Publications
Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Wilson, S. J., & Dyson, C. (in press). Social perception of male and female computer synthesized speech. Computers in Human Behavior.
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2002). Effects of perceived disability on persuasiveness of computer synthesized speech. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 411-417.
Stern, S. E. & Handel, A. D. (2001). Sexuality and mass media: The historical context of psychology's reaction to sexuality on the Internet. Journal of Sex Research, 38, 283-291.
Stern, S. E. (2001). Technological automation and the opinions we hold of ourselves and others. In F. Columbus (Ed.) Advances in psychology research, Volume 2. Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Dyson, C., & Wilson, S. J. (1999). The persuasiveness of synthetic speech versus human speech. Human Factors, 41, 588-595.
Stern, S. E. (1999). Addiction to technologies: A social psychological perspective of Internet addiction. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 2, 419-424.
Stern, S. E. (1999). Effects of technology on attributions of performance and employee evaluation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 786-794.
Stern, S. E. (1999). The effect of gender on number of shoes owned: Gathering data for statistical and methodological demonstrations. In L. Benjamin, et al. (Eds.) Activities handbook for the teaching of psychology, Volume 4, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Stern, S. E., Alderfer, R. R., & Cienkowski, H. A. (1998). From brain to pencil to calculator: An exploratory test of the effect of technological evolution on attitudes. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 13, 503-516.
Gabler, M., Stern, S. E., & Miserandino, M. (1998). Latin American, Asian, and American cultural differences in perceptions of spousal abuse. Psychological Reports, 83, 587-592.
Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1997). The Internet as a psychological data gathering tool: Lost letters, web page experiments, and more. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 17, 30-33.
Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1997). The lost e-mail method: Milgram's lost letter technique in the age of the Internet. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 29, 260-263.
Rhodes, A. K., & Stern, S. E. (1995). Ranking harassment: A multidimensional scaling of sexual harassment scenarios. Journal of Psychology, 129, 29-39.
Stern, S. E., & Kipnis, D. (1993). Technology in everyday life and
perceptions of competence. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
23, 1892-1902.
Presentations
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., Winters, M. L., Martin, S. J., & Moore, L.C. (2003, March). Factors affecting perceptions of computer-synthesized speech. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.
Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Brumbaugh, E.L., Martin, S. J., Moore, L.C., & Winters, M. L. (2002, November). Trust and the use of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the Society for Computers in Psychology meeting, Kansas City, MO.
Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Winters, M. L., Brumbaugh, E. L., & Moore, L. C. (2002, June) Mitigating and exacerbating negative perceptions of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, New Orleans.
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2001, July). The persuasiveness of computer synthesized speech. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society, Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, England.
Hantula, D. A., Winklespecht, C., & Stern, S. E. (2000, April). Effects of disability, assistive technology, and work outcome on performance evaluation. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, New Orleans.
Stern, S. E. (2000, March). Technology, Self-concept, and the evaluations of others in C. V. Wells & S. E. Stern (Chairs) Power, influence, and technology: The legacy of David Kipnis. Symposium conducted at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Wilson, S. J. (2000, March). Persuasiveness of disabled and non-disabled users of computer synthesized voice. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.
Mullennix, J. W., Stern, S. E., Dyson, C., & Wilson, S. J. (2000, March). Persuasiveness of male and female computerized voice. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore.
Stern, S. E. (1999, August) Addiction to technologies: A social psychological perspective of Internet addiction. In J. Morahan-Martin (Chair) Internet addiction: Supporting research, alternative explanations and limitations of research. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association meeting, Boston.
Stern, S. E., Mullennix, J. W., & Evanitz, M. (1998, May). Effects of natural vs. computer synthesized speech on reactions to strong arguments. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Washington, D. C. Honored in the APS Showcase Poster Session.
Stern, S. E., Brandt, S. L., & Hantula, D. A. (1998, April). The effects of disability and assistive technology on performance evaluation. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, Dallas.
Stern, S. E., & Faber, J. E. (1996, October). The lost email method: Milgram's lost letter technique in the age of the Internet. Paper presented at the Society for Computers in Psychology meeting, Chicago.
Stern, S. E. (1996, July). Technological evolution and attitudes toward tasks. In P. Crabb (Chair) Social psychological perspectives on technology. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Society meeting, San Francisco.
Stern, S. E., Alderfer, R. R., & Cienkowski, H. A. (1996, March). From brain to pencil to calculator: Technological evolution and its effects on users' attitudes toward a task. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Philadelphia.
Stern, S. E. (1995, July). Technology and competence. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Interamerican Congress of Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gabler, M., Stern, S. E., & Miserandino, M. (1995, July). Latin American, Asian, and United States American cultural differences in the perceptions of spouse abuse. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Interamerican Congress of Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Stern, S. E., Gustafson, J. K., & Sicurezza, D. (1995, July). Calculators and attitudes toward mathematics: Automated technology affects perceptions of a task. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, New York City.
Rosin, M. A., & Stern, S. E. (1995, April). Effects of experimenter race on Clark and Clark's dolls test. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Boston.
Stern, S. E. (1994, October). Effects of automation on attributions of success and failure. Paper presented at the New England Psychological Association meeting, Hamden, CT.
Stern, S. E., & Shires, D. J. (1993, April). The use of the randomized response technique in studying incidence of sexual harassment. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Arlington, VA.
Rhodes, A. K., and Stern, S. E. (1993, February). Ranking hanky panky: A multi-dimensional scaling of sexual harassment scenarios. Paper presented at the Temple University Women's Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, Philadelphia.
Stern, S. E., & Kipnis, D. (1991, April). Effects of technology on self-esteem. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, New York City.
Demick, J., Damrad, R., & Stern, S. E. (1989, April). Effects of
open versus closed adoption. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological
Association meeting, Boston.