Lisa Grimm

Lisa R. Grimm, PhD

  • Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Media Expertise:
  • Psychology & Mental Health
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Education

  • PhD, Cognitive Psychology (2007)
    University of Texas at Austin (TX)
  • MA, Cognitive Psychology (2004)
    University of Texas at Austin (TX)
  • BA, Psychology with honors (2001)
    Grinnell College (IA)

About Me

I serve as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Widener University. I am a cooperative and empathic leader and view academic administration as a form of service to students, faculty members, staff, and to the institution.

Research Interests

My research is focused on understanding the structure and content of mental representations. In one line of research, I examine the influence of individual and motivational differences on cognitive processing by studying how different individual-difference variables, such as self-construal and regulatory focus, interact with task environments. For example, a set of studies demonstrated how induced or chronic negative stereotypes interact with the task reward structure (e.g., gaining points) to produce performance decrements consistent with stereotype threat. My recent work is focused on how goal orientations influence language learning, including learning computer programming languages.

Media Expertise

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Learning
  • Memory
  • Stereotypes and cognition

Publications

  • Picho, K., & Grimm, L. (2023). "Examining the moderating role of regulatory fit on stereotype threat among Ugandan adolescents." The Journal of Social Psychology, 1–23.
  • Gallagher, D., & Grimm, L. R. (2018). "Making an Impact: The Effects of Game Making on Creativity and Spatial Processing." Thinking Skills and Creativity, 28, 138-149.
  • Kay, S. A., & Grimm, L. R. (2017). "Regulatory Fit Improves Fitness for People with Low Exercise Experience." Journal of Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 39, 109-119.
  • Grimm, L. R., Markman, A. B., Maddox, W. T., & Baldwin, G. C. (2009). "Stereotype threat reinterpreted as a regulatory mismatch." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 288-304.

Awards

  • Faculty exchange, European Study Center, Heidelberg, Germany (2017)
  • Most Outstanding Dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin (2008)
  • Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association (2006)

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