Department of Psychology

Faculty

Dr. Richard Deyo
Dr. Carrie Fried
Dr. John Holden
Dr. John Johanson
Dr. Mary Kesler
Dr. Gloria Marmolejo
Dr. Peter Miene (chair)
Dr. Charles Schreiber
Dr. Susan Sefkow
Dr. Jessica Siebenbruner
Dr. Janette Williams

Faculty office hours

Education

B.S., Psychology (Honors), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, 1985.

M.S., Psychology (Cognitive Experimental), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988.

Ph.D., Psychology (Cognitive Experimental), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.


Frequently Taught Courses

PSY 231 Statistics
PSY 308/309 Experimental Psychology with Lab
PSY 311 Careers in Psychology
PSY 369 Cognitive Psychology with Lab
PSY 410 Sensation & Perception
PSY 434 History and Systems of Psychology


Scholarly Interests & Expertise

Memory distortions
Bilingual cognition
Hypermnesia
Unconscious processing


Student Research Opportunities Offered

Dr. Marmolejo is currently accepting qualified students for research projects on memory for actions and creation of false memories. Students will get involved in data collection, coding and analysis and possibly, in presenting the research project at a conference. Interested students should contact her for a description of the prerequisites.


Selected Supervised Student Research
(* denotes undergraduate student)

Marmolejo, G., *Hallaway, D., & *Krizan, Z. (June, 2001). Do multiple-choice exams produce negative suggestion effect? Paper presented at the 4th SARMAC Biennial Conference, Kinston, Ontario, Canada.

Marmolejo, G., & *Krizan, Z. (June, 2001). Does massed retrieval repetition of simple actions increase their memorability? Poster presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Marmolejo, G., & *Lind, C. M. (June, 2000). Effects of Misinformation and Repeated Questioning on Adolescents’ Memory and Suggestibility. 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Miami, FL.

Marmolejo, G., & *Kehoe, E. (June, 1999). Misleading eyewitnesses with video, audio, and written information. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Denver, CO.

Marmolejo, G., *Kuehn, T., *Winter, M., & *Nielsen, D. (November, 1998). Recalling and forgetting misleading items and actions of an eyewitnessed event. Paper presented at the 39th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Dallas, TX.

Marmolejo, G., & *Kehoe, E. (November, 1997). Reporting eyewitnessed events after identifying or suppressing misleading information. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Philadelphia, PA.


Selected Publications/Presentations

Marmolejo, G., Diliberto-Macaluso, K. A., & Altarriba, J. (2009). False memory in bilinguals: Does switching languages increase false memories? American Journal of Psychology, 122, 1-16.

Marmolejo, G., Diliberto-Macaluso, K. A., & Altarriba, J. (July, 2003). Recalling ‘Dormir’ after Hearing ‘Bed’: False Recall in Spanish-English Bilinguals. Poster presented at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Aberdeen, Scotland.

Marmolejo, G., & Krizan, Z. (June, 2001). Does massed retrieval repetition of simple actions increase their memorability? Poster presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kaehler, K. D., Larson, Y. M., & Marmolejo, G. (1997). Influence of post-event information in the recall of central and peripheral details of an eyewitnessed event. Modern Psychological Studies, 5, 7-14.

Marmolejo, G., & Theios, J. (November, 1995). Assessment of conscious detectability, response criterion, context, and quick forgetting in semantic priming by brief and masked words. Paper presented at the 36th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Theios, J., & Marmolejo, G. (1991). A backwardly masked stimulus is not subliminal. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, 476.


Community & University Service

Member of the WSU Library committee

Coordinator of the human subjects pool at the Rochester campus

Resource for a research project on effective educational practices at branch campuses conducted by Rochester campus staff

Member of the Rochester International Association Spanish Conversation Club


Awards, Grants & Other Honors

Vilas Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 9/90-5/91.

Research & Innovative Teaching Projects grant, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 10/89-9/90.

Young Researcher Award, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 10/89.


Personal Interests

Dr. Marmolejo's interests are diverse. She enjoys learning something new everyday. She views education not only as her job but also as a vehicle that allows clear thinking and right doing in all aspects of life. She is especially attracted to science, other cultures, places, and peoples. In addition, she is passionate about healthy nutrition, physical exercise, and music. But, she adds, "What I love most is watching how my children grow everyday, exploring parenting strategies to help them blossom, and nurturing my family."


Joined WSU Psychology Department

1994