Gibb, R.,
Ercoline, W., &
Scharff, L. (December
2011-January 2012). Curbing a
Killer. Aero Safety
World. The Journal of Flight
Safety Foundation, 46-47.
Kortum, P.& Scharff, L.V.
(2009). Eye-tracking Measures of
User
Behavior During Web Site
Re-visitation. Proceedings
of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society,
San Antonio, TX. Human Factors
and
Ergonomics Society, 1244- 1248
Scharff, L. & Scott, B. (in
press). Implementation and
Evaluation
of Online Geographical Maps of
Psi Chi Chapters. Eye on
Psi Chi
Journal.
Scharff, L. (2008). Perception.
In S. Davis and W. Buskist
(Eds.), 21st Century
Psychology: A
Refernce Handbook. (pp.
245-255). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage
Publications, Inc.,
Kortum, P.
& Scharff, L.
(2007). The effect of small
changes in web page navigation
links on the
performance of users who revisit
sites. Proceedings of the
51st
Annual Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society. Santa
Monica, CA.
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, 1138-1142.
Raidy, D.
& Scharff, L.
(2005). Effects of Sleep
Deprivation on Auditory and
Visual Memory
Tasks. Perceptual and Motor
Skills, Vol. 101, 451-467.
[abstract html]
Scharff, L. V.
& Ahumada,
A. J. (2003). Contrast measures
for predicting text readability,
B. E.
Rogowitz and T. N. Pappas, eds.,
Human Vision and
Electronic Imaging VII, SPIE
Proc. 5007, 463-472. ( HTML paper , PDF paper )
Scharff, L. F.
V. (2003).
Sensation and perception
research methods. In S. Davis
(Ed.), Handbook
of Research Methods in
Experimental Psychology.
(pp. 263-284).
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing,
Inc.
Scharff, L.
(2003). Everything
except the kitchen sink, but
little synthesis. [Review of the
book
Synesthesia: A Union of the
Senses. 2nd Ed by Richard
Cytowic]. Applied
Cognitive Psychology. Vol
17 (7), 872-873.
Scharff, L. F.
V., &
Ahumada, A. J., Jr. (2002).
Predicting the readability of
transparent
text. Journal of Vision, 2(9),
653-666,
http://journalofvision.org/2/9/7/
,
DOI
10.1167/2.9.7.
Scharff, L.
V., Ahumada, A. J.,
and Hill, A. L., (1999). " Discriminability
Measures for Predicting
Readability ," B. Rogowitz and
T. Pappas. Eds., Human
Vision
and Electronic Imaging, IV,
SPIE Proc. 3644,
pp.
270-277.
Scharff, L. V.
(1997).
Decreases in critical disparity
gradient with eccentricity may
reflect
size-disparity correlation. Journal of the Optical
Society
of America: A , 14,
1205-1212.
Scharff, L. V.
and Geisler, W.
(1992). Stereopsis at
isoluminance in the absence of
chromatic
aberrations. Journal
of the Optical Society of
America: A ,
9, 868-876.
Rosenstein, L.
and VanSickle,
L. F. (1991). Artificial
depression of left-hand finger
tapping rates:
a critical evaluation of the
Halstead-Reitan finger tapping
test
instrument. The
International Journal of
Clinical
Neuropsychology.
8, 106-110.
Presentations /
Abstracts: Vision and Human
Factors Research
Scharff, L.
& Ahumada, A.
(2009). A Contrast Polarity
Search Effect in Letter
Identification
[Abstract]. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/9/8/1021/,
doi:10.1167/9.8.1021(Vision
Sciences Society Annual Meeting,
May, Naples, FL.)
Scharff, L.,
& Ahumada, A.
(2008). Contrast polarity in
letter identification
[Abstract]. Journal
of Vision, 8(6):627, 627a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/627/,
doi:10.1167/8.6.627. (Vision
Sciences Society Annual Meeting,
May,
Naples, FL.)
Scharff, L.
& Kortum, P.
(2008). The immediate
benefit of disappearing web
links. Texas
Human Factors and Ergonomics
convention.
Scharff, L.,
Sylvester, R.,
Lowe, O., & Dyess, J.
(2008). Effects of avatar
physique and online
environment on avatar
personality. Southwestern
Psychological
Association Convention.
Ahumada, A.
& Scharff, L.
(2007). Lines and Dipoles are
Efficiently Detected. Vision
Sciences
Society Annual Meeting, May,
Sarasota, FL. Journal of
Vision
7(9), Abstract 337, Page 337a (http://journalofvision.org/7/9/337/)
Ahumada, A.
J., Watson, A. B.,
& Scharff, L. V. (November,
2006). Which Visual Images are
Detected
Best? Abstracts of the
Psychonomic Society, 11, 37.
Ahumada, A.
J., Scharff, L. F.
V., & Watson, A. B. (2006).
What pattern does the visual
system
detect best? European Conference
on Visual Perception. Perception
35, 59.
Scharff, L.,
Burns, J., Gamble,
C., Hatnot, S., &
Netterville, V. (2006). Effects
of homelessness,
gender, and family status on
prosocial behavior. Southwestern
Psychological Association
Convention
Oldenkamp, J.
& Scharff, L.
(2006). The influence of visual
display information on customer
behavior. Southwestern
Psychological Association
Convention.
Scharff, L. V.
(December,
2005). Web Usability and Vision
Science. Invited seminar
presented at
Universita Vita-Salute San
Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Lauren F.V.
Scharff, Albert J.
Ahumada (2005) Understanding
text polarity effects, European
Conference
on Visual Perception. Perception
34, 133. HTML handout, PDF handout.
Greer, S.
& Scharff, L.
(2005). Influences of Web site
Structure, Navigation, and
Internet
Self-Efficacy on Task
Performance and Web site
Evaluation. HFES Houston
Chapter Regional Conference.
Scharff, L.
& Nguyen, P.
(November, 2003). A New Test of
Music Mood Induction and Mood
Congruent
Memory. Abstracts of the
Psychonomic Society, 8, 114.
Ahumada, A. J.
& Scharff,
L. V. (November, 2003). Letter
Identification: Contrast
Polarity and
Speed-Accuracy Trade-off
Strategies. Abstracts of the
Psychonomic
Society, 8, 67. HTML Handout , PDF Handout
Scharff, L. V.
& Ahumada,
A. J. (July, 2003). Why is
letter identification
performance better for
negative than positive contrast?
Berkeley Area Vision Research
Day.
Scharff, L. V.
& Ahumada,
A. J. (2003). Letter
identification latencies are
predicted by an
asymmetric contrast metric.
Vision Sciences Society Annual
Meeting, p.
223 of program. HTML poster, HTML expanded
text .
Scharff, L. V.
& Ahumada,
A. J. (2002) Using letter
identifiability to predict
readability of
transparent text on textured
backgrounds, Optical Society of
America
Fall Vision Meeting, October
2002, San Francisco CA. HTML abstract , HTML poster
Scharff, L. V.
(2002) Measuring
and Predicting Readability of
Text Displays. Invited symposium
presentation at Southwestern
Psychological Association
Convention.
Scharff, L.
V., Hill, A. L.,
and Ahumada, A. J., (1999).
Discriminability measures for
predicting
the readability of text on
textured backgrounds. Optical
Society of
America Conference Manual, p.54.
Scharff, L. V.
(May 1995).
Decreases in critical disparity
gradient with eccentricity
reflect
size-disparity correlation.
Investigative Ophthalmology and
Visual
Science. (Research supported by
faculty grant 1140.35)
Scharff, L. V.
(May 1992).
Effects of eccentricity and
convergence on the critical
disparity
gradient. Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual
Science.
Rosenstein, L.
and VanSickle,
L. F. (1991). Artificial
depression of left-hand finger
tapping rates:
a critical evaluation of the
Halstead-Reitan finger tapping
test
instrument. Journal of Clinical
and Experimental
Neuropsychology.
VanSickle, L.
F. and Geisler,
W. (1989). Stereopsis in the
absence of chromatic
aberrations. Optical
Society of America Conference
Program.
Publications:
SoTL,
Teaching, & Professional
Development
Jones,
S., Harrington, K.
& Scharff, L.
(2013). An
Integrated Effort to
Develop
and Assess Critical
Thinking Skills. A
Collection of Papers
on Self-Study and
Institutional
Improvement, 29th
Edition.The Higher
Learning Commission.
p. 264 – 268.
Schweitzer,
D., Boleng, J.,
Scharff, L., (2011) “Interactive
tools in the graphics
classroom,” In Proceedings of
the sixteenth annual conference
on
Innovation and Technology in
Computer Science Education
(ITiCSE '11).
Scharff, L. (2005). Using
Teaching Assistants Effectively.
In S. Davis
& W. Buskist (Eds.),
Handbook of Teaching of
Psychology.
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing,
Inc.
Scharff, L. (June, 2004).
Creating time for research:
Using a student
organization to drive research.
CUR Quarterly, p. 95-96, http://www.cur.org/pdf/TimeVignettes.pdf
Scharff, L. (August, 2003).
Determining Career-Course Level
and Why the
Course Should be Required.
(Invited response to The Case
for Requiring
a 'Careers' Course for
Psychology Majors by Marky Lloyd
.) In B.
Buskist (Ed.) E-xcellence in
Teaching, Vol. 5, published
through the
Society for Teaching of
Psychology Discussion List
(PSYCHTEACHER@list.kennesaw.edu).
Scharff, L. (July, 2002).
Organizing and Maintaining
University-Wide
Teaching Circles. In B. Buskist
(Ed.) E-xcellence in Teaching,
Vol. 4,
published through the Society
for Teaching of Psychology
Discussion
List
(PSYCHTEACHER@list.kennesaw.edu).
Spence, P. and
Scharff, L.
(Eds.). (2000). SFA Survival
Guide: A Colleague's Guide to
Success. SFA
Printing.
Presentations
and
Workshops: SoTL & Teaching
Scharff,
L. and
Richmond, A. (April
2013). Metacognitive
Interventions for
Academically Low
Performing Students. Talk
presented at the
Southwestern
Psychological
Convention, part of
the Southwest
Teaching of
Psychology track.
Derby,
L., Long, S.,
Uribe, D. &
Scharff, L. (22
February 2013).
Observing Practices
and
Attitudes on
Leadership Development
in Foreign Language.Poster presented at the
Teacher-Scholar Forum
at Metro State
University, Denver,
CO.
Rolf, J.,
Warner, B.
& Scharff, L. (Jan,
2013). Peer Instruction
via Learning Catalytics
Compared to Active
Learning.Talk given
at the Joint Mathematics
Meetings, San Diego, CA.
Yang, H. &
Scharff, L. (August, 2012). Oral
Presentation Video
Feedback:
Inserting “Spot-On” Comments.
Talk presented at Colorado
Learning and
Teaching with Technology (CoLTT)
conference, Boulder, CO.
Butler, M., Packard, G., &
Scharff, L. (August, 2012).
Teaching and
Assessing Respect for Human
Dignity. Poster at the American
Psychological Association
Convention, Orlando, FL.
Hertel, J. & Scharff, L.
(June, 2012). Learning in Honors
Courses
Compared to Non-honors Courses.
Talk / cohort participation at
the
International Institute for SoTL
Scholars and Mentors (IISSaM),
Los
Angeles, CA.
Scharff, L. VanNort, A., Jones,
S. & Tetley, J. (April,
2012).
Critical Thinking Development:
Student Awareness,
Understanding, and
Ability. Talk presented at the
Southwestern Psychological
Convention,
part of the Southwest Teaching
of Psychology track.
Scharff, L., Rolf, J., Robinson,
S., & Scoville, J. (March,
2012). Implementing
Practices to Enhance Student
Consciousness of
Their Learning. Panel
presentation at the SoTL
Commons, Statesboro, GA.
Scharff, L. (March, 2012).
Multiple Case Study
Investigation of
E-reader Devices in Academia.
Poster presentation at the SoTL
Commons,
Statesboro, GA.
Rolf, J., Scharff, L., &
Hodge, T. (Jan, 2012). Does
“Thinking
about Thinking” Impact
Completion Rates of Pre-class
Assignments? Talk
presented at the Joint Math
Meetings of the Mathematical
Association of
America and the American
Mathematical Society, Boston,
MA.
Butler, M.A., Packard, G.A.,
& Scharff, L. (Jan,
2012).
Teaching and assessing respect
for human dignity (RFHD) through
case
studies, lab demonstrations and
field trips. Presented at Brain
Injury
Summit, Jan., Beaver Creek, CO.
McKinney, K., Chick, N., Poole,
G., Robinson, J., & Scharff,
L.
(Oct, 2011). The Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning Across the
Disciplines. Panel
Presentation at the annual
conference for the
International Society for the
Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning,
Milwaukee, WIS.
Scharff, L. (April, 2011).
Incorporating Just in Time
Teaching (JiTT)
to Enhance Preparation and
Critical Thinking. Talk
presented in
Southwestern Teachers of
Psychology session at the
Southwestern
Psychological Association
convention, San Antonio, TX.
Estrada, S., Knight, E., &
Scharff, L. (April, 2011).
Metacognitive
reflection related to student
performance and attitudes in
Calculus. Talk presented
at the International Conference
on
College Teaching & Learning,
Jacksonville, FL.
Scharff, L., McCabe, D. &
Nash, M. (March, 2011).
Practicing
Integrated Critical Thinking in
a First-year Core Course. SoTL
Commons,
Statesboro, GA.
Crider, K. & Scharff, L.
(March, 2011). Exploration of
Homework
Timing on
Student Performance. SoTL
Commons, Statesboro, GA.
Echeverria, F., Rolf, J., &
Scharff, L. (January,
2011).
Using Videos
to Encourage Pre-Class
Preparation. Joint Math Meetings
of the
Mathematical Association of
America and the American
Mathematical
Society.
Scharff, L., Rolf.
J., Lee, R. & Novotny, S.
(October, 2010). Factors
Impacting
Completion of
Pre-class Assignments in
Physics, Math, and Behavioral
Sciences.
Paper presented at the annual
conference for the International
Society
for the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning, Liverpool, UK.
Scharff, L. (April, 2009).
Viewer, Viewer, What Do You See?
An overview
of
factors influencing text
displays such as web pages and
PowerPoints.
President’s address at the
Southwestern Psychological
Association
(SWPA) convention.
Scharff, L.
(November 4, 2008). Using
PowerPoint Powerfully: From
Visual
Design to Presentation.
Invited keynote presented to the
Southwest Teachers of Psychology
Conference.
Scharff, L. (October 18, 2008).
Learning Processes: What are
Your
Students Really Getting from
Your Instruction? Invited
keynote workshop
presented to the East Texas
Chapter of the National
Association of
Teachers of Singing.
Beavers, B., Langham, L.,
McBroom, M., Scharff, L., &
Whitney, S. (2008, 2 workshops
in April). Learning and
Motivation in
the Postsecondary
Classroom. Workshops
presented to faculty at
Stephen F. Austin State
University.
Corley, S., Cornett, S.,
Oldenkamp, J., Scharff, L.,
& Willams, A.
(2008). Student Reactions to
Quality of Professor’s
Handwriting. SWPA
Convention.
Scharff, L. (2007). Promote
Learning with an Active Psi Chi
Chapter.
Southwest Regional Conference
for Teachers of Psychology.
Scharff, L. (2007; multiple
workshops). Using
PowerPoint
Effectively (Avoiding "Death by
PowerPoint"). Workshop
presented
to faculty at Stephen F. Austin
State University.
Oldenkamp, J., Corley, S.,
Cornett, S., & Scharff, L.
(2007).
Student reactions to feedback on
class assignments. SWPA / CTUP
Symposium.
Cannon, M., Scharff, L.,
& Harris, M. (2006, 2
workshops in
November). Major writing
assignments: Improving the final
product.
Workshops presented to faculty
at Stephen F. Austin State
University.
Scharff, L., Bartsch, R., &
Cirilo, J. (2006).
Developing
Faculty Teaching: Exchange of
Ideas. Southwest Regional
Conference for
Teachers of Psychology.
McCuller, M. &
Scharff, L. (2006, 4 workshops
in June
& July). So You Want a
Webpage? Basic Design and
Creation.
Workshops presented to faculty
at Stephen F. Austin State
University.
Scharff, L. and Wozencraft, T.
(2005). Incorporating
Writing
Assignments: Examples, Goals,
and Realities. Southwest
Regional
Conference for Teachers of
Psychology.
Davis, J., Osborne, R. &
Scharff, L. (2005). Psi Chi
Faculty
Advisor Training Workshop
Southwestern Psychological
Association
Convention.
Davis, S. and Scharff, L.
(2004). Creating and Using an
Effective
Teaching Portfolio. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers
of
Psychology.
Scharff, L. (2004).
Fighting Burnout: Making Your
Job Fulfilling
and Fun. Invited Address
for CTUP at the Southwestern
Psychological Association
Convention.
Scharff, L. and Davis, S.
(2003). Options for Effectively
Communicating
Careers in Psychology
Information to Undergraduates.
Southwest Regional
Conference for Teachers of
Psychology.
McGahan, J., Scharff, L. and
Dougherty, T. (2003). Effective
Ways to
get Students Involved in Service
Projects. Southwestern
Psychological
Association Convention.
Scharff, L. and Ziemer,
H. (2002).
Establishing and
Maintaining Participant Pools.
Southwest Regional Conference
for
Teachers of Psychology.
Ziemer, H. and Scharff, L.
(2002). Organizing and Running a
Student Research Conference.
Southwest Regional Conference
for Teachers
of Psychology.
Scharff, L. (2002). Learning
Science Through Independent
Research
Projects. Part of an STP
Symposium on Introducing
Students to Research.
Presented at the American
Psychological Society
Convention.
Davis, S., Osborne, R., &
Scharff, L. (2002). Preparing
the New
Psychology Professoriate:
Developing your Teaching
Philosophy and
Style. STP/CTUP Workshop
presented at SWPA Convention.
Scharff, L. (2001).
Incorporating Writing in All
Levels of the
Psychology Curriculum. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers
of
Psychology.
Scharff, L. and Wilkerson, A.
(November 1999). Seminar
Courses:
Successes and Challenges.
Southwest Regional Conference
for
Teachers of Psychology.
Horsley, A., Scharff, L., and
Lamb, T. (November 1999).
Reaching
Students with Different Learning
Styles. Southwest Regional
Conference
for Teachers of Psychology.
Regeth, R., Scharff, L.,
Horsley, A., and Mitchell, L.
(November
1999). Perspectives from
Both Sides: Graduate Student
Teaching
Seminar. Southwest Regional
Conference for Teachers of
Psychology.
Anson, J., Scharff, L. , Cottle,
H., Tunnicliff, P., Davis, S.,
Smith,
B. and Gates, L. (April 1998).
Training Graduate Teaching
Assistants:
Trainer and Trainee
Perspectives. Workshop presented
at Southwest
Psychological Association Annual
Convention.
Scharff, L.V. and Allen, D.
(October 1997).
Considerations When
Using Writing and Debates as
Active-Learning
Techniques.
Southwest Regional Conference
for Teachers of Psychology.
Anson, J., Scharff, L. and
Davis, S. (April 1997). Training
Graduate
Teaching Assistants: Current and
Future Needs. Workshop
presented
at Southwest Psychological
Association Annual Convention.
Scharff, L.V. (November
1996). Service-Learning:
Taking Classroom
Teachings Out to the
Community. Southwest
Regional Conference for
Teachers of Psychology.
Publications
with Students in Undergraduate
Journals
Nicholson, L.
& Scharff, L.
V. (2007). The effects of
procrastination and
self-awareness on
emotional responses. The
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate
Research, 12 (4), 139-145.
Brockie,
Kathleen &
Scharff, Lauren (accepted with
revisions). Personality
influence on
friendship development in
first-semester college students.
The Psi
Chi Journal of Undergraduate
Research.
Aiza, Aaron.
(supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1999). Visual
Searches Combining
Dimensionality and
Number of Targets. Proceedings
of the Thirteenth National
Conference on Undergraduate
Research, II 535-539.
Youngman,
Melissa. (supervised
by Scharff, L. V.) (1998). Text
Width and Border Space
Influences on
Readability of GUIs. Proceedings
of the Twelfth National
Conference
on Undergraduate Research,
II 786-789.
Hill, Alyson.
(supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1997).
Readability of screen displays
with various
foreground/background color
combinations, font styles, and
font types. Proceedings
of the Eleventh National
Conference on Undergraduate
Research, Vol
II, 742-746.
Rustad, Robin.
(supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1995).
Chromatic information in human
stereoscopic
vision. Proceedings of the
Ninth National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, 1,
448-451.
