Faculty Profile: Jessica L. Hartnett

Biography

At Gannon University, the majority of my teaching load consists of Psychological Statistics, which has influenced my research agenda. I am now conducting teaching research into the best methods for the teaching statistics as well as research looking at students' attitudes towards statistics and how those attitudes influence performance predictions. I also enjoy teaching Social Psychology (the psychology of how every day people think, judge, make decisions, behave, etc.) and Industrial-Organizational Psychology (psychological theories applied to business settings). I really enjoy teaching Statistics, Social, and I-O because I think it important to show psychology majors career paths in our field beyond mental health positions.

Back when I was small and not yet a psychologist, I was born at Anderson AFB and then Mom, big sis, baby bro, and myself all followed my dad to Offat AFB, Wright-Patterson AFB, the Pentagon, and Bolling AFB (extra points if you look up the locations of all of those places!). Dad retired from the Air Force and we moved to Hollidaysburg, PA, where I spent my Jr/Sr high school years. After that, I attended PSU for my BS degree followed by working on my MA and Ph.D. at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL

I moved to Erie, PA in 2009 and my husband and I have found a lot to enjoy about Erie and have recently purchased a house in near the Frontier neighborhood (a decision deeply influenced by its proximity to both Romolo's and the Presque Isle).In my spare time, I love spending time with my husband, an adjunct lecturer in Philosphy at Gannon and our rescue lab, Shelby. We have been spending a lot of time at Lowe's lately, making our new house into a home and and learning how to be parents to our new little boy, Nico, born in June 2012.

Courses Taught

• PSYC102: Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC211: Psychological Statistics
• PSYC212: Psychological Statistics Lab
• PSYC292: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
• PSYC225: Social Psychology

Educational History

Ph.D., Social/Industrial-Organizational Psychology, May 2009

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Dissertation: “More Affect, Less Forecast:  The Role of Mood in Affective Forecasting”
Chair: Dr. John Skowronski

M.A., Social/Industrial-Organizational Psychology, May 2006

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Thesis: “The Effect of Materialism on Affective Forecasting”
Chair: Dr. John Skowronski

B.S., Psychology, Biological and Evolutionary Sciences Concentration, May 2001

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Gannon University, Department of Psychology, Erie, PA, 2010 - Present
• Visiting Professor, Gannon University, Department of Psychology, Erie, PA, 2009-2010
• Adjunct Faculty, Aurora University, Department of Psychology, Aurora, IL, 2008-2009
• Adjunct Faculty, Kishwaukee College, College of Arts/Communications/Social Sciences, Malta, IL, 2006-2009
• Instructor, Northern Illinois University, Department of Psychology, DeKalb, IL, 2003-2009

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Hartnett, J.L. (2013). Stats on the cheap: Free and inexpensive resources for the teaching of statistics. Teaching of Psychology

Hartnett, J.L., & Skowronski, J. (2010). Affective forecasts and the Valentine's Day shootings at NIU: People are
resilient, but unaware of it. Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 275-280.

Hartnett, J.L., & Skowronski, J. (2008). Cash, money, woes: The match between a person’s level of materialism and the materialistic (or non-materialistic) character of events alters affective forecasts. North American Journal of Psychology, 10, 647-664.

Ritchie, T. D., Skowronski, J. J., Hartnett, J. L., Wells, B. M., & Walker, W. R. (2009). The fading affect bias in the context of emotion activation level, mood, and personal theories of emotion change. Memory, 17, 428-444.

Heider, J.D., Scherer, C. R., Skowronski, J. J., Wood, S. E., Edlund, J. E., & Hartnett, J. L. (2007). Trait expectancies and stereotype expectancies have the same effect on person memory. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 265-272.

Skowronski, J.J., Carlston, D.E., & Hartnett, J.L. (2007). Spontaneous impressions derived from observations of behavior: What a long, strange trip its been (and It’s Not Over Yet).  In N. Ambady & J.J. Skowronski (Eds.), First Impressions.  New York:  Guilford.

Couthinho, S., Hartnett, J. L., Sagarin, B. (2007). Understanding promiscuity in strategic friend selection from an evolutionary perspective. North American Journal of Psychology, 9, 257-274.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Edlund, J.E., Hartnett, J.L., Heider, J.D., Perez, E. Experimenter characteristics and word choice: Best practices when administering an informed consent. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Hartnett, J.L., & Scherer, C.R. Three good things, affect, and sleep. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.

Edlund, J.E., & Hartnett, J.L. Second Life in the psychology classroom: Teaching and research possibilities. Teaching of Psychology