Michael E. Nielsen
Department of Psychology
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8041
Internet: mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Voice: (912) 536-3003
EDUCATION
Ph.D., December 1992, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
M.A., May 1990, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
B.A., June 1986, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Chair, Dept. of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, 2011-2020
President, Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Division 36, American Psychological Association, 2015-16
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Cragun, R. T., Hammer, J. H., Nielsen, M., & Autz, N. (2018). Religious/secular distance: How far apart are teenagers and their parents? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10(3), 288-295. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000205.
Hatton, A. T., & Nielsen, M. E. (2016). “War on Terror” in our Backyard: Effects of framing and violent propaganda on anti-Muslim prejudice. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. Doi: 10.1080/19434472.2015.1126341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2015.1126341
Nielsen, M. E., & Silver, C. F. (2015). Strategies and Resources for Teaching Psychology of Religion. In. D. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education, pp. 577-587. New York: Oxford.
Nielsen, M. E., & Cragun, R. T. (2010). Religious orientation, religious affiliation, and boundary maintenance: The case of polygamy. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 13, 761-770.
Nielsen, M. E., Williams, J., & Randolph-Seng, B. (2009). Religious orientation and attitudes about stem cell research. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 19 (2), 81-91.
Nielsen, M. E., & White, D. (2008). Men’s grooming in the LDS Church: A qualitative study of norm violation. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 11, 807-825.
Randolph-Seng., B., & Nielsen, M. E. (2007). Honesty: One effect of primed religious representations. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 17(4), 303-316.
Tatjana Schnell
Existential Psychology Lab
University of Innsbruck
4W13 (4th floor), Universitätsstr. 5-7
E-mail: tatjana.schnell@uibk.ac.at
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo, Norway
Associate Professor University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Office,
Reports from International Meaning Research
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Schnell, T. (2022). Suffering as meaningful choice. An existential approach. In A. Austad & L. J. Danbolt (Eds.), Ta vare. En bok om diakoni, sjelesorg og eksistensiell helse (p. 3-14). VID.
Schnell, T. & Krampe, H. (2022). Meaningfulness protects from and crisis of meaning exacerbates general mental distress longitudinally. BMC Psychiatry, 22, Article No. 285.
Tommasi, F., Sartori R., Ceschi, A., & Schnell, T. (2021). The Meaning in Work Inventory: validation of the Italian version and its association with sociodemographic variables. BPA-Applied Psychology Bulletin (Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata), 69(291), 17-36.
Schnell, T. (2021). The psychology of meaning in life. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Schnell, T. & Hoffmann, C. (2020). ME-Work: development and validation of a modular meaning in work inventory. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:599913. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.599913
Schnell, T. (2020). Spirituality. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.
La Cour, P., & Schnell, T. (2020). Presentation of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: the SoMeCaM. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60(1), 20-42.
La Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2019). Sources of Meaning – Card Method. Innsbruck: Studia.
Viviani, R., Dommes, L., Bosch, J. E., Beschoner, P., Stingl, J. C., & Schnell, T. (2019). Choosing between personal values: the Pavlovian substrates of intrinsic preferences. bioRxiv, 856294.
Vötter, B & Schnell T (2019). Bringing giftedness to bear: generativity, meaningfulness, and self-control as resources for a happy life among gifted adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1972. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01972
Sørensen, T., Stifoss-Hansen, H., Lien, L., Pedersen, H. F., la Cour, P., DeMarinis, V., Danbolt, L. J., & Schnell, T. (2019). The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) in the Norwegian context: Relations to mental health, quality of life and self-efficacy. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 29(1), 32-45.
Vötter, B., & Schnell T. (2019). Cross-lagged analyses between life meaning, self-compassion, and subjective well-being among gifted adults. Mindfulness, 10(7), 1294-1303.