Last updated 10/2012

KATE C. MCLEAN

Curriculum Vitae

Western Washington University Phone: 360-650-3570

Department of Psychology Fax: 360-650-7305

516 High St, MS 9172 Email: Kate.McLean@wwu.edu

Bellingham, WA 98225

Academic Employment

Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Department of Psychology (9/2010 – present)

Assistant Professor, Western Washington University, Department of Psychology. (9/2007-8/2010).

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Department of Psychology. (7/2004-8/2007).

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz (1999-2004), Ph.D, Developmental Psychology

Mills College (1996-1998), Major: Psychology, B.A., Honors

Smith College (1994-1996), Double Major: Government, Spanish

Funded Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (collaborator with Andrea Breen) (2011-2013) ($45,079).

WWU Mini Grant ($1000) 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

WWU Grant-in-Aid ($2500) 2010

WWU Summer Research Grant ($5000) 2008, 2009, 2012

Connaught New Staff Matching Grant, University of Toronto, $20,865

Canadian Foundation for Innovation with the Ontario Research Fund (2005), $104, 530

Standard Research Grant (2005-2008), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $97,435.00

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council SIG Grant (2005), $1,500

Connaught Start-up Award (2004), University of Toronto, $10,000

Departmental Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant, University of Toronto (2004), $2,600

Graduate Student Research Assistant (2003), University of California, UC ACCORD Grant, $5,000

National Institute of Mental Health Trainee Fellowship (2001-2002), $20,000

Summer Research Grant, University of California, Santa Cruz (2000, 2001, 2002), $5,000

Graduate Student Research Grant, University of California, Santa Cruz (Fall 1999), $5,000

Grants Submitted

National Science Foundation with co-PIs at the University of Utah (Monisha Pasupathi & Cecilia Wainryb)

(2010). Managing the Undesired Self: Can Entertainment-Oriented Narration turn Faults into

Foibles? $378,700. Plan to resubmit.

Templeton Foundation, Character Development Grant with co-I Jennifer Tackett at the University of Toronto

(2010). $100,000. Not funded.

National Institutes of Health with co-PI (2009): Rebecca Goodvin, R03, $100,000. Not funded.

Negotiating Autonomy and Relatedness Across Middle Childhood and Adolescence.

University of Chicago Wisdom Grant, (2008) $100,000. Not funded

National Institute on Aging with co-PI: Nicole Alea (2007) $100,000. Not Funded. (priority score: 176,

percentile 176)

WT Grant Foundation, (2006), $300,000. Not funded.

Publications

Lilgendahl, J. L., McLean, K. C., Mansfield, C. (in press). When is Meaning-making Unhealthy for the

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Self? The Roles of Neuroticism, Implicit Theories and Memory Telling in Trauma and Transgression

Memories. Memory.

McLean, K. C. & Jennings, L. E. (2012). Teens Telling Tales: How Maternal and Peer Audiences

Support Narrative Identity Development. Journal of Adolescence.

McLean, K. C. & Pasupathi, M. (2012). Looking forwards and looking backwards: Two approaches to

identity development. Identity Special Issue: Reintegrating Erikson: A Theoretical and Empirical

Synthesis of Eriksonian Identity Models,12, 8 - 28.

McLean, K. C., & Morrison-Cohen, S. (in press) “But Wait, It Gets Even Weirder…”: The Meaning of

Stories. Invited contribution to C. Routledge & J. Hicks (Eds.), The experience of meaning in life:

Classical perspectives, emerging themes, and controversies. New York: Springer.

McLean, K. C. & Mansfield, C. (2011). The co-construction of adolescent narrative processes: Narrative

processing as a function of adolescent age, gender, and maternal scaffolding. Developmental

Psychology, 5, 1 -12.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. Narrative approaches to identity development in adolescence. To appear in

J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence. New York, NY: Springer.

Kroger, J., & McLean, K. C. (2011). Identity Narratives during the Adult Years: Development and

Learning. C. Hoare (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Development and Learning 2nd

ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Mansfield, C., McLean, K. C., & Lilgendahl, J. P. (2010). Narrating Traumas and Transgressions: Links

between Narrative Processing, Wisdom, and Well-being. Narrative Inquiry, 20, 246 – 273.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. (2010). Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue? The emergence and retention of

meaning in autobiographical storytelling. Journal of Personality, 79, 135 – 164.

McLean, K. C., & Mansfield, C. D. (2010). To Reason or Not to Reason: Is Autobiographical Reasoning

Always Beneficial? In T. Habermas (Ed.), New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development: The

development of autobiographical reasoning in adolescence and beyond, 131, 85–97.

Weststrate, N.,& McLean, K. C. (2010). The rise and fall of gay: Gay identity development in different

historical and cultural cohorts. Memory, 18, 225 – 240.

McLean, K. C., Breen, A., & Fournier, M. A. (2010). Adolescent identity development: Narrative meaning-

making and memory telling. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 166 – 187.

Breen. A., & McLean, K. C. (2010). Constructing Resilience: Adolescent Motherhood and the Potential

for Self-Transformation (pp. 151 – 168). In K. C. McLean & M. Pasupathi (Eds.), Narrative

Development in Adolescence: Creating the Storied Self. New York: Springer.

Alea, N., McLean, K., C. & Vick, S. C. (2009). The story of us: Examining marital quality via positive

and negative relationship narratives. In K. S. Pearlman (Ed.), Marriage: Roles, Stability and

Conflicts. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

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Remick, A. K., Pliner, P., McLean, K. C. (2009). Attitudes to Eating Reveal Interesting Aspects of the

Self. Eating Behaviors, 10, 42 - 44.

McLean, K. C., & Breen, A. (2009). Gender differences in adolescent meaning-making. Developmental

Psychology, 45, 702-710.

McLean, K. C., & Pals, J. L. (2008). Reminiscence functions: Emotional valence, age and well-

being. Memory, 751-672.

Pasupathi, M., McLean, K. C., & Weeks, T. (2008). The told and untold narrative self. Journal of

Personality, 77, 89-124.

McLean, K. C. (2008). The emergence of narrative identity. Social and Personality Compass, 2, 1-18.

McLean, K. C., & Fournier, M. (2008). The Content and Processes of Autobiographical Reasoning in

Narrative Identity Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 527-545.

McLean, K. C. (2008). Stories of the young and the old: Reflections on self-continuity.

Developmental Psychology, 44, 254-164.

McLean, K. C., Pasupathi, M., & Pals. J. L. (2007). Selves creating stories creating selves: A

process model of narrative self development in adolescence and adulthood. Personality and Social

Psychology Review, 11, 262-278.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. (2006). Collaborative narration of the past and extraversion. Journal of

Research in Personality, 40, 1219-1231.

McLean, K. C., & Pratt, M. W. (2006). Life's little (and big) lessons: Identity statuses and meaning-

making in the turning point narratives of emerging adults, Developmental Psychology, 42, 714-722.

McLean, K. C., & Thorne, A. (2006). Identity light: Entertainment as a vehicle for self development. In

McAdams, Josselson, & Lieblich (Eds.), Identity and story: Creating self in narrative (pp. 111-127),

Washington DC: APA Press.

McLean, K. C. (2005). Late adolescent identity development: Narrative meaning-making and memory

telling. Developmental Psychology, 41, 683-691.

Thorne, A., McLean, K. C., & Dasbach, A. (2004). When parents' stories go to pot: Telling personal

transgressions to teenage kids. In M. W. Pratt & B. E. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the lifecourse:

Across time and generations, (pp. 187-212). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Thorne, A., McLean, K. C., & Lawrence, A. (2004). When remembering is not enough: Reflecting on self-

defining events in late adolescence. Journal of Personality, 72, 513-542.

McLean, K. C., & Thorne, A. (2003). Late adolescents’ self-defining memories about relationships.

Developmental Psychology, 39, 635-645.

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Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2003). Telling traumatic events in adolescence: A study of master narrative

positioning. In R. Fivush & C. Haden (Eds.), Connecting culture and memory: The development of

an autobiographical self, (pp. 169-186). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2003). Gendered reminiscence practices and self-definition in late

adolescence. Reprinted in McGraw Hill Power Web: Adolescent Psychology,

http://www.dushkin.com/powerweb.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2002). Gendered reminiscence practices and self-definition in late

adolescence. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 46, 261-271.

Edited Works

McLean, K. C., & Syed, M. (under contract). The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development.

Greenhoot, A. G. & McLean, K. C. (in press). Memory: Special Issue on the Costs and Benefits of Finding

Meaning in the Past.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. (Eds.), (2010). Memory: Special Issue on Silence and Memory.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. (Eds.), (2010). Narrative Development in Adolescence: Creating the

Storied Self. New York, NY: Springer.

Technical Reports

Azmitia, M., Radmacher, K., Gills, J., Tonyan, H. A., Reis, O., & McLean, K. C. (2003). Transitioning to

College: What Resources and Challenges make a Difference? UC-ACCORD Policy Report,

University of California-Santa Cruz.

Manuscripts Under Review

Mansfield, C. D., Pasupathi, M., & McLean, K. C. Narrating Growth from Transgressions: Are Narrative

Interpretations Predictive of and Predicted by Eudaimonic Well-Being?

Jennings, L. E., McLean, K. C. Storying Away Self-Doubt: Can Narratives Dispel Threats to the Self?.

McAdams, D. P., & McLean, K. C. Narrative Identity.

Breen, A. V., & McLean, K.C. The intersection of personal and master narratives: Is redemption for

everyone?

McLean, K. C., & Morrison-Cohen, S. Moms Telling Tales: Maternal Identity Development in

Conversations with their Adolescents about the Personal Past.

Jennings, L. E., Pasupathi, M., & McLean, K. C., Intricate Lettings Out and Lettings In’: Listener

Scaffolding of Narrative Identity in Newly-Dating Romantic Partners.

McLean, K. C., Wood, R., & Breen, A. Reflecting on a difficult life: Narrative construction and delinquency

in vulnerable adolescents and the hazards of reflecting on difficult experiences.

Works in Progress

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Morrison-Cohen, S., & McLean, K. C. The myth of the parent: Parental Imagoes in Intergenerational

Storytelling.

McLean, K. C., Syed, M., Yoder, A. Relationships between Identity Statuses and Narrative Identity.

Greenhoot, A. G., & McLean, K. C. Opening Commentary.

Invited Presentations

McLean, K. C. (2008). Narrative identity development in conversation. University of

British Columbia.

McLean, K. C. (2007). Constructing the Self: The Development of Meaning-making in

Adolescence. Invited colloquium: Developmental Area, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

McLean, K. C. (2007). Presidential roundtable on The Future of Personality Psychology.

Association for Research in Personality, Memphis, TN.

McLean, K, C. (2006). Meaning-making: Development and Consequences. Wilfrid

Laurier University, Department of Psychology.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2001). Stories of pain: Connecting personal narratives and community values

in adolescence. Colloquium presented at the University of California, Davis.

Symposia Chair

McLean, K. C. (2010). Conversations and Stories: Adolescent Development in the Context of Conversations

About the Self, Family, and Conflict. Society for Research on Adolescence.

Syed, M., & McLean, K. C. (2009). Co-chairs and speakers for a symposium on The

Cultural Nature of Identity Process and Content: Perspectives from Narrative Psychology. Society for

Research on Identity Formation, Asilomar, CA.

McLean, K. C., & Pals, J. L. (2007). The Many Ways We “Broaden-and-Build”: Processing Responses to

Negative and Positive Events and Multiple Pathways to Emotional Well-being. Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

McLean, K. C. (2006). Narrative Identity in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. Society for Research on

Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

McLean, K. C. (2006). Building on the Big Five: Traits, Autobiographical Narratives, and a Dynamic View

of Personality. Association for Research in Personality, Palm Springs, CA.

Alea, N., & McLean, K. C. (2005). The social contexts and functions of autobiographical remembering.

American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington, D. C.

McLean, K. C., & J. L. Pals (2003). The narrative construction of self: Memories of life events, social

narration, and psychological well-being. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Conference Presentations (by year)

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2013

McLean, K. C. (2013). Finding My Own Way: Negotiating Personal Identity from Family Identity. Paper

to be presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

2012

McLean, K. C. (2012). Reflecting on a difficult life: Narrative construction and delinquency in vulnerable

adolescents and the hazards of reflecting on difficult experiences. Paper presented at the Society for

Personology, Chicago, IL.

Breen, A. V., & McLean, K. C. (2012). The intersection of personal and master narratives: Is redemption for

everyone? Paper presented at the Narrative Matters conference. Paris, France.

Morrison- Cohen, & McLean, K. C. (2012). Adolescent Narrative Identity Development in Relation to Age,

Gender, SES, and Lay Theories. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescent

Development. Vancouver, BC.

Wood, B., McLean, K. C., & Breen, A. B., (2012). Narrative Construction in At-Risk Adolescents and the

Hazards of Reflecting on Difficult Experiences. Poster presented at the Society for Research in

Adolescent Development. Vancouver, BC.

McLean, K. C. (2012). Discussant for Session, Functional and Dysfunctional Individuation: International

Perspectives. Society for Research in Adolescent Development. Vancouver, BC.

McLean, K. C., & Jennings, L. E. (2012). Teens Telling Tales: How Maternal and Peer Audiences Support

Narrative Identity Development. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Adolescent

Development. Vancouver, BC.

McLean, K. C., & Morrison-Cohen, S. (2012). Moms Telling Tales: Maternal Disclosure With Adolescents

in Conversations About the Personal Past. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Adolescent

Development. Vancouver, BC.

Jennings, L. E., & McLean, K. C. (2012). Storying away Self Doubt: Can Narratives Dispel Challenges to

the Self? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Mansfield, C. D., Pasupathi, M., & McLean, K. C. Assessing Links between Psychological Well-being and

the Narration of Growth in Stories of Personal Transgressions. Poster presented at the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

2011

Lilgendahl, J.P., McLean, K. C., & Mansfield, C. (2011). Bad Self or Transformed Self?: The Moderating

Role of Implicit Theories of Personality in Narratives of Trauma and Transgression Memories. Paper

presented at the Association for Research in Personality, Riverside, CA.

Mansfield, C. D., & McLean, K. C. (2011). Conversations about the past and the emergence of adolescent

voice: Narrative processing as a function of adolescent age, gender and maternal scaffolding. Paper

presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Breen, A. V. & McLean, K. C. (2011). Narrative Meaning-Making in Adolescents: Risks of

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Reflecting on Difficult Experiences. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child

Development, Montreal, Canada.

2010

McLean, K. C., & Jennings, L. E (2010). Adolescent Narrative Identity Development in the Context of

Conversations with Mothers and Friends. Poster presented at the American Psychological

Association, San Diego, CA.

McLean, K. C. & Mansfield, C. D. (2010). Mother-adolescent conversations as a context for narrative

identity development. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

Weststrate, N. & McLean, K. C. (2010). The Rise and Fall of Gay: A Cultural-Historical Approach to Gay

Identity Development. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

2009

Mansfield, C., McLean, K. C., & Lilgendahl, J. L. (2009). Does Wisdom Matter in the

Narrative Processing of Traumas and Transgressions. Poster presented at the Association for

Research in Personality, Chicago, IL.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue? The emergence and

retention of meaning in autobiographical storytelling. Poster presented at the Association for

Research in Personality, Chicago, IL.

Mansfield, C., McLean, K. C., & Lilgendahl, J. L. (2009). Narrative Processing and

Wisdom in Accounts of Traumas and Transgressions. Paper presented at the Western Psychological

Association, Portland, OR.

Breen, A. V., & McLean, K. C. (2009). Processes and Content of Narrative Identity

Development in Adolescence: Gender and Well-being. Poster presented at the Society for Research

on Child Development, Denver, CO.

McLean, K. C. (2009). Discussant for a symposium, Children's Narratives of Family

Life and Their Adaptation and Well-being: Concurrent and Longitudinal Evidence of Relations,

(Chair, Michael Pratt). Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

McLean, K. C., Burkhardt, K. E., Garcia, R. M., Prentice, M. M. (2009). Processes and

content of narrative identity development in adolescent boys and girls: Conversations between

mothers and adolescents. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Identity Formation,

Asilomar, CA.

2008

Breen, A. V., & McLean, K. C. (2008). Antisociality and motherhood in adolescence:

Transforming the self and constructing resilience. Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society meeting

Québec City, ON, Canada.

McLean, K. C., & Breen. A. V. (2008). Gendered Pathways to Narrative Identity in

Adolescence: Meaning-making and Memory Telling. Poster presented at the Society for Research on

Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

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McLean, K. C. (2008). Parents personal stories and adolescent development. Paper

presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

McLean, K. C. (2008). Narrative as the mechanism for personal continuity in late life:

Relations to well-being. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,

Albuquerque, NM.

Westrate, N., & McLean, K. C. (2008). The Rise and Fall of Gay: Historical and

Cultural Influences on Gay Identity. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social

Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Anusic, I., McLean, K. C., & Tackett, J. (2008). Effects of meaning-making and re-

experiencing of highly positive and negative events. Poster presented at the Society for Personality

and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Yap, S., & McLean, K. C. (2008). Orientations to self and other: Self-disclosure and the

development of intimacy. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,

Albuquerque, NM.

2007

Pasupathi, M., McLean, K. C., & Weeks, T. (2007). Silences in Self Narrative: The

Told and Untold Narrative Self. Paper presented at The Society for Applied Research in Memory and

Cognition, Lewiston, ME.

Gonsalves, M., McLean, K. C., Kitamura, C., Vikander, S. Grusec, J. E. (2007). Self-

Development in Caucasian Canadian, South Asian, and Chinese Adolescents and Emerging Adults.

Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

McLean, K. C., & Pals, J. L. (2007). The Function of Positive and Negative Memories for

in Two Age Groups: Implications for Self and Well-being. Paper to be presented at the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Walker, S. S., & McLean, K. C. (2007). Gratitude, Friendship Quality and Life

Satisfaction in Friendship Pairs. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

2006

McLean, K. C., & Pals, J. L. (2006). The Function of Positive and Negative Memories

for in Two Age Groups. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science, New York,

NY.

Radhakrishnan, P., McLean, K. C., & Pliner, P. (2006). Understanding Psychological

Phenomena by Writing About Them. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science,

New York, NY.

Rosenstein, A., Pliner, P., & McLean, K. C. (2006). Attitudes to Food Reveal

Interesting Aspects of Identity. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, New

York, NY.

McLean, K. C., & Pratt, M. W. (2006). Identity Statuses and Meaning-Making in the

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Turning Point Narratives of Emerging Adults. Paper presented at the Society for Research on

Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

Morgan, A. S., & McLean, K. C. (2006). A Narrative Approach to the Study of

Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior and Implications for Self-Development. Poster presented at the

Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

McLean, K. C. (2006). Connections between and within trait and narrative levels of

personality: Emotion and meaning-making. Paper presented at the Association for Research in

Personality, Palm Springs, CA.

Kankesan, T., Fournier, M., & McLean, K. C. (2006). Victory and defeat memories in a

personal versus group context: Implications for personal well-being and group cohesion. Poster

presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Irfan, N., & McLean, K. C. (2006). Positive and Negative Self-defining Memories.

Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

2005

McLean, K. C. (2005). Memory telling and meaning-making in emerging adulthood.

Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington, D. C.

McLean, K. C. (2005). The function of lessons and insights for the development of

narrative identity. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington,

D. C.

McLean, K. C. (2005). Narrative approaches to identity: Implications for developmental

and personality psychology. Colloquium presented at the Social/Personality/Abnormal Meetings,

University of Toronto.

McLean, K. C. (2005). Narrative approaches to autobiographical memory across the

lifespan. Colloquium presented at the Rotman Rounds, University of Toronto.

McLean, K. C. (2005). Meaning-making in late adolescence: Personality and

relationships. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

McLean, K. C. (2005). Memory telling in late adolescence: Meaning-making and

audiences. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2005). The landscape of meaning in self-defining

memories of late adolescents. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development,

Atlanta, GA.

McLean, K. C., & Pasupathi, M. (2005). Collaborative narration of the past and

Personality. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

2004

McLean, K. C. (2004). Making meaning of self-defining memories: A study of memory

telling. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

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Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2004). When parents' stories go to pot: Telling personal

transgressions to adolescents. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Baltimore,

MD.

Esposito, S., & McLean, K. C. (2004). Understanding personal identity through three

levels of personality: Self-defining memories, ego development, and traits. Poster presented at the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

McLean, K. C. (2004). Individual differences in telling and making meaning of self-

defining memories. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin,

TX.

2003

McLean, K. C., & Lawrence, A. (2003). Self-defining memories and personal meaning. Paper presented at

the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

McLean, K. C. (2003). Friendship dissolution in the transition to junior high and college. Poster presented at

the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Fl.

McLean, K. C., Edelstein, R. S., Tancredy, C. M., & Shaver, P. R. (2003). Narrative reports of cues to danger

in late adolescence: Relations with attachment style and attachment-figure hierarchies. Poster

presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Fl.

2002

McLean, K. (2002). Late adolescents’ self-defining memories about relationships. Paper presented at the

University of California, Berkeley/University of California, Santa Cruz/Stanford University

Developmental Mini-Conference.

McLean, K. (2002). Relationship themes and meanings in the self-defining memories of late adolescents.

Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.

McLean, K. C., Edelstein, R., & Tancredy, C. (2002). Targets of attachment among college students. Poster

presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Tancredy, C. M., Edelstein, R. S., McLean, K. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2002). Modeling the relationships

between adult attachment, personality, and exploratory behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of

the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

2001

McLean, K. C., & Thorne, A. (2001). Telling traumatic events in adolescence. Poster presented at the

University of California, Berkeley/University of California, Santa Cruz/Stanford University

Developmental Mini-Conference.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2001). Personal memory telling and adolescent development. Paper presented

at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

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Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2001). Whether, whom, and how to tell: male and female traumatic event-

telling in adolescence. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Thorne A., & McLean, K. C. (2000). Gender and the practice of traumatic event-telling in adolescence.

Colloquium presented at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Thorne, A., & McLean, K. C. (2000). Contexts and consequences of telling self-defining memories in

adolescence. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Research in Personality,

Nashville, TN.

Teaching Experience

Courses Taught (Western Washington University)

The Psychology of Identity (117)

Lifespan Development (230)

Introductory Research Methods (301)

Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (332)

Personality Psychology (378)

Developmental Seminar (graduate-544, undergraduate-430)

Lifespan Psychological Development (504)

Courses Taught (University of Toronto)

Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Psychology of the Self

Seminar: The Development of Autobiographical Memory

Seminar: Narrative Development

Advanced Research Methods in Developmental Psychology

Departmental Service (WWU)

Newsletter Committee (2007)

Developmental Database Committee (2007 – present)

Office Assistant Hiring Committee (2008)

Member, Equipment Computer Committee (2007 – 2008)

Curriculum Committee (2008 – present)

Scholarship Committee (2008 – 2009)

Transfer Advising (2008 – present)

Library Committee (2008 – 2009)

Student Advising (2008 – 2009)

Personnel Committee (2009 – present)

Department Evaluation Plan Revision Committee (2010 - present)

Subject Pool Committee (2010 - present)

MS Experimental Program Advisor (2010 – present)

Co-Chair, Developmental Area Faculty Search (2011 – 2012)

Faculty Mentor (2012 – present)

College Service (WWU)

Tenure and Promotion Committee (2011 – 2013)

College Curriculum Council (2008-2010)

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Western Preview Day (2008 - 2010)

Departmental Service (U of T)

Member, Psychology Chair Search Committee, University of Toronto, Mississauga (2006)

Member, Undergraduate Ethics Review Board, University of Toronto, Mississauga (2004-2007)

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, University of Toronto, Mississauga (2005-2007)

Member, Space Committee, University of Toronto, Mississauga (2005-2007)

Member, Child Care Center Development Committee, University of Toronto, Mississauga (2005-2007)

Professional Service

Co-Chair (with Patricia Miller) for the American Psychological Association Division 7 Early Career Award

(2012).

Committee Member for the American Psychological Association Division 7 Dissertation Research Grant

Award (2012).

Early Career Representative, American Psychological Association, Division 7 (January 2010 – January

2012)

Member, Program Committee for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2010 meeting)

Consulting Editor (2008-present): Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Personality and

Individual Differences Section)

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Developmental Psychology, Section A of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental

Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Narrative

Inquiry, Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Early Adolescence,

Cognition and Emotion, Psychological Science, Journal of Family Issues, Applied Developmental

Psychology, Anxiety Stress and Coping, British Journal of Psychology, Journal of Cognition and

Development, Psychological Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Journal of

Adolescent Research, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Child Development, Consciousness and

Cognition, Applied Cognitive Psychology

Member, Professional Examination Service Item Writing Workshop (2006)

Professional Memberships

Society for Personology, (2009-present)

Association for Research in Personality (2001-2009, 2012 - present)

Society for Research in Child Development (1999-2008)

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2000-2008, 2011)

American Psychological Association (2002-2007)

Society for Research on Adolescence (2007-2008)

Association for Psychological Science (2007-2008)

Graduate Supervision

Graduate Students

Samir (Lee) Bedrouni (2012 – present), MS, Western Washington University

Sarah Morrison-Cohen (2010 – 2012), MS, Western Washington University

Becky Wood (2010 – present), MS, Western Washington University

Lauren Jennings (2009 – 2011), MS, Western Washington University

Cade Mansfield (2007 – 2009), MS, Western Washington University

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Tharsni Kankesan (co-supervisor with Dr. Marc Fournier), MA, University of Toronto, 2005 – 2006

Graduate Student Projects

Simone Walker (2005 – 2007)

Andrea Breen (2006 – 2008)

Graduate Thesis Committees

Ben Sarb (2010 – present), MS, Western Washington University

Breeanne Wise (2009 – 2011), MS Western Washington University

Kristina Silverbears (2009-2011), MS, Western Washington University

Melissa Stecker, (2008 – present), MS, Western Washington University

Katie Haverstock (2008 – 2010), MS, Western Washington University

Trisha Weeks (2007 – present), PhD, University of Utah

Ljiljana Vuletic (2007 – 2010), PhD, University of Toronto

Andrea Breen (2006 – 2010), Ph.D, University of Toronto

Atara MacNamara (2005 – 2008), Ph.D, University of Utah

Anna Volkova (2006 – 2007), PhD, University of Toronto

Erin Allard (2005), MA, Wilfrid Laurier University

Ruwa Sabbagh (2005), PhD, University of Toronto

Kathryn Trottier (2006), PhD, University of Toronto

Sarah Shaughnessy (2006), PhD, University of Toronto

External Examiner

Blerim Rexhaj (2006), MA, Connecticut College

Roxana Rachel Lowinger (2011), PhD, Concordia University