Dustin Nadler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Education
PhD, Applied Psychology, SIUC, 2013; MA, Applied Psychology, 2011; BS, Psychology, Missouri State University, 2008
Research Interests
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: I study culture, diversity, and gender as
it applies to leadership and crisis management. This research focuses on how stereotypes
associated with individuals鈥� ethnic groups and gender influence individual and organizational
decision processes regarding leadership. I am also interested in workplace motivation,
leadership styles, employee satisfaction, the role of the workplace environment, and
the interplay of these topics. Finally, I am also interested in perceptions of employees,
potential employees, and bias in the selection process.
Social Psychology: My main research interests consist of a social justice-oriented
study of students and the influence of both internal and environmental factors on
their academic outcomes. My research has focused on factors such as personality, self-efficacy,
motivation, social and academic integration, absenteeism culture, gender, ethnicity,
and social class in predicting students鈥� academic performance, university retention,
and absenteeism. I derive my research from the foundations of social justice theory,
stereotype threat theory, self-determination theory of motivation, theories of the
self and self-construal, and theories of person-environment fit.
Publications and Media Placements
Dias, K. J., Mungenast, A., Sherwood, S., McPherson, P., Verville, A., Eaton, S.,
& Nadler, D. R. (2022). Differences in Rate of Perceived Exertion and Workload Intensity
in Males and Females during Submaximal Arm and leg Ergometry. International Journal
of Exercise Science.
Middleton. C*. P. & Nadler, D. R. (2022). Online Versus Traditional Learning: Academic
Performance and Learning Disabilities. Undergraduate Research, 2(2).
Conley, K. T*. & Nadler, D. R. (2022). Reducing Ableism and the Social Exclusion of
People with Disabilities: Positive Impacts of Openness and Education. Psi Chi Journal
of Psychological Research.
Nadler, D. R. & Coxon, S. V. (2021, August). The Value of Gifted Programs in Missouri:
A Data-Based View. The GAMbit, the Gifted Association of Missouri Newsletter.
Bergstrom, B. D., Ashauer, S. A., & Nadler, D. R. (2021). Hearts and Minds: How Seeing
Students as Whole Persons Can Improve Teaching. In L. Stein, N.J. Ciarocco, & J. E.
Westfall (Eds.), Essays from E-xcellence in teaching: 2021 (Vol. 21, pp. 1-4). Society
for the Teaching Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/eit2022/index.php
Reyes, D*. & Nadler, D. R. (2021). Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Trauma Survivors.
Undergraduate Journal of Psychology.
Schaeffer, R*. & Nadler, D. R. (2020). Perceptions of School Disciplinary Measures.
Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, 31(1).
Coxon, S. V., Dohrman, R. L., & Nadler, D. R. (2018). Children using Robotics for
Engineering, Science, Technology, and Math (CREST-M): The Development and Evaluation
of an Engaging Math Curriculum using LEGO Robotics and Storytelling. Roeper Review,
40(2), 86-96, doi:10.1080/02783193.2018.1434711
Komarraju, J., Nadler, D. R., & Morrison, M. M. (2017). Self-Efficacy Scale. In Virgil
Zeigler-Hill & Todd K. Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual
Differences. Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland.
Nadler, D. R. & Komarraju, M. (2016). Negating Stereotype Threat: Autonomy Support
and Academic Identification Boost Performance of African American College Students.
Journal of College Student Development, 56, 667-679, doi: 10.1353/csd.2016.0039
Burnam, A., Komarraju, M., Hamel, R., & Nadler, D. R. (2014). Do Adaptive Perfectionism
and Self-Determined Motivation Reduce Academic Procrastination? Journal of Learning
and Individual Differences, 36, 165 鈥� 172, doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.10.009
Komarraju, M. & Nadler, D. R. (2013). Implicit Intelligence, Self-Efficacy, Effort
Regulation and Academic Achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 25, 67-72,
doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.01.005
Komarrjau, M., Swanson, J., & Nadler, D. R. (2014). Increased Career Self-Efficacy
Predicts College Students鈥� Motivation and Course and Major Satisfaction. Journal of
Career Assessment, 22(3), doi: 10.1177/1069072713498484
Honors and Awards
2021 Dede Smith Friend of Gifted Award
2021 Maryville University Faculty Spotlight Award (October)
2017 鈥� 2018 Maryville University Research Mentoring Award
Professional Organizations and Associations
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) 鈥� Faculty Representative at Maryville University
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Society for the Teaching of Psychology (SToP)