PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Cherney, I. D. (2010, April). An experiential approach to teaching gender. Invited panel speaker at the Gender Development conference in San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D. (2010, April). Do single-sex schools promote female participation in the physical sciences? Poster presented at the at the Gender Development conference in San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D. , Brown, S., & Hankey, M. (2009, October). Sesame Street: Science learning in the museum. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society conference in San Antonio, TX.

Cherney, I. D. (2009, August). “Underrepresentation” or misrepresentation? Beliefs that put females at risk. Talk given at the 11 th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D. , Bosak, J., Pierre, S. J., Sualy, K., Sczesny, S., Kaufmann, M., & Theiler, R. (2009, April). Where is the 21 st century Marie Curie? A cross-cultural perspective on adolescents’ mathematics and science career choices. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Denver, CO.

Cherney, I. D. , McKillip, K., Villanueva, N., & Alt, M. (2009, April). Toys "R" Me: Egocentric Reasoning as a Precursor of Stereotyping? Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Denver, CO.

Cherney, I. D. , & Meier, B. (2009, April). Learning instructions affect explicit, but not implicit memory for gender specific materials in preschoolers.Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Denver, CO.

McKillip, K., Cherney, I. D., & Villanueva, N. (2009, April). Thinking Outside the Toy Box: Cognitive Dissonance, Creativity, and Gendered Play. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Denver, CO.

Cherney, I. D. (2008, December). Des jouets aux carrières scientifiques: Le schém a de genre . Presentation given at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D. (2008, July). Effects of gender schemata on women’s math and science career choices. Talk given at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Cherney, I. D. (2008, April). Where is the 21st century Marie Curie? Gender-linked differences in perceptions of science ability, experiences, expectations, and career choices. Presentation given at the 3rd Gender Development Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D., & Pierre, S. J. (2008, March). Career selection with Bill Nye: Rural adolescents’ motivational and personality factors affecting science career choices. Presentation given at the Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Pierre, S. J., & Cherney, I. D. (2007, November). From woods to laboratory: A rural woman’s road to science. Presentation given at the Nebraska Psychological Society conference, Crete, NE.

Cherney, I. D., Dempsey, J., & Rangel, L. (2007, October). Toy story: Toys that promote play complexity. Presentation given at the 5th Conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Santa Fe, NM.

Cherney, I. D., Dempsey, J., Villanueva, N., & McKillip, K. (2007, October). Toys “R” Me: Children’s reasoning about sex-typed toys. Presentation given at the 5th Conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Santa Fe, NM.

Cherney, I. D. (2007, September). The right of a child to life, survival, and development. Presentation given at the Kurt Bosch Institute for Children’s Rights, Sion, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D. (2007, September). The development of gender differences in incidental memory. Symposium given at the 10th Congress of the Swiss Society for Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D. (2007, June). The development of sex differences. Invited talk at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D., Polachek, E., & Heinrich, A. (2007, May). Whose right is it anyway? Parents’ and children’s perceptions of children’s rights. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, Washington, D.C.

Cherney, I. D., & Jones, K. (2007, May). The contribution of stereotypical perceptions of science on a shortage of female scientists. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D . , Arkfeld, L., & Poetting, K. (2007, May). Motivational and personality factors affecting science career choices. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D. , Henninger, M., & Rudersdorf, A. (2007, May). The Barbie diet: Children's perceptions of body image. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D., & Jones, K. (2007, March). Adolescents' perceptions of mathematics ability, previous experiences, expectations, and their science career choices. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Poss, J., & Cherney, I. D. (2007, March). Hunters and gatherers: A video gaming perspective. Poster presented at the 27 th Great Plains Student Conference, Wichita, KS.

Wolf, L., McKillip, K., & Cherney, I. D . (2007, March). Where is the next Marie Curie? Motivations and the pursuit of science-based careers in women. Talk presented at the 27 th Great Plains Student Conference, Wichita, KS.

Dempsey, J., Villanueva, N., & Cherney, I. D . (2007, March). Guys and dolls: The science of play. Talk presented at the 27 th Great Plains Student Conference, Wichita, KS.

Cherney, I. D . , & Cherney, M. G. (2007, January). Student perceptions of science ability, experiences, expectations, and career choices. Poster presented at the Annual American Association for Physics Teachers Conference, Seattle, WA.

Brabec, C. M., Runco, D., & Cherney, I. D . (2006, November). What drives our spatial abilities? Sex differences in way-finding navigation. Poster presented at the Missouri Psychological Society Conference, Kansas City, MO (won 1st place).

Heinrich, A., & Cherney, I. D . (2006, November). Whose right is it anyway? Talk given at the Nebraska Psychological Society and Association for Psychological & Educational Research in Kansas Convention, Hays, KS.

Clerkin, C., & Cherney, I. D . (2006, November). Where do children draw the line between pink and blue? Talk given at the Nebraska Psychological Society and Association for Psychological & Educational Research in Kansas Convention, Hays, KS.

Pierre, S.& Cherney, I. D . (2006, November). Men go North, women go left after the third coffee shop. Talk given at the Nebraska Psychological Society and Association for Psychological & Educational Research in Kansas Convention, Hays, KS.

Cherney, I. D., Rendell, J., & McDonough, R. (2006, May). The lines are drawn, but sex differences in spatial perception persist. Poster presented at the APS Annual Convention, New York City, NY.

Cherney, I. D., Rendell, J., & McDonough, R. (2006, April). Bridging the gender gap: Increasing women’s performance on a visual-spatial task. Poster presented at the 12th annual Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill convention, Washington D. C.

Cherney, I. D., Skovran, L., & Polachek, E. (2006, April). It’s all in the family: Children’s and parents’ perceptions of children’s rights. Poster presented at the 12th annual Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill convention, Washington D. C.

Cherney, I. D., Skovran, L. C., & Polachek, E. (2006, March). Parents' and adolescents' perceptions on children's rights. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D., Travers, B., & Greteman, A. J. (2006, March). Adolescents' and adults' perceptions of children's rights from a cross-cultural perspective. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Rendell, R., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). The lines are draws: Sex differences on a paper and tablet computer visual-spatial task. Poster presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

McDonough, R., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). Mapping out spatial ability: The relationship between previous spatial experience and map representation. Poster presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Brabec, C., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). Who can remember what: A look at sex differences in object memory. Poster presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Henninger, M., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). Family ties: Do parents and children see eye to eye? Talk presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Jones, K., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). Socialization and career choices. Talk presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Runco, D., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). Aiming for success: How spatial experience helps you hit the target. Poster presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Modica, A., & Cherney, I. D. (2006, March). What makes a toy attractive to preschoolers? Poster presented at the 26th Great Plains Student Conference, Warrensburg, MO.

Cherney, I. D., Modica, A., & Oertli, A. (2005, October). Preschoolers' reasoning about toys: Why a blue car is not always a boy toy. Poster presented at the 4th Meeting of the Cognitive Development Sociey, San Diego, CA.

Cherney, I. D., Greteman, A. J., & Travers, B. (2005, October). Adults' perceptions of children's rights. Talk given at the 30th European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE.

Cherney, I. D. & Travers, B. (2005, May). Adults’ perceptions of children’s rights – An international perspective. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D. & Skovran, L. C. (2005, May). Children’s Socioeconomic Status and the Perception of their Rights: An International Perspective. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D., Basalay, N., Kelly, A., & Bourek, H. (2005, May). Influences of Training on Gender Differences in Visuospatial Competency. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.

Harper, H., Winter, J., & Cherney, I. D. (2005, April). New toys for tots: Uncovering gender stereotypes. Poster presented at the 9th annual Posters on the Hill convention, Council of Undergraduate Research, Washington, D.C.

Cherney, I. D., Winter, J., & Harper, H. (2005, April). New toys for tots: What preschoolers identify as "Boy and Girl toys.". Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Basalay, N., & Cherney, I. D. (2005, March). The role of self-concept in visuospatial performance and training. Poster presented at the 25th Great Plains Student Conference, Omaha, NE (won 2nd place).

Bourek, H., & Cherney, I. D. (2005, March). Gender effects on visuospatial skills: A training exercise. Poster presented at the 25th Great Plains Student Conference, Omaha, NE (won 1st place).

Ternus, J., & Cherney, I. D. (2005, March). Children’s rights from an adult perspective. Poster presented at the 25th Great Plains Student Conference, Omaha, NE.

Skovran, L., & Cherney, I. D. (2005, March). Children’s socioeconomic status and the perception of their rights: An international perspective. Poster presented at the 25th Great Plains Student Conference, Omaha, NE (won 1st place).

Dickey, T. M.., Flichtbeil, J. D., & Cherney, I. D. (2004, April). The effects of computer games on math and science. Poster presented at the 8th national conference of the Council of Undergraduate Research "Posters on the Hill", Washington, D.C.

Cherney, I. D. (2004, April). Recall of sex-stereotyped toy pictures: Effects of presentation and memory task. Poster presented at the 1st Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D. (2004, April). The Effects of Sex-Typed Toy Preferences on Memory. Poster presented at the 1st Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Medrano, R., Willham, C., & Cherney, I. D. (2004, March). Effects of Anxiety and Distractibility on Memory for Gender-Stereotyped Objects. Poster presented at the Annual Great Plains Student Conference, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO.

Flichtbeil, J. D., Dickey, T. M., & Cherney, I. D. (2004, March). Computer games: Are they really all bad? Talk given at the Annual Great Plains Student Conference, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO.

 Cherney, I. D., & Cooney, R. R. (2004, January). Are females at risk of failing statistics? Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

Cooney, R. R., & Cherney, I. D. (2004, January). Assessing student anxiety and its impact on learning in statistics courses. Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

Dickey, T. M., Flichtbeil, J. D., & Cherney, I. D. (2003, November). Video games and visuospatial abilities. Talk given at the meeting of the Nebraska Psychological Society, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE.

Cherney, I. D., Dickey, T. M., Flichtbeil, J. D., & Seiwert, C. (2003, October). Children’s Drawings: A Mirror to Their Minds. Poster presented at the 3rd Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT.

Cherney, I. D. (2003, July). The use of technology in psychology: Examples from an introductory psychology and statistics class. Talk presented at the 3rd International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Heidelberg, Germany.

Budesheim, L. T., & Cherney, I. D. (2003, May). Metacognition in a Natural Learning Context: College Students’ (In)Ability to Predict their Exam Performance. Poster presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Cherney, I. D., Stein, A., & Posey, M. (2003, May). The effects of distractibility, anxiety, and stress on eyewitness memory. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Stein, A., Posey, M., & Cherney, I. D. (2003, April). In the blink of an eye: Inferring the accuracy of eyewitness memory. Poster presented at the 7th national conference of the Council of Undergraduate Research "Posters on the Hill", Washington, D.C.

Cherney, I. D. (2003, April). Gender-linked differences in the toys, television shows, computer games, and outdoor activities of 5- to 13-year-old children. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa FL.

Cherney, I. D., & Shing, L. Y. (2003, April). Children's attitudes toward their rights: A cross-cultural perspective. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Cherney, I. D., & Collaer, M. (2002, November). Sex differences in line judgment: relationship to mental rotation, academic preparation and strategy use. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL.

McCulloch, B., Rudersdorf, K., Susnjar, L., & Cherney, I. D. (2002, April). Do cognitive sex differences in strategy use place women at risk for lower performance in math and sciences? Poster presented at the 6th national conference of the Council of Undergraduate Research “Posters on the Hill”, Washington, D. C.

Cherney, I. D. , & Cherney, M. G. (2002, April). How efficiently do Junior High and High School students solve physics problems? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.

Rudersdorf, K., Susnjar, L., McCulloch, B., Cherney, I. D., & Collaer, M. (2001, November). Sex differences in strategies? Poster presented at the 8th Nebraska Psychological Society Student Convention, Omaha , NE.

Cherney, I. D., & Ryalls, B. O. (2001, October). Gender-linked differences in the development of incidental and intentional memory for static and dynamic stimuli. Poster presented at the second meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Virginia Beach , VA.

Cherney, I. D., & Pooschke, C. L. (2001, April). How 3- and 5-year-old children think they remember: An analysis of spontaneous utterances during incidental memory tasks. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN .

Cherney, M. G., & Cherney, I. D. (2001, April). Similarities between junior high and undergraduate students' problem-solving skills. Talk presented at the 121st Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Science, Lincoln, NE.

Shing, Y. L., & Cherney, I. D. (2001, March). Visuospatial task and map drawing. Poster presented at the Annual Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, MO.

Bussey, C., Hassebroek, A., Koga, T., & Cherney, I. D. (2001, March). Hunter-gatherer theory: Fact or fiction? Poster presented at the Annual Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin , MO.

Cherney, M. G., & Cherney, I. D. (2000, August). Problem solving strategies in nuclear science: A developmental perspective. Talk presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers, Guelph , Ontario, Canada .  

Cherney, I. D. , & Ryalls, B. O. (2000, June). Incidental memory for spatial location in 3- and 5-year-old children. Poster presented at the 12th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami Beach, FL.

Ryalls, B. O., Gill, K., Ruane, A., Cherney, I. D., Schoneboom, N., Cunningham, J., & Ryan, C. (2000, March). Conducting valid and reliable play-based assessment. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans , LA.

Kelly-Vance, L., Gill, K., Schoneboom, N. Cherney, I. D., Ryan, C., Cunningham, J., & Ryalls, B. O. (2000, March). Coding play-based assessment: Issues, challenges, and recommendations. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Cherney, I. D. , Ruane, A., Gill, T., & Ryalls, B. O. (1999, April). The effects of gender on play-based assessment in 18-48 months old children. Poster presented at the Second Colloquium of the Center of Children ’s Issues, Omaha, NE.        

Cherney, I. D., & Ryalls, B. O. (1999, April). Incidental memory as a function of gender and development. Poster presented at the Second Colloquium of the Center for the Study of Children’s Issues, Omaha, NE.

Cherney, I. D. , Ruane, A., Gill, T., & Ryalls, B. O. (1999, April). The effects of gender on play-based assessment in 18-48 months old children. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, NV .

Kelly-Vance, L., Gill, T., Ruane, A., Cherney, I. D. , & Ryalls, B. O. (1999, April). Play-based assessment: Applying a reliable coding system. Talk given at the Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, NV .

Cherney, M. G. & Cherney, I. D. (1999, January). Conceptual development in nuclear physics problem-solving. Talk given at the American Association of Physics Teachers, Anaheim , CA .

Cherney, I. D. & Cherney, M. G. (1998, August). Physics scores as predictors of the medical college admissions test, Talk given at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Lincoln , NE.

Cherney, I. D. & Ryalls, B. O. (1998, March). Incidental memory as a function of gender and development, Poster presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Human Development, Mobile, AL.

Cherney, I. D. (1997, April). Children’s representations of the justice system. Video and Poster presented at the First Colloquium on Children, Creighton University, Omaha, NE.

Cherney, I. D. (1996, June). Gender differences in incidental memory. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Cherney, I. D. & Perry, N. W. (1996, May). Children’s attitudes toward their rights - An international perspective. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Cherney, I. D. (1996, March). Gender differences in incidental memory. Poster competition presented at the Great Plains Students' Psychological Convention, Wichita State University, KS .

Cherney, I. D. & Perry, N. W. (1996, March). Children’s attitudes toward their rights - An international perspective. Poster and new psychometric measure introduced at the American Psychology-Law Society 1996 Biennial Conference, Hilton Head, SC.

Chenevière, C., Girardet, F., Cherney, I. , Rey Wicky, H., & Jaffé, Ph. D. (1995, October). Compréhension du monde de la justice par l’enfant: Illustration vidéo. In Ph.D. Jaffé (chair), Mineurs et justice. Symposium presented at the Swiss Congress of Psychology, Berne, Switzerland.

Cherney, I. D. & Perry, N. W. (1995, June). Children’s attitudes toward their rights - An international perspective. Paper including new data from 3  countries presented at the 21st International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Tromso, Norway .

Cherney, I. D. (1994, December). Children’s attitudes toward their rights - An international perspective. Paper including new data from Canada presented at the European Conference on Monitoring Children's Rights, Ghent, Belgium.

Cherney, I. D. & Perry, N. W. (1994, July). Children’s attitudes toward their rights - An international perspective. Paper presented at the 23rd International Congress of Applied Psychology, Madrid, Spain.

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