Ph.D., Osmania University, India; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

(618) 453-3543

(618) 453-3563

meerak@siu.edu

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Meera Komarraju, Associate Professor in Applied Psychology, holds doctorates in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1983, Osmania University, India) and Applied Social Psychology (1987, University of Cincinnati, Ohio). She has taught in the Departments of Psychology and Management at SIUC since 1986, at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has also taught in Hong Kong and Singapore for the Dept. of Management's off-campus executive MBA program. Courses taught include: Introductory, Social, Personality, Child , Cross-Cultural, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Research Methods, Introduction to Management, Business Statistics, as well as Managerial and Organizational Behavior. Her research interests focus on work attitudes, work-family linkages in dual-career couples, cross-cultural psychology, and academic motivation.

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• Cross Cultural Psychology
• Academic Motivation
• Work-Family Linkages in Dual Career Families

Recent Journal Articles & Book Chapters:

Komarraju, M., Musulkin, S., Bhattacharya, G. (in press). Role of student-faculty interactions in developing college students' academic self-concept, motivation, and achievement. Journal of College Student Development.

Komarraju, M., Karau, S., & Schmeck, R. (2009). Role of the Big Five personality traits in predicting college students' academic motivation and achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 47-52.

Komarraju, M. (2008). A social-cognitive approach to training teaching assistants. Teaching of Psychology, 35, 327-334.

Komarraju, M., Dollinger, S. J., & Lovell, J. L. (2008). Individualism-collectivism in horizontal and vertical directions as predictors of conflict management styles. International Journal of Conflict Management, 19, 20-35.

Undergraduate Psychology Courses:

• Introduction to Psychology (Psyc 102)
• Practicum in Teaching (Psyc 394L)

• Practicum in Teaching (Psyc 594L)