Jennifer Guinn Sellers Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology;
Director of the College Honors Program 

Richardson 304 
One Brennan Circle
Poultney, VT 05764-1199
Email: sellersj@greenmtn.edu
802 287-8072; Fax: 802-287-8080

Education
The University of Texas, Austin. Ph.D., 2006
Concentration: Social and Personality Psychology
Minor: Quantitative Methods
Dissertation: Testosterone and Status Seeking Behavior

The University of Washington, Seattle. B.S. in Psychology, 1999.
Minor: Anthropology

Publications
Sellers, J.G., Woolsey, M. D., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2007). Is silence more golden for women? Observers derogate effusive women and their non-effusive partners. Sex Roles, 57, 477-482.

Sellers, J. G., Mehl, M., & Josephs, R. A. (2007). Hormones & personality: Testosterone as a marker of individual differences. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 126-138.

Josephs, R. A., Sellers, J. G., Newman, M. L. & Mehta, P. H. (2006). The mismatch effect: When testosterone and status are at odds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 993-1013.

Swann, W. B. Jr., Sellers, J. G., & McClarty, K. L. (2006). Tempting today, troubling tomorrow: The roots of the precarious couple effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 93-103.

Newman, M. L., Sellers, J. G. & Josephs, R. A. (2005). Testosterone, cognition & social status. Hormones & Behavior, 47, 205-211.

Swann, W. B., Jr., Rentfrow, P. J., & Guinn, J. S. (2002). Self-verification: The search for coherence. In M. Leary & J. Tangney (Eds.) Handbook of self and identity, Guilford: New York.

Campbell, S., Gibbs, B., Guinn, J. S., Josephs, R., Newman, M., Rentfrow, P. J., & Stone, L. (2002). A Biased View of Liberal Bias: Comment on Redding. American Psychologist, 57, 297-298.

Josephs, R.A., Guinn, J. S., Harper, M. L., & Askari, F. (2001). Liquorice consumption and salivary testosterone concentrations. The Lancet, 358, 1613-1614.

Invited Talks
University of Oklahoma. March, 2006.
Western Illinois University. February, 2006. 

Conference Presentations
Sellers, J.G. & Josephs, R.A. (2009, January). Testosterone and dominance: Hormones as a marker of personality. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Tampa Bay, FL.

Sellers, J.G. & Josephs, R.A. (2008, May). Testosterone and language use. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.

Sellers, J.G. & Josephs, R.A. (2007, May). The interplay between testosterone and self-reported dominance on motivation to lead. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, D.C.

Newman, M.L., Sellers., J.G., Mehta, P.H., & Josephs, R.A. (2007, April). The mismatch hypothesis: Testosterone and group functioning. Presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. New Paltz, NY.

Sellers, J.G. & Josephs, R.A. (2007, January). Are we guided by our physiology or our self-perceptions? The interplay between testosterone and self-reported dominance on leadership desire. Accepted at the annual meeting of the Association for Researchers in Personality. Memphis, TN.

Newman, M.L., Sellers, J.G., Mehta, P.H., & Josephs, R.A. (2006, October). The mismatch effect: Testosterone and status preferences. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, GA.

Sellers, J. G., Newman, M. L., & Josephs, R. A. ( 2004, February). The mismatch hypothesis: Testosterone, status and well-being. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Newman, M.L., Sellers, J. G., & Josephs, R.A.. (2003, February). Does testosterone always predict spatial ability? The effect of social status on the testosterone-performance link. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Sellers, J. G., Newman, M. L., & Josephs, R. A. (2002, June). Status under siege: Testosterone affects implicit attention to status under threat. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Guinn, J. S., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2002, February). It’s not what you say, but how you say it and to whom you’re saying it to: The effects of blirtatiousness and race on perceiver judgment. Presented at the meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Athle, D. A., Swann, W. B. Jr., & Guinn, J. S. (2002, February). Diverse groups on the path to success: First stop self-verification. Presented at the meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA. 

Joural Reviewer

Ad Hoc reviewer: 
Journal of Research in Personality
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research

Academic Awards and Honors
Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001, competitive monetary award
National Science Foundation Honorable Mention, 2000-2001
University of Texas at Austin Dean’s Excellence Award Fellowship, 2000, competitive monetary award

Professional Memberships

Association for Researchers in Personality
Society for Personality and Social Psychologists
Association for Psychological Science
American Psychological Association

Extracurricular Positions
Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate of Travis County, 2003 – 2005.
Member of Women in Science and Engineering, University of Washington, 1994 -1999.