6567 (915) 747-6570
email: [email protected] email: [email protected]