Education

Awards and Grants
APA Division 36 Student Research Award, "Research Attitudes in Academia" 2010, $100

Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences Research Grant, "Research Attitudes in Academia" 2010, $1,100

Hutton Honors College Research Grant, “Trait Inferences and Character Judgments” (Indiana University, 2009): $600

Ronald E. McNair Scholar – Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program: $3,300

Professional Affiliations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Midwestern Psychological Association

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Psychology (PSY 120) Teaching Assistant (1 semester)

Introduction to Social Psychology (PSY240) Teaching Assistant (3 semesters)

• Duties: Primary instructor for two recitation sections each week, meeting with students, proctoring and grading exams

Stereotyping and Prejudice (PSY335) Teaching Assistant (2 semesters)

Research Experience
5/08-8/09 Research Assistant, Indiana University Cognitive Development Lab,

• Projects: Language Acquisition and Verb Learning, Math Manipulative Use in Children
  
• Supervisors: Linda B. Smith, Ph.D., & Josita Maouene, Ph.D.
  
• Duties: Running studies involving language learning in young children as well as math manipulative use and its involvement in math learning, working closely with Dr. Maouene on creation.

Research Interests
My research interests include social cognition, impression formation, and person perception.

Research in Progress

The Effects of Homonymic Priming on Decision Making
Collaborator: Kipling D. Williams

A hybrid paradigm for examining spontaneous trait inferences with fewer experimental trials | Collaborators: James H. Wirth, Donal E. Carlston

Group Impression Generalization: You're Judged By The Company You Keep. | Collaborators: Megan K. McCarty, Donal E. Carlston

Labeled Links and Mental Associations | Collaborator: Donal E. Carlston

Presentations

McCall, T.C., Wirth, J.H., & Carlston, D.E. (2012, January). A hybrid paradigm for examining spontaneous trait inferences with two experimental trials. Poster accepted for presentation at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

McCall, T.C., McCarty, M.K., & Carlston, D.E. (2011, May). Group impression generalization: You’re judged by the company you keep. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

McCall, T.C., McCarty, M.K., & Carlston, D.E. (2011, April). Group impression generalization: Are you judged by the company you keep? Paper presented at the Biannual Conference of the Social Psychologists of Indiana, West Lafayette, IN.

McCall, T.C., Wirth, J.H., & Carlston, D.E. (2011, January). A hybrid paradigm for examining spontaneous trait inferences with fewer experimental trials. Poster accepted for presentation at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

McCall, T.C., & Sherman, S.J. (2009, May). What’s more possible, a dishonest person telling the truth or an honest person lying?  Poster presented at the Graduate/Undergraduate Research Conference sponsored by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Engineers and Minority Association of Premedical Students, Bloomington, IN.

McCall, T.C., & Sherman, S.J. (2009, May). The effects of time and age on trait inferences and character judgments.  Poster presented at the Psychological and Brain Sciences Research Symposium, Bloomington, IN.