{"id":5951,"date":"2022-08-12T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T16:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/?post_type=profile&p=5951"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:42:46","slug":"diane-mello-goldner","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/profile\/diane-mello-goldner\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Mello-Goldner"},"content":{"rendered":"

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS<\/h3>\n

My teaching and research interests are related to social\/personality psychology. My research evolved from traditional basic research<\/span> <\/span>to a more applied focus directly related to social justice and inclusive leadership. <\/span>In the past, my research focused on self-handicapping and how it influences a person’s self-concept. My more recent research focuses on more positive aspects of the self, mainly academic goal attainment and<\/span> <\/span>self-efficacy, and how they<\/span> relate to academic persistence and student success. I have also conducted research on mindfulness, especially its benefits for first-generation college students.<\/p>\n

I enjoy interacting with my students in and out of the classroom and mentoring them during their academic and career paths. I teach a variety of psychology courses and have created many courses that have an interdisciplinary nature to them. I hope to bring my Psychology of Harry Potter<\/i> and Psychology & Detective Fiction<\/i> courses to the BU campus soon. My favorite courses to teach are the research and statistics courses. In the past, I taught them using a community-based research model, where students worked with community partners and collaboratively developed a project that benefited the partners. I hope to excite my students about conducting research in psychology, especially social psychological research. I always involve my students in the presentation of their research at the annual<\/span> <\/span>conference of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA), an organization that I have<\/span> <\/span>been<\/span> <\/span>a<\/span> <\/span>steering<\/span> <\/span>committee<\/span> <\/span>member<\/span> <\/span>(and Past<\/span> <\/span>President)<\/span> <\/span>of for<\/span> <\/span>the<\/span> <\/span>past<\/span> <\/span>decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS<\/h3>\n
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  • Mello-Goldner, D. (in review). The detective\u2019s guide to psychology<\/i>. McFarland and Company Inc.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Beauzil, S., Gomez, R., Grisham, T., Reynoso, J., Tolbert, D., Vaz Garcia, T., Linso, S., & Mello-Goldner, D. (2021). The benefits of mindfulness on mental health and behavior.<\/i> Poster presented at the Fall 2021 Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association (virtual conference).<\/li>\n
  • Dailey, A., Escobar, W., Fernandez, P., Opokuaa, C., & Mello-Goldner, D. (2021). The effects of COVID-19 on mental health and behavior<\/i>. Poster presented at the Fall 2021 Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association (virtual conference).<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. (April, 2020). A history of psychology through the\u00a0detective lens<\/i>. Popular Culture Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. (2019). Community-based research as an alternative to traditional research courses as a method of promoting undergraduate publication. Frontiers in Psychology<\/i>, 10<\/i>, doi: 10.3389\/fpsyg.2019.01012<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. (November, 2018). Dodging a bludger: Sorting out psychology through Harry Potter. <\/i>Presidential address delivered at the Fall 2018 Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.<\/li>\n
  • Baker-Siroty, H., & Mello-Goldner, D. (2018). Teaching psychology through young adult literature. <\/i>Participant Idea Exchange Session presented at the Fall 2018 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Worcester, MA.<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D.M., McLaughlin, E., Ramirez, M, Stargard, W., Weber, S, & Yoffe, M. (2016). Assessing core competencies in the general education curriculum at Pine Manor College. <\/i>Panel discussion at the 2016 NEEAN Fall Forum, College of the Holy Cross.<\/li>\n
  • Andrade, L., Kopystynsky, N., Pena, C., Sakala, T., & Mello-Goldner, D. (2013). Evaluation of a mentoring program designed for children of domestic violence<\/i>. Poster presented at the Fall 2013 Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Bridgeport, Connecticut.<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. (2011). Using yoga to increase attention in early morning classes. <\/i>Poster presented at the Fall 2011 meeting of the New England Psychological Association, CT.<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. (2010). Monitoring self-efficacy and goal attainment in a community-based research course<\/i>. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting of the American Psychological Society\/Teaching Institute, Boston, MA.<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D. & Jackson, J. (1999). Premenstrual syndromes as a self-handicapping strategy among college women. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 14 (4), <\/i>607 \u2013 616.<\/li>\n
  • Mello-Goldner, D., & Wurf, E. (1997). The self in self-handicapping: Differential effects of public and private internal audiences. Current Psychology, 15 <\/i>(4), 319 – 331.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1569,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/5951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/5951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5953,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/5951\/revisions\/5953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}