Bryan L. Koenig

http://web.nmsu.edu/~blkoen/
blkoen@nmsu.edu
757-871-0114
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New Mexico State University
Department of Psychology
PO Box 30001/MSC 3452
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
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Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001

Education
 
PhD, Social Psychology
  • New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Advisor: Dr. Timothy Ketelaar
  • Expected graduation, May 2009
     
    MA, General/Experimental Psychology
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
  • Advisors: Drs. John Nezlek and Lee Kirkpatrick
  • Thesis: Misperception of Romantic and Sexual Interests
  • 2005
     
    BA, Psychology. Minor: Latin.
  • St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota
  • Advisor: Dr. Linda Mealey
  • 1998
     

    Honors and Awards
     
  • Merit-based Enhancement Fellowship ($4000), New Mexico State University
  • Graduate Student Scholarship Travel Award, NMSU Psychology Department
  • College of William and Mary Psychology Department Tuition Fellowship
  • College of William and Mary Psychology Department Travel Grant
  • Reve's Center for International Studies Research Travel Grant
  • Dean's List (minimum GPA required: 3.78), St. John's University
  • 2007-2008
    2007
    2004-2005
    2004 & 2005
    2004
    1994 & 1995
     

    Publications
     

    Koenig, B. L. (2008). Do Liberals and Conservatives Punish Differently? The Jury Expert, 20(4), 19-24. pdf
    (Note: The Jury Expert is published by American Society of Trial Consultants. It is not a peer reviewed journal.)

     

    Koenig, B. L., Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Ketelaar, T. (2007). Misperception of sexual and romantic interests in opposite-sex friendships: Four hypotheses. Personal Relationships, 14, 411-429. pdf

     

    Ketelaar, T., & Koenig, B. L. (2007). Justice, fairness, and strategic emotional commitment. In D. de Cremer (Ed.), Advances in the Psychology of Justice and Affect (pp. 133-154). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. pdf

     

    Jensen, C. J., Finifter, D. H., Wilson, C. E., & Koenig, B. L. (2007). Community assessment of senior health using a telephone survey and supplementary methods. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 26,1-17. pdf

     

    Finifter, D. H, Jensen, C. J., Wilson, C. E., & Koenig, B. L. (2005). A comprehensive, multi-tiered targeted community needs assessment: Methodology, dissemination, and implementation. Family and Community Health, 28, 293-306. pdf

     

    Manuscripts under Review and in Preparation
     

    Koenig, B. L., & Nezlek, J. B. (under review). Opposite-sex friendship as pre-cursors to romantic relationships.

     

    Koenig, B. L. (in preparation). A motivation-satisfaction model of emotion. A theory article with 20 pages written.

     

    Dijk, C., Koenig, B. L., Ketelaar, T., & de Jong, P. J. (in preparation). Saved by the blush: The trust-saving effects of blushing after a social transgression. Undergoing final revisions before submission.

     

    Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B. L., Davis, J. Klugle, M, & Wells, L. (in preparation). Smiles as signals of status: Facial displays of emotion in football players and fashion models. Methods & results done. Writing introduction.

     

    Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B. L., Tost, J., Davis, M., & Russell, D. C. (in preparation). Inferring personality and behavioral intentions from facial displays of emotions. Methods & results done. Writing introduction.

     

    Hauser, M., Heubner, B., Shriver, S., & Koenig, B. L. (in preparation). Emotional priming fails to influence judgments of moralness and moral permissibility. Writing methods & results.

     

    Reviewing
     
  • Journal of Personal and Social Relationships: ad hoc reviewer
  • Human Communication Research: ad hoc reviewer
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    Presentations
     

    Koenig, B. L. (2009). Schadenfreude: A theoretical critique and a new process model. Poster accepted for the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.

     

    Tost, J., Ketelaar, T., & Koenig, B. L. Ketelaar, T. (2008). What information is inferred from facial displays of emotion? Evidence that facial displays generate inferences across several distinct information channels. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Colyn, L. A. & Ketelaar, T. (2007). Schadenfreude: An adaptationist critique. Talk presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Williamsburg, Virginia.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Johnston, V., Colyn, L. A. & Ketelaar, T. (2007). Schadenfreude conflates competition and morality while unnecessarily ignoring first-person caused events. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Ketelaar, T. & Colyn, L. A.(2007). Why do we enjoy the suffering of others? A critique of Schadenfreude based on evolutionary psychology. Talk presented at the Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, New Mexido State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Johnston, V., Colyn, L. A. & Ketelaar, T. (2007). Schadenfreude, sympathy, antipathy, and apathy: An evolutionary approach. Poster presented at the Evolutionary Psychology pre-conference at the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee.

     

    Tost, J., Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B., L. (2007). Participant awareness during the Iowa Gambling Task. Poster presented at the Evolutionary Psychology pre-conference at the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Colyn, L. & Ketelaar, T. (2006). Enjoying another's misfortune: A functional analysis. Talk presented at the NMSU Psychology Department Social Lab, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Ketelaar, T. (2006). Why big guys don't smile: Preliminary evidence for reactive heritability in collegiate football players. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

     

    Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B., Burkett, B., & Davis, M. (2006). Why hunter-gatherers don't typically smile when complimented for successful foraging: How emotional displays signal strategy types. Talk presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Ketelaar, T. (2006). A Darwinian approach to emotion: Translating the value function for gains and losses into positive and negative feeling states. Talk presented at the Center for Consciousness Studies conference: Toward a Science of Consciousness 2006, Tucson, Arizona.

     

    Koenig, B. L., Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Ketelaar, T. (2006). Misperception of sexual interest in opposite-sex friendships: Evidence for functional projection. Poster presented at the Evolutionary Psychology pre-conference at the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California.

     

    Ketelaar, T., Burkett, B., Koenig, B. L., Davis, M. & Russell, D. (2006). Money, muscles and smiles: Inferring personality traits from facial displays. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2005). Love and lust in opposite-sex friendships: Prevalence and (mis)perceptions. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Austin, Texas.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2005). Cognitive bias in the perception of romantic and sexual interest in opposite-sex friendships. Talk presented at the William and Mary Graduate Student Research Symposium.

     

    Koenig, B. L. (2004). Self-deception in the perception of romantic potential in opposite-sex friendships. Talk presented at the William and Mary, Psychology Department Colloquium.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Nezlek, J. B. (2004). Evolutionary psychology of impression management: Domain specific strategies.. Poster presented at the William and Mary Graduate Student Research Symposium.

     

    Koenig, B. L., & Nezlek, J. B. (2004). Evolutionary psychology of impression management: Mating strategies in everyday interactions. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany.

     

    Teaching
     
    Teaching Interests
     
  • Statistics, undergraduate and graduate (including multilevel modeling)
  • Emotion and Motivation
  • Research Methods
  • Social Psychology
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    Teaching Experience - Primary Instructor
     
  • Research Methods, NMSU - Syllabus (Word)
  • Instructor Ratings: 3.7 out of 4
  • Fall 2007
     
  • Individual and Group Differences, NMSU- Syllabus (Word)
  • Instructor Ratings: 3.8 out of 4
  • Spring 2007
     
  • Introduction to Psychology, El Paso Community College - Syllabus (Word)
  • Instructor Ratings: Not collected in summer
  • Summer 2006
     
  • Individual and Group Differences, NMSU - Syllabus (Word)
  • Instructor Ratings: 3.0 out of 4
  • Spring 2006
     
    Teaching Experience - Teaching Assistantships
     
  • Teaching Assistant for Lausanne Renfro-Fernandez
  • Community Psychology, NMSU
  • Fall 2006
     
  • Teaching Assistant for Dr. Timothy Ketelaar
  • Evolutionary Psychology, NMSU
  • Fall 2005
     
  • Teaching Assistant for Dr. Kelly Shaver
  • Experimental Methods in Social Psychology Lab, College of William and Mary
  • Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
     
  • Teaching Assistant for Drs. Sarah Bisconer and Christy Jensen
  • Psychology Statistics Lab, College of William and Mary
  • Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
     
  • Psychology Teaching Practicum
  • Introduction to Psychology Lab, St. John's University
  • Spring 1997
     
    Instructor Training
     
  • Writing Course Objectives: Best Practices for Student Learning (1.5 hours)
  • Spring 2007
  • Team Mentoring for Grad Students Who Teach a Class or Lab (15 hours)
  • Spring 2006
  • 10 Easy Ways to Engage Your Students (1.5 hours)
  • Spring 2006
  • Structured Problem-solving to Promote Student Creativity (3.5 hours)
  • Spring 2006
  • Designing Assignments in WebCT (1.25 hours)
  • Spring 2006
  • Team-based Learning (6 hours)
  • Fall 2005
     

    Research Internships
     
    Harvard University
     
  • Research Internship with Dr. Marc Hauser
  • Cognitive Evolution Laboratory: Emotions and Human Morality project
  • Summer 2008
     
    University of Minnesota
     
  • Research Assistant for Dr. Thomas Bouchard
  • Lab: Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA)
  • Spring 2003
     

    Graduate Courses Taken
     
    New Mexico State University
     
    Statistics
  • Special Topics: Assumptions of Statistics
  • Trafimow
  • Advanced Regression
  • Clason
  • Quantitative Methods in Psychology III: Regression
  • Gillan
  • Statistical Inference II
  • Steiner
  • Statistical Inference I
  • Daniel
  • SAS Basics
  • Steiner
     
    Psychology
  • Cognitive Science Seminar: Emotions and Social Decision Making
  • Ketelaar
  • History and Systems of Psychology
  • McDonald
     
    The College of William and Mary
     
    Statistics
  • Advanced Statistics
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Kirkpatrick
     
    Psychology
  • Proseminar: Social Psychology
  • Pilkington
  • Cognition Proseminar
  • Stevens
  • Proseminar: Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Burk
  • Personality Proseminar
  • Nezlek
  • Lifespan Developmental Psychology Proseminar
  • Rubenstein
  • Proseminar: Psychpathology
  • Shean
     

    Computer Proficiencies
     
  • Internet - html, ColdFusion, Flash, & Experimetrix Administration
  • Statistics - SPSS & HLM
  • Video editing - iMovie & FinalCutPro
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    References
     
  • Timothy Ketelaar, (Psychology), New Mexico State University: ketelaar@nmsu.edu, 575-646-1833
  • Lee A. Kirkpatrick, (Psychology), College of William and Mary: lakirk@wm.edu, 757-221-3997
  • John B. Nezlek, (Psychology), College of William and Mary: jbnezl@wm.edu, 757-221-3881
  • Marc D. Hauser, (Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, & Biological Anthropology), Harvard University: mdh@wjh.harvard.edu, 617-496-7077
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