Concentration:Courtney Sanders

Social & Health Psychology

Preferred Email:

[email protected]

Advisor:

Dr. Neha John-Henderson

Awards/Honors:

-Meritorious Award, 2016, Montana State University 

-First Year Graduate Student of the Year, 2017, Montana State University

-PhD Enhancement Fund/Fellowship, 2018, Montana State University

Summary of Reserch Interests:

Courtney has a strong interest in statistics and quantitative psychology, social and existential psychology, and, specifically, research surrounding vitality. Her current projects examine the interaction between social and physiological factors that contribute to the experience of vitality and the benefits this may have.

Publications:

Christy, A., Sanders, C., Vess, M., Routledge, C. & Schlegel, R. (2017). The true self and existential structure? Unexpected effects of mortality salience and personal need for structure on belief in a true self, Self and Identity, 16(3), 335-352.

Vess, M., Hoeldtke, R., Leal, S., Sanders, C. & Hicks, J. (2017): The subjective quality of episodic future thought and the experience of meaning in life, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-10.

Rodgers, R., Sanders, C., & Vess, M. (under revision). Meaning and growth: How mortality salience affects growth-oriented processes and meaningfulness of life. In TheHandbook of Terror Management Theory (pp. 325-346).

John-Henderson, N., Counts, C., Sanders, C., & Ginty, A. (under revision). Diminished cardiovascular stress reactivity is associated with lower levels of social participation. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

Dormanen, R., Sanders, C., Caragea, A., Smith, J. L., & Vess, M. K. (in prep). Women in STEM who value femininity at risk for decreased feelings of authenticity.

Presentations:

Sanders, C., Dormanen, R., Vess, M. K., & Smith, J. L. Women in STEM who value femininity at risk for decreased feelings of authenticity. Poster presented at: The 88th Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual Convention; 2018 April 12-14; Denver, CO.