William B. Davidson
Professor of Psychology and Department Head
| E-mail: | bill.davidson@angelo.edu |
| Office: | A204B |
| Phone: | (325) 942-2068, Ext. 248 |
| Education: | 1970 - B.A., Trinity University - San
Antonio 1975 - Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin |
| At ASU since: | 1993 |
| Courses Taught: | Undergraduate: General Psychology, Personality, Advanced Social
Psychology, Seminar in Psychological Research Graduate: Personality, Social Psychology |
| Research Interests: | I have an interest in studying personality characteristics that enable people to function better in challenging environments such as college or work. Also, I am interested in understanding aspects of selfhood that influence people’s self esteem. |
| Recent Work: |
Davidson, W. B., & Beck, H.P. (2006). Survey of Academic Orientation and persistence in college freshmen. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 8, 1-9.
Davidson, W. B., & Beck, H. P. (2006). Using the Survey of Academic Orientations to predict undergraduates' stress levels. NACADA Journal, 26, 13-20. Davidson, W. B., Bromfield, J., & Beck, H. P. (2005). Self-actualizing college students manifest adaptive academic orientations. Seventeenth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA. Davidson, W. & Resendez, M. (2002). Esteem-contingent aspects of self trigger intense reactions to positive and negative experiences. Fourteenth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA. Beck, H. P. & Davidson, W. B. (2001). Establishing an early warning system: Predicting low grades in college students from Survey of Academic Orientations scores. Journal of Research in Higher Education, 42, 709-723. |