Courtney Gosnell
Assistant Chairperson
Biography
Faculty Bio
Dr. Courtney Gosnell is an Associate Professor who joined the Pace faculty in 2016. She attended Clemson University and earned a Bachelor’s in Science in Psychology. From there, she went on to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received a PhD in Social Psychology in 2013. After graduation, she worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida and the United States Military Academy at West Point before joining the Pace faculty. Her research interests focus on interpersonal relationships. More specifically, she has examined social support provision in both good times and bad and how our own goals and motives shape our perceptions of our close others and relationships. Dr. Gosnell currently serves as the Assistant Chair and the Director of the Undergraduate Psychology Program on the Pleasantville campus. She also regularly mentors students in undergraduate research.
Research and Creative Works
Research Interest
Close relationships have been shown to be one of the most meaningful and important aspects of individuals’ lives, yet individuals often struggle to manage and merge personal goals and needs with desires for companionship and closeness. Dr. Gosnell's research examines how individuals navigate, interpret, and manage personal and relational needs in good times and bad—shedding light not only on our understanding of close relationships themselves but informing other areas of psychology as well (e.g., motivation, emotion, well-being). She addresses her research questions by applying a diverse array of methodologies (e.g., experiments, daily diary studies, videotaped interactions, questionnaires, longitudinal studies) to analysis of a wide variety of relationships (such as romantic, friend, and family relationships). In addition, she participates in large-scale multi-site studies that allow her to develop outside collaborations and extend her questions to larger, more diverse participant pools. Throughout her work, she brings a passion for student development into her research by actively recruiting and mentoring students to conduct research in her lab.
Courses Taught
Past Courses
PSY 112: Introduction to Psychology
PSY 112: Introduction to Psychology-CAP
PSY 240: Positive Psychology/Happiness
PSY 256: Psych of Personal Adjustment
PSY 276: The Psych of Intimate Relation
PSY 303: Adolescent Psychology
PSY 304: Social Psychology
PSY 311: Biological Psychology
PSY 313: Research Methodology
PSY 315: Cognitive Psychology
PSY 327: Mentored Lab Class Semester 1
PSY 328: Mentored Lab Class Semester 2
PSY 380: Experimental Psychology I
PSY 381: Experimental Psychology II
PSY 395: Indpndnt Study in Psych (A)
PSY 395: Indpndnt Study in Psych (B)
UNV 101: First-Year Smnr Unvrsty Cmmnty
Publications and Presentations
Publications
Social support and help-seeking worldwide
Szkody, E., Spence, A., \"Ozdo\ugru, Asil, ., Tushir, B., Chang, F., Akka\cs, Handan, ., Sotomayor, I., Pavlova, I., Petrovic, I., Norvilitis, J. & others, . (2024). Current Psychology. , pages 1--17.
Understanding family dynamics in a cross-cultural sample: a multi-national study
Rogers, M., Cuccolo, K., McKinney, C., Edlund, J., Grahe, J., Zlokovich, M., Bauer, L., El-Kour, T., Hassler, T., Jia, F. & others, . (2024). Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.
Approach and avoidance goals and perceptions of romantic partners’ traits
Gosnell, C. L. & Gable, S. L. (2023). Current Psychology. Vol 42 (Issue 15) , pages 12594--12603.
Effects of the coronavirus pandemic on perceived capitalization support provision and receipt
Gosnell, C. L. & Dascano, K. (2023). Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Vol 17 (Issue 9) , pages e12824.
Personal need for structure as a protective factor on beliefs and coping with COVID-19: A crowd-sourced multicultural exploration
Cook, C. L., Demanarig, D., Metviner, S., Stoppa, T., Milius, H., Grahe, J., Kawabata, Y., Schmidt, K., Sonnentag, T. L., DeNigris, D. & others, . (2023). Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Vol 17 (Issue 10) , pages e12797.
Many Labs 4: Failure to replicate mortality salience effect with and without original author involvement
Klein, R. A., Cook, C. L., Ebersole, C. R., Vitiello, C., Nosek, B. A., Hilgard, J., Ahn, P. H., Brady, A. J., Chartier, C. R., Christopherson, C. D. & others, . (2022). Collabra: Psychology. Vol 8 (Issue 1) , pages 35271.