PI: Dr. Jessica Curtis
Dr. Curtis received a B.A. in Psychology (2010) before pursuing her M.S. (2012) and Ph.D (2015) in Psychology (Experimental Psychology: Social-Personality emphasis) all at Oklahoma State University. She joined the A-State Psychology & Counseling faculty Fall 2015 as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests include motivation (how we set, achieve, and disengage from goals), social influence (persuasion), sexual orientation (bisexuality), and fandom psychology (fandom behavior and perceptions of fandoms).
Currently, Dr. Curtis serves as the Program Coordinator for the M.S. in Psychological Science program and is the administrator for the College of Education and Behavioral Science SONA system. She teaches in both the B.S. Psychology and the M.S. in Psychological Science programs at A-State.
Currently, Dr. Curtis serves as the Program Coordinator for the M.S. in Psychological Science program and is the administrator for the College of Education and Behavioral Science SONA system. She teaches in both the B.S. Psychology and the M.S. in Psychological Science programs at A-State.
Graduate Students
Jared Butler
Jared received his B.S. in Psychology from Arkansas State University in 2020. His research includes a variety of topics in Social Psychology. This includes video games and aggression, race related topics, perceptions of cancel culture and protests. Jared’s hobbies include playing video games, watching anime, and reading comics.
Madelynn Darby
Madelynn received her B.S. in Psychology from Harding University in 2020. She is interested in sexuality and research that would help serve the LGBT+ community. Other research interests are suicide assessment and prevention and clinical assessment. Madelynn’s hobbies include playing Dungeons & Dragons, videos games, and watching anime.
Blake Higdon
Blake received his B.S. in psychology from Arkansas State University in 2018, and is third-year graduate student in the M.S. Psychological Science program working in the Motivation and Social Influence Lab as well as the Social Media Lab. His research interests include a variety of topics as they relate to interactive fictions found in video games. This includes interactions between players as well as players and fictional characters, motives for playing video games, socializing in video games, player behavior, and how identifying as a gamer is related to these constructs. He is also interested in gamer stereotypes as they relate to players identifying as gamers. In his spare time he loves playing competitive and story-based video games with friends.
Former Graduate Students
Brandon Higdon
Brandon received his B.S. in Psychology in 2018 and M.S. in Psychological Science from A-State. His research interests are motivation (how we set, achieve, and disengage from goals), self-control, temptation (how it derails goal achievement), and decision making (within the realm of goal conflict).
Emily Johnson
Emily received her B.S. in Psychology in 2018 and M.S. in Psychological Science in 2020, both from A-State. She is currently a doctoral student at Texas A&M in the Science for a Diverse Society Research Group under Dr. Adrienne Carter-Sowell. Her research interests include how individuals can cope effectively with ostracism and assessing individual differences in sensitivity to perceived ostracism experiences.
Undergraduate Students
Stephanie Barton
Daika Everett
Elizabeth Hembrey
Lisa Hill
Brittany Martin
Camryn O'Conner
Carly Watkins
Daika Everett
Elizabeth Hembrey
Lisa Hill
Brittany Martin
Camryn O'Conner
Carly Watkins
Lab Affiliates
Social Media Lab - Arkansas State University
- Dr. Margaret Hance
- Dr. Wayne Wilkinson
- Dr. Angela Bell
- Dr. Thomas Hatvany
Lab Pets
Napoleon Curtis Finnick Johnson-Raibley Ava Higdon Stevie Higdon
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Will Henry Darby Bandit Henfling-Butler
Past Members
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Taylor Coughlin
Hannah Lance Tayler Kline Alysia Chedister Bree Drew Victoria King Peyton Holzhauer Morgan Malugen Meagan Jackson |
Hannah Rice
Elizabeth Lewis Lauren Dubar Hannah Knight Abigail Windham Mariah Robinson Jaycie Burrow Rachel Young Sarah Hutchinson |
Sherry Wicker
Brianna Love Paul Clark Tabo Maree Hannah Glynn Alissa Lee Lindsey Brochu Christi Schreck Camryn O'Conner |
Terra Chaney
Zach Dees Diana Huynh Hannah Stewart |
