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Dr. Sara Staats

Sara Rader Staats-Professor of Psychology Emeritus

        Sara Staats received her PhD from the Ohio State University in experimental psychology.  Dr. Staats has major research interests in hope, heroism, functional age and the human-animal bond. She served as professor of psychology from 1989 to 2007 at The Ohio State University at Newark and as coordinator of the Newark Psychology Program from 1995 to 2004. She has taught research and engaged students as co authors in both presentations and publications.  In 2007, Dr. Staats was awarded The Educator of the Year Award by the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education. Professor Staats was granted Emeritus status in 2007 and continues to pursue an active research program.

Current Publications.

Staats, S., Hupp, J. M., & Hagley, A. (2007). Honesty and heroes:  A positive view of heroism and academic honesty. The Journal of Psychology:  Interdisciplinary and Applied. Accepted September 4, 2007.

Staats, S. (2006). Teacher’s pets and why they have them. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36. 1881-1891.

Staats, S. (2006).  Pets: Animals, therapy and related concepts. In The Encyclopedia of aging. Fourth Edition. R. Schultz (Ed.).  919-922. New York: Springer.

Staats, S., Panek, P. & Cosmar, D. (2006). Predicting travel attitudes among university faculty after 9/11. The Journal of Psychology, 140, 121-133.

Staats, S., White, L., Manulik, K. & Kelly, P. (2006). Situated Empathy. Social Behavior and Personality. 34, 431-442.

Panek, P. E., Staats, S. & Hiles, A. (2006). The relationship among perceived cognitive/intellectual, physical, sensory-perceptual-motor demands of selected occupations and recommended retirement and perceived optimal performance ages. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62, 67-115.

Staats, S & Pierfelice, L. (2003). Travel: A long range goal of retired women. The Journal of Psychology 137, 483-494.

Staats, S., Ross, T., & Irmscher, K. (2002).Feeling stares: Places, Persons, and Pets.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 758-766.

Current academic activities include accepting 693.04 independent study students by permission and advising Honors’ Theses.

Email staats.1@osu.edu

Phone 740 366 9279

Fax     740 366 5047

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