Dr. Jerome R. Sehulster

Professor Jerome R. Sehulster received his MA and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Delaware. His research interests focus on the relationships between everyday memory functioning, personality styles, and sense of self. He is currently investigating the relationship between what we talk about in everyday conversation and the structure of autobiographical memory. Two manuscripts recently submitted to psychology journals (2004) explore memory fabrication in conversation and topical structure of conversation. Among his recent published research is a demonstration of the psychological reality of a person's "era," or that time of life in which crucial facets of one's adult identity are formed. His psychobiographical analysis of identity issues in letters, diaries, and writings from a period in the life of 19th century German composer Richard Wagner was published in 2001. Dr. Sehulster's earlier work at UCONN centered on the notion of styles of remembering and their relationships to aspects of one's everyday life.

The citations for these are:

Sehulster, J. (2001) "Richard Wagner's Creative Vision at La Spezia or The Retrospective Interpretation of Experience in Autobiographical Memory as a Function of an Emerging Identity." In J. Brockmeier and D. Carbaugh. Identity and Narrative. Chapter 9.

Sehulster, J. (1996) "In my era: Evidence for the perception of a special period of the past." Memory, 4, 145-158.

Sehulster, J. (1996) Individual differences in memory style and autobiographical memory. In D. Herrmann, C. McEvoy, C. Hertzog, P. Hertel, and M. Johnson. Basic and Applied Memory: Volume Two, Practical Applications. Pp. 209-221. Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Sehulster, J. (1995) Memory styles and related abilities in presentation of self. American Journal of Psychology, 108, 67-88.

Awarded Faculty of the Year in 1994-1995, 2000-2001, and in 2002-2003, Dr. Sehulster regularly teaches both semesters of the Introduction to Psychology (PSY 132-133/135), Principles of Research in Psychology (PSY 202Q), The Study of Personality (PSY 243), Cognitive Psychology (PSY 256) and Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology (PSY210W). A firm believer in the "hands-on" learning of skills, Dr. Sehulster emphasizes problem solving, critical thinking, data collection and analysis, and the latest statistical software (SPSS) in all his upper division courses. Dr. Sehulster also teaches in Summer Sessions; he is Assistant Department Head of the Psychology Department.

An avid opera fan, Dr. Sehulster also regularly offers lecture series in the Stamford community and at UCONN-Stamford on various opera topics, under the aegis of UConn's College of Continuing Studies. Scheduled for the Spring of 2005 is a survey of Giacomo Puccini's operas; he has been opera critic for The Advocate in Stamford since 1986, reviewing opera performances locally and at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as on CD and DVD.

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