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Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work
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William B. Davidson

Professor of Psychology and Department Head

Dr. Bill Davidson

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 - drop], Seminar in Psychological Research
Graduate: Personality, Core Conecpts in Psychological Science
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.

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Recent Work:

Davidson, W. B., Beck, H. P., & Milligan, M. (2009).The College Persistence Questionnaire: Development and validation of an instrument that predicts student attrition. Journal of College Student Development, 50, 373-390.

 Davidson, W. B., & Mowrer, R. R. (2009, May). Optimism and esteem contingency moderate reactions to gain-loss framing. Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Davidson, W. B., Bromfield, J. M., & Beck H. P. (2007). Beneficial academic orientations and self-actualization among college students. Psychological Reports, 100, 604-612.

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.