Dr. Ann R. Eisenberg Associate Professor, Psychology Associate Dean, Honors
Quick Facts Biographical Sketch

Contact:	Office: JPL 4.02.10 Phone: (210) 458-4106 E-Mail: Ann.Eisenberg@utsa.edu
Degrees:	Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of California Berkeley
Specialization:	Developmental Psychology
Research Interests:	The influence of culture and gender on interaction and conceptions of the self; the influence of parent-child interaction on children's understanding of the world; the influence of language on concepts.
Courses:	Paradigms in Psychology (graduate) Developmental Psychology Social and Personality Development, Honors Program Course  Psychology of Gender The Graduate School Experience
Honors and Awards:	UTSA Ambassadors’ Amber Award, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2008 UTSA Million Dollar Scholar Award, 1999 President’s Distinguished Award for University Service, 1997 W.K. Kellogg National Fellow, 1990-1993
Academic and  Professional Activities:	Associate Dean of the Honors College Director, Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Program Co-Director, UTSA Michigan Bridge to the Doctorate Program
Current Research:	The influence of gender and ethnicity on the accessibility of personal memories; individualism and collectivism among Mexican American and European American college students: stereotypes and realities; parental expressiveness and children's perceptions of parent's emotions; social constructions of gender through language; verb acquisition in English and Spanish.
Selected Publications:	Hohenstein, J. M., Eisenberg, A., & Naigles, L. (2006). Is he floating across or crossing afloat? Cross-influence of L1 and L2 in Spanish-English bilingual adults. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 9, 249-261. Hohenstein, J. L., Naigles, L. R., & Eisenberg, A. R. (2004). Keeping verb acquisition in motion: A comparison of English and Spanish.  In S. Waxman & G. Hall (Eds.), Weaving a Lexicon, (pp. 569-602). Erlbaum. Eisenberg, A. R. (2002).  Maternal teaching talk within families of Mexican descent: Influences of SES and task. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science, 24, 207-225. Wenzlaff, R. M., & Eisenberg, A. R. (2001). Mental control after dysphoria: Evidence of a suppressed depressive bias. Behavior Therapy, 32, 27-45. Eisenberg, A. R. (1999). Emotion talk among Mexican American and Anglo American mothers and children from two social classes. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 45, 259-277. Wenzlaff, R. M. & Eisenberg, A. R. (1998).  Parental restrictiveness of negative emotions: Sowing the seeds of thought suppression.  Psychological Inquiry, 9, 310-313. Naigles, L. R., Eisenberg, A. R., Kako, E., Highter, M., & McGraw, N. (1998). Speaking of motion: Verb use in English and Spanish. Language and Cognitive Processes, 13, 521-549. Eisenberg, A. R. (1998).  Honors in a diverse metropolitan context: The role of leadership. Metropolitan Universities, 9, 79-88. Eisenberg, A. R. (1996). The conflict talk of mothers and children: Patterns related to culture, SES, and gender of child. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 438-458.

 Last updated: September 8, 2008