Assistant Professor of Psychology
Education
University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D., 2006
Human Development and Education
Boston College, M.Ed., 1995
Secondary Education in Urban Schools: English
The Evergreen State College, B.A., 1993
Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Professional Positions
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Penn State Beaver
(current)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2006-2008
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
Publications
Conry-Murray, C. (in press). Young children’s understanding of beliefs about moral and conventional rule violations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Conry-Murray, C. (in press). Children’s reasoning about gender-atypical preferences in different settings. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Brose, S. Conry-Murray, C. & Turiel, E. (in press). Adolescents’ reasoning about parental gender roles. Journal of Genetic Psychology.
Conry-Murray, C. & Turiel, E. (2012). Jimmy ‘s baby doll and Jenny’s truck: Young children’s reasoning about gender norms. Child Development, 83 (1), 146-158. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01696.x
Smetana, J., Jambon, M., Conry-Murray, C., & Sturge-Apple, M. (2012). Reciprocal associations between young children’s moral judgments and their developing theory of mind. Developmental Psychology, 48(4), 1133-1144 doi: 10.1037/a0025
Conry-Murray, C. (2009). Adolescent and adult reasoning about gender and fairness in traditional practices in Benin, West Africa. Social Development, 18 (2), 427-446. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00462.x
Conry-Murray, C. (2009) Adolescent and adult reasoning about gender roles and fairness in Benin, West Africa. Cognitive Development, 24 (2), 207-219. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.12.004
Conry-Murray, C., & Smetana, J. (2008). Going out of Your Mind: Broadening the Social in Social Reasoning. Human Development, 51, 136-142. doi: 10.1159/000115959
Publications under review or in preparation
Conry-Murray, C. (2012). Boys get the math games and girls get the reading games: Children’s reasoning about distributive justice and gender. Manuscript under review.
Conry-Murray, C., Kim, J.M., & Turiel, E. (2012). Korean and American children’s reasoning about gender norms violations. In preparation.
Conry-Murray, C., & Shaw, L. (2012). American and Beninese reasoning about cultural traditions: The role of consent. In preparation.
Signorella, M. & Conry-Murray, C. (2012). The development of gender-stereotyped attitudes in adolescence. In preparation.
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association
Jean Piaget Society
Society for Research in Child Development
Courses Taught
Developmental Psychology
Child Development
Social and Emotional Development
Moral Development
Psychology of Parenting
Psychology of Gender
Research Methods
Cross-cultural Psychology
Multicultural Psychology in America
Recommended Academic Plans
Psychology, B.S.
Business Option
Science Option
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