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Spring, 2024

Amanda M. Vicary

Office:
Department of Psychology
Illinois Wesleyan University
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702
E-mail: Avicary@iwu.edu

EDUCATION

2011 PhD in Social-Personality Psychology
  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Advisor: R. Chris Fraley
  Minors: Quantitative Psychology, Developmental Psychology

2006 M.A. Social-Personality Psychology
  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2004 B.S. in Psychology
  Summa Cum Laude
  Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

HONORS AND AWARDS


2022 President's Innovation Fund: Criminology minor ($500)
 

2022 Illinois Wesleyan University Instructional Development Grant: Attendance at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology ($500)
 

2019 Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant: "An investigation into women's fear of crime and the appeal of crime podcasts" ($2,000)
 

2019 Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant: "Gateway 100--Questions of Innocence: The pursuit of justice in the legal system": ($2,000)
 

2017 Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of the Year: Earned spot on
  ballot for ranking in the top five of nominees

2017 Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant:
  Aggression and Violence: A social neuroscience approach ($1,000; team-taught)

2017 NCAA CHOICES Mini-Grant: Educational on alcohol use,
  prevention of abuse, and related risky behaviors ($750)

2016 Illinois Wesleyan University Instructional Development Grant:
  Attendance at National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology ($500)

2016 Mellon Foundation Academic Development Grant:
  Aggression and Violence: An Integrated Analysis (with Dr. Abbie Kerr) ($1,000)

2016 Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000)

2011 Society for Teaching in Psychology:
  Early Career Psychologist Travel Grant ($250)

2014 Summer Mellon Scholar Faculty Sponsor

2013 Illinois Wesleyan University Junior Faculty Leave (for Sp' 2014)

2013 Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000)

2012 Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant ($2,000)

2012 Illinois Wesleyan University Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant ($2,000)

2012 Summer Eckley Scholar Faculty Sponsor

2011 Midwest Faculty Seminar attendee
  *Crime and the Social Order, University of Chicago

2011 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching-Campus Award ($3,500)
  *Awarded annually to five graduate instructors at the University of Illinois

2011 Lynn Martin Award for Distinguished Teachers ($2,000)
  *Awarded annually to one graduate student at the University of Illinois

2011 Teacher Scholar Certificate-Signifies completion of an intensive program that focuses on teaching skills and discipline-based service

2010 Marion Morse Wood Communication Fellowship ($10,000)
  *Awarded based upon research on Internet use after tragedies

2010 Instructor of the Year-Psychology Department ($250)
  *Awarded annually to one graduate student in the Psychology department

2010 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students

2009 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students

2008 Lyle H. Lanier Travel Award-for travel to SPSP

2008 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students

2008 Higginson Summer Research Award ($2,000)
  *For research on students' online communication after tragedies

2007 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students

2007 Graduate Teaching Certificate-Signifies completion of a program that focuses on teaching skills and reflective practices

2006 SPSP Graduate Poster Award Runner Up

2006 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students

2004 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Psychology,
  Bradley University

PUBLICATIONS

See link at top of site.



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Illinois Wesleyan University

  • Social Psychology (Psyc 259)
  • Psychology of Gender (Psyc 374)
  • Advanced Social Psychology: A Social Perspective on Crime, Serial Killers, & The Justice System (Psyc 359)
  • Senior Thesis in Psychology (Psych 400 & 401)
  • Focus Group (Psych 369)
  • Aggression and Violence: A Social Neuro Approach (May term; Psyc 369; co-taught with Dr. Abbie Kerr)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Personality Psychology (six semesters)
    Team-taught with Brent Roberts, Caroline Tancredy, & Ed Diener
  • Social Psychology (two semesters)

MENTORING EXPERIENCE

2021 Senior Thesis Supervisor
Werner, G. Mask wearing in a pandemic: An investigation of racial stereotypes Illinois Wesleyan University.

2016 Senior Thesis Supervisor
Smeets, M. The influence of camera angle on perceptions of confessions. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2014 Summer Mellon Scholar
O'Connor, C. The therapeautic value of creative writing. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2013 Senior Honors Thesis Supervisor
Larsen, A. Potential factors affecting leniency toward veterans who commit crimes. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2012 Summer Eckley Scholar
Maurer, D. Criminal assessment of homosexual defendants. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2012 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervisor
Vogel, A. Attachment theory and the sexual double standard. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2012 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervisor
Zaikman, Y. Life history theory and the sexual double standard. Illinois Wesleyan University.

TALKS AND PANELS

     Vicary, A. M.. (2024, April). True Crime and Wrongful Convictions in Central Illinois. Invited talk at the Eureka Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2024, January). True Crime and Wrongful Convictions. Invited talk at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2023, February). Central Illinois' True Crime Stories. Invited talk at the Morton Grove Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2023, February).True Crime Stories from Central Illinois. Invited talk at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2023, February).Central Illinois True Crime Stories. Invited talk at the Riverside Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, November).True Crime with Dr. Amanda Vicary. Invited talk at the New Lenox Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, November).Crime, Killers, and Wrongful Convictions in Illinois. Invited talk at the Deerfield Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, November).The Fascination of True Crime. Invited talk at the Eisenhower Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, October).True Crime Fascination. Invited talk at the Downers Grove Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, October).Central Illinois' True Crime Stories. Invited talk at the Glenside Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, September).Central Illinois' True Crime Stories with Dr. Amanda Vicary. Invited talk at the Reddick Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, July).True Crime: Why We Secretly Love it. Invited talk at the Fremont Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, July).True Crime Stories. Invited talk at the Clarendon Hills Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, June).Crime, Killers, and Wrongful Convictions. Invited talk at the Oregon Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, June). True Crime and Wrongful Convictions. Invited talk at the Fountaindale Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2022, June). True Crime with Dr. Amanda Vicary. Invited talk to 14 Illinois public libraries.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2021, October). Why Moms Love Murder: Decoding the True Crime Obsession. Invited panelist for ScaryMommy.com.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2021, May). Central Illinois' True Crime Stories. Invited talk at the Bloomington Public Library.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2021, March). This House Believes True Crime Media is Exploitative. Invited debate participant for the University Philosophical Society (Dublin).

     Vicary, A. M.. (2020, September). True Crime: Why are we so obsessed? Invited panel participant for the Minnesota Humanities Center.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2018, October). Wrongful Convictions? The Pursuit of Justice in Illinois. Panel at Illinois Wesleyan University, Normal, IL.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2017, February). Attraction to crime and criminals: Exploring people's interest in crime stories and attraction to prisonersInvited talk at the McLean County Museum of History Lunch and Learn program.

     Vicary, A. M.. (2014, April). Drawn to the dark side: An investigation into women's interest in crime and attraction to serial killers. Invited talk at Illinois State University Psychology Department, Normal, IL.

     Vicary, A. M., & Turan, B. (2010, January). Who recognizes and chooses behaviors that are best for a relationship? The separate roles of knowledge, attachment, and motivation. Symposium paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

     Vicary, A. M. (2008, March). Captured by True Crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Invited talk at Bradley University, Psychology Department. Peoria, IL.

     Vicary, A. M. (2008, February). True Crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Talk given at the Social, Personality, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series, Champaign, IL.

     Vicary, A. M. (2005, May). Choose Your Own Adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship. Talk given at the Social, Personality, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series, Champaign, IL.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

        Vicary, A. M., & Larsen, A. (2014, April) Factors influencing leniency toward veterans who commit crimes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

        Larsen, A., & Vicary, A. M. (2013, May) Factors influencing leniency toward veterans who commit crimes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Zaikman, Y, & Vicary, A. M. (2013, May) Is there a relationship between crime-showing viewing and criminal technique? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Vicary, A. M., Marks, M. J., Vogel, E., & Zaiman, Y. (2013, January) Attachment theory and the sexual double standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

        Zaikman, Y, & Vicary, A. M. (2012, May) Attachment theory and the sexual double standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Vogel, E., & Vicary, A. M.. (2012, May) Judging the self, judging others: Disordered eating and the sexual double standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Marks, M. J., Vicary, A. M. , Trafimow, D. T., & Rice, S. C.(2012, January). The relative contributions of strategy and consistency to secure attachment behaviors: A potential performance theory analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

        Vicary, A. M. (2011, January). Mortality salience and namesaking: Does thinking about death increase desire to name children after oneself? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

       Cole, S., Vicary, A. M., & Bryant, F. (2009, May). Pat Robertson and the Dalai Lama: Fundamentalism, Religiosity, and Spirituality. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2009, February). How do people use the Internet in times of tragedy? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2008, February).True Crime: Why do women enjoy reading about serial killers? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2007, May). True Crime: An investigation into women's interest in serial killers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2007, January). An investigation into the longitudinal reliability and validity of the 10-Item Personality Inventory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, May). Choose your own adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, January). Choose your own adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

        Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. M. (2005, May). Adult attachment and the perception of emotions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

        Vicary, A. M., & Montgomery, D. E. (2004, May). The effect of contact lenses on attractiveness: An evolutionary perspective . Poster presented at the annual Bradley University Research Showcase, Peoria, IL.


UNIVERSITY SERVICES

Advising and Summer Reading Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)

Subject Pool Coordinator-Psych Department (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Nominating Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)

Safety Committee (Illnois Wesleyan University)

Learning and Conditioning Job Search Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)

Cognitive Psychology Job Search Committee (Illinois Wesleyan University)

Academic Advisor (30 students)

Volunteer for Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Orientation (University of Illinois)
  • Conducted seminars on lesson planning and questionning strategies
  • Provided feedback for micro-teaching sessions

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Association for Psychological Science (APS)
  • Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

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