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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   
 
 
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