Educational Background
Dr. Phillips earned her B.S. in psychology with honors in 1994 from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. She then worked as a manager in the entertainment industry for a few years before returning to school to pursue her true passion for a career as an educator and researcher. She completed her M.A. in experimental psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000 under the direction of Dr. William Frederickson and Dr. Mike Knight. She then went on to earn her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 2005 under the direction of Dr. Ryan Brown.
Professional Career
After earning her Ph.D., Dr. Phillips joined the faculty at Columbus State University in Columbus Georgia. She was there from 2005 to 2011 during which time she was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor and served as the assistant chair of the psychology department for 2 years. In 2011, she took her current position at Northeastern State University in...
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Brown, R., & Phillips, A. (2005). Letting bygones be bygones: Further evidence for the validity of the tendency to forgive scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(3), 637–638.
Phillips, A. (2010). Indignation or insecurity: The influence of mate value on distress following infidelity. Evolutionary Psychology, 8(4), 736–750.
Phillips, A., & Hranek, C. (2012). Is beauty a gift or a curse? The influence of an offender’s physical attractiveness on forgiveness. Personal Relationships, 19, 420–430.
Phillips, A., & Knight, M. (2007, March). A Q-methodological study of attitudes about women: From a design by William Stephenson. Journal of Scientific Psychology [Online], 1–7. Available: http://www.psyencelab.com/archives/2007/03/a_qmethodological_study_of_att.asp#more
Phillips, A., & Rogers, J. (2016a, April). The relationship between mate value and the effectiveness of an apology. Paper presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association’s annual meeting (SWPA), Dallas.
Rogers, J., & Phillips, A. (2016b, April). Predicting personality: The link between sensory processing and emotional intelligence. Poster presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association’s annual meeting (SWPA), Dallas, TX
Rogers, J., & Phillips, A. (2017). The effects of sensory processing sensitivity on emotional intelligence and big five traits. Manuscript in preparation.
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Phillips, A. (2016). Phillips, April. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2147-1
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