Kevin Gilmer

2624 Wildwood Dr

Kingsport TN, 37660

 Cell Phone: (423) 967-4556

Home Phone: (423) 288-5776

Sullg26535@hotmail.com

 

Education

Fall 2005- Present

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Currently pursuing B.S. in Psychology with Minor in Chemistry;

Anticipated Graduation: Spring 2008

Fall 2003- Spring 2005

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

            Pursued a degree in Materials Engineering

Fall 2001- Spring 2003

Northeast State Technical Community College, Blountville, TN

            Enrolled for High school supplemental instruction.

 

Research Experience          
Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

            Served as an Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Program for the Study of Infancy of ETSU. Director: Dr. Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.  Duties included: Observation of experimental procedure, locating potential research subjects, leading discussions of current literature, assisting with production of lab newsletter, operator of filming and distracting equipment.

Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

            Served as an Undergraduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ginette C. Blackhart.  Duties included: Communication with IRB office and literature search.

Fall 2005 – Spring 2007

            Served as Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Applied Psychology Laboratory of ETSU (APL). Director: Dr. Chris S. Dula.  Duties included: literature search, assisting with survey design, data entry and verification, and presenting research findings.

 

Current Research Interests

Social deception

Sexuality and the Internet.

Child development and ADHD

            Risk taking and social influence

            Measure development

            Motivation

 


 

 

Awards and Grants

Second place, Tennessee Psychological Association Undergraduate Poster Presentation Competition for presenting “Initial development of the Sexual Objectification of Professors Scale” at the Annual Convention of the Tennessee Psychological Association, November 4, 2006, Nashville, TN.

Travel Assistance Award from APS Convention. ($200). May 2006

Eagle Scout

 

Presentations

 

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2007, May). Effect of context on the NEO-FFI. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Russell, R. B., Chumney, F. L., Brooks, R. M., Gilmer, K. S., & Dula, C. S. (2007, May). Deception in internet dating profiles. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Chumney, F. L., Gilmer, K. S., Cruz, N. A., & Dula, C. S. (2007, April). Romantic attachment styles and reasons for living. Paper presented at the Annual Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, VA.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2007, April). Further development of the Sexual Objectification of Professors Scale. Paper presented at the Annual Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, VA.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., Brooks, R. M., & Dula, C. S. (2007, April). Lying for sex and romance. Paper presented at the Annual Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, VA.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2007, April). Pornography preferences, deviant sexual fantasies, and sexual objectification. Paper presented at the Annual Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, VA.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., Estep, C. E., & Dula, C. S. (2007, April). Sexual objectification and fundamental attitudes of respect. Paper presented at the Annual Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, VA.

Cline, A., Dula, C.S., Russell, R.B., Gilmer, K., Lamb, J.A., & Sutherland, J.T. (2007, March). Dangerous driving and fundamentalism, spirituality, and religiosity. Poster presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.

Gilmer, K., Dula, C.S., Russell, R.B., Cline, A., Lamb, J.A., & Sutherland, J.T. (2007, March). Social desirability biases and self-report measures of dangerous driving. Poster presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.

Russell, R.B., Dula, C.S., Gilmer, K., Cline, A., Lamb, J.A., & Sutherland, J.T. (2007, March). Actively caring and pro-social driving. Poster presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.

Gilmer, K. S., Russell, R. B., Chumney, F. L., Brooks, R. M., & Dula, C. S. (2007, February) Factors influencing self-presentation in Internet dating. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., Estep, C. E., & Dula, C. S. (2007, February). The Sexual Objectification of Professors Scale. Paper presented at the 2007 Mid-south Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.

 Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2007, Febraury). Self-presentation and Internet relationships. Paper presented at the 2007 Mid-south Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2007, February). Deviant sexual desires. Paper presented at the 2007 Mid-south Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., Estep, C. E., & Dula, C. S. (2006, November). Initial development of the Sexual Objectification of Professors Scale. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Tennessee Psychological Association, Nashville, TN.

Lamb, J. A., Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S.  Color-blind racial attitudes in the southeast. Poster session presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. August, 2006.

Brooks, R. M., Chumney, F. L., Gilmer, K. S., Hobbs, C. D., & Dula, C. S. (2006, August). Personality and reasons to use the Internet to find dates. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Chumney, F. L., Estep, C. E., Gilmer, K. S., & Dula, C. S. (2006, August). Sexual objectification of female professors. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Hobbs, C. D., Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., Brooks, R. M., & Dula, C. S. (2006, August). Self-presentation and intentions in Internet dating. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Gilmer, K.S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2006, May). A Candid Look at Pornography Use and Sexual Behaviors Among College Students. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychology Science, New York, NY.

Gilmer, K. S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2006, April). Pornography and sexual behaviors. Paper presented at the Student Forum for the Advancement of Psychological Science, Johnson City, TN

Gilmer, K.S., Chumney, F. L., & Dula, C. S. (2006, March). Pornography and sexual behaviors at ETSU. Poster session presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City , TN.

 

Reviewing Experience

Fall 2007 – Present

            Reviewer APSSC Student Grant Competition

Spring 2007- Present

            Reviewer APSSC Student Research Award Competition

Spring 2007 – Present

            Reviewer APSSC RiSE-UP Research Award

 

Student Organizations

Fall 2007 – Present

            Captain, East Tennessee State University College Bowl Team

Fall 2006 – Present

President and Co-President, East Tennessee State University Psychology Club

Duties included: organizing and running meeting, coordination and chairing committee to develop new constitution, organizing fundraising events, chairing committee to plan activities.

Fall 2004 - Spring 2005

South Governor Meredith Hall

Duties included: coordinating 12 senators for meeting, organizing an all hall event, managing a budget for my office, and assisting with developing a new constitution.

Fall 2003 – Spring 2004

Northwest Three Senator

Duties included: coordinating schedules for the senators for the floor, acting as the representative for the floor at senate meetings, and assisting with all hall events

Fall 2002 – Spring 2003

SAACS Senator to Northeast State SGA and Executive board member

Duties included: representing the SAACS at the SGA senate and assisting with events ranging from volleyball tournaments to selecting the dining services provider for Northeast State.  Duties for the executive board involved planning meeting schedule to designing experiments for Chemistry Day.

 

Professional Memberships

            Virginia Psychological Association April 2007 to Present, Student Affiliate

            Association for Psychological Science April 2006 to Present, Student Affiliate

             

Computer Skills

Experienced in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Netscape and conducting literature searches with many different databases

Experienced in Programming using many different languages from C to Matlab

Experienced in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

 

References

Available on Request