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’ 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’ 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 – 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’ 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 – 2018 Maryville University Research Mentoring Award
Professional Organizations and Associations
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) – 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)