Tehmina Banatwala

1802 Jackson Avenue West, Apt. 130 • Oxford, MS 38655, USA

Phone (662) 236-6849 • E-mail tehmina@thegladmans.com

 

 

 

Education

 

1998 - 2002        The University of Mississippi               Oxford, MS, USA

Ph.D. Experimental Psychology - planned completion February 2002

Research Areas: Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Human Sexuality

·        Dissertation: How Useful is a Good Theory?  A Comparison of AUM Theory and I/C Theory in a Training Paradigm

1997 - 1998        University of Bristol                              Bristol, England

M.Sc. Research Methods in Psychology

·        Thesis: A Model of Factors Contributing to Acculturative Stress in Japanese Sojourners

1988 - 1992        Trinity University                        San Antonio, TX, USA

B.A. Psychology

ancillary skills

                                    Foreign Languages:  Basic Japanese and Spanish

Computer Packages: Competent in most major word processing, spreadsheet, database, web page and statistical programs for PC including but not limited to Microsoft Office, Corel Office Suite, SPSS, and EQS.                      

Employment

 

Summer 2001     Dream, Inc.                                         Jackson, MS, USA

Research Consultant

n     Designed and implemented a program of research to test the validity and reliability of a new measure of personality.

2000 - 2001        The University of Mississippi               Oxford, MS, USA

Instructor: Intercultural Communications - Pre-Departure and Re-entry

n     Designed and implemented pre-departure and re-entry training workshops for University of Mississippi study abroad students.

1999 - 2000        The University of Mississippi               Oxford, MS, USA

Teaching Assistant: Quantitative Methods I and II

·        Assisted professors with various aspects of the teaching of these two graduate level statistics courses including tutorials for the students, grading of papers and grading of exams.

1998 - 2000        The University of Mississippi               Oxford, MS, USA

Managing Editor: International Journal of Intercultural Relations

·        Acted as liaison between the editor, authors and reviewers and handled all day-to-day aspects of journal business.

1994 - 1997        Eiken English Center                             Kurashiki, Japan

English Teacher

·        Taught English as a Foreign Language to small classes of students ranging in age from 6 years old to 60 years old.

 

professional service

                                   Occasional Reviewer: International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Guest speaker for Cross-Cultural Training at The University of Mississippi

Guest speaker for International Marketing at The University of Mississippi

Public Relations Liaison for "International Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity and Intercultural Relations" conference at The University of Mississippi, April 2001

Panel Chair for "International Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity and Intercultural Relations" conference at The University of Mississippi, April 2001

Founding member and President (2000-2001) of Students for the Advancement of Intercultural Discussion (SAID)

Manuscripts in process

 

Landis, D., Knouse, S.B., Banatwala, T., & Tallarigo, R.S. (Under Review). “Organizational Distance Scaling: Differentiating Organizational Climate Along Macro-Organizational Variables”.

 

Banatwala, T., Curl, L.S., & Landis, D. (In Preparation). "The Components of Attraction for Hypermasculine Males".

Banatwala, T., Curl, L.S., Hurley, A., Fox, L., & Landis, D. (In Preparation). “The Role of Culture in Hypermasculinity and Hyperfemininity: A Preliminary Study”.

Banatwala, T. (In Preparation)  “A Model of Factors Contributing to Acculturative Stress in Japanese Sojourners”. Unpublished thesis.


Conference Presentations

 

April 1999           IAIR Conference                                  Kent, OH, USA

Poster Presentation: Banatwala, T., Hurley, A., Fox, L., & Landis, D. “Hyperfemininity and Hypermasculinity: A Relationship Between Hypergender and Cultural Constructs”

Poster Presentation: Banatwala, T. “A Model of Factors Contributing to Acculturative Stress in Japanese Sojourners”

July 2000              IACCP Conference                               Pultusk, Poland

Poster Presentation: Banatwala, T., Moore, M., & Landis, D. “Do Hypermasculine Men Look at Women Differently From Other Men?  A Study of the Relationship Between Hypertraditionality, Culture, and Attraction”

July 2000              ICP Conference                              Stockholm, Sweden

Poster Presentation:  Banatwala, T. & Landis, D. “The Components of Attraction for Hypergender Individuals”

April 2001            IPREIR Conference                          Oxford, MS, USA

Paper Presentation: Banatwala, T.  “How Useful is Training?  The Measurement of AUM-Based Training Effectiveness Over Time”

Honors and awards

Dissertation Fellowship August 2001 – December 2001

Summer Assistantship May 2000 – August 2000

                                    Honors Fellowship January 1999 – December 2000

                                    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Inducted Fall 1999

Professional memberships

Member International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Student Affiliate American Psychological Association

references

Dan Landis, Department of Psychology, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA  (662) 915-7797 landisd@watervalley.net

Nathan Weed, Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, 227 Sloan Hall, Mount Pleasant MI 48859, USA  (989) 774-6482 weed1nc@cmich.edu

Kenneth McGraw, Department of Psychology, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA  (662) 915-5186  pymcgraw@olemiss.edu