Professor of Psychology

Specialization

Cognitive Psychology
Human Learning & Memory
Research Methods and Statistics

Research Interests

Human Memory, Applied Cognitive Psychology, & Decision-Making 

Education

PhD Purdue University
MS Purdue University
BS University of Wisconsin at Parkside

Courses Taught

Psychology 110: Introduction to Psychology
Psychology 221/222: Research Methods and Statistics I & II
Psychology 320: Learning and Memory
Psychology 360: Cognitive Psychology
First-Year Studies 128: Robots & Brains: Facts & Fantasies

Books

Kelley, M. R. (Ed.) (2009).  Applied Memory.  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Selected Articles                                 

* The asterisk denotes a Lake Forest College student.

Kelley, M. R., *Parasiuk, Y., *Salgado-Benz, J., & *Crocco, M.  (2015). Spatial part-set cuing facilitation.  Memory, 39, 1615-1620.

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. M. (2015). Serial position functions in general knowledge.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 41, 1715-1727.

Kelley, M. R., & Lemke, R. J. (2015).  Gender differences when subjective probabilities affect risky decisions: an analysis from the television game show Cash Cab.  Theory & Decision, 78, 153-170.

Kelley, M. R., *Pentz, C., & Reysen, M. B. (2014).  The joint influence of collaboration and part-set cuing.  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67, 1977-1985.

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A.M. (2014).  A remember/know analysis of the semantic serial position function.  American Journal of Psychology, 127, 137-145.

*Cole, S. M., Reysen, M. B., & Kelley, M. R. (2013).  Part-set cuing facilitation for spatial information.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 39, 1615-1620.

Kelley, M. R., & Lemke, R. J. (2013).  Decision-making under uncertainty in the Cash Cab.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 542-551. 

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A.M. (2013).  Three more semantic serial position functions and a SIMPLE explanation.  Memory & Cognition, 41(4), 600-610.

Kelley, M. R., Reysen, M. B., *Ahlstrand, K. M., & *Pentz, C. J. (2012).  Collaborative inhibition persists following social processing.  Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(4), 727-734.

Reysen, M. B., *Talbert, N. G., *Dominko, M., *Jones, A. N., & Kelley, M. R. (in press).  The effects of collaboration on recall of social information.  British Journal of Psychology

Kelley, M. R., & Wright, D. B. (2010).  Obtaining representative nominal groups.  Behavior Research Methods, 42 (1), 36-41.

Kelley, M. R., *Goldman, B. A., Briggs, J. E., & *Chambers, J. C. (2009).  Ironic effects of censorship: Generating censored lyrics enhances memory.  In M. Kelley (Ed.), Applied Memory. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

*Bovee, J. C., *Fitz, C. C., *Yehl, G. C., *Parrott, S., & Kelley, M. R. (2009).  Applied part-set cuing. In M. Kelley (Ed.), Applied Memory. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Calkins, S. & Kelley, M. R. (2009).  Who writes the past?  Student perceptions of Wikipedia knowledge and credibility in a World History classroom.  Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 20 (3), 123-143.

Calkins, S., & Kelley, M. R. (2007).  Evaluating Internet and scholarly sources across the disciplines: Two case studies.  College Teaching, 55(4), 151-156.

Kelley, M. R., & *Bovee, J. C. (2007).  Part-set cuing and memory for order.  In A. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research. (Vol. 51, pp. 133-148). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Kelley, M. R., & *Lehman, M. (2006).  Repeated questioning for the order of events: Disparate effects following logical vs. random presentation.  Psychological Reports, 98, 419-426.

Kelley, M.R., & Calkins, S. (2006).  Evaluating popular portrayals of memory in film.  Teaching of Psychology, 33, 191-194.

Calkins, S. & Kelley, M. R. (2005).  Mentoring and the faculty-TA relationship: faculty perceptions and practices.  Mentoring & Tutoring, 13, 259-280.

Surprenant, A. M., Kelley, M. R., Farley, L. A., & Neath, I. (2005).  Fill-in and infill errors in order memory.  Memory, 13, 267-273.

Kelley, M. R. (2004).  Demonstrating the Monty Hall dilemma.  Teaching of Psychology, 31, 193-195.

Nairne, J. S. & Kelley, M. R. (2004).  Separating item and order information through process dissociation.  Journal of Memory and Language, 50, 113-133.

Kelley, M.R., & Nairne, J.S. (2003). Remembering the Forgotten? Reminiscence, hypermnesia, and memory for order. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 577-599.

Kelley, M. R. & Nairne, J. S. (2001). Von Restorff revisited: Isolation, generation, and memory for order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 27, 54-66.

Nairne, J. S. & Kelley, M. R. (1999). Reversing the phonological similarity effect. Memory & Cognition, 27, 45-53.

Nairne, J. S., Whiteman, H., & Kelley, M. R. (1999). Short-term forgetting of order under conditions of reduced interference. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 52A, 241-251.

Selected Research Presentations

* The asterisk denotes a Lake Forest College student.

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. S. (2015, November).  Serial position functions in general knowledge. Poster presented at the 57^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois.

*Parasiuk, Y., *Crocco, M., *Salgado-Benz, J., & Kelley, M. R. (2014, November). Part-set cuing facilitation for spatial information.  Poster presented at the 56^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, California.

Kelley, M. R., *Pentz, C., Reysen, M., *Hardy, S., & *Estruth, T. (2013, November). The joint influence of collaboration and part-set cuing. Poster presented at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

*Cole, S., Reysen, M., & Kelley, M. R. (2013, November).  Part-set cuing facilitation for spatial information. Poster presented at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. S. (2013, November).  A remember/know analysis of the semantic serial position function. Poster presented at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

Kelley, M. R., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. (2012, November).  Three more semantic serial position functions and a SIMPLE explanation. Paper presented at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Lemke, R., & Kelley, M. R (2012, November).  Decision-making under uncertainty in the Cash Cab.  Poster presented at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kelley, M.R,. & Lemke, R. (2012, March).  Decision-making under uncertainty: An analysis of the television game show ‘Cash Cab’.  Paper presented at the Midwestern Economics Association, Evanston, Illinois.

Kelley, M. R., Reysen, M. B., *Ahlstrand, K. M., & *Pentz, C. J. (2011, November). Can processing social information reduce or eliminate collaborative inhibition?  Poster presented at the 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society,  Seattle, WA.

Kelley, M. R., Reysen, M., *Jones, A., *Dominko, M., & *Talbert, N. (2009, November).  Collaborative recall of social information.  Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

*Yehl, G. C., & Kelley, M. R. (2009, November).  Applied part-set cuing.  Sigma Xi National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Kelley, M. R., *Goldman, B. A., & *Cerda, J. R. (2008, November).  Ironic effects of censorship in memory.  Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Kelley, M. R., Briggs, J. E., *Chambers, J. W., *Blegen, E. A., *Koch, D. H., & *Bovee, J. C. (2007, November).  Ironic effects of censorship: Generating censored lyrics enhances memory.   Poster presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, California.

*Jester, J. L., & Kelley, M. R. (2007, May).  Verbal overshadowing and memory for order.  Poster presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
Kelley, M. R., & *Bovee, J. C. (2006, November).  Part-set cuing and memory for order.  Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, Texas.

*Lehman, M., & Kelley, M. R. (2006, May).  Examining Hypermnesia in Free and Serial Recall.  Poster presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Kelley, M. R. & *Lehman, M. (2004, May).  Repeated testing and memory for sequences of scenes.  Poster presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Kelley, M. R., *Chambers, J. W., & Briggs, J.E. (2004, May).  Censorship and memory: Evidence for a generation effect for censored lyrics?  Poster presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Student Scholarship in Undergraduate Journals

*Gilbert, J. (in press).  Hindsight bias in the 2012 US presidential election.  Modern Psychological Studies.

*Baldassari, M. J., & Kelley, M. R. (2012).  Make ‘em laugh?  The mnemonic benefit of humor in a speech.  Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 17 (1), 2-9.

*Goldman, B. A., & Kelley, M. R. (2009).  The generation effect in the context of lyrical censorship.  Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 14 (2), 72-77.

*Gorga, K., *Torres, E., & *Russell, M. (2009).  An investigation of the relationship between personality and attractiveness.  Modern Psychological Studies, 14, 4-9.

*Lehman, M., & Kelley, M.R. (2006).  Examining hypermnesia in free and serial recall.  Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 11, 57-62.

Selected Awards and Honors

Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Research Grant, $2,000, Psi Chi National Office, Chattanooga, TN (2009)

Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Research Grant, $2,000, Psi Chi National Office, Chattanooga, TN (2007)

William L. Dunn Award for Outstanding Teaching & Scholarly Promise, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL (2006)

Fellowship, Hotchkiss Fellows Program for Junior Faculty, Lake Forest College, IL (2005-2006)

Robert C. Crowder Festschrift Award (1999), Yale University