Publications
Root, M. J. (2008). The evolution of psychologists' recommended child-rearing practices in the United States. In Wiseman, D. G. (Ed.). The American Family: Understanding its Changing Dynamics and Place in Society. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Root, M. J. (2008). [Review of the book The University Department of Psychiatry in Munich: From Kraepelin and his predecessors to molecular psychiatry]. PsycCRITIQUES: APA Review of Books.
Root, M.J. (in press). The evolution of psychologists' recommended child-rearing practices in the United States. In Family and Family Education: A Cross-Cultural Analysis from Russia and the USA. Moscow: Russia State Social University Press.
Root, M. J. (2006). [Review of the book Past impersonal: Group process in human history]. PsycCRITIQUES: APA Review of Books.
Root, M. J. (2006). Francis Galton. Encyclopedia of Disability.
Root, M. J. (2003). [Review of the book Sir Francis Galton: From African exploration to the birth of eugenics]. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 39, 393-395.
Root, M. J. (2003). Great psychologists. Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology. From http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/projectsyllabus.html
Root, M. J. (2002). Keller, Fred S. American National Biography.
Root, M. J. (2002). Introduction to psychology. Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology. From http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/projectsyllabus.html
Root, M. J. (2002). [Review of the book Fighting for the good cause: Reflections on Francis Galton's legacy to American hereditarian psychology]. The Cheiron Newsletter, Spring-Summer, 28, 7.
Presentations
Root, M. J., Palm, L. J., Brallier, S., & Podeschi, C. (2008, March). Using online practice tests to improve test performance. Paper presented at the Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Root, M. J., Podeschi, C., Palm, L. J., & Brallier, S. (2008, February). Using computer based practice tests to enhance exam performance. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium, Conway, South Carolina.
Root, M. J., & Steele, J. (2008, February). The role of podcasting in education. Seventh annual Celebration of Inquiry, Conway, South Carolina.
Root, M. J., & Steele, J. (2008, February). Myth-making in the history of psychology: What students really need to know. Seventh annual Celebration of Inquiry, Conway, South Carolina.
Root, M. J. (2003, August). Psychology at its boundaries: A study of three interdisciplinary movements. Paper presented at the 111th
annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Root, M. J. (2003, August). Unification through chaos: Can chaos theory unify psychology? Poster presented at the 111th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Root, M. J. (2003, June). Boundary-work in psychology: Three interdisciplinary movements. Paper presented at the 35th annual meeting of Cheiron, The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Durham, New Hampshire.
Root, M. J. (2002, August). The strange attraction of psychology to chaos. Paper presented at the 110th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Root, M. J. (2002, March). Cheater detection content effects on the Wason selection task. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
Root, M. J. (1998, July). The complex adaptive mind: Rediscovering the mind through complexity and evolutionary psychology. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Root, M. J. (1997, November). Introductory fundamentals of chaos and complexity theory. Paper presented at Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont.
Root, M. J. (1997, July). George Kellyís theory of personal constructs and chaos theory: A confluence of ideas. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Root, M. J. (1997, June). Chaos theory in counseling, psychotherapy and psychology. Professional Development Workshop, Department of Counseling, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.
Root, M. J. (1997, February). Reconstructing Kellyís construct system in phase space. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Vermont Chaos Conference, Waterbury, Vermont.
Grants
Root, M. J., Podeschi, C., Palm, L. J., and Brallier, S. A. (2006). Project: Using WebCT to enhance test performance. Funding Agency: Center for Effective Teaching and Learning at Coastal Carolina University ($2500).