Nicole R. Peck

Advisor: Dr. Richard Harris

Description of Research

Emphasis: Cognitive Psychology

Other Areas of Interest:

Memory
Emotion
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Learning Disorders
Decision-Making
Teaching Pedagogy

Representative Publications

Peck, N.R. & Harris, R.J. (Revise & Resubmit). Learning styles of college students with reading disabilities. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

Dickhaut, J., Smith, K.C.S., McCabe, K., Peck, N.R., & Rajan, V. (2002). Inferred brain function in the formation of allocations in an English auction. In Zwick and Rapoport’s (Eds) Experimental Business Research. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Representative Presentations

Peck, N.R. & Harris, R.J. (2006, February). Learning style preferences of college students with reading disabilities.

Poster presentation at the 43rd Annual International Conference of the Learning Disabilities Association of America, Jacksonville, FL.

Peck, N.R., Smith, K., & Dickhaut, J. (2000, April). Mental effort and emotional involvement in the English auction.

Poster presentation at the Oklahoma-Kansas Judgment and Decision Making Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK.

Teaching Experience

Instructor Duties at K-State:

PSYCH 460: Cognitive Psychology
PSYCH 450: Memory Applications
PSYCH 425: Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
PSYCH 110: General Psychology

Education

Ph.D. (Present)

Experimental Psychology: Cognitive Psychology
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

M.S. (2003)

Experimental Psychology: Cognitive Psychology
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

B.A. (1998)

Psychology major, Spanish minor
College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN.

A.A. (1996)

Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN.

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Personal Information

I am originally from Minnesota; I moved to Kansas N ± 1 years ago to attend graduate school at Kansas State University. Currently, I live with my partner, Jeff, and our two precious dogs. Our dogs were both rescue dogs, cruelly mistreated and then abandoned by their previous owners. Despite their past scars, they both are loving and bring great joy to our lives. Please adopt a pet, rather than buying from a breeder. Check out this website: www.petfinder.com.

My hobbies include baking, reading primary articles, and shopping. For entertainment, I like to play video games (RPGs in particular) as well as watch sci-fi dramas (the best of all-time being the series Firefly and subsequent flick Serenity).

After completing my degree, I hope to teach in a college setting and never pay back my student loans.