Christine Charyton, PhD

OSU - Newark
Department: Psychology

Position: Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Reese 228
Phone: (740) 364-9582
E-mail: charyton.1@osu.edu

Courses

PSYCH 100 - General Psychology

PSYCH 331 - Abnormal Psychology

PSYCH 333.02 - Human Behavior Problems (Sexual)

PSYCH 530 - Psychology of Personality

PSYCH 540 - Counseling Psychology: An Introduction

Educational Background

National Register Early Career Psychologist Credentialing Scholarship, toward becoming credentialed as a National Register Health Service Provider in Psychology, 2006.

PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Educational Psychology, 2004

MEd, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Counselor Education, 1994

BA, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, Psychology/Music, 1992

Professional Background

Post-Doctoral Intern Therapist, Lenape Valley Foundation, Doylestown, PA, 2005

Adjunct Faculty, Holy Family University, Newtown, PA, 2005

Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2004

Pre-Doctoral Psychology Intern, Fifth Avenue Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy, New York City, NY, 2002-2003

Adjunct Faculty, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2003

Research Interests

Creativity: Scientific and artistic creativity in engineers and musicians

Media Relations

August 2006: Professional Consultant. The Advocate, Newark, OH. Making it Through the Morning, interview by Liza Martin, newspaper correspondent.

July 2003: Audience Guest. NPR's Program: Justice Talking, Taped at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA. Audience member in the taping of this radio program debating Video Game Violence. Host: Margot Adler.

Publications

Elliott, J.O., Charyton, C., & Long, L. (accepted). A health literacy assessment of the

National Epilepsy Foundation website. Epilepsy & Behavior.

Charyton, C., & Snelbecker, G.E. (2007). General, Artistic and Scientific Creativity

Attributes of Engineering and Music Students. Creativity Research Journal, 19,

2-3, 213-225.

Charyton, C., & Snelbecker, G.E. (2007). Engineers’ and Musicians’ Choices of Self-

Descriptive Adjectives as Potential Indicators of Creativity by Gender and Domain. Psychology of Aesthetics and Creativity in the Arts, 1, 2, 91-99.

Charyton, C. (2006). What is the relationship between sexual orientation, bisexuality

and creativity? Journal of Bisexuality, 6, 4, 51-71.

Charyton, C. (2005). Creativity (Scientific, artistic, general) and risk tolerance

among engineering and music students. (Doctoral Dissertation, Temple

University, 2004).

Charyton, C. (2002). The relationship of creativity in psychosocial development: A

literature review.  The Social Science Paper Publisher, 5,14‑20.

Charyton, C. (2002). The mozart effect: Classical music and infant cognitive

development. Journal of Integrative Psychology, Fall 2002.

Book Reviews

Charyton, C. (2007, April 11). Active and Productive Learning: Teachings for

Integrating Science and Art—from Music to Physics through Space and Time

[Review of the book Productive Learning: Science, Art and Einstein’s Relativity in Educational Reform. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52

(No.15) Article 1. retrieved [April 11, 2007], from the PsycCRITIQUES

database.

Charyton, C. (2006, September 15). A response to Jane E. Meyers and Robert John

Sweeney. [Wellness Critique: When purpose and substance matter].

PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51

(No.37) Article 20. retrieved [September 21, 2006], from the PsycCRITIQUES

database.

Charyton, C. (2006, August 2). Creative therapeutic interventions from a practical

perspective. [Review of the book Therapeutic games and guided imagery: Tools for mental health and school professionals working with children, adolescents, and

their families]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (No. 31) Article 6. retrieved [August 5, 2006] from the PsychCRITIQUES

database. 

Charyton, C. (2006, May 17). A model for exercising wellness over pathology. [Review

of the book Counseling for wellness: Theory research and practice].

PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 15

(No.20) Article 9. retrieved [May 21, 2006], from the PsycCRITIQUES database. 

Charyton, C. (2006, March 15). How can the beauty of science be shared to engage

more young scientists? [Review of the book Aesthetic experience in science education: Learning and meaning-making as situated talk and action]. PsycCRITIQUES—

Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51(No. 11) Article 4. Retrieved [March 21, 2006], from the PsycCRITIQUES database.

Charyton, C. (2006, February 8). It takes a village for critical dialog [Review of the book

Building effective learning communities: Strategies for leadership, learning and collaboration]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of

 Books, 51 (No. 6), Article 3.  Retrieved [February 12, 2006], from the PsycCRITIQUES database.  

Community Service

September 2006-present: Early Career Psychologist Network Representative. The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, American Psychological Association Division 10.

 

August 2006-present: Secretary-Treasurer. The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, American Psychological Association Division 10.

 

July 2006-present: Reviewer. Psychology of the Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.

 

July 2006-present: Editorial Board Member. PsycCRITIQUES.