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Ann Renken


Assistant Professor (teaching) of Psychology

Contact Information
Office: SGM 529
Phone: (213)740-2203
E-mail: arenken@usc.edu

 

Education

  • B.A. Psychology, Truman State University, 5/1996
  • M.A. Neuroscience, Baylor University, 5/1998
  • Ph.D. Neuroscience, Baylor University, 8/2001

Description of Research

Research Specialties
Experimental cognition, metacognition and implicit and explicit measurement

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
  • "College Students' Fear and Perceived STD/HIV Vulnerability Following Risky Sexual Behavior", American Psychological Society, Poster, Los Angeles, Spring 2005   
  • "New directions in Terror Management Theory? Implications from a Mortality Salience study", American Psychological Society, Poster, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2003   
  • "Optimal conditions for predicting test performance at expanding retention intervals. ", Psychonomic Society, Poster, New Orleans, LA, Fall 2000   
  • "Evidence for transfer appropriate monitoring in predicting future test performance.", Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Poster, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2000   
  • "When is the test? Predicting future test performance at expanding delays", Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Poster, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2000   
  • "Measuring ‘awareness’ as metacognitive accuracy in implicit learning.", Psychonomic Society, Poster, Los Angeles, Fall 1999   
  • " Measuring ‘awareness’ as metacognitive accuracy in implicit learning research", Southwestern Psychological Association, Paper, Albuquerque, NM, Spring 1999   
  • "Effective demonstrations for the teaching of psychology.", Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Paper, Fort Worth, TX, Fall 1998   
  • "Transfer appropriate monitoring: Matching prediction and retrieval conditions improves metacogntive performance.", Psychonomic Society, Paper, Dallas, TX, Fall 1998   
  • "Does intentional learning raise confidence or awareness? Distinguishing explicit from implicit knowledge.", Southwestern Psychological Association, Poster, New Orleans, Spring 1998   

Advisement

Office Hours
  • Monday, Wednesday: 12:00-1:30, or by appt. Tu/Th 11:00 am, Fall 2007   

Service to the University

Committees
  • Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2007-2008