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Joseph J. Benz
Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Professor of Psychology
Copeland Hall, Room 320G
(308) 865-8238
joebenz@unk.edu
Mailing address:
2507 11th Ave
Psychology Department, UNK
Kearney, NE 68849-5140
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Courses Regularly Taught
- Biopsychology
- Learning and Conditioning
- Advanced Research and Design in Psychology
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- Behavioral Statistics
- Experimental Psychology
- General Psychology
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Research Interests
- Human Jealousy
- Technology and Teaching
- Sandhill Crane Social Behavior
Selected Publications
Miller, R. L, & Benz, J. J. (2008). Techniques for encouraging peer collaboration: Online threaded discussion or fishbowl interaction. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 35, 87-93.
Benz, J. J., Anderson, M. K., & Miller, R. L. (2005). Attributions of deception in dating situations. Psychological Record, 55, 305-314.
Miller, R. L., & Benz, J. J. (2000). Conceptions of human nature: The value orientation of students from central Nebraska. In S. J. Rothenberger & S. George-Bloomfield (Eds.), A prairie mosiac: An atlas of central Nebraska's land, culture, and nature (pp.. 226-231). Kearney, NE: University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Benz, J. J., & Miller, R. L. (1996). Panel discussions as a means of enhancing student-directed learning. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 23, 131-136.
Benz, J. J. (1993). Food-elicited vocalizations in Golden Lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia): Design features for representational communication. Animal Behaviour, 45, 443-455.
Professional Memberships
- Animal Behavior Society
- Nebraska Psychological Society
- Sigma Xi
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- Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology
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Honors and Awards
- Pratt-Heins Award for Teaching, 2006
- UNK Creative Teaching Award, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers, 2005
- Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, 2003
- Graduate Faculty Member, 1996
- Honors Program Teacher of the Year Award, 1994