Professor of Psychology
Director, Masters Education - Thesis Track
Office: Beatty Hall, Room 222B
Telephone: 410-617-2417
Email: MSherman@loyola.edu
Education:
- B.A., University of Connecticut
- Ph.D. (Experimental, Social Psychology), University of Maine
- Licensed Psychologist in Maryland
Scholarly Interests:
- Terror Management theory
- Five Factor Model of Personality
- Psychopathology and personality
- Disgust sensitivity
- Survey and attitude research
- Gender role research-sexual orientation
- The emotional state of elevation
- Spiritual Transcendence
Representative Publications:
Piedmont, R. L., Sherman, M. F., Sherman, N. C.,
Dy-Liacco, G. S., & Williams, J. E. G. (2009). Using the
Five-Factor Model to identify a new personality disorder
domain: The case for Experiential Permeability. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(6), 1245-1258.
Landis, S. K., Sherman, M. S., Piedmont, R. L.,
Kirkhart, M. W., Rapp, E. M., & Bike, D. H. (2009). The
relation between elevation and self-reported prosocial
behavior: Incremental validity over the Five-Factor
Model of personality. The Journal of Positive Psychology,
4(1), 71-84.
Dy-Liacco, G. S., Piedmont, R. L., Murray-Swank, N. A.,
Rodgerson, T. E., & Sherman, M. F. (2009). Spirituality
and religiousity as cross-cultural aspects of human
experience. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1(1),
35-52.
Canton, A. N., Sherman, M. F., Magda, L. A.,
Westra, L. J., Pearson, J. M., Raveis, V. H., &
Gershon, R. R. M. (2009). Violence, job satisfaction,
and employment intentions among home healthcare
registered nurses. Home Healthcare Nurse, 27(6), 1-11.
Gershon, R. R. M., Pearson, J. M., Sherman, M. F.,
Samar, S. M., Canton, A. N., & Stone, P. W. (in press).
The prevalence and risk factors for percutaneous
injuries in registered nurses in the home health care
sector. American Journal of Infection Control.
Sherman, M. F., Gershon, R. R. M., Samar, S. M.,
Pearson, J. M., Canton, A. N., & Damsky, M. R. (2008).
Safety factors predictive of job satisfaction and job
retention among home healthcare aides. Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 50(12),
1430-1441.
Everly, G. S., Jr., Sherman, M. F., Nucifora, F., Jr., Langlieg, A.,
Kaminsky, M. J., & Links, J. M. (2008). A quantitative
expression of resiliency in the workplace: An odds ratio
analysis. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health,
10(3), 1-7.
Piedmont, R. L., Kennedy, C., Sherman, M. F., Sherman, N. C.,
& Williams, J. E G. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of the
Assessments of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments
(ASPIRES) Scale: Short Form. Research in the Social Scientific
Study of Religion, 19, 163-182.
Gershon, R. R. M., Qureshi, K., Pogorzelska, M., Rosen, J.,
Gebbie, K., Brandt-Rauf, P., & Sherman, M. F. (2007).
Non-hospital based registered nurses and the risk of
bloodborne pathogen exposure. Industrial Health, 45(5),
695-704.
Piedmont, R. L., Hassinger, C. J., Rhorer, J., Sherman, M. F.,
Sherman, N. C., Williams, J. E. G. (2007). The relations among
spirituality and religiosity and axis II functioning in two college
samples. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 18,
52-73.
Gershon, R. R. M., Sherman, M. F., Mitchell, C., Vlahov, D.,
Erwin, M., Lears, M. K., Felknor, S., Lubelczyk, R. A., & Alter, M.
(2007). Prevalence and risk factors for bloodborne exposure
and infection in correctional healthcare workers. Infection
Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 28(1), 24-30.
Gershon, R. R. M., Mitchell, C., Sherman, M. F., Vlahov, D.,
Lears, M. K., Felknor, S., & Lubelczyk, R. A. (2005). Hepatitis B
vaccination in correctional health care workers. American Journal
of Infection Control, 33(9), 510-518.
Course Offerings:
PY746.41: Research Methods I
PY747.41: Research Methods II
PY791.41: Computer (SPSS) Analysis of Psychological Data
PY813.41: Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
PY860.41: Data Management
PY414.41: Advanced Statistics with Computer Applications