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Dr. Wiley F. Smith
Department of Psychology
Boone, NC 28608-2109

Timothy J. Huelsman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Director, Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management Program

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My research interests include the application of personality, particularly mood, to organizational settings and issues, the structure and measurement of mood, stressor/strain relationships at work, and organizational assessment and program evaluation (also a focus of my consulting).

Currently, I am examining the role of self-regulation, personality and affect in the employment interview. I am also examining the role of personality and goals on behavior and afect.

I have also recently gone off on two tangents to study depression (with Dr. Kurt Michael in the Department of Psychology) and to study the role of mood in athletes and their immunological response to intense activity (with Dr. David Nieman in the Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science).

Note: Names in blue are graduate students; names in green are undergraduate students.

Current Thesis:
Doll, J. Interviewer perceptions mediated by interviewee’s regulatory focus.

Recent Theses:
Gilligan, T. (2003). Physical activity and depression in a college student sample.
Jolley, S. M. (2002). Personality and psychopathology of ultra marathon and marathon runners.
MacNamara, M. Immune system functioning and mood: Implications of perceptual variables in elite cyclists.
Novarese, A. Exercise, immune functioning, and mood: An investigation of the cytokine theory of depression in elite athletes.
Wickmark, T. R. (2002). Effects of work stress, self-efficacy, and burnout on dietary behavior.

Recent Publications:
Hill, R. W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler, J., Vicente, B. B., and Kennedy, C. (2004). A new measure of
perfectionism: The Perfectionism Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 82, 80-91.

Huelsman, T. J. (In press). Chapter 17: Lessons learned using PowerPoint in the classroom. In The Handbook of the
Teaching of Psychology, B. Buskist and S. M. Davis (Eds.). Blackwell Publishing.

Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., & Nemanick, R. C., Jr. (2003). Measurement of dispositional affect: Construct
validity and convergence with a circumplex model of affect. Educational and Psychological Measurement,
63, 655-673.

Huelsman, T. J., & Munz, D. C, & Furr, R. M. (2003). The role of affect as a mediator variable: An application
to organizational psychology. Individual Differences Research, 1, 173-188.

Huelsman, T. J., Nemanick, R. C., Jr., & Munz, D. C. (1998). Scales to measure four dimensions of
dispositional mood: Positive energy, tiredness, negative activation, and relaxation. Educational and
Psychological Measurement, 58, 801-816.

Michael, K. D., Huelsman, T. J., & Crowley, S. L. (2005). Interventions for child and adolescent depression: Do
professional therapists produce better results? Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14, 22.3-236.

Michael, K. D., Huelsman, T. J., Gerard, C., Gilligan, T., & Gustafson, M. (in press). Depression among college
students: Trends in prevalence and treatment seeking. Counseling and Clinical Psychology Journal.

Munz, D.C., Huelsman, T.J., & Craft, C.A. (1995). A worksite stress management program: Theory, application,
and outcomes. In L.R. Murphy, J.J. Hurrell, S.L. Sauter, and G.P. Keita (Eds.), Job stress interventions (pp.
57-72). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Munz, D.C., Huelsman, T.J., Konold, T.R. & McKinney, J.J. (1996). Are there methodological and substantive
roles for affectivity in Job Diagnostic Survey relationships? Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 795-805.

Wallus, D. E., Martz, D. M., Huelsman, T. J., & Michael, K. D. (2005). Effects of carbohydrates on mood in
the presence of intense physical exercise. Journal of Worry and Affective Experience, 1, 4-14.

Recent Presentations at Professional Conferences:
Huelsman, T. J., Phillips, G. M., Fisher, G. G., & Reilly, N. P. (2005, April). Should SIOP develop a master’s
student consortium? Roundtable discussion at the 20th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Araujo, G., Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M. (2005, August). Perfectionism and positive indices of
psychological functioning. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Washington, D.C.

Woodworth, J. B., Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (2004, August). Chinese and United States students typical
dream themes: 1983-1996. Presented at the XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, Beijing,
People’s Republic of China.

Wallus, D. E., Martz, D. M., Huelsman, T. J., Michael, K. D., & Fox, P. A. (2004, July). Effects of
carbohydrates on mood in the presence of intense physical exercise. Presented at the 112th annual meeting
of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler, J., & Vicente, B. B. (2004, June). Perfectionism Inventory
convergence with Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales. Presented at the 16th annual meeting of the
American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Schmidt, E. M., Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (2004, January). Differential item functioning of positive and
negative wording in personality and social assessment: An Item Response Theory analysis. Presented at the
Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Furr, R. M., & Huelsman, T. J. (2003, September). Affect and Immune system functioning. Using
Within-Person Data to Obtain New Perspectives on Classis Problems (Symposium), William
Fleeson, Chair. Presented at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greensboro, NC.

Michael, K. D., Lazaron, E. K., & Huelsman, T. J. (2003, August). Differentiating Autism and
Asperger’s: Evidence from standardized behavioral assessment procedures. Presented at the 111th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hill, R.W., Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., Kibler, J., &Vicente, B. B. (2003, May). Factor analytic support for a
new measure of perfectionism. Presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Manner, S., Hill, R. W., Huelsman, T. J. & Furr, R. M. (2003, May). Detecting careless responding among
subject pool participants. Presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Gilligan, T. M., Huelsman, T. J., & Michael, K. D. (2003, April). Short-term relationship between exercise and
depressive symptoms. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the North Carolina Psychological
Association, Raleigh, NC.

Wickmark, T.R. & Huelsman, T.J. (2003, March). Effects of work stress, self-efficacy, and burnout on dietary
behavior. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.

Furr, R. M., Huelsman, T. J., & Schmidt, E. A., (2003, February). An IRT analysis of the Positive and Negative
Affect Schedule (PANAS). Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Huelsman, T. J., Furr, R. M., & Nieman, D. C., (2003, February). State affect and cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10)
in marathon runners. Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Michael, K. D., Lazaron, E. K., & Huelsman, T. J. (2002, October). Distinguishing Asperger's from Autistic
Disorder: Evidence from the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC). Paper presented at the
Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Dillon, J.A., Michael, K.D., & Huelsman, T.J. (2002, March). Predicting juvenile antisocial behavior: It
depends on whom you ask! Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Orlando, FL.

Dillon, J.A., Michael, K.D., Huelsman, T.J., & Fanslau, M. A. (2002, March). Social competence and
delinquency: Do personality traits make a difference? Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Dillon, J.A., Michael, K.D., & Huelsman, T.J. (2001, August). Social competence and delinquency: The role of
psychopathic traits. Presented at the Annual 109th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, CA.

Michael, K.D., Dillon, J.A., & Huelsman, T.J. (2001, August). Parenting and antisocial behaviors: Do
personality variables make a difference? Presented at the Annual 109th Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hill, R. W., Huelsman, T. J., Vicente, B. B., & Kibler, J. (2001, June). Perfectionism predicts obsessive
compulsive behavior. Presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Huelsman, T. J., Munz, D. C., & Topp, K. L. (2001, June). What makes an excellent stress management
trainer? Presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.

Huelsman, T. J., & Nieman, D. C., & Kaminsky, D. (2001, May). Are the affective consequences of running a
marathon due to immune response? Presented at the Fifth International Conference of the International
Society of Exercise and Immunology, Baltimore, MD.

Hill, R. W., Huelsman, T. J., & Kennedy, C. A. (2000, June). Questioning the validity of survey data in
psychology department subject pools. Presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Society, Miami, FL.

Huelsman, T. J., Nieman, D. C., & Psujek, J. K. (2000, June). Running a marathon changes mood but
carbohydrates do not. Presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society,
Miami, FL.