PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

Mullennix, J. W., & Stern, S. E. (in preparation). Computer synthesized speech technologies: Tools for aiding impairment. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Davis, A., Steinhauser, E. F. (submitted). Stereotypes of people with physical disabilities and speech impairments as detected by partially structured attitude measures. In J.W. Mullennix & S.E. Stern (Eds.) Computer synthesized speech technologies: Tools for aiding impairment. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Mullennix, J. W., & Stern, S. E. (submitted). Attitudes toward computer synthesized speech. In J.W. Mullennix & S.E. Stern (Eds.) Computer synthesized speech technologies: Tools for aiding impairment. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Mullennix, J. W., & Stern, S. E. (2008). Computer mediated speech technology: Perceptions of speech, and attitudes toward disabled users. In S. Kelsey & K. St. Amant (Eds.) Handbook of research on computer mediated communication. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Crabb, P. B., & Stern, S. E. (2007). Technology traps: Who is responsible? Technoethics: Proceedings of the III international conference on technoethics; Ethical subjects related to science, technology and their social applications. Barcelona: Epson Foundation.

Stern, S. E. (2001). Technological automation and the opinions we hold of ourselves and others. In F. Columbus (Ed.) Advances in psychology research, Volume 2. Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Stern, S. E. (1999). The effect of gender on number of shoes owned: Gathering data for statistical and methodological demonstrations. In L. Benjamin, et al. (Eds.) Activities handbook for the teaching of psychology, Volume 4, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Mullennix, J.W., Stern, S.E., Grounds, B., Kalas, R., Flaherty, M., Kowalok, S., May, E., & Tessmer, B. (in press). Earwitness memory:  Distortions for voice pitch and speaking rate.  Accepted for publication by Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Stern, S. E. (2008). Computer synthesized speech and perceptions the social influence of disabled users. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27, 254-265.

Stern, S. E., Dumont, M., Mullennix, J. W., & Winters, M. L. (2007). Positive prejudice towards disabled persons using synthesized speech: Does the effect persist across contexts? Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 26, 363-380.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Corneille, O., & Huart, J. (2007). Distortions in the memory of the pitch of speech. Experimental Psychology, 54, 148-160.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2006). Persuasion and social perception of human vs. synthetic voice across person as source and computer as source conditions. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 64, 43-52.

Stern, S. E. & Mullennix, J. W. (2004). Gender differences in persuadability for human and computer synthesized speech: Combined results from seven studies. Psychological Reports, 94, 1283-1292.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Wilson, S. J., & Dyson, C. (2003). Social perception of male and female computer synthesized speech. Computers in Human Behavior, 19, 407-424.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2002). Effects of perceived disability on persuasiveness of computer synthesized speech. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 411-417.

Stern, S. E. & Handel, A. D. (2001). Sexuality and mass media: The historical context of psychology's reaction to sexuality on the Internet. Journal of Sex Research, 38, 283-291.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Dyson, C., & Wilson, S. J. (1999). The persuasiveness of synthetic speech versus human speech. Human Factors, 41, 588-595.

Stern, S. E. (1999). Addiction to technologies: A social psychological perspective of Internet addiction. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 2, 419-424.

Stern, S. E. (1999). Effects of technology on attributions of performance and employee evaluation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 786-794.

Stern, S. E., Alderfer, R. R., & Cienkowski, H. A. (1998). From brain to pencil to calculator: An exploratory test of the effect of technological evolution on attitudes. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 13, 503-516.

Gabler, M., Stern, S. E., & Miserandino, M. (1998). Latin American, Asian, and American cultural differences in perceptions of spousal abuse. Psychological Reports, 83, 587-592.

Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1997). The Internet as a psychological data gathering tool: Lost letters, web page experiments, and more. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 17, 30-33.

Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1997). The lost e-mail method: Milgram's lost letter technique in the age of the Internet. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 29, 260-263.

Rhodes, A. K., & Stern, S. E. (1995). Ranking harassment: A multidimensional scaling of sexual harassment scenarios. Journal of Psychology, 129, 29-39.

Stern, S. E., & Kipnis, D. (1993). Technology in everyday life and perceptions of competence. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 1892-1902.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Stern, S. E., Calhoun, S. L., Conard, J., Grounds, B. E., Kuykendall, K. L. (2009, May). Cellular telephones and social interactions: Evidence of interpersonal surveillance. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science meeting, San Francisco

Mullennix, J.W., Stern, S.E., Fetsko, M., Reilly, L., Grounds, B. & Kalas, R. (2009, March). Similarity spaces of synthesized voices varying in pitch and speaking rate. Presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Pittsburgh.

Grounds, B., Kalas, R., Mullennix, J.W., & Stern, S.E. (2009, March). Using synthetic voices as foils in earwitness lineups. Presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Pittsburgh.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Flaherty, M., Grounds, B., Hutchison, E., & Steinhauser, E. F. (2008, July). Stereotypes of physically and speech disabled persons as detected with partially structured attitude measures. Presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Stern, S.E., Mullennix, J.W., Grounds, B., Kalas, R., May, E., & Tessmer, B. (2008, May). Implicit Attitudes Toward Physical and Speech Disability as Measured by Partially Structured Attitude Measures. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Chicago.

Mullennix, J.W., Stern, S.E., Grounds, B., Kalas, R., May, E., & Tessmer, B. (2008, May). Memory distortions for speaking rate of speech. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Chicago.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Steinhauser, E. F., Horvath, D., & Flaherty, M. (2007, January). Partially structured attitude measures used to examine stereotypes of the disabled. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting, Memphis.

Mullennix, J.W., & Stern, S.E. (2006, October).  Attitudes toward speech disabled users of synthetic speech.  Presented at the Workshop for New Directions in Speech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Davis, A., Horvath, D., Corneille, O., & Huart, J. (2006, March). Memory accentuation for pitch of voice: Does the effect hold for extremes. Presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Corneille, O. Huart, J., Casey, M., Davis, A., Horvath, D., Mahdavi, A., & Steinhauser, E. (2006, January). Memory distortion for pitch of male vs. female voices. Presented at the Social Cognition Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting, Palm Springs.

Stern, S. E., Cortes, B., & Leyens, J. Ph. (2005, May). Persuasive appeals delivered with concatenated synthesized speech may be as effective as human speech. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Los Angeles.

Yaroslavsky, I., Mullennix, J. W., & Stern, S. E. (2005, May). Positive prejudice toward disabled synthetic speech users persists for externally attributable factor. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Los Angeles.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Corneille, O., & Huart, J. (2005, May) Gender differences in perceptions of speed of speech. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Los Angeles.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Dumont, M., & Yaroslavsky, I. (2005, April). Social Perceptions of Disabled and Non-Disabled Users of Synthetic Speech: Evidence for Positive Prejudice and Black Sheep Effects. Presented at the Conference on Group Processes in Computer-Supported Interaction: Technological and Social Determinism, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

Stern, S. E., Corneille, O., Huart, J., & Mullennix, J. W. (2004, May). Memory accentuation effects for the pitch and speed of speech. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Belgian Psychological Society, Free University of Brussels, Brussels.

Yaroslavsky, I., Stern, S. E., & Mullennix, J. W. (2004, April). Perception of computer synthesized speech from human versus computer sources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Mullennix, J. W., & Stern, S. E. (2003, April). The persuasiveness of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the Computer-Supported Social Interaction (CSI) Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Winters, M. L., Martin, S. J., & Moore, L.C. (2003, March). Factors affecting perceptions of computer-synthesized speech. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Brumbaugh, E.L., Martin, S. J., Moore, L.C., & Winters, M. L. (2002, November). Trust and the use of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the Society for Computers in Psychology meeting, Kansas City.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Winters, M. L., Brumbaugh, E. L., & Moore, L. C. (2002, June) Mitigating and exacerbating negative perceptions of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, New Orleans.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2001, July). The persuasiveness of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society, Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford.

Hantula, D. A., Winklespecht, C., & Stern, S. E. (2000, April). Effects of disability, assistive technology, and work outcome on performance evaluation. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, New Orleans.

Stern, S. E. (2000, March). Technology, Self-concept, and the evaluations of others. In C. V. Wells & S. E. Stern (Chairs) Power, influence, and technology: The legacy of David Kipnis. Symposium conducted at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2000, March). Persuasiveness of disabled and non-disabled users of computer synthesized voice. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.

Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Dyson, C., & Wilson, S. J. (2000, March). Persuasiveness of male and female computerized voice. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.

Stern, S. E. (1999, August) Addiction to technologies: A social psychological perspective of Internet addiction. In J. Morahan-Martin (Chair) Internet addiction: Supporting research, alternative explanations and limitations of research. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association meeting, Boston.

Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Evanitz, M. (1998, May). Effects of natural vs. computer synthesized speech on reactions to strong arguments. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Washington, D. C. Honored in the APS Showcase Poster Session.

Stern, S. E., Brandt, S. L., & Hantula, D. A. (1998, April). The effects of disability and assistive technology on performance evaluation. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, Dallas.

Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1996, October). The lost email method: Milgram's lost letter technique in the age of the Internet. Paper presented at the Society for Computers in Psychology meeting, Chicago.

Stern, S. E. (1996, July). Technological evolution and attitudes toward tasks. In P. Crabb (Chair) Social psychological perspectives on technology. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Society meeting, San Francisco.

Stern, S. E., Alderfer, R. R., & Cienkowski, H. A. (1996, March). From brain to pencil to calculator: Technological evolution and its effects on users' attitudes toward a task. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Philadelphia.

Stern, S. E. (1995, July). Technology and competence. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Interamerican Congress of Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Gabler, M., Stern, S. E., & Miserandino, M. (1995, July). Latin American, Asian, and United States American cultural differences in the perceptions of spouse abuse. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Interamerican Congress of Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Stern, S. E., Gustafson, J. K., & Sicurezza, D. (1995, July). Calculators and attitudes toward mathematics: Automated technology affects perceptions of a task. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, New York City.

Rosin, M. A., & Stern, S. E. (1995, April). Effects of experimenter race on Clark and Clark's dolls test. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Boston.

Stern, S. E. (1994, October). Effects of automation on attributions of success and failure. Paper presented at the New England Psychological Association meeting, Hamden, CT.

Stern, S. E., & Shires, D. J. (1993, April). The use of the randomized response technique in studying incidence of sexual harassment. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Arlington, VA.

Rhodes, A. K., and Stern, S. E. (1993, February). Ranking hanky panky: A multi-dimensional scaling of sexual harassment scenarios. Paper presented at the Temple University Women's Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, Philadelphia.

Stern, S. E., & Kipnis, D. (1991, April). Effects of technology on self-esteem. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, New York City.

Demick, J., Damrad, R., & Stern, S. E. (1989, April). Effects of open versus closed adoption. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Boston.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Wapner, S., Demick, J., & Stern, S. E. (1989). A survey of retirement policies of colleges and universities outside the United States, Worcester, MA: Clark University, Heinz Werner Institute for Developmental Analysis.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Inconvenient Truths and Cognitive Consistency: How People Cope With Inconsistent Beliefs Regarding Environmental Crises, January 31, 2008. Presented at the Global Warming Solutions Forum, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Computer Synthesized Speech and Perceptions of Disabled Users, October 12, 2007. Invited for the Fourth Annual James J. Bradac Memorial Lecture, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara.

A Program of Research on the Perceptions of Disabled Users of Computer Synthesized Speech, August 20, 2007. Presented at the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, Johnstown, PA.

Distortion in Memory of Speech Characteristics, October 27, 2004. Presented at the Faculty Lecture Series, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Accentuation Effects of Speech Pitch and Speed, February 9, 2004. Presented at research meeting of the Division of Social and Organizational Psychology, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Technological Automation and Estrangement from a Sense of Achievement, December 4, 2003. Presented as a Brownbag Lecture to the Division of Social and Organizational Psychology, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Technology and Alienation—A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Work, March 26, 2003. Presented at the Faculty Lecture Series, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

INTERNET FORUMS AND PRESENTATIONS

Technology Traps: Who is Responsible? (Crabb, P. B., & Stern, S. E., October 2007). Third International Conference on Technoethics, online conference organized by University of Barcelona and EPSON Foundation’s Institute of Technoethics.

Panelist on discussion on Healthy and Pathological Internet Use, October 24, 1999. Behavior Online (www.behavior.net), J. Suler (Moderator).

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Radio interview on Internet addiction for “Voices in the Family,” nationally syndicated public radio show (broadcast July 12, 1999).

Interview on technology and maladaptive behavior for “Rewired” by Robert Cribb, published in the Toronto Star (published August 29, 1999).

Radio interview on the social psychology of watching the Super Bowl for “Page One” show, local to Southwestern Pennsylvania; WCCL, WUZI, WPRR (broadcast February 19, 2006).

Interview on the credibility of The Da Vinci Code for “’Da Vinci’ Movie Release is renewing controversy” by Matt Bodenschatz, published in The Tribune-Democrat (published May 15, 2006).