Curriculum Vitae

Torsten O. Reimer

Associate Professor

Purdue University

Brian Lamb Scho ol of Communication

Department of Psychological Sciences (Affiliate Faculty)

*** ***** ********** ******

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098

USA

Email: abqk3n@r.postjobfree.com

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~treimer/

Last updated November 2012

Research interests: Psychological theories of communication and decision making;

organizational behavior and knowledge management; groups and teams; models of

social influence; social and ecological rationality; risk communication.

General Information

1. Academic Appointments

2011-present Associate Professor, Organizational and Interpersonal Communi-

cation, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University

2010-present Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of Psychological Sciences,

Purdue University

2009-2011 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Organizational Communication,

Department of Communication, Purdue University

2006-2009 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Persuasion and Social Influence,

Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College

Park

2005-2009 Privatdozent (PD), University of Basel, Switzerland

2005-2006 Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition

(ABC), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin,

Germany (Director: Gerd Gigerenzer)

2001-2005 Reader (Oberassistent), Cognitive Psychology and Research

Methods, University of Basel, Switzerland

1998-2001 Senior Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Social Psychology, University

of Potsdam, Germany

1993-1998 Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Social Psychology,

University of Potsdam, Germany

1992-1994 Research Scientist (Freier Mitarbeiter), Wissenschaftszentrum f r

Sozialforschung, Berlin, Germany

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1989-1993 Research Assistant (Studentische Hilfskraft), Social Psychology,

Free University o f Berlin, Germany

2. Education

Habilitation 2005 University of Basel, Switzerland,

Psychology (venia docendi for psychology)

Ph.D. 1996 Free University o f Berlin, Germany,

Psychology (Dr. phil., summa cum laude)

M.A. 1993 Free University of Berlin, Germany,

Psychology (Diplom)

B.A. 1989 Free University o f Berlin, Germany,

Psychology (Vordiplom)

B.A. 1987 University of Tuebingen, Germany,

Philosophy and Linguistics (Vordiplom)

3. Awards and Honors

2012 Dennis Gouran Research Award, Group Communication Division,

National Communication Association

2012 Top Paper Award, Communication and Social Cognition Division,

National Communication Association

2008 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, National Communication

Association

2008 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Organizational Behavior Division,

Academy of Management

2008 Elected to full membership, Maryland Chapter of Sigma Xi: The

Scientific Research Society

2006 Travel award U Maryland ($ 400)

The School of Psychology s Award for Excellence in Research, U

2005

Basel, Switzerland ($ 2,000)

2004 Travel award U Basel ($ 2,000)

2004 Grant from U Basel ($ 15,000)

2004-2005 Visiting research scholar, Psychology, NDSU ( with Verlin Hinsz)

2002-2003 Research fellowship, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition

(ABC), Max Planck Institut e for Human Development, Berlin,

Germany (with Gerd Gigerenzer)

Lecturer of the year 2001 awarded by the student representatives of

2001

the Department of Psychology, U Basel, Switzerland

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1998 Visiting research fellow, School of Social Sciences, Univers ity of

Sussex, Great Britain (with Peter Harris)

1983 Scheffel award

4. Memberships in Professional Organizations

National Communication Association

International Communication Association

Academy of Management

American Psychological Association (international affiliate)

European Association of Social Psychology

Cognitive Science Society

Research and Scholarship

1. Articles in Refereed Journals

Blair, J. P., Levine, T. R., Reimer, T., & McCluskey, J. D. ( 2012). The gap between

reality and research: Another look at detecting deception in field settings. Policing:

An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 35, 723-740.

Luan, S., Kat sikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2012). When does diversity trump

ability (and vice versa) in group decision making? A simulation study. PLoS ONE,

7(2), 1-9, e31043.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Hinsz, V. (2010). Na ve groups can solve the hidden-

profile problem. Human Communication Research, 36, 443-467.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Czienskowski, U. ( 2010). Decision-making groups

attenuate the discussion bias in favor of shared information: A meta-analysis.

Communication Monographs, 77, 121-142.

Skubisz, C., Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2009). Communicating quantitative risk

information. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 33 (pp. 176-211). New

York: Routledge.

Hertwig, R., Herzog, S., Schooler, L., & Reimer, T. (2008). Fluency heuristic: A

model of how the mind exploits a by-product of information retrieval. Journal of

Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34, 1191-1206.

Schwenk, G., & Reimer, T. (2008). Simple heuristics in complex networks: Models

of social influence. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS),

11 (3) 4, .

Reimer, T., Kuendig, S., Hoffrage, U., Park, E., & Hinsz, V. (2007). Effects of the

information environment on group discussions and decisions in the hidden-profile

paradigm. Communication Monographs, 74, 1-28.

Reimer, T., Hoffrage, U., & Katsikopoulos, K. (2007). Entscheidungsheuristiken in

Gruppen [Heuristics in group decision-making]. NeuroPsychoEconomics, 2, 7-29.

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Brand, S., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2007). How do we learn in a negative mood?

Effects of a negative mood on transfer and learning. Learning and Instruction, 17,

1-16.

Reimer, T., Park, E., & Hinsz, V. (2006). Shared and coordinated cognition in

competitive and dynamic task environments: An information-processing

perspective for team sports. International Journal of Sport and Exercise

Psychology, 4, 376-400.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2006). The ecological rationality of simple group

heuristics: Effects of group member strategies on decision accuracy. Theory and

Decision, 60, 403-438.

Adamowicz, W. A., Hanemann, M., Swait, J., Johnson, R., Layton, D.,

Regenwetter, M., Reimer, T., & Sorkin, R. (2005). Decision Strategy and Structure

in Households: A "groups" perspective. Marketing Letters, 16 (3-4), 387-399.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2005). Can simple group heuristics detect hidden

profiles in randomly generated environments? Swiss Journal of Psychology, 64 (1),

21-37.

Reimer, T., & Katsikopoulos, K. (2004). The use of recognition in group decision-

making. Cognitive Science, 28 (6), 1009-1029.

Hoffrage, U., & Reimer, T. (2004). Models of bounded rationality: The approach of

fast and frugal heuristics. Management Revue, 15 (4), 437-459.

Reimer, T., Mata, R., & Stoecklin, M. (2004). The use of heuristics in persuasion:

Deriving cues on source expertise from argument quality. Current Research in

Social Psychology, 10 (6), 69-83.

Brand, S., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2003). Effects of metacognitive thinking and

knowledge acquisition in dyads on individual problem solving and transfer

performance. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 62 (4), 251-261.

Reimer, T. (2003). Direkte und indirekte Effekte der Argumentqualit t: Der

Einfluss der Argumentst rke auf die wa hrgenommene Expertise eines

Kommunikators. [Direct and indirect effects of argument quality: The impact of

argument strength on the perceived expertise of a communicator.] Zeitschrift f r

Sozialpsychologie, 34 (4), 243-255.

Reimer, T. (2001). Attributions for poor group performance as a predictor of

perspective-taking and subsequent group achievement: A process model. Group

Processes and Intergroup Relations, 4 (1), 31-47.

Reimer, T., & Auhagen, A. (2001). Identifying Boolean networks in multivariate

time series: The prediction of contact behavior in friendship dyads. Psychologische

Beitr ge, 43, 101-121.

Reimer, T. (2001). Kognitive Ans tze zur Vorhersage der Probleml seleistung in

Gruppen: Distraktion, Kompensation und Akzentuierung. [Cognitive approaches to

predicting group performance: Distraction, compensation, and accentuation.]

Zeitschrift f r Sozialpsychologie, 2, 107-128.

Dutke, S., & Reimer, T. (2000). Evaluation of two types of online help for

application software. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 16, 307-315.

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Krah, B., Reimer, T., Scheinberger -Olwig, R., & Fritsche, I. (1999). Measuring

sexual aggression: The reliability of the Sexual Experiences Survey in a German

sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14 (1), 91-100.

Reimer, T. (1997). Pr supponieren und Argumentieren: Pr suppositionen als

zentrale Hinweisreize bei einer elaborierten Verarbeitung von Argumenten.

[Presupposing and arguing: Presuppositions as central cues under high argument

elaboration.] Sprache und Kognition, 2, 61-77.

Reimer, T., Neuser, A., & Schmitt, C. (1997). Unter welchen Bedingungen erh ht

die Kommunikation zwischen den Gruppenmitgliedern die Koordinationsleistung

in einer Kleingruppe? [Under what conditions does communication among group

members enhance performance in small groups?] Zeitschrift f r experimentelle

Psychologie, 3, 495-518.

2. Books

Cho, H., Reimer, T., & McComas, K. A. (Eds.) (in preparation). The SAGE

Handbook of Risk Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Reimer, T. (1999). Argumentieren und Probleml sen. [Arguing and problem

solving.] Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers.

3. Chapters in Books

Reimer, T., Hertwig, R., & Sipek, S. (2012). Probabilistic persuasion: A

Brunswikian theory of argumentation. In R. Hert wig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC

Research Group (Eds.), Simple heuristics in a social world (p. 33-55). New York:

Oxford University Press.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2012). Simple heuristics and information sharing in

groups. In R. Hertwig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC Research Group (Eds.), Simple

heuristics in a social world (p. 266-286). New York: Oxford University Press.

Luan, S., Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2012). The "less -is-more" effect in

group decision making. In R. Hertwig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC Re search Group

(Eds.), Simple heuristics in a social world (p. 245-265). New York: Oxford

University Press.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2012). Ecological rationality for teams and

committees: Heuristics in group decision making. In P. M. Todd, G. Gigerenzer, &

the ABC Research Group (Eds.), Ecological rationality: Intelligence in the world

(pp. 335-359). New York: Oxford University Press.

Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2012). Recognition-based consensus: How

groups use partial ignorance to make good group decisions. In P. M. Todd, G.

Gigerenzer, & the ABC Research Group (Eds.), Ecological rationality: Intelligence

in the world (pp. 167-183). New York: Oxford University Press.

Reimer, T., & Katsikopoulos, K. (2011). The use of recognition in group decision

making. In G. Gigerenzer, R. Hertwig, & T. Pachur (Eds.), Fast and frugal

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heuristics: Theory, tests, and applications (pp. 561-576). New York: Oxford

University Press. [Reprint of journal article].

Hertwig, R., Herzog, S., Schooler, L., & Reimer, T. (2011). Fluency heuristic: A

model of how the mind exploits a by-product of information retrieval. In G.

Gigerenzer, R. Hertwig, & T. Pachur (Eds.), Fast and frugal heuristics: Theory,

tests, and applications (pp. 540-560). New York: Oxford University Press. [Reprint

of journal article].

Reimer, T., & Rieskamp, J. (2007). Fast and frugal heuristics. In R. F. Baumeister

& K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (pp. 346-348). Thousand

Oaks, CA: Sage.

Rieskamp, J., & Reimer, T. (2007). Ecological rationality. In R. F. Baumeister &

K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (pp. 273-275). Thousand

Oaks, CA: Sage.

Raab, M., & Reimer, T. (2007). Intuitive und deliberative Entscheidungen im Sport

[Intuitive and deliberative decisions in sports]. In N. Hagemann, M. Tietjens, & B.

Strau (Eds.), Psychologie der sportlichen H chstleistung [The psychology of peak

performance in sport] (pp. 93-117). G ttingen: Hogrefe.

Schwenk, G., & Reimer, T. (2007). Social influence and bounded rationality:

Heuristic decision making in complex networks. In D. S. McNamara, & G. Trafton

(Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive

Science Society (pp. 1479-1484). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reimer, T., Mata, R., Katsikopoulos, K., & Opwis, K. (2005). On the interplay

between heuristic and systematic processes in persuasion. In B.G. Bara, L.

Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual

Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1833-1838). Mahwah, NJ:

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Brunner, T., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2005). Cancellation and focus: The impact

of feature attractiveness on recall. In K. Opwis & I. -K. Penner (Eds.), Proceedings

of KogWis05. The German Cognitive Science Conference 2005 (pp. 27-32). Basel:

Schwabe.

Brand, S., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2005). Effects of negative mood on transfer

and learning. In K. Opwis & I.-K. Penner (Eds.), Proceedings of KogWis05. The

German Cognitive Science Conference 2005 (pp. 21-26). Basel: Schwabe.

Reimer, T., Bornstein, A.-L., & Opwis, K. (2005). Positive and negative transfer

effects in groups. In T. Betsch & S. Haberstroh (Eds.), The routine of decision

making (pp. 175-192). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reimer, T. (2004). Entscheidungs- und Probleml seheuristiken in Gruppen

[Decision and problem-solving heuristics in groups]. Kumulative Habilitations-

schrift [Cumulative habilitation thesis]. Universit t Basel, Switzerland.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). Information aggregation in groups: The

approach of simple group heuristics (SIGH). In R. Alterman & D. Kirsch (Eds.),

Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science

Society (pp. 982-987). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reimer, T., Opwis, K., & Bornstein, A. -L. (2002). Routine problem solving in

groups. In W. Gray & C. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual

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Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 780-785). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence

Erlbaum Associates.

Reimer, T., & Auhagen, A. (2001). Identifying Boolean networks in multivariate

time series: The prediction of contact behavior in friendship dyads. In H. Feger &

M. Brehm (Eds.), New developments in feature pattern analysis. Lengerich: Pabst.

[reprint of journal article]

Reimer, T., & Duck, J. (2001). Fusionsperspektiven aus Sicht der Theorie der

sozialen Identit t [A social-identity perspective]. In Heinz Kleger (Hrsg.),

Gemeinsam einsam: Die Region Berlin-Brandenburg (S. 129-160). M nster: LIT

Verlag.

Reimer, T., & Neuser, A. (1999). Ein kognitionspsychologischer Zugang zu

Proze verlusten in Gruppen. [A cognitive approach to process losses in groups.] In

I. Wachsmuth & B. Jung (Hrsg.), KogWis99: Proceedings der 4. Fachtagung der

Gesellschaft f r Kognitionswissenschaft (S. 140-145). Sankt Augustin: Infix.

Krah, B., & Reimer, T. (1998). Indirekte Vorurteilsmessung: Die Beurteilung von

Straftaten als Indikator vorurteilshafter Einstellungen. [An indirect measure of

prejudice: Lay judges sentencing decisions as reflections of ethnic prejudice.] In

K. Chr. Klauer & H. Westmeyer (Hrsg.), Psychologische Methoden und soziale

Prozesse (S. 427 - 451). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1998). Die Verteilung problemrelevanter Informationen als

Determinante der Probleml seleistung in einer Dyade: Ein experimentelles

Paradigma. [Information distributions as predictors of the performance in dyads:

An experimental paradigm.] In W. Krause und U. Kotkamp (Hrsg.), Intelligente

Informationsverarbeitung (S. 153-161). Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universit tsverlag.

4. Unpublished Manuscripts

Reimer, T., Yao, S., & Harger, L. ( under review). How do groups select ideas they

generated in a brainstorming session?

Reimer, T., Mata, R., & Kuendig, S., & Russell, B. (under review). Argument

quality can affect attitudes by its impact on perceived source expertise: Evidence

for a moderated mediation in persuasion.

5. Published Abstracts

Luan, S. H., Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2005). Can less be more in

group decision making? International Journal of Psychology, 43, 503-503.

Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2005). An analysis of the less -is-more effect in

group decision-making. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 49, 107-108.

Reimer, T. (1998). Vom Problemraum zum Partnerraum: Wie repr sentieren

Gruppenmitglieder die Problemr ume ihrer Partner? In A. Jacobs et al. (Hrsg.),

Experimentelle Psychologie. Abstracts der 39. Tagung experimentell arbeitender

Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1998). Interaktives Probleml sen: Netzwerkgest tzte

Windowsprogramme aus dem Bereich der Kleingruppenforschung. In A. Jacobs et

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al. (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie. Abstracts der 39. Tagung experimentell

arbeitender Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1997). Die Verarbeitung peripherer und zentraler Hinweisreize bei der

Beurteilung von Argumenten. In E. van der Meer et al. (Hrsg.), Experimentelle

Psychologie. Abstracts der 39. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen .

Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T., Neuser, A., & Schmitt, C. (1997). L t sich die Koordinationsleistung

in einer Kleingruppe durch die M glichkeit zur Kommunikation erh hen? In E. van

der Meer et al. (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie. Abstracts der 39. Tagung

experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1997). Die Verteilung der Information als Determinante der

Probleml seleistung in einer Dyade. In W. Krause, U. Kotkamp & R. Goertz

(Hrsg.), KogWis97. Proceedings der 3. Fachtagung der Gesellschaft f r

Kognitionswissenschaft (S. 162-164). Friedrich-Schiller-Universit t Jena, ISBN 3-

00-001761-5.

Reimer, T. (1996). Die Rolle der Pr supposition bei einer elaborierten Verarbeitung

von Argumenten. In H. Mandl (Hrsg.), Bericht ber den 40. Kongre der

Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie in M nchen 1996. G ttingen: Hogrefe.

Reimer, T. (1996). Unter welchen Bedingungen wird ein Argument akzeptiert? In

A. Schorr et al. (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie. Abstracts der 38. Tagung

experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1996). Die Verteilung der Information, das Problemverst ndnis und

das Argumentationsverhalten als Determinanten der Probleml seleistung in einer

Dyade. In A. Schorr et al. (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie. Abstracts der 38.

Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science

Publishers.

Reimer, T. (1995). Die Bildung von Koalitionen im Flament - und Apfelbaum-

Paradigma. In O. G nt rk n, R. Guski, C. Walter & A. Wohlschl ger (Hrsg.),

Experimentelle Psychologie. Beitr ge zur 37. Tagung experimentell arbeitender

Psychologen. Regensburg: S. Roderer Verlag.

6. Presentations at Conferences

Reimer, T., Raab, M., & Russell, B. (2012). The message-primacy hypothesis:

Effects of argument quality on the evaluation of proponents. Talk at the Annual

Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando.

Reimer, T., & Russell, B. (2012). The approach of fast and frugal group heuristics.

Talk at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2012). Simple heuristics and information sharing in

groups. Talk at the Annual Meeting of INGRoup, Chicago.

Reimer, T., & Botero, I. (2012). Who contributes to a discussion? Relational

confidence as a predictor of participation in decision-making groups. Talk at the

Annual Meeting of INGRoup, Chicago.

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Kaemmer, J., Gaissmaier, W., Reimer, T., & Schermuly, C. (2012). The adaptive

use of recognition in decision making groups. Poster presented at the Annual

Meeting of INGRoup, Chicago.

Levine, T. R., Blair, J. P., & Reimer, T. (2011). The role of consistency in detectin g

deception: The superiority of correspondence over coherence. Talk at the Annual

Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans.

Teng, Y., Kong, N., Reimer, T., & Swope, S. (2011). How initial public opinion on

vaccination affects vaccinat ion adherence during infectious disease outbreak: An

agent-based simulation study in a randomly generated social network. Poster

presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making,

Chicago.

Reimer, T., & Reimer, A. (2010). Who contributes to a discussion? Relational

confidence as a predictor of participation in decision-making groups. Talk at the

Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Francisco.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Czienskowski, U. (2010). Groups attenuate the discussion

bias in favor of shared information: A meta-analysis. Talk at the Annual Meeting of

the International Co mmunication Association, Singapore.

Kaemmer, J., Gaissmaier, W., Schermuly, C., & Reimer, T. (2010). Wie w aehlen

Gruppen ihre Entscheidungsstrategie aus? [How do groups choose their decision

strategies?] Talk at the 52nd Annual Meeting of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP),

Saarbruecken, Germany.

Lynam-Scherr, C., Jones, C., & Reimer, T. (2010). Knowledge and information

needs of women interested in genetic testing for breast cancer. Poster presented at

the 1st Annual International Breast Cancer Preve ntion Symposium, Purdue

University, West Lafayette, IN.

Reimer, T., Yao, S., & Harger, L. (2009). How do groups and individuals select

and evaluate ideas they generated in a brainstorming session? Talk at the Annual

Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.

Reimer, T., Yao, S., & Harger, L. (2009). The burden of too much choice: When is

brainstorming beneficial? Talk at the Fifth Annual Research on Entrepreneurship

Conference - Sustainability and Entrepreneurship, George Mason University

School of Management and the School of Public Policy, George Mason University,

Virginia.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Czienskowski, U. (2009). Groups attenuate the discussion

bias in favor of shared information: A meta-analysis. Presentation at the Annual

Meet ing of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Hoffrage, U. (2008). When no one is as smart as all of

us: How na ve groups can solve the hidden-profile problem. Talk at the Annual

Meeting of the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago.

Reimer, T., Hertwig, A., & Sipek, S. (2008). Where communication meets decision

making: The probabilistic persuasion model. Talk at the Annual Meeting of the

National Communication Association, San Diego.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Czienskowski, U. (2008). How the task shapes the

discussion: Hidden-profile tasks facilitate the exchange of unshared information in

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groups. Talk at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association,

San Diego.

Luan, S., Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2008). Can less be more in group

decision making? Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of

Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Reimer T., Reimer, A., & Hoffrage, U. ( 2008). Na ve groups can solve the hidden-

profile problem: Evidence from simu lation studies and experiments. Summer

conference: Methods and measures for communication and cognition research.

Communication and Social Cognition Division, NCA, University of Maryland.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Hoffrage, U. (2008). Simple heuristics and information

sharing in groups: How na ve groups can solve the hidden-profile problem. Talk at

the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal,

Canada.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Hinsz, V. (2007). Agenda effects in decision-making

groups: Old and new business instigate different group processes in the hidden-

profile paradigm. Talk, Annual Convention of the National Communication

Association (NCA), Chicago, USA.

Reimer, T., Kuendig, S., Hoffrage, U., Park, E., & Hinsz, V. (2007 ). Effects of the

information environment on group discussions and decisions in the hidden-profile

paradigm. Talk, Annual Convention of the International Communication

Association (ICA), San Francisco, USA.

Reimer, T., & Hertwig, R. (2007). The Brunswikian model of persuasion. Paper

presentation, Workshop on Social Rationality, University of Lausanne,

Switzerland.

Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Hoffrage, U. (2007). Agenda effects in decision-making

groups: How groups can solve the hidden-profile problem. Paper presentation,

Workshop on Social Rationality, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Luan, S., Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2007). Effects of two individual

heuristics on group performance: More can be less, and less can be more . Paper

presentation, Workshop on Social Rationality, University of Lausanne,

Switzerland.

Schwenk, G., & Reimer, T. (2007). Social influence and bounded rationality:

Heuristic decision making in complex networks. Poster, presented at the Twenty-

Ninth Annual Conference of the Co gnitive Science Society, Nashville, Tennessee,

USA.

Luan, S., Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2007). Heuristics and group decision

making: More can be less and less can be more. Poster, presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA, USA.

Schwenk, G., & Reimer, T. (2007). Sozialer Einfluss und Bounded Rationality:

Heuristisches Entscheiden in komplexen Netzwerken. Talk, Fr hjahrstagung 2007

der Sektion "Modellbildung und Simulation" der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r

Soziologie, University of Kiel, Germany.

Reimer, T., Mata, R., & Kuendig, S. (2006). Argument quality can affect attitudes

by its impact on perceived source expertise: Evidence for a moderated mediation in

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persuasion. Talk, Annual Convention of the National Communication Association

(NCA), San Antonio, USA.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2006). Fast and frugal group heuristics. Poster

presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social

Psychology, Palm Springs, California, USA.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2005). Fast and frugal group heuristics. Talk at the

Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, USA.

Reimer, T. (2005). Die Kunst des Ueberzeugens. [The art of persuasion.]

Habilitation lecture, Univer sity of Basel, Switzerland.

Reimer, T., Mata, R., Katsikopoulos, K., & Opwis, K. (2005). On the interplay

between heuristic and systematic processes in persuasion. Poster, presented at the

Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.

Brunner, T., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2005). Cancellation and focus: The impact

of feature attractiveness on recall. Talk, KogWis05, Basel, Switzerland.

Brand, S., Reimer, T., & Opwis, K. (2005). Effects of negative mood on transfer

and learning. Talk, KogWis05, Basel, Switzerland.

Reimer, T. (2004). Decision strategies in groups. Talk at the 6th Invitational Choice

Symposium, Leeds School of Business, Colorado, USA.

Brand, S., Reimer, T. & Opwis, K. (2004). Lernen wir besser in guter oder in

schlechter Stimmung? Effekte der Stimmung auf den Erwerb und Transfer eines

Probleml seschemas. Talk, 44. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r

Psychologie, G ttingen, Germany.

Reimer, T. (2003). Decision mechanisms in groups. Talk at the Centre for

Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE), London, UK.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). Information aggregation in groups: The

approach of simple group heuristics. Talk at the 25th Annual Meeting of the

Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). The approach of simple group heuristics: Does

less information always yield inferior group decisions? Talk, 19. SPUDM

(Biannual conference on subjective probability, utility, and decision making). ETH

Z rich, Switzerland.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). The ecological rationality of fast and frugal

group decisions. Poster, Fachgruppentagung Sozialpsychologie, Universit t

Heidelberg.

Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2003). The approach of Simple Group Heuristics.

Poster, 8. Kongre der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Universit t

Bern, Switzerland.

Katsikopoulos, K., & Reimer, T. (2003). The recognition heuristic in group

decision-making. Poster, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual

Meeting, Vancouver, BA, a nd Economic Learning and Social Evolution Center,

University College London, UK.

Reimer, T., Opwis, K., & Bornstein, A. -L. (2002). Routine problem solving in

groups. Talk at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, George

Mason University, Virginia, USA.

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Reimer, T. (2002). Negativer Lerntransfer in Gruppen. Talk, 43. Kongre der

Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Humboldt -Universit t, Berlin.

Reimer, T. (2002). Transfer effects in groups. Poster, Summer Institute on Bounded

Rationalit y in Psychology and Economics, Max-Planck-Institute of Human

Development: Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin.

Reimer, T. (2001). Eine erfolgreiche L nderehe auf der Grundlage gemeinsamer

Interessen der Brandenburger und Berliner. Invited talk, Experten-Hearing der IHK

Berlin zu den Perspektiven einer Fusion von Berlin und Brandenburg.

Dutke, S. & Reimer, T. (1999). Learning to use a graphics software: What kind of

help information supports exploratory learning? Talk at the 8 th European

Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, G teborg, Sweden.

Reimer, T. & Harris, P. (1999). Event related predictors of unrealistic optimism.

Talk at the 12th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental

Social Psychology, University o f Oxford, UK.

Reimer, T. (1999). The evaluation-mediation hypothesis: Does the specification of

potential side effects influence the perceived risk of a medication? Poster, 12th

General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology,

University of Oxford, UK.

Reimer, T., Harris, P., Langton, D., Bienek, S., & Koch, Nicole (1999).

Geschlechtsspezifische Stimmungs- und Framingeffekte bei der Beurteilung von

Viagra. Poster, IV. Symposium f r gesundheitliche Forschung, Fribourg, Schweiz.

Reimer, T. & Neuser, A. (1999). Ein kognitionspsychologischer Zugang zu

Proze verlusten in Gruppen. Talk, KogWis 99, Tagung der Gesellschaft f r

Kognitionspsychologie, Universit t Bielefeld.

Reimer, T. & Neuser, A. (1999). Eine ged chtnispsychologische Erk l rung von

Proze verlusten in Kleingruppen. Talk, 7. Tagung der Fachgruppe

Sozialpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Kassel.

Reimer, T. & Neuser, A. (1999). Kognitives Ressourcenmanagement in

Kleingruppen. Talk, 40. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Leipzig.

Reimer, T. (1998). Social cognitions as determinants of perspective -taking and

group achievement. Talk at the Nags Head Conference, Florida Atlantic University,

USA.

Reimer, T. (1998). The evaluation-mediation hypothesis: Does the specification of

potential side effects influence the perceived risk of a medication? Talk at the

Society for Risk Analysis - Europe 1998 Annual Conference, Paris, France.

Reimer, T. (1998). Ingroup-homogeneity and ingroup-favouritism: Why did the

proposed merger of Berlin and Brandenburg fail? Talk at the East -West Meeting of

the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, University of

Magdeburg, Gommern.

Reimer, T. (1998). Attributions of poor group performance as a predictor of

perspective-taking and group achievement: A process model. Talk at the Annual

Conference of the BSP, University of Canterbury, Kent, UK.

Reimer, T. (1998). Does blaming the self for inferior group performance enhance

perspective-taking and group achievement? Talk, First International German

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Conference on Group Research: Information Processing in Groups, Humboldt

Universit t, Berlin.

Krah, B., & Reimer, T. (1998). Indirekte Vorurteilsmessung: Beurteilung

krimineller Handlungen als Index individueller Vorurteile. Talk, Kongre der

Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Dresden.

Reimer, T. (1998). Risk communication: The evaluation-mediation hypothesis.

Poster, Annual Conference of the Society for Risk Analysis, Phoenix, USA.

Reimer, T. (1998). Vom Problemraum zum Partnerraum: Wie repr sentieren

Gruppenmitglieder die Problemr ume ihrer Partner? Talk, 39. Tagung

experimentell arbeitender Psychologen.

Reimer, T. (1998). Interaktives Probleml sen: Netzwerkgest tzte

Windowsprogramme aus dem Bereich der Kleingruppenforschung. Talk, 39.

Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen.

Reimer, T. (1998). Ein experimentelles Paradigma zur Untersuchung

argumentativen Probleml sens. Poster, Kongre der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r

Psychologie, Dresden.

Krah, B., & Reimer, T. (1997). Rough Justice: Lay Judges Sentencing Decisions

as a Measure of Ethnic Prejudice. International Network for Social Justice

Research, VIth Biennial Meeting, Universit t Potsdam.

Krah, B., Reimer, T., & Scheinberger-Olwig, R. (1997). Kriterienorientierte

Aussageanalyse als Instrument zur Identifizierung von Wahr - und Falschaussagen:

Eine methodenkritische Untersuchung. 6. Tagung der Fachgruppe

Sozialpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Konstanz.

Krah, B., Scheinberger-Olwig, R., & Reimer, T. (1997). Measuring Sexual

Aggression Among German Adolescents. Congress of the European Association of

Psychology, Dublin.

Reimer, T. (1997). Die differentielle Wahrnehmung der Ingroup-Outgroup-

Homogenit t am Beispiel der Volksabstimmung zur Fusion der Bundesl nder

Berlin und Brandenburg. 6. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der

Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Konstanz.

Reimer, T. (1997). The Generation and Adaptation of a Partner Space: How do

Group Members Represent their Partners Problem Spaces? Paper presented at the

Conference on the Processes of Generative Mental Representation and

Psychological Adaptation in Potsdam/Berlin.

Reimer, T. (1997). Die Verarbeitung peripherer und zentraler Hinweisreize bei der

Beurteilung von Argumenten. Talk, 39. Tagung experimentell arbeitender

Psychologen. HU Berlin.

Reimer, T., Neuser, A., & Schmitt, C. (1997). L t sich die Koordinationsleistung

in einer Kleingruppe durch die M glichkeit zur Kommunikation erh hen? Talk, 39.

Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, HU Berlin.

Reimer, T. (1997). Die Verteilung der Information als Determinante der

Probleml seleistung in einer Dyade. Talk, KogWis97, Universitaet Hildesheim.

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Reimer, T. (1996). Die Rolle der Pr supposition bei einer elaborierten V erarbeitung

von Argumenten. Poster, 40. Kongre der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie,

LMU M nchen.

Reimer, T. (1996). Unter welchen Bedingungen wird ein Argument akzeptiert?

Talk, 38. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Universitaet Eichsta ett.

Reimer, T. (1996). Die Verteilung der Information, das Problemverst ndnis und

das Argumentationsverhalten als Determinanten der Probleml seleistung in einer

Dyade. Talk, 38. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Universitaet

Eichstaett.

Krah, B., Reimer, T., & Scheinberger, R. (1995). Kriterienorientierte

Aussageanalyse als Instrument zur Glaubhaftigkeitsbeurteilung: Eine

methodenkritische Untersuchung. Talk, 6. Tagung der Fachgruppe

Rechtspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psycholog ie, Bremen.

Reimer, T. (1995). Die Bildung von Koalitionen im Flament - und Apfelbaum-

Paradigma. Talk, 37. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Universitaet

Bochum.

Reimer, T., & Dutke, S. (1995). Unterschiede zwischen handlungs- und

funktionsbezogener Hilfe am Beispiel eines Malprogramms. Poster, Software -

Ergonomie '95, Tagung der GMD, Darmstadt.

Reimer, T., & Renner, B. (1995). Intraindividuelle Konsistenz als Kriterium f r den

unrealistischen Optimismus. Poster, 2. Tagung der Fachgruppe

Gesundheitspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Trier.

Reimer, T., & Renner, B. (1995). Die Self-Other-Asymmetrie als Kriterium f r den

unrealistischen Optimismus. Talk, 5. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie

der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Potsdam.

Reimer, T. (1994). Interaktionsverhalten in Kleingruppen: Das Flament und

Apfelbaum-Paradigma. Poster, Kongre der Deutschen Gesellschaft f r

Psychologie, Hamburg.

Reimer, T. (1994). Syllogistisches Schlu folgern. Poster, Kongre der D eutschen

Gesellschaft f r Psychologie, Hamburg.

Reimer, T. (1992). Der Einflu von Einstellungen auf das syllogistische

Schlu folgern. Talk, 33. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen,

Osnabr ck.

7. Invited Presentations and Lectures

Purdue University, Social Psychology Brownbag Series, West Lafayette

Purdue University, Department of Communication, West Lafayette

University of Lausanne, HEC Lausanne (Business School), Lausanne

University of Maryland, Departme nt of Communication, College Park

University of Wuerzburg, Department of Psychology

Free University of Berlin, Psychology Department

University of Jena, Department of Communication

Technical University of Berlin, Psychology Department

University of Pot sdam, Department of Psychology

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University of Basel, Psychology Department

Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Behavior and

Cognition, Berlin

North Dakota State University, Department of Psychology

University of Sussex, Schoo l of Social Sciences, Brighton

University of Muenster, Psychology Department

University of Goettingen, Department of Psychology

8. Contracts and Grants

Submitted grant proposal (NSF, RAPID, 2009): McCann, J. A. (PI), Cho, H.,

Gruenbaum, E., Reimer, T., & Ebert, D., Deciding to Decide on H1N1

Immunization: Modeling the Roots and Dynamics of Decision Deferral on the Eve

of a Potential Pandemic (not funded)

Submitted grant proposal (R03, NIH, 2006): Reimer, T. (PI), and Hinsz, V.,

Health Literacy Metacognitions in Spouses and Couples (not funded)

Submitted grant proposal (NSF, Reese/Engineering, 2010): Reimer, T. (PI),

Parzer, S., and Brophy, S., Progression of Decision-Making Skills (not funded)

9. Original Designs, Plan s, Inventions, Software, and/or Patents

Computer Programs (Windows 3.11)

Data analysis:

BNTS: Boolean Network Time Series

PARALL: Onedimensional Parallelogram Analysis

AGREE: Coefficients of Rater Agreement

Experiments:

Flament & Apfelbaum Paradigm

Tower of Hanoi

Problem Solving in Groups

Teaching

1. Courses Taught

Purdue University

COM318: Principles of Persuasion (Summer, 20 students)

COM320: Small Group Communication (25 students)

COM419: Judgment and Decision Making (20 students)

COM518: Descriptive/Experimental Research (15 students)

COM674: Decision Making (10 students)

COM600 (with Dr. Connaughton / Dr. Roberts): Foundations of Human

Communication Inquiry I (15 students)

COM601: Foundations of Human Communication Inquiry II (15 students)

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COM590: Research Design and Statistical Analysis with SPSS (Directed study, 1

student)

COM590: Meta-Analysis and Statistical Power (Direct ed study, 1 student)

University of Maryland (2006-2009)

COMM400: Research Methods in Communication (lecture; 120 students)

COMM420: Theories of Group Discussion (35 students)

COMM475: Persuasion (35 students)

COMM600: Empirical Research in Communication (10 students)

COMM775: Seminar in Persuasion and Attitude Change (10 students)

COMM398: Selected Topics (1-5 students)

COMM489: Topical Research (1-5 students)

At previous universities (selected sample):

Introduction to social psychology (lecture, teacher training)

Multivariate methods (lecture, with Reinhold Kliegl)

Social cognition

Information processing in groups

Group decision making

Attitudes and prejudices

Risk communication

Introduction to sociometry

Non-parametric data analyses

Introduction to SPSS

Course in computer programming

2. Service on Graduate Student Committees

Dissertation Committees

Benjamin Russell (Chair), Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue

University, 2011-;

Steve Swope (Chair), Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University,

2010-;

Heather Fedesco (Co-Chair), Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue

University, 2011-;

Brooke Friley, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdu e University, 2011-;

Kai Kuang, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2011 -;

Nathalie Desrayaud, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University,

2010-;

Paula Hopeck, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2010-;

Courtney Lynam-Scherr, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue

University, 2010-;

Kurtis Miller, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2010 -;

Kristen Imboden, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2010-

2012

Shuo Yao, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2006-2009;

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Paula Weissman, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2007-

2009;

Christine Skubisz, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2007-

2009;

Jill Underhill, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2007-2009;

Rowena Kirby-Straker, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland,

2008-2009;

Sanja Sipek, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2008-2009;

Xiaoying Xie, Department of Communciation, University of Maryland, 2006 -2008;

Master Committees

Beth Wilson, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2010-

2012;

Victoria Hawes, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, 2010-

2011;

Brandon Dart, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, 2006 -2007;

3. Advising: Research Direction

Supervision of independent studies--I supervised over 30 students in independent

projects and internships at Purdue University, the University of Potsdam, the

University of Basel, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, and

at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Projects / independent studies with graduate students at Purdue University:

Courtney Lynam-Scherr, Christina Jones: Risk communication: Genetic tests

and breast cancer; 2009-

Steve Swope: Meta-Analysis and Power, 2011- (in collaboration with

Professor Tim Levine, Michigan State University)

Projects / independent studies with graduate students at the University of

Maryland:

Bing Han: Persuasion and decision making; 2007-2008

Sanja Sipek: Persuasion and decision making; 2007-2008

Shuo Yao: Brainstorming; 2007-2008

Christine Skubisz: Risk communication; 2007-2009

Gero Schwenk: Social networks; University of Marburg, Germany; 2006-2008

Projects / independent studies with undergraduate students at Purdue University:

Katie Kirk: Group Decision Making; 2012-

Robert Colletti: Group Decision Making; 2012-

Projects / independent studies with undergraduate students at the University of

Maryland:

Jane Jetabut: Argumentation; 2006-2007

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Kyle Bailey: Argumentation; 2006-2007

Laura Hager (honor student): Brainstorming; 2007-2008

Tashawn Graham: Persuasion and decision making; 2007-2008

Charlie Mayer: Persuasion and decision making; 2007-2008

4. Advising: Other than Research Direction

Supervision of graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants for C OMM400

(research-methods lecture)

2006-2007: Bing Han, David Payne, Claire Jo hnson, Subi Issa, Lauren Rothe,

Kathryn Ugolini

2007-2008: Sabine Fritz, Xiaoying Xie, Netaly Masica, Katie Cheok, Jennifer

Routh, Kaitlin Doody, Abigail Seiler, Laura Berdichevsky, Dana

Davidson, Carrie Hubbard, Lauren Nicholas

5. Teaching Award

Lecturer of the year 2001 awarded by the student representatives of the

Department of Psychology, U Basel, Switzerland

Engagement

1. Professional Service

a. Editorships and Editorial Boards

Editorial Board

2012- Social Influence

2012- Small Group Research

2009- Communication Studies

2009- Communication Quarterly

2007- The Open Communication Journal

b. Reviewing Activities for Journals and Other Learned Publications

Behavior Research Methods

Communication Monographs

Communication Quarterly (8)

Communication Studies (8)

Communication Theory

Diagnostica

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice (2)

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (2)

Human Communication Research (3)

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (2)

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASS)

Journal of Communication

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Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (3)

Management Communication Quarterly

NeuroPsychoEconomics (2)

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Risk Analysis (2)

Social Influence (2)

The Journal of the Learning Sciences

Zeitschrift f r experimentelle Psychologie (Experimental Psychology)

Zeitschrift f r Sozialpsychologie (Social Psychology)

c. Reviewing Activities for Agencies and Professional Organizations

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC;

research grants)

National Science Foundation (NSF) (Decision, Risk, and Management

Science Program)

UK Economic and Social Research Council (research grants)

The Leverhulme Trust (UK, research grants)

National Communication Association (NCA)

International Communication Association (ICA)

Academy of Management (AOM)

Cognitive Science Conference

Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGROUP)

Research stipends for graduate students in Austria

d. Committee Memberships Held in Professional Organizations

Vice-Chair and Program Planner, Group Communication Division,

National Communication Association, 2011-2012 (Vice-Chair Elect,

2010-2011)

Member, Board of Directors, INGRoup (Interdisciplinary Network for

Group Research), 2012-2013

Member, Best Article of the Year Selection Committee, Organizational

Communication Division, National Communication Association,

2011-2012

Chair, Golden Anniversary Monograph Award committee, National

Communication Association, 2009-2010

Member, Golden Anniversary Monograph Award committee, National

Communication Association, 2008-2009

Best Paper Award committee, Organizational Behavior Division,

Academy of Management, 2009-2010

e. Organization / Chair or Respondent of Panels at Conferences

Chair of the panel Top Three Papers in Group Communication, Annual

Meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA),

Orlando, 2012.

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Chair of the panel Top Student Papers in Group Communication, Annual

Meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA), New

Orleans, 2011.

Respondent of the panel Group Communication in Organizations,

Organizational Communication Division, Annual Meeting o f the

International Communication Association (ICA), Singapore, 2010.

Chair of the panel Studies in Persuasive, Mediation, and Legal

Discourses, Language and Social Interaction Division, Annual

Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA),

Singapore, 2010.

Respondent of the panel Online Groups and Virtual Research, Group

Communication Division, Annual Meeting of the National

Communication Association (NCA), San Francisco, 2010.

Chair of the panel Being Hateful, Mean, or Defensive in Virtual and Real

Groups, Group Communication Division, Annual Meeting of the

National Communication Association (NCA), San Diego,

California, 2008.

Chair of the panel Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Groups,

Organizational Behavior Division, Annual Meeting of the Academy

of Management (AOM), Anaheim, California, 2008.

Chair of the panel Understanding the Role of Emotion in Processing

Media, 56th Annual Meeting of the International Communication

Association (ICA), Dresden, 2006.

Chair of the panel Popular Communication and Gender, 56th Annual

Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA),

Dresden, 2006.

Organization / chair of a symposium on Metacognitions in Groups: How

Metacognitive Beliefs Can Facilitate Group Interaction and

Performance at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California, 2006

(with Verlin Hinsz).

Organization of a symposium on Strategies of Information Processing in

Groups at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological

Association, Chicago, 2005 (with Ernest Park and Verlin Hinsz) .

Chair of the panel Konflikt, Kommunikation und Lernen in Gruppen

[Conflict, communication, and learning in groups] at the 43 rd

Annual Meeting of the German Psychological Society, Berlin, 2002.

Chair of the symposium Informationsverarbeitung in Gruppen

[Information processing in groups], 44th Tagung experimentell

arbeitender Psychologen in Chemnitz, 2002 (with Margarete Boos) .

Chair of the panel Interpersonelle Beziehungen [Interpersonal

relationships], 39th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen

in Marburg, 1998.

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Chair of the symposium Einstellung und Persuasion [Attitudes and

persuasion], 38th Tagung experimentell arbeite nder Psychologen in

Berlin, 1997 (with Hans-Peter Erb).

2. University Service

Purdue University

Supervisor, Com320 Group Communication (2010-)

Supervision of the Research Participation System and Lab, Brian Lamb

School of Communication (2011-)

Member of the Curriculum Committee, Co llege of Liberal Arts (2011-)

Head of the Organizational Communication Unit (2011-2012)

Member of the Strategic Planning Committee, Brian Lamb School of

Communication (2011-2012)

Member of the Graduate Committee, Brian Lamb S chool of

Communication (2011-2012)

Member of the CLA Distinguished Master s Thesis Award Committe e,

Brian Lamb School of Communication (2011-2012)

External Reviewer for EPICS (engineering; Professor Buzzanell; Fall

2009 and Spring 2010)

Presentation at t he Pugwash Presents Lecture Series (2011)

Presentation at the Computational Social Science Initiative (Purdue

University, 2010)

Faculty feedback on graduate student presentations at the OrgCom Mini-

Conference (2009, 2010)

Reviewer for Inaugural Graduate St udent Conference (2010)

Panelist, Roundtable Discussion on Interdisciplinary Research at the

Inaugural Graduate Student Conference, Communication Department

(2010)

Panelist, Roundtable Discussion on Publishing, Communication

Department (2011)

Presentations in Com574 (2009, 2010, 2011) and Com601 (2010, 2011,

2012), Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University

Member of the CLA Distinguished Master s Thesis Award Committee,

College of Liberal Arts (2010-2011)

Departmental Representative of the Purdue Research Foundation

Research Grant Committee, College of Liberal Arts (2010 -2011)

University of Maryland

Grade appeal committee (UMD, 2008-2009)

Salary advisory committee (UMD, 2006-2007)

Web development committee (UMD, 2006-2007)

Undergraduate studies committee (UMD, 2007-2008)

Committee Learning-Outcome Assessment (UMD, 2007-2008)

Faculty contact for prospective graduate students in Persuasion and

Social Influence (UMD, 2006-2009)

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At previous institutions (selected sample):

Habilitation committees (Reinhold Kliegl, Christoph Klauer, Free

University of Berlin)

Examination committee (1991-1993, elected student representative, Free

University of Berlin)

Web master (1993-1995, University of Potsdam)

Oral comprehensive exams in social psychology (1996-2001, University

of Potsdam, served on committees of about 100 students)

Search committee instructional psychology (1999, University of

Potsdam)

3. Community Service

Member of the Expert Group on Consumers Risk Perceptions of Food Choice,

Consumer Science Task Force, International Life Sciences Institute Europ e

(ILSI), Brussels, Belgium (see www.europe.ilsi.org/activities/taskforces/

societal aspects/ConsumerScience.htm), 2008-2009.

Member of the Expert Group on the Merger of the German States Berlin and

Brandenburg (IHK Berlin), 2001.

Research presentations at highschools in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Brandenburg

(Germany).

4. Media Coverage

Communication Department, University of Maryland: Golden Anniversary

Monograph Award of the National Communication Association, 2008

(www.comm. umd.edu/news46.html)

Eschbach Highschool, Stuttgart, Germany: Social Scientific Research in the United

States, 2008 (http://www.eschbach-gymnasium.de/index.php?doc=400)

University of Maryland: Risk Communication Research at the University of

Maryland, 02 / 2008 (http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/VPRPubs/risk%20

communication.pdf)

Max Planck Institute for Human Development : Annual Review 07 / 2007 (pp. 47-

49), (http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/abc/pdfs/abc_annualreport

0506.pdf )

University of Basel, Switzerland: Award for Excellence in Research, 2005 ( http:

//www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=C1B074E4C09F28B63441165442FBC591

&IRACER_AUTOLINK&&o_lang_id=2)

Die Welt, 11 / 30 / 2000. Zur L nderfusion verhilft nur ein neues Leitbild. Warum

die Berlin/Brandenburg-Frage aus Sicht eines Psychologen so schwierig ist

Zusammenschluss von oben hat keine Chance. ( http://www.welt.de/print -

welt/article550356/Zur_Laenderfusion_verhilft_nur_ein_neues_Leitbild.html)

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M rkische Allgemeine Zeitung, 01 / 30 / 2001. L nderehe nur mit positiven

Gruppen machbar. Untersuchungen zu psychologischen Aspekten des

Abstimmungs-verhaltens.

DDP Nachrichtenticker 12 / 02 / 2000. Psychologe: Volksbewegung richtiger

Schritt in Richtung L nderfusion.

Pressemitteilung der Universit t Potsdam, 11 / 23 / 2000. Perspektiven der

L nderehe Berlin-Brandenburg aus psychologischer Sicht.

Potsdamer Universit tszeitung PUTZ, 01 / 2000. Gleiche Partner? Studie zur

Fusion von Berlin und Brandenburg.

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