Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology Ph.D. Sub-Program, Queens College, The City University of New York
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Social/Personality/Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
M.A. Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004
B.A. Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999
HONORS AND AWARDS
PSC-CUNY Research Award, July 2008
Stewart Travel Award, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, April 2008
Higginson Summer Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2007
Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, January 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). Transference of attachment patterns:
How important relationships influence feelings toward novel people. Personal Relationships, 14, 369 - 386.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007). Adult attachment and the defensive regulation of memory: Evidence from explicit and
implicit memory tests. Journal of Personality, 75, 1033 - 1050..
Fraley, R. C., Niedenthal, P. M., Marks, M. J., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary,
A. (2006). Adult attachment and the perception of emotional expressions: Probing the hyperactivating strategies underlying
anxious attachment. Journal of Personality, 74, 1163 - 1190.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The evolution of attachment in romantic relationships. In M. Mikulincer
& G. Goodman (Eds.), The dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex. New York: Guilford Press.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2006). Transference and attachment: How do attachment patterns get carried forward from one
relationship to the next? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 552 - 560.
Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). The evolution and function of adult attachment:
A comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 731-746.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2004). A dynamical systems approach to understanding stability and change in attachment security. In W. S.
Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult attachment: Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 86-132). New York: Guilford Press.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Wood, D.O., & Brumbaugh, C.C. (under review). Using revealed mate preferences to evaluate market force and differential preference explanations for mate selection.
Brumbaugh, C.C. (under review). Adult attachment and dating strategies: How do insecure people attract mates?
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2008, May). Adult Attachment and Dating Strategies.. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2008, February). Break-ups and the Formation of New Romantic Attachments. Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Albuquerque, NM.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007, January). Comparative Phylogenetic Methods for Studying Evolution in
Social-Personality Psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology:
Memphis, TN.
Wood, D., Brumbaugh, C.C., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, October). "Indirectly" Measured Mate Preferences and their Relation
to Dispositional Characteristics. Poster presented at New Methods for the Analysis of Family and Dyadic Processes: Amherst, MA.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2006, January). Transference of Attachment to Novel Relationships:
The Role of Parental and Partner Representations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology: Palm Springs, CA.
Fraley, R. C. & Brumbaugh, C. C.(2006, January). Comparative and Phylogenetic Methods in Social and Personality Psychology.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Palm Springs, CA.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2005, June). The Evolution of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society: Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. (2005, May). Adult attachment and the perception of emotions. Poster presented
at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005, January). The Evolution and Function of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and
Phylogenetic Analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: New Orleans, LA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2004, May). The Evolution and Function of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and
Phylogenetic Analysis of Pair Bonding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2004, January). Transference of Working Models of Attachment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). Transference of Attachment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Personality
Ad hoc reviewer for Personal Relationships
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Happiness Studies
Ad hoc reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Personality and Individual Differences
Reviewer for 2008 Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Chair for the Queens College Psychology Department Spring 2008 Commencement Honors & Awards Committee
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (APA)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
American Psychological Society (APS)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Queens College Department of Psychology
- Personality Psychology (Graduate and Undergraduate levels)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Social Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Introduction to Research in Psychology"; Personality Psychology
HOMERESEARCHTEACHING