Jennifer Livengood

Advisor: Dr. Mark Barnett

Description of Research

Broadly, my research focuses on social perceptions of mothers and children. My first line of research incorporates my interest in maternal employment and explores how characteristics of a work/family situation may influence judgments about mothers and children. Along the same lines, I am interested in perceptions of (and experiences in) motherhood on a more general level. My second line of research focuses on social perceptions and anticipated responses to children with undesirable characteristics.

Representative Publications

Barnett, M. A. Livengood, J. L., Sonnentag, T. L., Barlett, N. D., & Witham, R. Y. (Revise/Resubmit). Children's anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics: Role of peers' desire to change, effort to change, and outcome. Journal of Genetic Psychology.

Barnett, M. A., Barlett, N. D., Livengood, J. L., Murphy, D. L., & Brewton, K. E. (2010). Factors associated with children's anticipated responses to ambiguous teases. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171, 54-72.

Representative Presentations

Livengood, J. L., Barnett, M. A., & Sonnentag, T. L. (2010). Exploring predictors of perceptions of mothers and children in various work/family situations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Sonnentag, T. L., Livengood, J. L., Barnett, M. A., Witham, R. Y. (2010). Children’s anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics: Role of peers’ desire to change, effort to change, and outcome. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology

Sonnentag, T., Barlett, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Livengood, J. L., & Witham, R. Y. (2009). Undergraduates’ perceptions of the desirability of specific personality traits and body types. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Sonnentag, T., Barlett, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Livengood, J. L., & Witham, R. Y. (2009). Children’s perceptions of and responses to hypothetical peers with various undesirable characteristics. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science.

Witham, R. Y., Livengood, J. L., Barnett, M. A., Barlett, N. D., & Sonnentag, T. (2009). Factors associated with individual differences in the liking of children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Livengood, J. L., Brown, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Murphy, D. L., & Brewton, K. E. (2008). Factors associated with children’s emotional and behavioral responses to ambiguous teases. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Livengood, J. L., Brown, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Brewton, K. E., & Murphy, D. L. (2007). Children as recipients of antisocial and prosocial teases: Experiences and perceptions. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Teaching Experience

Classes Taught:

Child and Adolescent Psychology – Spring 2010
Psychology of Women – Fall 2009
General Psychology – Spring & Fall 2008
Experimental Methods Lab – Spring & Fall 2006

Teaching Assistant (TA) assignments:

Experimental Design – Spring 2008 & 2009
Quantitative Methods – Fall 2007 & 2008
Experimental Methods – Fall 2007 & 2009
Child & Adolescent Psychology – Spring 2009
Health Psychology – Fall 2008
Abnormal Psychology – Spring 2007
Psychological Testing – Spring 2007
Social Psychology – Fall 2005
Drugs & Behavior – Fall 2005

Education

B.S. - Psychology – Missouri Western State University, 2005

M.S. - Psychology - Kansas State University, 2010