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Lisa Scherer

Dr. Lisa Scherer's Research Group for Spring 2008 is pictured above: (top) Jackie Covey,

Cheryl Fernandez, Erin Gallagher, Kristin Saathoff, Brett Schrage, Natalie Simmonds,

Andrew Paul; (middle) Jason Gerlt, Melissa McMahon with daughter, Dr. Lisa Scherer,

Chris Fitch; (bottom) Lisa Bloomingdale, Catelyn Newman, Tasha Jarrett, Ali Phillips,

Sara Thomsen, (not pictured) Nick Arreola, Theresa Sappenfield, Ben Andreasen.

 

Academic Background

B.A. June, 1981 Ohio State University

M.A. May, 1986 Ohio State University

Ph.D. August, 1989 Ohio State University

 

 

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Omaha (1995 to Present)

Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Omaha (1988-1995)

 

 

 

Honors and Awards

University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Graduate Mentoring Award (2003)

University of Nebraska at Omaha's Excellence in Teaching Award (1998)

 

Grants

Union Pacific Railroad .(1998-Present).

 

Publications

Butler, A.B., Scherer, L.L., & Reiter-Palmon, R. The effects of solution elicitation aids and need for cognition on the generation of solutions to ill-structured problems, Creativity Research Journal .

Bingham, S., & Scherer, L.L. (2001). The unexpected effects of a sexual harassment educational intervention. Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, 37(2), 125-153.

Scherer, L.L. (1997). Review of the Phase II Profile integrity inventory. Security Journal, 8 , 145-150.

 

Conference Papers

Scherer, L.L., Herman, A.E., & Wager, L. (2002, Nov.). Effect of age and emotional intelligence on the quantity of solutions generated to an ill-structured problem. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Kansas City, KS.

Reiter, R. & Scherer, L.L. (2002, Nov.). The relationship between ability problem type and solution generation . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Kansas City, KS.

Lebsack, J., & Scherer, L.L. (2002, April). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.

Butler , A.B., Scherer, L.L., Reiter-Palmon, R. (2002, April). Enhancing creative problem solving in organizations . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.

Wager, L., Herman, A., Gerlt, J., & Scherer, L. (2001, May). Need for cognition and problem involvement effects on the quantity of solutions generated to work related problems . Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Herman, A., Gerlt, J., Wager, L., & Scherer, L. (2001, April). Need for cognition and problem involvement effects on the quantity of solutions generated to work related problems. Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Gerlt, J., Wager, L., Herman, N., & Scherer, L. (2001, March). Need for cognition and problem involvement effects on the quantity of solutions generated to work related problems. Paper presented at the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Senior Thesis Colloquium, Omaha, NE.

Potter, M.E., & Scherer, L.L. (2000, March). Effects of process versus outcome accountability, responsibility, and identifiability on solution quality. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Industrial Organizational/Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Knoxville, TN.

 

Teaching Activities

Graduate Classes Taught :

Personnel Selection (Psychology 9670), Training and Organizational Development (Psychology 9620), Research Process in I/O Psychology (Psychology 9650), Problem Solving and Decision Making (Psychology 9030), Contemporary Issues in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Psychology 9030), Job Evaluation and Compensation (Psychology 9910), *Practica in Industrial Psychology (Psychology 8950), *Practica in Organizational Psychology (Psychology 9950), *Thesis (Psychology 8990), *Research Other Than Thesis (Psychology 9960)

Undergraduate Classes Taught :

Social Psychology (Psychology 3450), Research Methods (Psychology 3140), Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Psychology 3620), Abnormal Psychology (Psychology 4440/8446), Organizational Psychology (Psychology 4630/Psychology 8636), Human Factors Engineering (Psychology 4610/Psychology 8616), * Readings in Psychology (Psychology 4900), *Research Problems in Psychology (Psychology 4960), *Senior Thesis (Psychology 4990)

Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committees (1999-2004)

Megan Potter, R.Jason Weiss, Deborah Goodman, John Johanson.

Chair, Master’s Thesis Committees (1999-2004)

Jason Lebsack, Judy Wightman, Megan Potter, Jonathan Chow.

Member, Master’s Thesis Committee (1999-2004)

Jody Illies, Lisa Kobe.

 

Services Activities

Member, Program Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2001-2002)

Conference Discussant, Academy of Management Symposium, Washington, D.C. (2001)

Conference Reviewer, Gender and Diversity Division of the Academy of Management (1997-2001)

Journal Reviewer, International Journal of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1996 to Present)

Journal Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology (1998 to Present).

Co-author, Revised Guidelines for the Education and Training of Doctoral Students in I/O Psychology. Published April 1997

Member, Program Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2001-2002)

 

Service to the Department of Psychology

Director of the UNO Graduate Program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1997-1999).

Member of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Area Committee (1988 to Present)

Psychology Department Advisory Committee (2001-2002).

Psychology Department Promotion and Tenure Committee (1988-1991, 2000-2001).

Psychology Department Graduate Program Committee (1997-1999).

Psychology Department Search and Advisory Committee for Assistant Professor