Kelly Cuccolo
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Educational Background
B.S. in Psychology 2016, University of the Sciences
M.A. in Psychology, 2018, University of North Dakota
PhD in Psychology, 2021, University of North Dakota
I am...
committed to student-centered teaching practices. I use engaging and hands-on activities in my classes to help students build skills that will help them apply concepts and theories from psychology to their own lives. In my mentoring, I strive to help students develop the skills and confidence to reach their goals.
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Assistant Professor
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I seek to understand gendered experiences in sport and exercise, for example, how the sexualization of women’s bodies impacts their participation in sports and their mental health. I also study how various types of diets and exercise habits impact eating disorder symptoms.
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Recent publications:
Cuccolo, K., Kramer, R., Petros, T., & Thoennes, M. (2021). Intermittent fasting implementation and association with eating disorder symptomatology. Eating Disorders, 1-21.
Kramer, R., & Cuccolo, K. (2020). Yoga practice in a college sample: Associated changes in eating disorder, body image, and related factors over time. Eating disorders, 28(4), 494-512.
Ferraro, F. R., Cuccolo, K., & Wise, R. A. (2021). Should you let your child play football? What about soccer or hockey?. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 10(2), 165-170.
Cuccolo, K., Irgens, M. S., Zlokovich, M. S., Grahe, J., & Edlund, J. E. (2021). What crowdsourcing can offer to cross-cultural psychological science. Cross-Cultural Research, 55(1), 3-28.
Edlund, J. E., Cuccolo, K., Irgens, M. S., Wagge, J. R., & Zlokovich, M. S. (2020). Saving science through replication studies. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1745691620984385.
Recent presentations:
Cuccolo, K., & Ferraro, R. (2018). Dieting Discrepancy: Behavioral Differences Between Restrained Eaters and Dieters.
Cuccolo, K., Agbokou, J., & Rogers, M. M. The Relationship between Psychological Control and Marijuana Use. In APS Virtual Poster Showcase. PSYCHOLOGICALSCIENCE.