CURRICULUM VITAE

Jessica R. Williamson

EDUCATION

POSITIONS

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Level Courses Taught

California State University, Bakersfield:

Abnormal Psychology Lecture (in-person)

Abnormal Psychology Lab (in-person, hybrid, online)

Personality Psychology (in-person, online)

Personality Psychology Lab (hybrid, online)

Personality and Social Development (online)

Senior Seminar (online)

Past positions:

Introduction/General Psychology (KSU and ETSU)

Personality Psychology (KSU)

Advanced Social Psychology (KSU)

Personality and Health (KSU)

Special Topics in Health (KSU)

Lifespan Development of Personality (KSU)

Design & Analysis of Experiments Lab I (ETSU)

Design & Analysis of Experiments Lab II (ETSU; both on-site and online)

Research Methods Lab (ETSU)

Graduate Level

Personality Psychology (KSU)

Health Psychology (KSU)

PUBLICATIONS

*Indicates student co-author

Williamson, J. (2024). Personality Factors and Pandemic-Related Behaviors. Frontiers Psychology (Personality and Social Psychology), 15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1389672. 

Williamson, J. (2024). Personality Factors, Gender Differences, and Misrepresentation of Self on Online Dating Websites. Gender and Women's Studies. 10.31532/GendWomensStud.5.1.005 

Williamson, J. (2023). Sexual Assault Labels, Compassion for Others, Self-compassion, and Victim Blaming. Violence Against Women

Williamson, J. & Blackhart, G. (2021).Efficacy of guided versus self-induced learning of web-based self-compassionate journaling by college students. American Journal of Psychology, 134 (1), 45-59.

Williamson, J. (2019). The Effects of a Self-Compassion Break Induction on Self-Reported Stress, Self-Compassion, and Depressed Mood. Psychological Reports.

Williamson, J.R. (2019). Self-Compassion Differences in Those Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault and Non-Sexual Assault Trauma. Gender and Women’s Studies, 2(3).

Williamson, J., & Serna, K.* (2017). Reconsidering forced labels: Outcomes of sexual assault survivors versus victims (and those who choose neither). Violence Against Women, 24 (16), doi/10.1177/1077801217711268

Blackhart, G., Williamson, J.R., & Nelson, L.* (2015). Social anxiety in relation to self-control depletion following social interactions. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Blackhart, G.C., Fitzpatrick, J.*, & Williamson, J.R. (2014). Dispositional factors predicting use of online dating sites and behaviors related to online dating. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 113-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.022

PUBLIC/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Conference Organizing Responsibilities:

Chair for symposium titled “Self-Compassion and Well-Being” for the 2013 annual meeting of Society of Social Psychologists Conference, Augusta, GA.

Individual Talks:

Williamson, J.R. (2024). Personality Factors and Pandemic Related Behaviors. SPSP virtual conference.

Williamson, J.R. (2024). Sexual Assault Labels, Compassion for Others, Self-Compassion, and Victim Blaming. SPSP virtual conference.

Williamson, J.R. (2019). Self-Compassion After Trauma. Quality of Life Center Speaker Series.

Williamson, J.R., Blackhart, G., Burbach, B.* (2015). Self- versus experimenter-induced self-compassion. Talk presented at Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference, Salem, NC.

Williamson, J.R., & Blackhart, G.C. (2013, November). Mindfulness, self-compassion, and depression: A meta-analytic review. Talk presented at Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference, Augusta, GA.

Williamson, J.R. & Blackhart, G.C. (2012, October). Self-compassion and coping with trauma: An online study examining attitudes towards the self in individuals who have experienced a traumatic event. Talk presented at Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference, Gainesville, FL.

Select Poster Presentations:

Medina, V., & Williamson, J. (2024). Does parental educational background predict motivated strategies for learning when controlling for trait self-compassion in college students? Poster presented at SPSP, San Diego, CA

Williamson, J.R. (Accepted for Spring 2020, postponed until virtual conference October 2020 because of COVID). Self-Compassion Differences in Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault and Nonsexual Assault Trauma. Western Psychological Association

Salcido, L.*, Dowdle, M.*, Delrosario, A.*, Gann, D.*, & Williamson, J. (Accepted for Spring 2020, postponed until virtual conference October 2020 because of COVID). Self-Compassion and Well-Being In-Lab Versus Online Part 2. Western Psychology Association

Williamson, J.R. (2019, April). The Effects of a Self-Compassion Break Induction on Self-Reported and Biological Markers of Stress. Poster presented at Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.

Delrosario, A.*, Dowdle, M.*, Gann, D.*, & Williamson, J.R. (2019, April). Predicting Self-Compassion Using the Factors of the HEXACO Model of Personality. Poster presented at Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.

Dowdle, M.*, Delrosario, A.*, Gann, D.*, & Williamson, J.R. (2019, April). Self-Compassion and Well-Being In-Lab Versus Online. Poster presented at Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.

Williamson, J.R., Jackson, H.,* Watterson, E.*, & Blackhart, G.C. (2011, November). The effects of ego threat and self-esteem boost on overall self-control ability. Poster presented at Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conferences, Johnson City, TN.

Williamson, J.R., Maxwell, J.C.*, & Blackhart, G.C. (2011, January). The relationship between perceived acceptance and locus of control in a young adult sample. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Watkins, C.*, Williamson, J.R., & Blackhart., G.C. (2011, January). The impact of induced self-compassion on self-control ability. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Clark, T.*, Williamson, J.R, Watkins, C.*, & Blackhart, G.C. (2010, March). The relationship between self-compassion, self-control, and physical health. Southeastern Psychological Association, Florida.

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS

Current research interests:

·         The impact of self-compassion interventions on barriers to well-being, such as self-reported depression, stress, and anxiety.

·         Self-compassion and traumatic experiences, specifically sexual assault.

·         Efficacious routes of administration of self-compassion inductions that foster greatest compliance for those who wish to self-administer self-compassion (e.g., web-based inductions, podcasts, videos, guided inductions, self-administration).

·         Self-compassion interventions to reduce stress.

·         Personality factors related to aggression in online dating.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Applied for and received a $5,000 grant from KSU’s Global Campus to create and teach a distance learning course on Lifespan Development of Personality.

SERVICE

·       ·       Vice Chair of CSUB HSIRB (current)

·       Chair of lecturer committee (current)

·       SONA participant recruitment and research system coordinator (current)

·       2020 Senior Thesis Chair for Lawrence Salcido

·       Psychology Club Advisor (former)

·       Tenure Track Faculty Search Committees (3 past searches and was chair of search for two searches)

·       Advising committee (current)

·       Assessment committee (current)

·       Grade inflation exploration committee (current)

Reviewer for manuscripts for journals:

o   Journal of Psychological Inquiry

o   Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

o   Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing

o   Gender and Society

o   Psychological Reports

·         Reviewer for textbooks

o   Twenge and Campbell’s “Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others” – Pearson

o   Funder’s “The Personality Puzzle” – Norton

o   Gross et al. “Interactive Psychology: People in Perspective” - Norton

·         Quality of Life Center presenter – “Self-Compassion After Trauma” (Spring 2019)

REFERENCES

Ginette C. Blackhart, Ph.D. (Graduate Academic Advisor/Mentor), Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Self and Relationships Laboratory, ETSU. Phone: (423) 439-4613. E-mail: blackhar@mail.etsu.edu

Stacey L. Williams, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Program Coordinator of the Experimental Psychology Program, ETSU. Phone: (423) 439-4615, E-mail: williasl@mail.etsu.edu

Michael Young, Ph.D., Head of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University. Phone: 785-532-6850.  E-mail: michaelyoung@ksu.edu