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About Me
Originally I'm from a small town in southern Illinois; I lived there for most of my life until moving to Texas to finish my education. While in Texas, I met my now husband, got married, and together we adopted two dogs.
WPU (and the greater Raleigh area) has been my home since the fall of 2019. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, reading, watching movies, traveling, and hanging out with my kiddo.
Research Interests
Bilingual reading processes
Bilingual advantage
Change blindness
Factors influencing texting behavior (paragraph vs. short-burst)
In Progress Studies
The study of texting behavior is aiming to investigate factors that could influence people to text in paragraphs (long messages with multiple thoughts or sentences in a single message) or in rapid fire fashion (multiple short messages are sent in close succession). My new research study aims to determine whether impulsivity, working memory, attachment style affect texting behavior. To test this, participants will complete a battery of tasks including immediate and delayed memory task and an auditory digit span.
For the change blindness study, I am examining whether there are gender differences in people's ability to detect changes in their environment. To test this, participants will complete a computerized change blindness task where they will be asked to report changes they notice across pairs of pictures.
Roles and Responsibilities
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director of Undergraduate Research
Psychology Club Advisor
Editor and contributor to The Novice Professor teaching website
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Registered Student Organization Advisor Award -- May of 2026
Bigham Award for Campus Excellence -- May of 2025
Alumni Distinguished Advising Award for First Year Students -- April of 2024
Outstanding Registered Student Organization Advisor Award -- May of 2020
Courses Taught
FYS 100 Fist Year Seminar
PSY 101 General Psychology
PSY 250 Culture and Psychology
PSY 300L Research Methods Lab
PSY 311 Cognition and Neuroscience I
PSY 313 Cognition and Neuroscience II
PSY 382 Learning, Memory, and Motivation
PSY 394 Research in Psychology I
PSY 396 Research in Psychology II
PSY 480 Honors Thesis
Publications
Mocko, M. Wagler, A. E., Lesser, L. M., Francis, W. F., Blush, J. M., Schleicher, K. M., & Barrientos, P. M. (2024). What they remember is not what they understand: A study of mnemonic recall and performance by introductory statistics students. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 1-28. doi: 10.1080/26939169.2024.2334905
Blush, J. M., Schleicher, K. M., & Kidder, C. K. (2020). Teaching in the 21st Century: How blogs and other alternative outlets can transform our teaching. In T. M. Ober, E. Che, J. E. Brodsky, C. Raffaele, & P. J. Brooks (Eds.) How We Teach Now: The GSTA Guide to Transformative Teaching (pp. 54-67). Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/howweteachnow-transformative
Curriculum Vitae
Blush CV 4-23-24.pdfPage updated
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