M.S., Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1990
M.S., Texas Christian University, 1992
Ph.D., Texas Christian University, 1994
Research Interests/Scholastic Profile
Attitude-Behavior Consistency
Human Sexual Behavior and Communication
Reproductive Technology and Law
Social Policy Attitudes
Courses Taught at Texas Wesleyan
PSY 1301 General Psychology
PSY 3362 Learning & Conditioning
PSY 2328 Human Sexuality
PSY 3370 Drugs, Alcohol & Behavior
PSY 2420 Statistics
PSY 4351 Experimental Psychology
PSY 3315 Social Psychology
Publications
Cole, S. G., Nail, P. R., & Pugh, M. A. (1995). Coalition preference as a function of expected values in a tetradic weighted majority game. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 16, 109-120.
Desforges, D. M., Lord, C. G., Pugh, M. A., Sia, T. L., Scarberry, N. C., & Ratcliff, C. D. (1997). Role of group representativeness in the generalization part of the contact hypothesis. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 19, 183-204.
Johnson, W. L., Austin, P., & Pugh, M. A. (in press). An evidence-based review examining the prolongation of a subarachnoid block with the concomitant use of intravenous dexmedetomidine. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Journal.
Lord, C. G., Desforges, D. M., Fein, S., Pugh, M. A. & Lepper, M R. (1994). Typicality effects in attitudes toward social policy issues: A concept mapping approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 658-673.
Lord, C. G., Scott, K. O., Pugh, M. A., & Desforges, D. M. (1997). “Leakage beliefs” and the correspondence bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 824-836.
Ramsey, S. L., Lord, C. G., Wallace, D. S., & Pugh, M. A. (1994). The role of subtypes in attitudes toward superordinate social categories. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 387-403.
Pugh, M. A. (1995, November). Butterfly or moth: Lessons learned in the first year of teaching. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.
Pugh, M. A. (1996, November). Enhancing the scholarship of teaching by developing interdisciplinary teaching circles. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.
Pugh, M. A., & Garcia, J. C. (1996, April). Damned if you do: Racial attitudes and racial identity. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Houston, TX.
Pugh, M. A., Hall, J. P., & Odom, A. E. (1997, April). New directions in international psychology. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Pugh, M. A., Krumm, K. J. (2012, April). Similarity to self: A third-person perspective for the Self-Monitoring Scale. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Oklahoma City, OK.
Pugh, M. A., Lord, C. G., & Desforges, D. A.(1994, April). “Leakage beliefs” and the correspondence bias. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.
Pugh, M. A., Lord, C. G., Koller, B. K., & Carter, J. R. (1993, April). Attitude concept maps predict attitude-behavior consistency on social policy issues. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, TX.
Pugh, M. A., Schneider, L. F., & Hall, J. P. (1996, November). Using interdisciplinary course enhancements to facilitate students’ integration of the curriculum. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.
Pugh, M. A., Watterson, S. D., & Gutierrez, J. (2015, April). Sexuality in electronic media. Poster session accepted at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Wichita, KS.
Schneider, L. F., Pugh, M. A., & Hall, J. P. (1996, June). Enhancing social psychology with unusual demonstrations, content and assignments. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.
Presentations
Desforges, D. M., Lord, C. G., & Pugh, M. A. (1991, June). Positive intergroup contact affects attitude toward multiple groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
Desforges, D. M., Lord, C. G., Pugh, M. A., & Sia, T. L. (1993, June). Group representativeness affects generalization of attitude change toward multiple categories. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.
Diffily, D. & Pugh, M. A. (1998, June). Middle school students’ perceptions of the play and learning of infants and toddlers. Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Play Association/USA, Longmont, CO.
Glathar, J., & Pugh, M. A. (1992, February). Trial of the contact hypothesis. Paper presented at the Psi Chi Convention, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.
Gresky, D., Hensley, L. Kerr, M. S., & Pugh, M. (2007, March). Why freshmen are ill-prepared for college-level instruction: What Wesleyan can do. Workshop presented by the Provost’s Professional Development Forum, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas.
Hall, J. P., & Pugh, M. A. (1995, July). Dominance and influence in European psychology. Poster session presented at the Fifth European Congress of Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.
Hall, J. P., & Pugh, M. A. (1997, July). Scholarly dominance and interests of European nations. Poster session presented at the Fourth European Congress of Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.
Hall, J. P., Pugh, M. A., & Reid, W. C. (1996, April). European psychology: Patterns and topics of dominant nations. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Houston, TX.
Hall, J. P., Schneider, L. F., Pugh, M. A., & Hall, K. E. (1997, April). Integrating art, music and film throughout the psychology curriculum. Workshop conducted at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Kane, T. D., Austin, P., & Pugh, M. A. (2015, August). Does cerebral oximetry prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction? Poster session presented at the meeting of the Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Dallas, TX.
Kerr, M. S., Gresky, D. P., Hensley, L. D., & Pugh, M. A. (2006, November). Expectations and skills: Why freshman are ill-prepared for college-level instruction. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Clear Lake, TX.
Pugh, M. A. (1993, November). Attitude concept maps: Spatial and structural representations of attitutdes. Paper presented at the meeting of the Metroplex Association of Social Psychologists, Fort Worth, TX.
Pugh, M. A. (1995, April). Directing attitude orientation: Impact on behavioral intentions. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.