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Dustin Nadler, Ph.D.

Adjunct Instructor


Education

PhD, Applied Psychology, SIUC, 2013; MA, Applied Psychology, 2011; BS, Psychology, Missouri State University, 2008

Research Interests

Industrial and Organizational Psychology: I study culture, diversity, and gender as it applies to leadership and crisis management. This research focuses on how stereotypes associated with individuals’ ethnic groups and gender influence individual and organizational decision processes regarding leadership. I am also interested in workplace motivation, leadership styles, employee satisfaction, the role of the workplace environment, and the interplay of these topics. Finally, I am also interested in perceptions of employees, potential employees, and bias in the selection process.

Social Psychology: My main research interests consist of a social justice-oriented study of students and the influence of both internal and environmental factors on their academic outcomes. My research has focused on factors such as personality, self-efficacy, motivation, social and academic integration, absenteeism culture, gender, ethnicity, and social class in predicting students’ academic performance, university retention, and absenteeism. I derive my research from the foundations of social justice theory, stereotype threat theory, self-determination theory of motivation, theories of the self and self-construal, and theories of person-environment fit.

Publications and Media Placements

Dias, K. J., Mungenast, A., Sherwood, S., McPherson, P., Verville, A., Eaton, S., & Nadler, D. R. (2022). Differences in Rate of Perceived Exertion and Workload Intensity in Males and Females during Submaximal Arm and leg Ergometry. International Journal of Exercise Science.

Middleton. C*. P. & Nadler, D. R. (2022). Online Versus Traditional Learning: Academic Performance and Learning Disabilities. Undergraduate Research, 2(2).

Conley, K. T*. & Nadler, D. R. (2022). Reducing Ableism and the Social Exclusion of People with Disabilities: Positive Impacts of Openness and Education. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.

Nadler, D. R. & Coxon, S. V. (2021, August). The Value of Gifted Programs in Missouri: A Data-Based View. The GAMbit, the Gifted Association of Missouri Newsletter.

Bergstrom, B. D., Ashauer, S. A., & Nadler, D. R. (2021). Hearts and Minds: How Seeing Students as Whole Persons Can Improve Teaching. In L. Stein, N.J. Ciarocco, & J. E. Westfall (Eds.), Essays from E-xcellence in teaching: 2021 (Vol. 21, pp. 1-4). Society for the Teaching Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/eit2022/index.php

Reyes, D*. & Nadler, D. R. (2021). Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Trauma Survivors. Undergraduate Journal of Psychology.

Schaeffer, R*. & Nadler, D. R. (2020). Perceptions of School Disciplinary Measures. Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, 31(1).

Coxon, S. V., Dohrman, R. L., & Nadler, D. R. (2018). Children using Robotics for Engineering, Science, Technology, and Math (CREST-M): The Development and Evaluation of an Engaging Math Curriculum using LEGO Robotics and Storytelling. Roeper Review, 40(2), 86-96, doi:10.1080/02783193.2018.1434711 

Komarraju, J., Nadler, D. R., & Morrison, M. M. (2017). Self-Efficacy Scale. In Virgil Zeigler-Hill & Todd K. Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland.

Nadler, D. R. & Komarraju, M. (2016). Negating Stereotype Threat: Autonomy Support and Academic Identification Boost Performance of African American College Students. Journal of College Student Development, 56, 667-679, doi: 10.1353/csd.2016.0039

Burnam, A., Komarraju, M., Hamel, R., & Nadler, D. R. (2014). Do Adaptive Perfectionism and Self-Determined Motivation Reduce Academic Procrastination? Journal of Learning and Individual Differences, 36, 165 – 172, doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.10.009

Komarraju, M. & Nadler, D. R. (2013). Implicit Intelligence, Self-Efficacy, Effort Regulation and Academic Achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 25, 67-72, doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.01.005

Komarrjau, M., Swanson, J., & Nadler, D. R. (2014). Increased Career Self-Efficacy Predicts College Students’ Motivation and Course and Major Satisfaction. Journal of Career Assessment, 22(3), doi: 10.1177/1069072713498484

Honors and Awards

2021 Dede Smith Friend of Gifted Award
2021 Maryville University Faculty Spotlight Award (October)
2017 – 2018 Maryville University Research Mentoring Award

Professional Organizations and Associations

Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) – Faculty Representative at Maryville University
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) 
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Society for the Teaching of Psychology (SToP)