Stephanie Madon                              phone: 515-294-2932

Department of Psychology              

W112 Lagomarcino Hall

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011-3180

e-mail: madon@iastate.edu

 

PERSONAL WEBPAGE

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

2007 – present         Associate Professor, Iowa State University

1999 – 2007              Assistant Professor, Iowa State University

EDUCATION:

1998 Ph.D. Social Psychology: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

1994 M.S. Social Psychology: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

1990 M.Ed. Counseling Psychology: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

1987 B.A. Psychology: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

EXTERNAL GRANTS:

National Science Foundation, SES-1155162 (2012-2014).

Title: Psychological Causes of Criminal Confessions: The Role of Interrogation Myopia 

PI: Stephanie Madon

Co-PIs: Max Guyll, Gary Wells (also in Psychology)

Total costs: $240,732

National Science Foundation, SES-082526 (2008-2010)

Title: Research Experience for Undergraduates: The Accumulation of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Effects Across Perceivers

PI: Stephanie Madon

Total costs: $15,000

National Science Foundation, SES-082526 (2006-2010)

Title: The Accumulation of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Effects Across Perceivers

PI: Stephanie Madon

Co-PI: Lee Jussim (Rutgers University)

Total costs: $132,667

American Psychological Foundation (1996)

Title: The Best Guess Model of Stereotyping: Information Seekers Versus Cognitive Misers

PI: Stephanie Madon

Total costs: $1,000

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (1995)

Title: Accuracy Motivation as a Moderator of Stereotyping

PI: Stephanie Madon

Total Costs: $950

INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AND SUPPORT:

2011:     Iowa State University, Freshmen Honors Program Research Grants ($632.00)

2010:     Iowa State University, Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($500.00)

2009:     Iowa State University, LAS Small Grants Program ($1,200)

2008:     Iowa State University, LAS Small Grants Program ($668.00)

2007:     Iowa State University Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($500.00)

2006:     Iowa State University Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($230.00)

2005:     Iowa State University, LAS Small Grants Program ($961.00)

2005:     Iowa State University Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($250.00)

2005:     Iowa State University, Department of Psychology, Psychology Summer Research Grant, ($5,379.56).

2004:     Iowa State University, Department of Psychology, Psychology Summer Research Grant, ($5,333.33).

2003:     Iowa State University, Department of Psychology, Psychology Summer Research Grant, ($5,175.55).

2002:     Iowa State University, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Mentored Grants Program ($6,800.00)

2002:     Iowa State University, Provost’s Office, Faculty Development Grant ($14,266.00)

2002:     Iowa State University Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($103.40)

2001:     Iowa State University, Provost’s Office, Faculty Research Support ($4,954.00)

2001:     Iowa State University, Freshman Honors Program Research Grant ($162.00)

AWARDS AND HONORS

2011         Excellence in Departmental Service, Psychology Department, Iowa State University

2010         Outstanding Iowa State University Professor, Student Support Services Program, Iowa State University

2007         Master Teacher, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University

2006         Exceptional Teaching in a Large Enrollment Course, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University

2006         Faculty Exceptional Student Support Recognition, Iowa State University

2005         Faculty Exceptional Student Support Recognition, Iowa State University

2004         Favorite Faculty Member, Omega Delta Chapter of Delta Delta Delta, Iowa State University

1994         Best Masters Thesis, New Jersey Psychological Association

1987         Margaret Yardley Fellowship: Scholarship for Graduate Studies, New Jersey's Women's Association

1985         Munger Scholarship Award: Undergraduate Studies, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

1985         Graduated with Honors: Douglass College, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

1985-87  Dean's List: Douglass College, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: (*student collaborators)

Jussim, L., Eccles, J., & Madon, S. (1996). Social perception, social stereotypes, and teacher expectations: Accuracy and the quest for the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy.

In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol., 28, pp. 281-388). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

 

Madon, S., Jussim, L., & Eccles, J. (1997). In search of the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 791-809.  (Abstract) (Full Article, MS version)

 

Madon, S. (1997). What do people believe about gay males? A study of stereotype content and strength. Sex Roles, 37, 663-685. (Abstract) (Full Article, MS version) (Table 1) (Table 2)

 

Madon, S., Jussim, L., *Keiper, S., Eccles, J., Smith, A., & Palumbo, P. (1998). The accuracy and power of sex, social class and ethnic stereotypes: A naturalistic study in

person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1304-1318. (Abstract)

 

Smith, A., Jussim, L., Eccles, J., *VanNoy, M., Madon, S., & Palumbo, P. (1998). Self-fulfilling prophecies, perceptual biases and accuracy at the individual and group level.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 530-561. (Abstract)

 

Madon, S., Smith, A., Jussim, L., Russell, D. W., *Walkiewicz, M., Eccles, J., & Palumbo, P. (2001). Am I as you see me or do you see me as I am?: Self-fulfilling prophecy and

self-verification. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27,1214-1224. (Abstract)

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Aboufadel, K., *Montiel, E., Smith, A., Palumbo, P., & Jussim, J. (2001). Ethnic and national stereotypes: The Princeton trilogy revisited and revised.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 996-1010. (Abstract) (Tables 3-10)

 

Guyll, M., & Madon, S. (2003). Trait hostility: The breadth and specificity of schema effects. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 681-693. (Abstract).

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R. L., Cross, S. E., *Hilbert, S. J. (2003). The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1188 –1205. (Abstract) (Full Article: Manuscript Version)

 

Vogel, D. L., Wester, S. R., Heesacker, M., Madon, S. (2003). Confirming sex stereotypes: A social role perspective. Sex Roles, 48, 519-528. (Full Article)

 

Guyll, M. & Madon, S. (2004). Effects of trait hostility and self-relevance on social information processing. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 26,  263-276.

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., & Spoth, R. L. (2004). The self-fulfilling prophecy as an intra-family dynamic. Journal of Family Psychology, 18,  459-469.

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, r. L., & *Willard, J. (2004). Self-fulfilling prophecies: The synergistic accumulation of parents’ beliefs on children’s drinking behavior.

Psychological Science, 15,  837-845. (Full Article: pdf)

 

Madon, S., Smith, A. E., & Guyll, M. (2005). Social norms regarding protected status and threat reactions to the stigmatized. Journal of Applied

Social Psychology, 35, 572-602. (Full Article: pdf)

 

Lillijoh, C. J., Trudeau, L., Spoth, R., & Madon, S. (2005). The influence of externalizing behaviors on the growth trajectory of substance initiation among rural

adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37, 493-501.

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Hilbert, S. J., *Kyriakatos, E., & Vogel, D. (2006). Stereotyping the stereotypic: When Individuals Match Social Stereotypes.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36,  178-205. (Full Article: pdf)

 

*Boysen, G., Vogel, D. L., Madon, S., & Wester, S. R. (2006). Mental health stereotypes about gay males. Sex Roles, 54, 69-82.

 

*Boysen, G., Vogel, D. L. & Madon, S. (2006). Boysen, G. A., Vogel, D. L., & Madon, S. (2006). Public and private assessment of implicit bias.

European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 845-856. (Full Article: pdf)

 

Madon, S., *Willard, J., Guyll, M., Trudeau, L., & Spoth, R. (2006). Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Effects of Mothers’ Beliefs on Children’s Alcohol Use:

Accumulation, Dissipation, and Stability Over Time. Journal of  Personality and Social Psychology, 911-926. (Full Article: Manuscript Version)

 

*Willard, J., Madon, S., Guyll, M., & Spoth, R. (2008). Self-efficacy as a moderator of positive and negative self-fulfilling prophecy effects: Mothers’ beliefs and children’s alcohol use.

European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 499-502. (Full Article: pdf)

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Buller, A. A., *Scherr, K., *Willard, J., & Spoth, R. (2008). The mediation of mothers’ self-fulfilling effects on their children’s alcohol use: Self-verification, informational

conformity, and modeling processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 369-384. (Full Article: Manuscript Version)

 

Guyll, M., Madon, S., Prieto, L., & *Scherr, K. C. (2010). The Potential Roles of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Stigma Consciousness, and Stereotype Threat in Linking Latino/a Ethnicity

and Educational Outcomes. Journal of Social Issues, 66, 113-130.

 

*Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Willard J., & Spoth, R. (2011). Self-verification as a mediator of self-fulfilling prophecy effects across contexts: How mothers’ beliefs shape their

adolescents’ educational attainment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 587-600.

 

Boysen, G. A., Fisher, M., DeJesus, M., Vogel, D. L., & Madon, S. (2011). The mental health stereotype about gay men: The relation between gay men’s self-stereotype and

stereotypes about heterosexual women and lesbians. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 39, 329-360.

 

Crawford, J., Cain, T., Jussim, L., & Madon, S. (in press). The Use of Stereotypes and Individuating Information in Political Person Perception.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 529-542.

 

*Seeman, J. C., Vogel, D. L., Madon, S., & *Heimerdinger-Edwards, S. (2011). The power of touch: Nonverbal communication within heterosexual married dyads.

The Counseling Psychologist, 39, 762-785.

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Scherr, K. C., Greathouse, S., Wells, G. (2012). The Differential Effect Of Proximal And Distal Consequences On Confession Decisions.

Law and Human Behavior, 36, 13-20.. (Full Article: pdf)

 

Madon, S., Willard, J., Guyll, M., & *Scherr, K. C. (in press). Self-fulfilling prophecies: Mechanisms, power, and links to social problems. (Full Article: Manuscript Version)

                                               

Madon, S., Guyll, M., Scherr, K., Willard, J., Spoth, R. & Vogel, D. (in press). The role of the self-fulfilling prophecy in adolescents' responsiveness to a

substance use prevention program. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

 

*Willard, J., Madon, S., *Buller, A., Guyll, M., & Scherr, K. (in press). The accumulation of shared expectations.  European Journal of Social Psychology.

 

*Scherr, K. C., & Madon, S. (in press). You Have the Right to Understand:  The Deleterious Effect of Stress on Suspects' Ability to Comprehend Miranda.

Law and Human Behavior.

CHAPTERS, COMMENTS, ENCYLOPEDIA ENTRIES:

Jussim, L., Madon, S., & Chatman, C. (1994). Teacher expectations and student achievement: Self-fulfilling prophecies, perceptual biases and accuracy. In L. Heath, F. Bryant, J. Edwards,

E. Henderson, J. Myers, E. Posavac, Y. Suarez-Balcazer, and R. S. Tindale (Eds.), Applications of heuristics and biases to social issues (pp. 303-334). New York, NY: Plenum Publishing Corp.

 

Jussim, L., Smith, A., Madon, S., & Palumbo, P. (1998). Teacher expectations. In J. Brophy (Ed.), Advances in research on teaching, (Vol. 7, pp. 1-48). Stanford, CT: JAI Press Inc.

 

Jussim, L., Palumbo, P., Chatman, C., Madon, S., & Smith, A. (2000). Stigma and self-fulfilling prophecies. In T. Heatherton, R. Kleck, J. Hull, D. Cioffi (Eds.), The social psychology

of stigma (pp. 374-418). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

 

Guyll, M. & Madon, S. (2000). Ethnicity research and theoretical conservatism [comment in response to Sue, 1999], American Psychologist, 55, 1509-1510.

 

Madon, S., *Willard, J., & *Buller, A. A., & *Scherr, K. (2008). Self-fulfilling prophecies. International encyclopedia of the social sciences (2nd Ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.

 

*Willard, J., Madon, S., *Buller, A., & *Scherr, K. (2008). Self-fulfilling prophecies. Encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and society. Sage Publications.

SELECTED INVITED COLLOQUIA AND SYMPOSIA:

University of Iowa, 1997

Pennsylvania State University, 1997

Colgate University, 1998

Leighi University, 1998

University of Western Washington, 1998

Rutgers University, 1999

Iowa State University, 1999

Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2004

Montana State University, 2004

University of Texas at Arlington, 2004

American Psychological Association, 2005

Social Psychologists Around the Midwest, 2005

Science Bound, 2006

University of Vermont, 2006

University of Northern Iowa, 2008

American Psychology – Law Society, 2011

Midwestern Conference on Professional Psychology, 2011

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: (*student collaborators)

*Scherr, K. C., & Madon, S. (2011, March).  You have the right to understand: The deleterious effect of stress on suspect's Miranda comprehension. Poster presented at the annual conference

of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL.

 

*Smalarz, L., Greathouse, S., Madon, S., & Guyll, M. (2011, March). Differential effects of plausible versus implausible false evidence on confession rates Poster presented at the annual

conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL.

 

*Yang, Y., Madon, S., & Guyll, M. (2011, March). How the Length of an Interrogation Increases Suspects’ Tendency to Make Short-Sighted Confession Decisions. Poster presented at the

annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL.

 

*Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Yang, Y. (2011, January).  The effect of stress caused by social pressures on individuals’ Miranda rights comprehension.  Poster presented at the annual

conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

 

Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Exley, W., *Fiueroa, H., *Molina, R., *Olson, K., & *Scherr, K. C. (January, 2010). Pay me now – Pay me later: How the structure of criminal interrogations capitalizes on

a ‘here and now’ bias to elicit confessions from criminal suspects. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Madon, S., *Willard, J., *Scherr, K., *Buller, A. A., *Oji O & Guyll, M. (2008, May). The cumulative self-fulfilling effects of social stereotypes. Presented at the Association for Psychological

Science, Chicago, IL.

 

*Scherr, K., Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Buller, A. A., *Willard, J., & Spoth, R. (2008, May). The mediation of self-fulfilling prophecies: Self-verification, informational conformity, and modeling

processes. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

 

*Willard, J., Madon, S., Guyll, M., *Buller, A. A., & *Scherr, K. C. (2008, May). The convincing nature of shared expectations. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

 

*Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., *Willard, J., & *Buller, A. A. (May, 2007).  Searching for the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy:  Achieving power though accumulation.  Poster presented at the Association for

Psychological Science Conference.  Washington, D.C.

CURRENT TEACHING:

Social Cognition

Introduction to Social Psychology

 

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE and INTERVIEWS:

 

Psychology Today: Two Beliefs are Stronger than One (April, 2005)

Inside Iowa State: Parents’ Influence On Children May Be Stronger Than They Thought (2-14-05).

Inside Iowa State & LAS News: Mother's self-fulfilling prophecy impacts child's alcohol use (6-16-05).

Reuters Health: If Parents Think Kids Will Drink, They Likely Will (12-29-05).

Reuters News: Interview with Lynn Adler, Media’s self-fulfilling effect on housing bubble (6-30-05).

Des Moines Register – Iowa Life Section: ISU study links mothers' estimates to teen drinking (7-05-06).

KCSN Radio, University California Northridge: Radio interview (9-19-06).

Reuters News: Interview with Patrick Rucker, Stubborn sellers could harm housing sector (10-19-06).

Reuters News: Interview with Joanne Morrison, Fear of U.S. recession could help drive one (2-22-08).

ISU News Service: Iowa State study finds mom's beliefs may impact their kids' alcohol use (9-15-08)

Los Angeles Times: So many ways to mess up our kids, so little time (9-21-08).

WHO News Radio 1040; KNXO 1460; ISU Study On Booze Views, (9-16-08).

ISU TV Chanel 18: Interview with Patrick McDaniel (9-29-08)

Around LAS: Alcohol Trends (10-06-08).

Iowa State Daily: Interviewed by Hilary Bassett, Students up in arms over gun laws (2-10-11)

WHO News Radio 1040, Des Moines, IA: Interview with Rebecca Maxwell, Confessions (2-16-11).

KCSN News: Interview with reporter Martha Maciel, Confessions (2-21-11).

Iowa State Daily: Interviewed by Brandon Hallmark, Research shows innocent suspects falsely confess to crimes (2-24-11)

Ames Tribune: Study examines confessions (2-20-11).

Psychology Today: Optimism, Optimized: The tactical game of getting ahead (5-3-11).

Selected Websites: Innocence Project (2-18-11); AP-LS, In the News Futurity.org (2-16-11); Physorg.com (2-17-11); Soursenews.com (confessions) (2-16-11);

WOWT.com (2-18-11); mlb.msg.com (2-18-11); worldnews (wn.com) (2-18-11) topix.com (2-18-11) rr.com (2-18-11); Sciencedaily.com (2-20-11);

esciencenews.com (2-18-11); euerekalert.com (2-18-11); nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com (2-18-11); thaindian.com (2-19-11); boscoocsob.xanga.com (2-21-11);

dnaindia.com (2-19-11); www.sott.ne (2-18-11); domeofthesky.com (2-20-11); domeofthesky.com (2-20-11); patriciashannon.blogspot.com (2-20-11); davisvanguard.org (2-19-11);

law.journalfeeds.com (2-11-11); www.newkerala.com (2-19-11); uscollegeranking.org (2-16-11); laboratoryequipment.com (2-17-11);

sciencecodex.com (2-18-11); uspolitics.einnews.com (2-21-11)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

2009 – present   American Psychology – Law Society

2006 – present   Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Member

2006 – present   Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Member

2005 – present   American Psychological Society, Member

2001 – 2004       American Psychological Association, Member

2000 – present   Midwestern Psychological Association, Member

2000 – present  Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Member

1992 – 2000      American Psychological Association, Student Member

1992 – 1998      Eastern Psychological Association, Student Member

1993 – 1994      New Jersey Psychological Association, Student Affiliate

 

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS OBTAINED BY STUDENTS I HAVE MENTORED:

 

2011 Outstanding Empirical Journal Article, Iowa State University, Awarded to Kyle C. Scherr

2010    Graduate College Teaching Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Kyle C. Scherr

2009   Graduate College Research Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Rachel Reimer

2008   Graduate College Research Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jennifer Willard

2007   University Honors Program Grant, Iowa State University, Awarded to Ozioma Oji

2007   Graduate College Teaching Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jennifer Willard

2007   Peer Teaching Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jennifer Willard

2007   Student Research Award, Association for Psychological Science, Awarded to Kyle Scherr

2007   3rd place, Psychology Undergraduate Poster Competition, Psychology Department, Iowa State University, Awarded to Katelyn Rutledge

2005   1st place, Psychology Undergraduate Poster Competition, Psychology Department, Iowa State University, Awarded to Andrea Eslick

2005   Gaskill Fellowship, Psychology Department, Iowa State University, Awarded to Ashley Buller

2005   Turnage Scholarship, Psychology Department, Iowa State University, Awarded to Hayley Treloar

2004   Research grant, Graduate College, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jennifer Willard

2002   Honorable mention, LAS Undergraduate Research Competition, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jessica Rohlfing & Tiffany Meyer

2002   2nd place, Psychology Undergraduate Poster Competition, Psychology Department, Iowa State University, Awarded to Jessica Rohlfing and Tiffany Meyer

1997   National Science Foundation Grant, Awarded to Eulices Montiel

2000   PACE Award, Iowa State University, Awarded to Sarah Hilbert