Christopher J. Schmank, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Statistical Consultant
Psychology
Courses Taught
Undergraduate -- PSY 3120 - Cognitive Psychology; PSY 3100 - Brain, Mind, and Society Graduate -- PSY 5790 - Applied Univariate Statistics; PSY 6500 Applied Multivariate Statistics
Education
Saint Louis University, BA Psychology/Minor Philosophy
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, MA Psychological Science (Cognitive Concentration)
Claremont Graduate University, PhD Applied Cognitive Psychology (Anticipated Soon)
Research Interests
Schmank's research interests center around how social aspects of emotion regulation, ostensible observation, and psychosocial stress impact various aspects of cognitive performance (e.g., language production, processing speed). Additionally, must of his recent work has primarily focused on psychometrics and the complementary role that psychometric network modeling can lend towards statistical techniques like latent variable modeling.
Publications and Media Placements
Goring, S.A., Schmank, C.J., Kane, M.J., & Conway, A.R.A. (2021). (2017). Journal of Memory and Language, 119, 104221.
Schmank, C.J., Goring, S.A., Kovacs, K., & Conway, A.R.A. (2021). (2020), Journal of Intelligence, 9(1), 8.
Conway, A.R.A., Kovacs, K., Hao, H., Goring, S.A., & Schmank, C.J. (2020). Psychological Inquiry, 31(4), 302-309.
Schmank, C.J., Goring, S.A., Kovacs, K., & Conway, A.R.A. (2019). Psychometric Network
Analysis of the Hungarian WAIS. Journal of Intelligence, 7(3), 21. doi:10.3390/jintelligence7030021
Schmank, C.J. & James, L.E. (2019) . Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition,
James, L.E., Schmank, C.J., Castro, N., & Buchanan, T.W. (2018). Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 47, 169-178.