Office: Todd 309  Phone: (503) 838-8316 Fax: (503)838-8618   E-mail address:   strappc@wou.edu

Position

Professor of Psychology
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon 97361

Academic Preparation

Ph.D. Psychology, 1996
University of Nevada Reno
Comprehensive areas: Psycholinguistics, Memory

M.A. Psychology, 1993
University of Nevada Reno
Comprehensive areas: Conditioning & Learning, Memory & Cognition, Language, Human Development, Comparative Psychology, Physiology, Sensation & Perception

B.S. Psychology, Cum Laude 1989
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Senior project: Music & Performance

Teaching Experience

Professor, 2009-present
Psychology Division, Western Oregon University

Associate Professor, 2003-present
Psychology Division, Western Oregon University

Assistant Professor, 1998-2003
Department of Psychology, Western Oregon University

Instructor 1995-1998
Department of Psychology, Western Oregon University

Instructor 1992-1994
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno

Graduate Training Specialist 1992-1994
Graduate School Instructional Development Program, University of Nevada Reno

Teaching Assistant 1990-1993
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno

Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses: General Psychology, Introduction to Research Methods, Introduction to Behavior Modification, Developmental Psychology, Learning and Memory, Theories of Learning, Experimental Design Laboratory, Statistical Methods, Statistics Methods Laboratory, Cognitive Neuroscience, Advanced Topics In Memory, Quantitative Methods, Advanced Research Methods, Mentoring I and II, Language Development, Theories of Development

Graduate Courses: Learning and Memory for Instruction, Theories of Development, Theories of Learning

Current Research Projects

Language Development Research: My primary research interests are in the field of psycholinguistics. I have explored the relationship between environmental input and children and adults development of irregular noun and verb forms. My work has documented developmental differences and current research is exploring the interaction between age and gender with respect to development of irregular forms. Additionally, I am finishing a a project looking at gender typing evidence in very young children's word learning.


Mentoring Research: As the faculty sponsor for the Western Oregon University Talmadge Middle School Mentoring Program I have explored how undergraduate students benefit from serving as mentors for at risk middle school students. This longitudnal work considers changes in mentor efficacy and satisfaction across the mentoring relationship.

Undergraduate Psychology Student Satisfaction and Involvement: Traditionally psychology students are relatively satisfied with their undergraduate educational experience, however, they tend to be less satisfied about their preparation for entering the job market. As we annually assess graduating seniors and survey alumni every 5 years, we've been exploring the relationship between undergraduate student involvement (i.e., being a research assistant), satisfaction with experiences, and additional outcome measures (i.e., getting a job, acceptance to graduate school).

*co-authors are current or former WOU undergraduates

Publications

*Strapp, C. M., Helmick, A. L., Tonkovich, H. M., & Bleakney, D. M. (2011). Effects of negative and positive evidence on adult word learning. Language Learning, 61 (2), 506-532, doi 10.1111/j.1467.9922.2010.00619x.61 (2) 506-532. i 10.1111/j.1467.9922.2010.00619x p

*Strapp, C. M., & Farr, R. J. (2010). To get involved or not: The relation among extracurricular involvement, satisfaction, and academic achievement. Teaching of Psychology, 37, 50-54. e

Roscoe, L. J., & Strapp, C. M. (2009). Increasing psychology students' satisfaction with preparedness through a professional issues course. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 18-23. c

*Strapp, C. M., Bleakney, D. M., Helmick, A. L., & Tonkovich, H. M (2008). Developmental differences in the effects of negative and positive evidence. First Language, 28(1), 35-53.

*Burnett, K. M., Solterbeck, L. A., & Strapp, C. M. (2004). The effects of scent on mood state following an anxiety provoking task. Psychological Reports, 95, 707-722.

*Wolcott, S. & Strapp, C. M. (2002) Dream recall frequency and dream detail as mediated by personality,     behavior and attitude.Dreaming: Journal for the Association for the Study of Dreams, 12 (1), 27-44, 27

*Strapp, C. M., & Federico, A. (2000). Imitations and repetitions: What do children say following recasts? FirstLanguage, 20 (3), 273-290.

Strapp, C. M. (1999). Mothers’, fathers’ and siblings’ responses to children’s language errors: Comparing sources of negative evidence. Journal of Child Language, 26 (2), 379-391.

*Bundy, K. A., Thompson, K. L., & Strapp, C. M. (1997). Parenting behaviors: A content analysis of     situational comedies based on TV fictional families. Psychological Reports, 80, 1123-1137.

Crawford, H. J., & Strapp, C. M. (1994). Effects of vocal and instrumental music on visuospatial and verbal    performance as moderated by studying preference and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 16, 273-245.

Presentations at Professional Meetings

*Strapp, C. M., Granov, I. M., Dixon, K. J. (2011, April). The relationship between involvement, satisfaction, and academic achievement: Psychology alumni reflect on experiences. Poster presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. , I. M., D

*Strapp, C. M., Spalding, A. E., Papen, K. R., & Lamb, A. D. (2011, April). Mentor perceptions and perceived benefits following participation in a mentoring program. Poster presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. , I

*Strapp, C. M., Granov, I. M., Dixon, K. J. (2011, February). Psychology alumni reflect on involvement, satisfaction and academic achievement. Paper presented at annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Papen, K. R., Lamb, A. D., & Spalding, A. E. (2011, February). Mentor efficacy and beliefs: When are benefits perceived? Paper presented at annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Gilles, A. W., Spalding, A.E., Hughes, C. T., & Kunze, K. L. (2010, May). Changes in mentor efficacy following participation in a school- based mentoring program. Poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Boston, MA.

*Strapp, C. M., Kunze, K. L., Hughes, C. T., Spalding, A. E., & Gilles, A. W. (2010, February). Benefits and challenges of mentoring middle school students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C, M., Gilles, A. W., McMillan, A. M., & Spalding, A. E. (2009, April ). The Western Oregon University-Talmadge Middle School mentoring program: Development and assessment of a school based mentoring program. Poster presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR. G

*Strapp, C. M., McMillan, A. M., Spalding, A. E., & Gilles, A. W. (2009, February). Assessment of a school based mentoring program: Measuring mentor and mentee change. Paper presented at annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Monmouth, OR.

* Strapp, C. M., & Cokeley, R. M. (2008, April). Gender typed words and assessment of children's vocabularly development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

*Strapp, C. M., & Silbernagel, R. M. (2008, February). Gender typed words and gestures: An assessment of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Roscoe, L. J., Strapp, C. M., Farr, F. J., & Foster, D. A. (2007, May). Increasing students' preparedness: The effects of a professional issues course and career programming. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B.C.

*Strapp, C. M., Foster, D. A., & Farr, R. (2007, May). Satisfaction as a psychology major: Involvement makes a difference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B.C.

*Strapp, C. M., Foster, D. A., & Farr, R. (2007, February). What psychology students want: Graduating seniors evaluate their experiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Monmouth, OR.

*Foster, D., Strapp, C., Carone, L., Shumway, S., & Stoller, W. (2006, April). The role of involvement in the relationship between college student satisfaction and performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.

*Foster, D., Strapp, C., Carone, L., Shumway, S., & Stoller, W. (2006, February). The relationship among student involvement, satisfaction, and performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Eugene, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Tonkovich, H. M., Helmick, A. L., & Bleakney, D. M. (2005, April). Adult word learning under conditions of positive and negative evidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Bleakney, D. M., Tonkovich, H. M., & Helmick, A. L. (2005, April). The effects of differential feedback on children's acquisition of irregular nouns and verbs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Helmick, A. L., Bleakney, D. M., & Tonkovich, H. M. (2005, February). Here is a wug, now there are two...? Negative evidence and adult word learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Corvallis, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Bleakney, D. M., Tonkovich, H. M., & Helmick, A. L. (2005, February). Age moderates the effect of negative evidence in children's word learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Corvallis, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Bleakney, D. M., Helmick, A. L. , Tonkovich, H. M., & Young, T. J. (2004, April). Effects of positive and negative feedback on children's word learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.

*Strapp, C. M., Young, T. J., Tonkovich, H. M., Helmick, A. L., & Bleakney, D. M. (2004, February). This is a wug, now there are two weeg: Effects of feedback on learning irregular nouns and verbs. Paper presented at annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR. P

*Strapp, C. M., Whetstine, K., Moss, T., & Huntley, R. (2002, April). Sibling input and language development: The interaction of words and gestures. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA. n P. . Sibling

*Huntley, R. L., MacGillis, E. J., Foster, D., & Strapp, C. M. (2002, April). Level of undergraduate involvement: Predicting satisfaction and skill development. Poster presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

*Strapp, C. M., Adelhart, S., Garcia, Y., Whetstine, K., & Moss, T., (2001, May). That’s a dog and that’s a pet: Sibling input and category formation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI.

*Strapp, C. M., Whetstine, K., Moss, T., Garcia, Y., & Adelhart, S. (2001, May). Pointing, linking, and tracing: The role of sibling gestures in category formation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI.

*Strapp, C. M., Adelhart, S., Garcia, Y., Whetstine, K., & Moss, T., (2001, February ). Those are both dogs: Sibling use of taxonomic relations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Whetstine, K., Moss, T., Garcia, Y., & Adelhart, S. (2001, February). Busy hands: Sibling gestures and categorization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Priddy, E. M., Farrell, P. R., Schmunk, T. L., Balzer, K. L., & Foster, A. J. (2000, April). Sibling gestures: Nonverbal cues for category formation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Schmunk, T. L., Balzer, K. L., Foster, A. J., Priddy, E. M., & Farrell, P. R. (2000, April).    These are all flowers: How sibling input facilitates category formation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

*Strapp, C. M., Schmunk, T. L., Balzer, K. L., Foster, A. J., Priddy, E. M., & Farrell, P. R. (2000, February). Worms, bees and a lot of these: The role of sibling input in category formation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Newberg, OR.

*Strapp, C., M., Priddy, E. M., Farrell, P. R., Schmunk, T. L., Balzer, K. L., & Foster, A. J. (2000, February). Turn the page: The role of sibling gestures in category formation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Newberg, OR.

*Balzer, K., Foster, A., Schmunk, T., & Strapp, C. (1999, June). Beyond labeling: Sibling input and category acquisition. Paper presented at Western Oregon University’s Psi Chi Research Conference, Monmouth, OR.

*Hovde, A. M., & Strapp, C. M. (1999, April). The impact of interviewer eye level on amount and accuracy of children’s recall. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

*Strapp, C. M., & Wolcott, S. (1999, February). Dream recall frequency and dream detail as mediated by personality, attitudes and gender. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Salem, OR.

*Federico, A., & Strapp, C. M. (1999, February). Children’s replies to corrective feedback. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Oregon Academy of Sciences, Salem, OR.

Strapp, C. M. (1998, April). Children’s use of negative evidence following corrective recasts. Paper presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM.

 Strapp, C. M. (1997, April). Toddlers’ syntax acquisition and corrective repetitions: Comparing sources of input. Paper presented at annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

Hutchinson, J., Inn, D., & Strapp, C. M. (1993, April). A longitudinal study of one-year olds acquisition of the Mutual Exclusivity and Lexical Gap Assumptions. Presented at Stanford Child Language Research Forum, Stanford CA.

Strapp, C. M., & Inn, D. (1993, April). Repetitions in Syntax Development: An Examination of Sibling Dyads. Presented at Annual Meeting of Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Inn, D., Strapp, C. M., & Hutchinson, J. (1993, April). Lexical Gap Strategy and Expressive Vocabulary: Is There a Relationship? Presented at Annual Meeting of Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Strapp, C. M. (1993, March). The Development of Syntax in Infants: The Role of Older Sibling’s Linguistic Input. Presented at Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA

Strapp, C. M., Wallace, W. P., & Hoffman, C. A. (1991, April). When Does Sentence Context Interfere with Perception of Spoken Words? Presented at Annual Meeting of Western Psychological Association, Burlingame, CA.

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Psychological Society

Oregon Academy of Sciences re

Phi Kappa Phi

Society for Research in Child Development

Western Psychological Association

• Strapp, C. M. (2010, May) for First Language
• Strapp, C. M. (2009, April) for Geher and Hall's Statistics: A narrative, conceptual approach09
• Strapp, C. M. (2008, July) for Psychological Reports. (2008
• Strapp, C. M. (2007, Septemberl) for Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies
• Strapp, C. M. (2001, April) for Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies
• Strapp, C. M. (2000, November) reviewer for Passer & Smith’s Psychology: Frontiers and Applications, McGraw-Hill Publishers, NY: NY.
• Strapp, C. M. (1999, November) for Dreaming: Journal for the Association for the Study of Dreaming.
• Strapp, C. M. (1999, July) reviewer for Bear’s Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education, 3E, John Wiley & Sons, NY: NY.
• Strapp, C. M. (1998, June) reviewer for Anderson’s, Learning and Memory, John Wiley & Sons, NY: NY
• Strapp, C. M. (1998, August) reviewer for Westen’s Psychology: Mind, Brain and Culture, 2E, John Wiley & Sons, NY: NY.
• Statistical Consultant with Merle Kelley (1998, Spring). Stress Reduction Project, Ron Glaus, Student Counseling and Health Center, Western Oregon University.
• Statistical Consultant (1998) for Dyna Hermann, MA Candidate
• Statistical Consultant (1992) for James Mikawa, Ph. D. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno

• Western Oregon University, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Academic Research (June, 2001)
• Psi Chi Regional Research Award (May, 2001)
• Western Oregon University Foundation Grant Recipient (January 2000, 2001)
• Western Oregon University Faculty Excellence Award Nominee (May, 1998)

• Social Science Representative for Faculty Senate (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Faculty Senate, Committee on Committees (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Western Oregon University Foundation Board (2000, 2001) Faculty Senate Representative
• Student Health & Counseling Center Advisory Committee (2000, 2001)
• Social Science Division Chair Evaluation Committee (2000)
• Social Science Planning Committee Chair (1999, 2000)
• Social Science Budget Committee (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Social Science Ad Hoc MS Ed Redesign Committee (1998)
• Psychology Department Coordinator for Testing & Evaluation of undergraduates within the major
• Psychology Department 4 Credit Course Curriculum Proposal (1999) along with Joel Alexander
• Psychology Department Library Serial Collection Coordinator (1998,1999, 2000, 2001)
• Psychology Department representative at Prof Chat (1998, 1999)
• Psychology Search Committee (1998, 2000)
• Psychology Presenter for Student Recognition Night (1998, 2000)
• Psychology Department representative at Academia (1998, 1999)
• Psychology Department representative at Preview Day (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Psychology Department representative for Early Bird Registration (1999, 2000)
• Strapp, C. M. (1998, May). Creativity and the Language Development of the Child. Western Oregon University Philosophy Club Lecture Series, Monmouth, OR.

• Strapp, C. M. (April, 2001). Conversations with children: The role of peers and caregivers in early language acquisition. Invited presentation at Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children, Salem, OR.
• Faculty Co-Sponsor (1999, 2000,2001) of Western Oregon University-Talmadge Middle School Mentor Program
• Strapp, C. M. (1999, September 2). Mozart Won’t Raise Intelligence (Guest Opinion). Statesman Journal
• Volunteer Management Committee, Chair (1999, 2000) Salem Area Habitat for Humanity, Salem, OR
• Strapp, C. M. (1999, March) Salem Area Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Management Survey. Presented to Board of Directors, Salem Area Habitat for Humanity, Salem, OR.

• Faculty Advisor for Psi Chi National Honor Society for Psychology Students (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Faculty Co-Advisor for Psychology Club (1999)
• Psychology Representative for Early Bird Transfer Day, Spring 1998,1999, 2000
• Psychology Representative for SOAR, Summer 1999
• Psychology Group Advising Sessions (Fall 1998, 1999, 2000)
• Panel presentation with Joel Alexander (1998,1999, 2000). Getting into Graduate or Professional School in Psychology.
• General Academic Advisor (1997-1998), Central Advising Office, Western Oregon University.
• Psychology Advisor for 45 Psychology Majors and 23 Psychology Minors
  
  

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