Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University ... Ph.D. in Psychology (Personality), University of California, Be
Kevin Lanning1 Professor of Psychology Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA http://wise.fau.edu/~lanning lanning at fau.edu (561) 799-8652 voice Education Ph.D. in Psychology (Personality), University of California, Berkeley, December 1986 A.B. in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, December 1978 Université de Grenoble, France, 1976-77 Academic positions Florida Atlantic University: Professor (2010–present). Associate Professor (1998–09). Charter Faculty Member, Wilkes Honors College Oregon State University: Associate Professor (1992-98), Assistant Professor (1987-92) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Lecturer (1992-93). University of California, Berkeley: Lecturer (1987). Administrative positions Florida Atlantic University: Faculty Assistant to the President (2012-2013), Director, Honors Summer Institute (2007), Faculty Co-chair (Division head; 2001-03). Editorial positions Editor, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (2010-2014). Associate Editor, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (2008-2013). Consulting Editor, Journal of Research in Personality (1998-2001, 2009- ). Book review editor, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (2001-2006). Member, NSF review panel (2013). Ad hoc reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, American Psychologist, Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Psychological Methods, Psychological Reports, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Australian Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), APA and SPSP national convention programs. Co-chair, Division 9/Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) American Psychological Association 2006 conference program.
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A version of this document is available online at http://bit.ly/LanningCV. This version was revised 01/17.
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Publications Books, papers, and edited volumes 1. Lanning, K. (2017). What is the relationship between “personality” and “social” psychologies? Network, community, and whole text analyses of the structure of contemporary scholarship. Collabra, 3(1), 8. DOI:10.1525/collabra.70 2. Lanning, K. (2014). The social psychology of the 2012 U. S. Presidential Election: An introduction. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 14, 1-6. DOI:10.1111/asap.12069 3. Lanning, K. (2012). Social psychology and contemporary immigration policy: An introduction. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12, 1-4. DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2011.01271.x 4. Lanning, K. & Maruyama, G. (2010). The social psychology of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, 171-181. DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01215.x 5. Lanning, K. & Rosenberg, A. (2009). The dimensionality of American political attitudes: Tensions between equality and freedom in the wake of September 11. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 1, 84-100. DOI: 10.1080/19434470902771667 6. Lanning, K. (2008/2016). Democracy, voting and disenfranchisement in the United States: A social psychological perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 64, 431-446. DOI: 10.1111/j.15404560.2008.00571.x [Originally published 2008; reissued as part of an online virtual issue following the 2016 US Presidential election]. 7. Lanning, K. (Ed.). (2008). Democracy and disenfranchisement (Journal of Social Issues). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN 1-405-19126-0). 8. Lanning, K, Colucci, J., & Edwards, J. A. (2007). Changes in ego development in the wake of September 11. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 197-202. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.12.002 9. Lanning, K. (2005). The social psychology of the 2004 U. S. Presidential Election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 5, 145-204. DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00060.x 10. Nelson, H. W., Hooker, K., DeHart, K. N., Edwards, J. A., & Lanning, K. (2004). Factors Important to Success in the Volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman Role. The Gerontologist, 44, 116-120. 11. Edwards, J. A., Lanning, K, & Hooker, K. A. (2002). The MBTI and Social Information Processing: An Incremental Validity Study. Journal of Personality Assessment, 78, 432-450. 12. Lanning, K. (2002). Reflections on September 11th: Lessons from four psychological perspectives. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2, 27-34. DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2002.00023.x 13. Hogansen, J. & Lanning, K. (2001). Five factors in Sentence Completion Test categories: Towards rapprochement between trait and maturational approaches to personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 449-462. 14. Einstein, D. & Lanning, K. (1998). Shame, guilt, ego development, and the five factor model of personality. Journal of Personality, 66, 555-582. 15. Lanning, K. (1996). Robustness is not dimensionality: On the sensitivity of component comparability coefficients to sample size. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 31, 33-46. 16. Lanning, K. (1994). The dimensionality of observer ratings on the California Adult Q-Set. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 151-160. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.67.1.151
Lanning - iii 17. Lanning, K. (1991). Consistency, scalability, and personality measurement. New York: SpringerVerlag. (ISBN 0-387-97438-5). 18. Lanning, K. (1991). & Gough, H. G. Shared variance in the California Psychological Inventory and the California Q-set. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 596-606. DOI: 10.1037/00223514.60.4.596 19. Lanning, K. (1989). The detection of invalid response patterns on the California Psychological Inventory. Applied Psychological Measurement, 13, 45-56. 20. Gillis, J. S. & Lanning, K. (1989). A study of the cognitive mediation of responses to life stress. Behavioral Medicine, 15, 18-22. 21. Lanning, K. (1988). Individual differences in scalability: An alternative conception of consistency for personality theory and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 142148. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.55.1.142 22. Lanning, K. (1987). Some reasons for distinguishing between "non-normative response" and "irrational decision." Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 121, 109-117. 23. Lanning, K. (1986). Traits, trait words, and the explanation of behavior. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 6, 108-111. 24. Gough, H.G., & Lanning, K. (1986). Predicting college grades from the California Psychological Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 46, 205-213. 25. Block, J., & Lanning, K. (1983). Attribution therapy requestioned: A secondary analysis of the Wilson-Linville study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 705-708. 26. Repapi, M., Gough, H.G., Lanning, K. & Stefanis, C. (1983). Predicting academic achievement of Greek secondary school students from family background and California Psychological Inventory scores. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8, 181-188. Chapters, reviews and encyclopedia entries 1. Lanning, K. (under review). Harrison Gough. In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford, eds., Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-280998 2. Lanning, K. & Sherman, R. A. (2017). The California Adult Q-sort. In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford, eds., Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8 3. Lanning, K. (2017). Jack Block. In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford, eds., Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8 4. Lanning, K. (2016). Kevin Lanning (autobiographical entry). In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford, eds., Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8 5. Lanning, K. (2010). Editorial. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, p. 1-3 6. Lanning, K., Montgomery, S., Bright, J., Broming, L., Hudelson, M., Pauletti, R., Rosenzweig, G., & Starkings, R. (2009). Lives Through Film---49Up and the Up Series as a Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Change. In Gregerson, M. (Ed.). The Cinematic Mirror for Psychology and Life Coaching, NY: Springer. (ISBN: 978-1-4419-1113-1; doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1114-8_5 7. Lanning, K. (2008). Personality assessment. In F.T.L. Leong, Ed., Encyclopedia of Counseling Psychology. Volume 2, p. 279-287. NY: Sage.
Lanning - iv 8. Lanning, K. (2007). What counts as “personality development?” (Review of D. K. Mroczek & T. D. Little, Eds., Handbook of Personality Development). PsycCritiques, 52, #15. 9. Lanning, K. (2005). Freaked out. (Review of S. D. Levitt and S. J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything). Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 5, 293294. 10. Lanning, K. (2003). Review of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II (Form Q). In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.). The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. (p. 614-616). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute. 11. Lanning, K. (2003). Review of the OMNI Personality Inventory and the OMNI-IV personality disorder inventory. In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.). The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. (p. 631-633). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute. 12. Lanning, K. (2001). Review of the Adult Personality Inventory. In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.). The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (p. 43-45). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute. 13. Lanning, K. (2001). Review of the Singer-Loomis Type Deployment Inventory. In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.). The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (p. 356-357).. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute. 14. Lanning, K. (2001). The compassionate classroom. (Review of E. Aronson, Nobody left to hate:Teaching compassion after Columbine). Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy,1. 15. Lanning, K. (1990). Personality assessment is alive and, well, ... (Review of L. R. Aiken, Assessment of Personality). Contemporary Psychology, 35, 888.. Talks, papers and presentations Lanning, K. (2016). The Social Psychology of the 2016 Election. Invited talk presented to the Social Science Affinity Group of the American Association for the Advancement of Science- Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Group. Washington, DC, October 31. Lanning, K. (2016). It’s Rigged: Social Change, Social Media, and the Rise of Rage. Invited talk presented at the William Paterson University Fifth Annual Multidisciplinary Conference: The Public Spectacle: Exploring Anger and Political Transformations. Paterson, NJ, October 27. (video at http://bit.ly/LanningWPU102016). Lanning, K. (2016). What is the relationship between ‘personality’ and ‘social’? An empirical analysis of the structure of social/personality psychology. Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, May 26 – May 29. Pauletti, R., Lopez-Chavez, D. & Lanning, K. (2016). Differential Language Use at the Highest Stages of Ego Development. Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, May 26 – May 29. Pennington, B., Koff, L., Pauletti, R. & Lanning, K. (2016). (Dis-)honesty, Narcissism, and Entitlement: A construct validity study. Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, San Diego, January 28-30. Pauletti, R., Lopez-Chavez, D. & Lanning, K. (2016). Computational Ego Level: Large data and new methods illuminate the construct of Ego development. Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, San Diego, January 28-30. Lanning, K. (2016). Where is the “personality” in social/personality psychology? An empirical examination of the structure of the field. New Methods preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, January 27.
Lanning - v Lanning, K. (2015). What Harrison saw. Invited talk at the dedication of the Helson-Gough Library, UC Berkeley, May 13. (video at http://bit.ly/LanningBerkeley052015). Lanning, K. (2015). The network structure of social and personality psychology: A bibliometric approach. Paper presented at the inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, March 12-14. Lopez-Chavez, D., Pauletti, R., Sherman, R., & Lanning, K., (2015). A way with words: Finding the relationship between language use and ego development. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Long Beach, February 26-28. Lanning, K. (2015). The structure of personality and social psychology: An empirical investigation using social network analysis. Paper presented at the 2015 Dynamical Systems and Computational Modeling: Social Dynamics in a Changing World Preconference, Long Beach, February 26. Lanning, K. (2015). Mapping the connectedness of social psychology: A social network approach. Paper presented at the Fred Rhodewalt Social Psychology Winter Conference, Park City, Jan 8-10. Lanning, K. & Zhu, X. (2014). Can bibliographic couplings inform the structure of large public universities? Paper presented at the Science of Team Science conference, Austin, August 6-8. Lanning, K. (2014). Beyond keywords: A network science approach to the structure of social issues and SPSSI scholarship. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Portland, June 27-29. Lanning, K., Sherman, R., Zhu, X., Hesse, J., & Lopez, D. (2014). Beyond keywords: Network analyses of psychological science. Paper presented at the 26th APS Annual Convention, San Francisco, May 22-25. Lanning, K. (2013). Next U: How network analysis will transform the public university of tomorrow. TEDx FAU, Jupiter, April 19. (video at http://bit.ly/LanningTEDx062013) MacDonald, K. & Lanning, K. (2013). Measuring an atypical social network: Group characterization, inclusive relationships, and clustering characteristics. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, January 17-19. Lasaga, J. & Lanning, K. (2013). The effect of medical labels on perceptions of illnesses and sufferers. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, January 17-19. Dickson, D. & Lanning, K. (2013). A typological study of personality and gender among Wilkes Honors College students. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, January 17-19. Lanning, K. (2012). Senior Scholar Roundtable - Influencing Policy: What Works/What Doesn't. Invited presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, August 2-5. Lanning, K. (2012). Publishing Research on Social Issues. Invited presentation at the 9th Biennial Convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Charlotte, NC, June 21-24. Lanning, K. (2012). Expectations. Invited talk, Last lecture series, Jupiter, March 15. Lanning, K. (2011). What became of Lewin’s topological psychology? Some applications of the concept of boundaries in contemporary soft psychology. Paper presented at a symposium Does Lewin still matter?, 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC, August 4-7.
Lanning - vi Lanning, K. (Chair). (2011). From 7 to 49: Four perspectives on Michael Apted's Up Series as a window on personality development. Symposium presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC, August 4-7. Lanning, K. (2010). Are liberals hypocrites? A correlational study of personality, elitism, and political attitudes. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, July. Lanning, K. (2009). & Montgomery, S. Love her / hate her (check one): Priming effects of magazine covers in the 2008 Presidential campaign. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology, Dublin, July. Lanning, K. (2009). Can ego development be reliably scored from public discourse? Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology, Dublin, July. 1985-2008: > 35 additional papers and conference presentations
Grants and awards Recipient, Distinguished Service to SPSSI Award (2015). Award from Elsevier Bibliometric Research Program: On the use of first and second-order bibliographic couplings to assess the structure of an institutional network. Co-investigator: Xingquan Hill. (Although the program is peer-reviewed and competitive, the award is non-financial, consisting of the provision of several large datasets) (2013). TIAA-CREF Award recipient for community service, Florida Atlantic University (2006). Nominated for outstanding teacher, Wilkes Honors College (2000, 2002, and 2004). Grant from the Association of International Education Administrators. Personality development in study abroad participants and controls. Co-Investigator: Rebecca Powers. Award = $1,000. (1988-1999). Grant from Consulting Psychologists Press. A multivariate investigation of the MBTI and cognitive parameters of personality functioning. Co-investigators: Douglas Derryberry, John A. Edwards, Karen A. Hooker, Marjorie Reed. Award = $5,564 (1996-1998). Oregon State University course development grant. Development of an experimental writing intensive course for highly achieving introductory psychology students / a nascent honors program. Award = $2,500. (1994). Grant from Australian Research Council. A comparison of different models of personality structure. Award = A$34,000 (1994; declined because of repatriation to the US). Grant from Australian Research Council. Towards an optimal language for personality description: An empirical and psychometric inquiry. Award = A$9,000. (1993). University of New South Wales special research grants. Awards of A$6,000 and A$2,000. (1992). Grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Authoritarianism: An alternative approach to measurement. Award = $24,078. (1989). Grant from Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts. Scalability, Item Response Theory, and authoritarianism. Award = $896. (1989). NIH Biomedical Support Grant RR07079. The measurement of individual differences in consistency. Award = $7,967. (1988).
Lanning - vii Best student paper, Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, American Psychological Association (1985). NSF Graduate Fellowship (1979-1982).
Teaching Courses taught Interdisciplinary seminars including Topology and psychology (With Dr. Blake Mellor, Mathematics), Mathematical foundations of behavioral science (with Dr. Warren McGovern, Mathematics), Behavioral economics (with Dr. Kanybek Nur-tegin, Economics), Equality and inequality (with Dr. Christopher Strain, American Studies), Genetics for the social sciences (with Dr. Paul Kirchman, Biology)., Human behavior (with Dr. Rachel Corr, Anthropology), Political psychology (with Dr. Martin Sweet, Political Science, Intermediate Statistics (with Dr. Terje Hoim, Mathematics)., and Psychology of design (with Prof. Amy Broderick, Art). Seminars and advanced courses in psychology including History and systems of psychology, Thinking and decision making, Psychometrics and psychological testing (with lab)., Personality and social development (also here)., Advanced writing in psychology and the behavioral sciences, Environmental psychology, Personality assessment and research, Attachment, Intelligence and society, and Moral development. Undergraduate surveys including General psychology, Personality, Social Psychology, Introduction to Statistics/Experimental design and Statistical Inference, Evolution, Psychology and Human Nature, and Writing in psychology and the behavioral sciences. Undergraduate theses supervised (Wilkes Honors College unless otherwise specified) Reddy, S. (2016). Accuracy of Cultural Perception: An ‘Open Science’ Investigation of Personality and Cultural Sensitivity. Koff, L. (2015). Are privileged individuals more likely to make unethical decisions? Hesse, J. (2014). Meaningful links: Using network analysis to articulate the structure of personality psychology. Lopez-Chavez, D. (2014). The Ego and Big Data: Towards a computable model of ego development Santos, N. (2014). Health care decisions survey. Gopaldas, A. (2012). Social networks and personality in a liberal arts college. Lasaga, J. (2012). The effect of medical labels on perceptions of illnesses and sufferers. Dickson, D. (2011). A typological study of personality and gender among Wilkes Honors College students: Success, satisfaction, and non-conformity. Newton, J. (2011). The antecedents of attitudes toward homosexuality: A comparison of the effects of disgust, openness, religion and contact on anti-gay attitudes. Raldiris, T. (2011). Ego development and the liberal arts. 1992-2010: > 30 additional theses supervised
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Service Selected media interviews, newsletters, and Op-Ed pieces (video and print) Schneider, C. (2016, April 23). Battle over food stamps highlights polarizing rift. Atlanta Journal Constitution [Print]. Lanning, K. (2009-2013). Biannual columns in Forward, SPSSI newsletter Leslie, K. (2012, November 8). Dawn brings fear rather than promise for many Georgia voters. Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Print]. Associated Press (2012, November 5). Voters dedicated despite 1 in millions odds. New York Daily News. [Print]. Man, A. (2009, July 3). Conservatives aim at Obama’s policies. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. [Print] Park, M. (2008, November 4). Voting-line camaraderie reflects 'we' spirit, expert says. CNN International. [Print]. Bashir, M. (2008, October 27). On the US Elections, Part I: The Electoral College leads to a higher likelihood of an indeterminate outcome. Part II: Does Barack Obama transcend ‘otherness?’ Panelist, Inside Story, Al-Jazeera English. [Video], Part II Munsey, C. (2008). Why do we vote? APA Monitor, 39, p. 60 [Print] Selected community service Organizer, volunteer relief effort among American Psychological Association convention attendees, New Orleans Ninth Ward, August, 2006. Organizer and chair, benefit symposium: Disaster in America: From San Francisco to New Orleans and beyond, Jupiter, FL, March 2006. Funds were raised on behalf of victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Selected disciplinary service Co-chair, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Publication board (2017-) University service Florida Atlantic University. Charter faculty member, Wilkes Honors College. Presiding officer of college faculty (2004-2005). Director, Honors Summer Institute (2007). Served on or chaired all standing (Academic Affairs, Admissions, Bylaws, Curriculum, Promotion & Tenure, Writing) and many ad hoc (Mission Statement, Faculty housing, Teaching, Research, & Service Award, Program Review, Writing portfolio) committees. Served on or chaired search committees for academic (Anthropology, Economics, History, Math, Political Science and Psychology), staff (Librarian), and administrative (Provost, Directors of Admissions, Student Affairs, Development, and Housing) positions. Member, SACS Self-Study group, University Promotion and Tenure Committee, Faculty Committee on Instructional Technologies, University Research Council, Academic Planning and Budget Committee, Academic Freedom and Due Process Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Faculty Senate Steering Committee. Oregon State University. Chaired Faculty Senate Committee on Committees and the College of Liberal Arts Research Committee. Departmental service on Budget, Curriculum, and Personnel committees. Served as departmental advisor to the university International Degree program. University of New South Wales. Institutional Review Board
