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Maurice J. Levesque, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of Elon College Mailing Address: Campus Box 2112, Elon University, Elon, NC, 27244-2010 Office: Acad. Vill.- Arts & Science 104A Education: Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Connecticut M.A. Social Psychology, University of Connecticut B.A. Psychology and History (honors), Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Bates College Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, Travelers Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Courses Taught: General Psychology Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology Empirical Methods Social Psychology Psychology of Close Relationships Mentoring and supervision of undergraduate research projects Professional interests and service: Department Graduate School Coordinator, 2006-present Fellow, Association for Psychological Science Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi, Sigma Xi Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Social Behavior and Personality, Body Image, Political Psychology Research interests and selected publications: Interpersonal perception and body image. Specific topics include: The accuracy of interpersonal perceptions and metaperceptions, especially between men and women; perceptions of sexual attraction; the relationships between men’s body image and social behavior; men’s body image, masculinity, and risk behavior. Levesque, M. J., Nave, C., & Lowe, C.A. (2006). Toward an understanding of gender differences in inferring sexual interest. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 150-158. Levesque, M. J., & Vichesky, D. (2006). Raising the bar on the body beautiful: An analysis of the body image concerns of homosexual men. Body Image: An International Research Journal, 3, 45-55. Levesque, M. J., Steciuk, M., & Ledley, C. (2002). Self-disclosure patterns among acquainted individuals: Disclosers, confidants, unique relationships and gender. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 30, 579-592. Kenny, D. A., Mohr, C., & Levesque, M. J. (2001). A social relations partitioning of variance of dyadic behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 128-141. Levesque, M. J., Steciuk, M., & Ledley, C. (2002). Self-disclosure patterns among acquainted individuals: Disclosers, confidants, unique relationships and gender. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 30, 579-592. Kashy, D. A., & Levesque, M. J. (2000). Quantitative methods for the study of close relationships: Analyzing nonindependence. In C. Hendrick & S. Hendrick (Eds.), Close relationships: A sourcebook (pp. 2-17). CA: Sage. Levesque, M. J. (1997). Meta-accuracy among acquainted individuals: A social relations analysis of interpersonal perception and metaperception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 66-74. Levesque, M. J., & Kenny, D. A. (1993). Accuracy of behavioral predictions at zero acquaintance: A social relations analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1178-1187. |
