Posters & Presentations

Redden, M. H. & Edwards, P.W. (March, 2012) Bronies: An investigation of an emerging phenomenon. Paper presented at the 4th International Greenville Symposium on the Family, Greenville, SC.

Edwards, P.W. & Redden, M. H. (July, 2012) The results of research surveys on bronies. Presented at BronyCon 2012, Saucasus, NJ.

Edwards, P.W., Redden, M. H. & Chadborn, D (February, 2012) The brony suit of armor: How to combat bullying. Presented at the 2012 Las Pegasus Unicon, Las Vegas, NV.

Edwards, P.W., Redden, M.H. & Chadborn, D. (February, 2012) What would ponies do? Spirituality, moral implications, and models for assessing fandoms. Presented at the 2012 Las Pegasus Unicon, Las Vegas, NV.

Edwards, P.W., Redden, M.H. & Chadborn, D. (August, 2013) Factors that influence a non-fan’s reaction to MLP:FiM and concerns of the fandom and what causes a person to leave the fandom. Presented at Bronycon 2013, Baltimore, MD.

Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (March, 2014). Fan typology: “Who are the bronies? Are they all alike?” Poster presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN.

Edwards, P.W., Chadborn, D., Griffin, and Redden, M. H. (March, 2014) The fan function survey: What motivates the brony fandom? Poster presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN.

Langley, J., Griffin, J., Edwards, P.W., Chadborn, D. & Redden, M. H. (April, 2014) Brony fans vs. non-fans: Comparing individual differences and beliefs. Poster presented at the 10th annual Upstate Research Symposium, Spartanburg, SC.

Rojas, T., Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (April, 2014) Finding meaning within a fandom: Not all fans are alike. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Upstate Research Symposium, Spartanburg, SC, April 10, 2014.

Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (August, 2014) What does your “favorite pony” say about you? Bronycon 2014, Baltimore, MD.

Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (August, 2014) A sense of community: When fandom replaces neighborhood. Poster Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (October, 2014) Personality traits, parental and peer acceptance of diversity in the brony fandom. Poster presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South, New Orleans, LA.

Langley, J., Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Redden, M. H. (October, 2014) religion, spirituality and guidance in the brony fandom. Poster presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South, New Orleans, LA.

Chadborn, D., Griffin, J., Edwards, P.W., & Redden, M. H. (October, 2014) Internet use, addiction and the net-generation in the brony fandom. Poster presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South, New Orleans, LA.

Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., Langley, J., Redden, M. H., & Chadborn, D. (March, 2015) A validation of the brony fan typology. Poster accepted for presentation at the 61th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Griffin, J., Edwards, P., Langley, J., Redden, M.H., and Chadborn D. (March, 2015) Bronies and non-bronies, comparison on search and meaning of life. Poster presented to the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Redden, M. H., Edwards, P.W., Griffin, J., & Chadborn, D. (March, 2015) Can fandoms promote mental health? Poster presented at the 61th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Chadborn, D. Schmidt, W., Simon, M., Edwards, P. (April, 2015) Are all fans created equal? An examination of the function and purpose of fandom. Talk presented to the Southwest Psychological Association, Wichita, KS.

Chadborn, D., Simon, M., Schmidt, W., Edwards, P. (April, 2015) How personal differences define the function and meaning of fandom involvement. Poster presented to the Southwest Psychological Association, Wichita, KS.

Chadborn, D. Schmidt, W., Simon, M., Edwards, P. (April, 2015) Keep it secret, keep it safe: How community size changes perceived function and social identity. Poster presented to the Southwest Psychological Association, Wichita, KS.

Schmidt, W., Simon, M., Chadborn, D., Edwards, P., Griffin, J., and Redden, M.H. (April, 2015). Peer and parental acceptance in relation to group identification. Poster presented to the Southwest Psychological Association, Wichita, KS.

Redden, M.H. & Edwards, P.W. (April, 2016). The world (wide web) is your laboratory when studying internet fandoms. Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Edwards, P.W., Redden, M. H., Griffin, J., Chadborn, D., & Edwards, W. (August, 2015) Is the fandom changing? Results of the brony longitudinal study. Presented at Bronycon, 2015, Baltimore, MD.

Chadborn, D., Edwards, P., Reysen, S. (January, 2016) Sense of Community for Fan and Local Communities in Four Fan Categories. Poster presented to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Griffin, J., Johnson, E. & Edwards, P. (March, 2016). Watching My Little Pony: Can it change attitudes toward bronies? Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Griffin, J., Johnson, E. & Edwards, P. (March, 2016). Watching My Little Pony: Can it change attitudes toward bronies? Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Griffin, J., Wickliffe, S. & Edwards, P. (March, 2016). Bullying: Are bronies bullied more than non-bronies? Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Edwards, P. & Redden, M. H. (March, 2016). “Circling the wagons”: The brony fandom’s response to extinction threat. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Edwards, P., Scher, S., and Griffin, J. (March, 2016). Manifestations of net generation characteristics in the brony fandom. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

St. Martin, N., Chadborn, D., & Reysen, S. (2016, April). Charitable giving and normative behaviors in fan communities. Poster presented at the Southeastern Louisiana University Student Research Showcase, Hammond, LA.

St. Martin, N., Chadborn, D., & Reysen, S. (2016, April). The influence of descriptive and injunctive norms on charitable giving amongst fans. Poster presented at the 1st annual Southeastern Psychology Research Showcase, Hammond, LA.

St. Martin, N., Chadborn, D., & Reysen, S. (2016, April). Perceptions of norms and prosocial behavior in two fan communities. Poster presented at the 5th annual University of Louisiana System Academic Summit, Thibodaux, LA.

Edwards, P.W., Redden, M. H., & Griffin, J. (July, 2016). The brony book: What will it say about the fandom? Presented at Bronycon 2016, Baltimore, MD.

Edwards, P., Travis, J. & Griffin, J. (April, 2016) The role of stimulus qualities, gender stereotypes and initial reactions in predicting non-fan reactions to an atypical Internet fandom. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Upstate Research Symposium, Spartanburg, SC.

Cimoszewicz, O. & Edwards, P. (April, 2016) The impact of prior exposure and net generation attitudes on stereotypes toward an atypical Internet fandom. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Upstate Research Symposium, Spartanburg, SC.

Assis, N., Chadborn, D., Edwards, P., Reysen, S., Ray, A. (October, 2016) Fandom Functions as Mediators between Fanship and Display of Fan Symbols, Presented to Federation Student Research Symposium, 2016 Conference.

Assis, N., Chadborn, D., Edwards, P., Reysen, S., & Ray, A. T. (2017, January). Fandom Functions as Mediators between Fanship and Display of Fan Symbols. Presented at the 2017 annual convention for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Self and Identity Preconference, San Antonio, TX.

Chadborn, D., St. Martin, N., Reysen, S., Ray, A.T., Asis, N., Tague, A.M., & Brooks, T.R. (2017, January). Social identity and charitable giving in an online media fan community. Presented at the 2017 annual convention for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Media Preconference, San Antonio, TX.

Ray, A., Plante, C. N., Reysen, S., Roberts, S. E., Gerbasi, K. C., Chadborn, D., Assis, N., Tague, A., & Brooks, T. (2017, January). Fan interaction as a mediator of convention attendance and well-being. Poster presented at the annual Media Psychology Pre-Conference to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Chadborn, D., Reysen, S., Ray, A.T., Assis, N., Tague, A.M., & Brooks, T.R. (2017, April). The power of friendship: Fandom identification mediates norms of giving. Poster presented at 63rd annual Southwestern Psychological Association conference, San Antonio, TX.

Tague, A.M., Reysen, S., Shaw, J. Plante, C.N., Ray, A.T., Chadborn, D., Assis, N., Brooks, T.R,, (2017, April). Predictors of fan entitlement in three fandoms. Poster presented at 63rd annual Southwestern Psychological Association conference, San Antonio, TX.

Branch, K. V., Brooks, T. R., Reysen, S., Chadborn, D., & Plante, C. N. (October, 2017). Activism, character identification, and frequency of watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Paper presented at the 14th annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Stephenville, TX.

Wagg, N., Reysen, S., Plante, C. N., Chadborn, D., Ray, A., Assis, N., Brooks, T. R., Tague, A., & Shaw, J. (2018, March). Theory of planned behavior and intention to attend a brony convention. Poster presented at 19th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Chadborn, D. (April, 2018). Perceived stigma, social identity, and group norms as predictors of prosocial behavior. Talk at the 64th annual Southwestern Psychological Association conference, Huston, TX.

Chadborn, D., Plante, C. N., Reysen, S. (April, 2019). Praise the sun: Seeking purpose and meaning beyond church attendance. Poster presented at the 89th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Chadborn, D., Plante, C. N., Reysen, S. (April, 2019). One of us: Motivation of fan membership and recruitment of new fans. Poster presented at the 89th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Chadborn, D., Plante, C. N., Reysen, S., Brooks, T. R. (April, 2019). More than entertainment: The effects of finding purpose in a fan community. Poster presented at the 89th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.