Recent Publications (2007 – Present):

Articles, Books, Chapters, and Selected Book Reviews

Articles
Dunn, D. S., & Elliott, T. R. (2008). The place and promise of theory in rehabilitation psychology research. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 254-267.

Dunn, D. S. (2008). Another view: In defense of vigor over rigor in classroom demonstrations. Teaching of Psychology, 35, 349-352.

Dunn, D. S., & Brody, C. (2008). Defining the good life following acquired physical disability. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 413-425.
            *Received the 2009 Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence

Dunn, D. S., & Elliott, T. R. (2008). The place and promise of theory in rehabilitation psychology research. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 254-267.

Books
Weiten, W., Lloyd, M. A., Dunn, D. S., & Hammer, E. Y. (2009). Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.

Dunn, D. S., Halonen, J. S., & Smith, R. A. (Eds.) (2008). Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Handbook of Best Practices. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dunn, D. S. (2009). Research Methods for Social Psychology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dunn, D. S. (2010). The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological Research (2nd ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dunn, D. S., Beins, B. C., McCarthy, M. A., & Hill, G. W., IV. (Eds.). (2010). Best Practices for Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Major. New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S. (2011). A Short Guide to Writing about Psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Pearson Longman.

Dunn, D. S., McCarthy, M. A., Baker, S. C., & Halonen, J. S. (in press). Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dunn, D. S., Wilson, J. C., Freeman, J., & Stowell, J. R. (Eds.). (in press). Getting Connected: Best Practices for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Weiten, W., Dunn, D. S., & Hammer, E. Y. (in press). Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.

Chapters
Dunn, D. S. (2008). Interpreting the self through literature: Psychology and the novels of Wallace Stegner. In L. Benjamin (Ed.), Best of the teaching activities from the APA activity handbooks (pp. 208-211). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Dunn, D. S., Halonen, J. S., & Smith, R. A. (2008). Engaging minds: Introducing best practices in teaching critical thinking in psychology. In D. S. Dunn, J. S. Halonen, & R. A. Smith (Eds.), Teaching critical thinking in psychology: A handbook of best practices (pp. 1-8). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dunn, D. S., & Smith, R. A. (2008). Writing as critical thinking. In D. S. Dunn, J. S. Halonen, & R. A. Smith (Eds.), Teaching critical thinking in psychology: A handbook of best practices (pp. 163-173). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dunn, D. S. (2010). The social psychology of disability. In R. G. Frank, B. Caplan, & M. Rosenthal (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology (2nd ed., pp. 379-390). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Dunn, D. S. (2009). Teaching about disability: Cultures of experience, not expectation. In R. A. R. Gurung & L. Prieto (Eds.), Got culture? Best practices for incorporating culture into the curriculum (pp. 101-114). New York: Stylus.

Dunn, D. S., Elliott, T. R., & Uswatte, G. (2009). Happiness, resilience and positive growth following disability: Issues for understanding, research, and therapeutic intervention. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.) (pp. 651-664). New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S., Beins, B. C., McCarthy, M. A., & Hill, G. W., IV. (2010). Undergraduate education in psychology: All’s well that begins and ends well. In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy, & G. W. Hill, IV (Eds.), Best practices for beginnings and endings in the psychology major (pp. 3-12). New York: Oxford University Press.

Beins, B. C., Smith, R. A., & Dunn, D. S. (2010). Writing as a developmental process. In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy, & G. W. Hill, IV (Eds.), Best practices for beginnings and endings in the psychology major (pp. 253-278). New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S., & McCarthy, M. A. (2010). The capstone course in psychology as liberal education opportunity. In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy, & G. W. Hill, IV (Eds.), Best practices for beginnings and endings in the psychology major (pp. 155-170). New York: Oxford University Press.

Baker, S. C., McCarthy, M. A., Halonen, J. S., Dunn, D. S., & Hill, G. W., IV. (2010). Developing scientific reasoning skills in beginning and ending students. In D. S. Dunn, B. C. Beins, M. A. McCarthy, & G. W. Hill, IV (Eds.), Best practices for beginnings and endings in the psychology major (pp. 349-363). New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S., Brewer, C. L., Cautin, R. L., Gurung, R. A., Keith, K. D., McGregor, L. N., Nida, S. A., Puccio, P., & Voight, M. J. (2010). The undergraduate psychology curriculum: Call for a core. In D. F. Halpern (Ed.). Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline (pp. 47-61). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Dunn, D. S., Wilson, J. H., Freeman, J., & Stowell, J. (in press). Teaching with technology: An overview of opportunities. To appear in D. S. Dunn, J. H. Wilson, J. Freeman, & J. R. Stowell (Eds.), Getting connected: Best practices for technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S., Wilson, J. H., & Freeman, J. (in press). Approach or avoidance? Understanding technology’s place in and outside of the classroom. To appear in D. S. Dunn, J. H. Wilson, J. Freeman, & J. R. Stowell (Eds.), Getting connected: Best practices for technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. New York: Oxford University Press.

Dunn, D. S., McCarthy, M. A., Baker, S. C., Halonen, J. S., & Boyer, S. (in press). Understanding faculty reluctance as reactance and opportunity for persuasion: A social psychology of assessment. To appear in D. Mashek & E. Y. Hammer (Eds.), Empirical research in teaching and learning: Contributions from social psychology. New York: Wiley.

Book Reviews
Dunn, D. S., & Brody, C. (2008). Accurately assessing implicit attitudes: The IAT and beyond. [Review of Implicit measures of attitudes]. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 899-901.

Dunn, D. S., & Brody, C. (2009). Emotion regulation: Diverse perspectives and directions for research. [Review of Handbook of emotion regulation]. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 530-533.

Dunn, D. S. (2008). Lights! Camera! Virtue! Using films to teach about positive psychology. [Review of Positive psychology at the movies: Using films to build virtues and character strengths]. PsycCRITIQUES--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (48).

Dunn, D. S., & Civitello, T. (2009). Grief is many things: Current perspectives on bereavement. [Review of Handbook of bereavement research and practice: Advances in theory and integration]. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 937-941.

Dunn, D. S., & Boyer, S. (2009). Location, location . . . and money: How climate and affluence shapes culture. [Review of Climate, affluence, and culture]. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 1195-1198.

Dunn, D. S. (2009). Knowing the minds of others and ourselves: Representative topics in social cognition. [Review of Social cognition: The basis of human interaction]. PsycCRITIQUES--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54 (39), Article 4.

Dunn, D. S. (2009). Defining the discipline for the student audience: A concise and direct college dictionary. [Review of APA College Dictionary of Psychology]. PsycCRITIQUES--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54 (37).