Curriculum Vitae
Jeffry Philip Ricker, Ph. D.

Education

1993-1994
University of Missouri—St. Louis

Postdoctoral Retraining Program: Clinical Psychology
Clinical Director: Jane Stake, Ph.D.

1980-1987
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign

Doctorate Program: Cognitive & Behavioral Psychology
Area of Specialization: Behavior Genetics
Research Advisor: Jerry Hirsch, Ph.D.

1977-1980
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign

Baccalaureate Program: Psychology

1975-1977
William Rainey Harper College (Palatine, IL)

Associate Program: Psychology

Degrees Attained

Dissertation & Theses

1987
Doctoral Dissertation:
Genetic and Evolutionary Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Divergently Selected for Geotaxis.

1984
Master's Thesis:
Selection and Hybrid analysis of Drosophila melanogaster for Differences in a Measure of Geotaxis.

1980
Undergraduate  Research Thesis:
Attempted Replication of Selection for Classical Conditioning in the Blow Fly, Phormia regina.

Academic Positions

2006-Present
Maricopa County Community College District

Years	Position	Academic Area
2006-Present	General Studies Faculty Representative	MCCCD Academic Affairs

1989-Present
Scottsdale Community College

1993-1994
University of Missouri—St. Louis

Years	Position	Academic Area
1993-1994	Postdoctoral Student	Clinical Psychology
1994	Visiting Faculty	Psychology & Sociology

1990
Paradise Valley Community College

Year	Position	Academic Area
1990	Adjunct Faculty	Psychology

1987-1990
Arizona State University—Tempe

Years	Position	Academic Area
1987-1990	Research Associate	Zoology & Psychology
1989	Visiting Faculty	Zoology & Biology
1987	Visiting Faculty	Zoology

Courses Taught

General Psychology	Biology & Biological Psychology
Abnormal Psychology	Behavior-Genetic Analysis (TA)
Developmental Psychology	Comparative Psychology (TA)
Introduction to Psychology	Human Genetics
Personality Psychology	Introduction to Biology (Genetics)
Psychology of Gender Differences
Research Methods
Social Psychology

Publications

Ricker, J. P. (2006). An introduction to psychology: The science of mind and behavior.

Ricker, J. P. (2004). Critical thinking lessons for Weiten's, Psychology: Themes & Variations (6^th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Ricker, J. P. (2003). Critical thinking lessons for Weiten's & Lloyd's, Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21^st Century. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Ricker, J. P. (2002). An introduction to the science of psychology. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

Markow, T. A., & Ricker, J. P. (1992). Male size, developmental stability, and mating success in natural populations of three Drosophila species. Heredity, 69, 122-127.

Markow, T. A., & Ricker, J. P. (1991). Developmental stability in hybrids between the sibling species pair, Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. Genetica, 84, 115-121.

Ricker, J., Boring, R., Harris, A., & Markow, T. (1989). Fluctuating dermatoglyphic asymmetry and its association with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 11, xxx.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1988). Reversal of genetic homeostasis in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster under long-term selection for geotaxis and estimates of gene correlates: Evolution of behavior-genetic systems. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 102, 203-214.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1988). Genetic changes occurring over 500 generations in lines of Drosophila melanogaster selected divergently for geotaxis. Behavior Genetics, 18, 13-25.

Ricker, J. P., Skoog, L. A., & Hirsch, J. (1987). Domestication and the behavior-genetic analysis of captive populations. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 18, 91-103.

Ricker, J. P., Brzorad, J. N., & Hirsch, J. (1986). A demonstration of discriminative conditioning in the blow fly, Phormia regina. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 24, 240-243.

Ricker, J. P., Hirsch, J., Holliday, M. J., & Vargo, M. A. (1986). An examination of claims for classical conditioning for use in the genetic analysis of Diptera. In J. L. Fuller & E. C. Simmel (Eds.), Perspectives in Behavior Genetics (pp. 155-200). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1985). Evolution of an instinct under long-term divergent selection for geotaxis in domesticated populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 99, 380-390.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1985). Long-term selection of Drosophila melanogaster for geotaxis: Evolution of the genetic system [Abstract]. Behavior Genetics, 15, 607.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1985). Evolutionary changes in laboratory populations selected for geotaxis. Drosophila Information Service, 61, 141-142.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1984). Divergent selection for geotaxis spanning 550 generations and genetic analysis in Drosophila melanogaster [Abstract]. Behavior Genetics, 14, 612.

Hirsch, J., Holliday, M., & Ricker, J. (1984, November). Conditioning flies and experimental control of both heredity and environment? Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Antonio TX. (Abstract)

Professional Presentations

Ricker, J. P. (2004, July). Teaching and assessing critical thinking in abnormal psychology. In J. P. Ricker & N. J. Melucci (Chairs), Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in Psychology. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Ricker, J. P. (2001, August). Teaching critical thinking in abnormal psychology. In N. J. Melucci (Chair), Teaching Critical Thinking to Students Across the Psychology Curriculum. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ricker, J. P. (Chair). (2000, April). Teaching students to critically examine popular beliefs concerning mind and behavior. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson, AZ.

Ricker, J. P., & Boring, R. H., Harris, A., & Markow, T. A. (1989, April). Fluctuating dermatoglyphic asymmetry and its association with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Congress of Schizophrenia Research, San Diego, CA.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1985, Month). Long-term selection of Drosophila melanogaster for geotaxis: Evolution of the genetic system. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, College Park, PA.

Ricker, J. P., & Hirsch, J. (1984, Month). Behavior-genetic analysis of lines of Drosophila melanogaster divergently selected over 550 generations for geotaxis. Paper presented at the Midwest meeting of the Animal Behaviour Society, Carbondale, IL.

Assessment Instruments

Ricker, J. P. (unpublished). Scottsdale Test of Critical Thinking.

This is a 25-item multiple-choice test designed to measure critical-thinking skills in students taking lower-division college courses. For information, contact jeff.ricker@sccmail.maricopa.edu

Ricker, J. P. (unpublished). Scale of Belief Formation and Evaluation.

A 20-item questionnaire designed to measure the degree of skeptical thinking in students taking lower-division college courses. For information, contact jeff.ricker@sccmail.maricopa.edu

Web Sites

Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS)
http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/ricker/pests/

The PESTS web site is meant to be a resource for psychology instructors with an interest in teaching critical thinking and a skeptical approach to testing knowledge claims. It contains instruction for subscribing to the PESTS Listserve, which is a scholarly distribution list devoted to an active discussion of effective ways of teaching students to critically examine knowledge claims involving mind and behavior.

Introduction to Psychology (PSY 101)
http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/ricker/psy101/

This web site contains information needed to take Dr. Jeffry Ricker's course in general psychology at Scottsdale Community College. It contains the course textbook: An Introduction to Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior.

SCC Critical Thinking Subcommittee:
Teaching & Learning About Critical Thinking
http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/assessment/Critical%20Thinking/ct.htm

This web site contains information to facilitate teaching and learning about critical thinking across the curriculum.

Awards & Honors

2006
SCC Honors Program &
Psi Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa

Faculty Recognition Award

1994
University of Missouri—St. Louis

Certificate of Recognition
Division of Student Affairs: Students With Disabilities

1991
The State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona

Lifetime Arizona Teaching Certificate (Regular A.1.a.)
No. 12416
Teaching Fields: Biology & Psychology

1980-1986
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign

Fellowship, Insitutional Racism Program
NIMH Grant #MH 15173
Program Directors: James Anderson, Ph.D., & Jerry Hirsch, Ph.D.

Significant Institutional Service

Scottsdale Community College

2005-Present

• Chairperson—Critical Thinking Subcommittee of the SCC Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee
• SB Division Representative—SCC Division Chairs Committee
• SB Division Representative—SCC Curriculum Committee

2003-2006

• Past-President (2005-2006)
  SCC Faculty Senate
• President (2004-2005)
  SCC Faculty Senate
• President-Elect (2003-2004)
  SCC Faculty Senate

2002-2005

Behavioral Sciences Representative—SCC Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee

2001-Present

• SB Division Representative—Critical Thinking Subcommittee of the SCC Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee

1995-2003

• SB Division Representative—SCC Faculty Senate

Maricopa County Community College District

2007-Present

• MCCCD Representative—ASU General Education Task Force

2006-Present

• MCCCD General Studies Faculty Representative
  This position includes serving on the following committees:
  • ASU-Tempe General Studies Council
  • ASU-Tempe Historical Awareness Subcommittee
  • ASU-West Senate Curriculum Committee
  • MCCCD District Curriculum Committee
  • MCCCD General Studies Steering Committee

2006

• Chairperson—State of Arizona, Psychology Articulation Task Force
• Faculty Executive Council Representative—MCCCD Common Pages Committee

2005

• Faculty Executive Council Representative—
  Baccalaureate Subcommittee of the MCCCD Financial Advisory Council
• Host—State of Arizona, Psychology Articulation Task Force

2004-2006

• Chairperson—MCCCD Psychology Instructional Council
• MCCCD Lead Member—State of Arizona, Psychology Articulation Task Force

2003-2006

• SCC Representative—MCCCD Faculty Executive Council

2001-2003

• Chairperson—MCCCD Psychology Instructional Council
• MCCCD Lead Member—State of Arizona, Psychology Articulation Task Force

1999-2006

• SCC Representative—MCCCD Psychology Instructional Council