University
of Missouri—St. Louis
Years |
Position |
Academic Area |
1993-1994 |
Postdoctoral Student |
Clinical Psychology |
1994 |
Visiting Faculty |
Psychology & Sociology |
Paradise
Valley Community College
Year |
Position |
Academic Area |
1990 |
Adjunct Faculty |
Psychology |
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. (2006). Assessment of critical thinking at Scottsdale Community College: 2005-2006 annual report. In M. Gorton (Ed.), XXXXXXX. Scottsdale, AZ: SCC Institutional Research.
Ricker, J. P. (2005). Assessment of critical thinking at Scottsdale Community College: 2004-2005 annual report. In J. Neibling (Ed.), XXXXXXX. Scottsdale, AZ: SCC Institutional Research.
Ricker, J.
P. (2004). Critical
thinking lessons for Weiten's, Psychology:
Themes & Variations (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Ricker, J. P. (2004). Assessment of critical thinking at Scottsdale Community
College: A pilot study (Academic year: 2003/2004). In J. Neibling (Ed.), XXXXXXX. Scottsdale, AZ: SCC Institutional Research.
Ricker, J.
P. (2003). Critical
thinking lessons for Weiten's & Lloyd's, Psychology
Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st 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 [Abstract]. Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Antonio TX.
Professional
Presentations
Ricker, J. P. (2007, February 8). A tool for assessing critical thinking. Presentation at vvvvvv
Ricker, J. P. (2005, January). XXXXXXXX. Forum conducted at the Spring, 2005 meeting of the MCLI Assessment VVVVVV, Rio Salado College, Tempe, AZ.
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
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
Items from this test have been used in research published in the following articles:
McCutcheon
Taylor
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
Assessment Reports
Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Lessons in Abnormal Psychology (PDF)
SCC Critical Thinking Subcommittee: 2005-2006 Report (PDF)
SCC Critical Thinking Subcommittee: 2004-2005 Report (PDF)
SCC Critical Thinking SubCommittee: 2003-2004 Report (PDF)
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.
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
2005-2008
- SB Division Representative—SCC Division Chairs
Committee
- SB Division Representative—SCC Curriculum
Committee
2005-2007
- Chairperson—Critical
Thinking Subcommittee of the SCC
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee
2003-2006
- Past-President: SCC Faculty Senate (2005-2006)
SCC Faculty Senate
- President: SCC Faculty Senate (2004-2005)
SCC Faculty Senate
- President-Elect: SCC Faculty Senate (2003-2004)
2002-2005
Behavioral Sciences Representative—SCC Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee
2001-2007
- 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
- MCCCD District Curriculum 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
