Isabelle D. Cherney, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of the Graduate School and University College
Director – Interdisciplinary Ed.D. Program in Leadership
Professor of Psychology

Phone # (402) 280-1228
E-mail: cherneyi@creighton.edu
Link to Dr. Cherney's website

Teaches Courses in:
 
Cognitive Psychology; Psychology of Memory; Psychology of Gender; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology

Research interests:
 
My areas of research focus on several aspects of cognition such as the factors influencing cognitive sex differences and eyewitness memory; the development of gender stereotypes; children's perceptions of their rights; students' metacognitive skills; the link between anxiety and memory, and how anxiety affects performance.

Representative Publications:
 
Cherney, I. D. (2010). Gendered memory: Innate or learned? An evolutionary and schematic examination of incidental and intentional memory of males and females. Köln, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG. ISBN: 978-3-8383-4898-8.
 
Cherney, I. D. & Voyer, D. (2010). Development of a spatial activity questionnaire I: Items identification. Sex Roles, 62, 89-99. doi: 10.1007/s11199-009-9710-9.
                                         
Cherney, I. D. (2010). Mothers’, fathers’, and their children’s perceptions and reasoning about nurturance and self-determination rights. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 18, 79-99. doi: 10.1163/092755609X12482670820520.