Ph.D. Case Western Res. University Cleveland Ohio
Awards
Each year, graduating seniors are asked by the Career Planning Office to list faculty who had a positive impact on their years at SUNY Potsdam. Over the years, Dr. Stillwell has been mentioned by many students as one of those professors on campus who has been an important influence on their careers here at Potsdam.
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2011)
President's Award for Excellence in Academic Advising (2004)
Research & Other Interests
The study of the stories that people tell about significant events from their lives (autobiographical narratives), including narratives of anger, guilt, revenge, and unrequited love. The events and aftermath of September 11, 2001.
In addition, Dr. Stillwell has reviewed scholarly manuscripts for the following psychology journals: Basic and Applied Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Campus & Other Service Positions
Arts & Sciences Council
BEAR Civility Committee
Campus Annual Giving Committee
Council of Chairs
Campus Employee Awards Committee
Campus Calendar Committee
Campus SEFA Committee
Waddington, NY Summer Concert Series
Selected Publications
Stillwell, A.M., Baumeister, R.F., & DelPriore, R.E. (2008). We're all victims here: Toward a psychology of revenge. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 253-263.
Baumeister, R. F., Stillwell, A. M., & Heatherton, T. F. (2001). Interpersonal aspects of guilt: Evidence from narrative studies. In G.W. Parrott (Ed.) Emotions in social psychology: Essential readings (pp. 295-305). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
Stillwell, A. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1997). The construction of victim and perpetrator memories: Accuracy and distortion in role-based accounts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 1157-1172.
Baumeister, R. F., Stillwell, A. M., & Heatherton, T. F. (1994). Guilt as interpersonal phenomenon. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 243-267.
Baumeister, R. F., Stillwell, A. M., & Wotman, S. R. (1990). Victim and perpetrator accounts of interpersonal conflict: Autobiographical narratives about anger. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 994-1005.
Selected Conference Presentations
Furman, C.R., Fryer, J.W. & Stillwell, A.M. (2014). The perception of deception: The influence of personality traits on lie detection accuracy. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Stillwell, A. M. (2005). When perpetrators are also victims: The experience of revenge. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Del Priore, R. E., & Stillwell, A. M. (2003). Show me the extra credit! Incentives and procrastination behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.