Dr. Michelle Boyer-Pennington

Professor

Dr. Michelle Boyer-Pennington
615-898-5451
(615) 898-5027
Room 363, Academic Classroom Building (ACB)
MTSU Box 87, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

Monday/Wednesday: 1-3 p.m. or by appointment.

VIRTUAL/EMAIL/ZOOM

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Florida (1995)
  • MS, University of Florida (1992)
  • BA, Emory University (1990)

Areas of Expertise

  • Children's cognitive development (autobiographical memory, language development)
  • Feminist psychology
  • College retention challenges in students from diverse backgrounds

Publications

  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., Brinthaupt, T. M., & Lipka, R. P. (2016). Affective development. In S. B. Mertins, M. M. Caskey, & N. Flowers (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (2nd edition) (pp. 35-37). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.  
  • Brinthaupt, T. M., Boyer-Pennington, M. E., & Lipka, R. P. (2016). Self-concept/Self-esteem. In S. B. Mertins, M. M. Caskey, & N. Flowers (Eds.). The Enc...
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  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., Brinthaupt, T. M., & Lipka, R. P. (2016). Affective development. In S. B. Mertins, M. M. Caskey, & N. Flowers (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (2nd edition) (pp. 35-37). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.  
  • Brinthaupt, T. M., Boyer-Pennington, M. E., & Lipka, R. P. (2016). Self-concept/Self-esteem. In S. B. Mertins, M. M. Caskey, & N. Flowers (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (2nd edition) (pp. 343-345). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.  
  • Farrar, M. J., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E. (2011). Developmental changes in children’s inductive inferences for biological concepts: Development of essentialist beliefs. Infant and Child Development, 20, 525-539.
  • Otto, S., Evins, M., Boyer-Pennington, M. E., & Brinthaupt, T. (2015). Learning communities in higher education: Best practices. Journal of Student Success and Retention, Vol 2, No. 1.

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Presentations

  • McArthy, A. J., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E., (2021, March). Experiences of American Families Who Have Adopted from Bulgarian Orphanages. Poster presented at the 2021 CEPO/Psi Chi program of the Southeastern Psychological Association  [virtual]  
  • Gildea, E., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E. (2020, April). Religiosity, internalized homophobia, and mental health outcomes in LGB individuals in the southeast. Po...
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  • McArthy, A. J., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E., (2021, March). Experiences of American Families Who Have Adopted from Bulgarian Orphanages. Poster presented at the 2021 CEPO/Psi Chi program of the Southeastern Psychological Association  [virtual]  
  • Gildea, E., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E. (2020, April). Religiosity, internalized homophobia, and mental health outcomes in LGB individuals in the southeast. Poster presented at the 2020 Middle Tennessee Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN  
  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., & Evins, M. (2019, March). Increasing student civic engagement in a General Psychology/History Learning Community. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France.  
  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., (2018, May). Civic engagement in a General Psychology course: Identifying and changing biases about others. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.  
  • Rust, D., Daniel, L., & Boyer-Pennington, M. E. (2016, December). Development of a QEP on academic engagement and integrative thinking. Presented at the annual meeting of SACSCOC. Atlanta, GA.  
  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., & Harle, T. (2016, May). Black and white freshmen report different college concerns. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Boyer-Pennington, M. E., Morrison, M., & Fredrick, E. (2014, May). College students do not hold sexual double standards for men and women. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.  

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Awards

Outstanding EXL Faculty (2016-2017)

Courses

  • PSY1410: General Psychology
  • PSY2000: Seminar on Careers in Psychology
  • PSY4190: Child Development
  • PSY4620: Psychology of Women