Lisa A. Fast, PhD Riverside Accuracy Lab Department of Psychology University of California, Riverside Email: lisa.fast@gmail.com

Research

My research primarily examines the expression of personality through language. Specifically, I study the relationship between the words that individuals use and their personalities as rated by themselves, their acquaintances, and direct observations of behavior. I am also interested in the bases of accurate personality judgment and social judgment and my research examines the personality characteristics and behaviors related to such judgment.

Education

Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology: University of California, Riverside, 2008.

Master’s Degree in Social-Personality Psychology: University of California, Riverside, 2005.

Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology: University of California Riverside, 2002. (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Current Position

I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside. I work with a interdisciplinary team of researchers on the Mathematical ACTS project, funded by NSF. The main goal of our research is to increase K-12 student achievement in math.

Teaching

Instructor, University of California, Riverside Summer 2005 – Present

Courses Taught Date

Clinical Psychology* Summer 2007

Personality Psychology* Winter 2007

Clinical Psychology* Summer 2006

Clinical Psychology* Summer 2005

Teaching Assistant, University of California Riverside Summer 2004 – Present

Courses Taught Date

Abnormal Psychology Spring 2008

The Brain and Behavior* Winter 2008

Statistical Procedures* Fall 2007

I/O Psychology* Spring 2007

Research Methods* Fall 2006

The Brain and Behavior* Spring 2006

The Brain and Behavior* Winter 2006

Personality Psychology* Fall 2005

Introductory Psychology* Spring 2005

Personality Psychology* Winter 2005

Personality Psychology* Fall 2004

Introductory Psychology* Summer 2004

*Course evaluations available upon request

Publications

Fast, L., & Funder, D. (2008). Personality as manifest in word use: Correlations with self-report,

acquaintance-report, and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 334-346. [pdf]

Fast, L., Reimer, H., & Funder, D (2008). The social behavior and reputation of the attributionally

complex. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 208-222. [pdf]

Invited Talk

Greve (Fast), L. (2005). How to Get Into Graduate School. Invited Address at the Psi Chi Annual

Graduate School Workshop for undergraduate students.

Conferences and Presentations

Fast, L., & Funder, D. (2008). ! @ # x !: Reputational and behavioral correlates of swear word usage. Poster

presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Fast, L. (2007). The reputational and behavioral correlates of attributional complexity. Talk

presented at the area meeting for Social-Personality Psychology. University of California,

Riverside.

Greve (Fast), L., & Funder, D. (2006). Personality and language: How our words reveal us. Poster

presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Palm Springs, CA.

Reimer, H., Greve (Fast), L., & Funder, D. (2006). Personality correlates of attributional complexity.

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm

Springs, CA.

Wagerman, S., Greve (Fast), L., Taga, K., & Funder, D (2006). You did what where? Behavioral

correlates of situational affordances. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the

Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.

Greve (Fast), L. (2006). Personality as manifest in language: Self-report, acquaintance-report, and

behavioral correlates. Talk presented at the area meeting for Social-Personality Psychology.

University of California, Riverside.

Letzring, T., Greve (Fast), L., & Funder, D. (2005). Behaviors of accurate judges. Poster presented at the

annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Greve (Fast), L. (2005). Personality and language: Do our words reveal us? Talk presented at the area

meeting for Social-Personality Psychology. University of California, Riverside.

Wagerman, S., Greve (Fast), L., Funder, D., & Wright, L. (2004). Personality correlates of academic

achievement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social

Psychology, Austin, TX.

Greve (Fast), L. (2002). Evaluating Freudian slips of the tongue from a psycholinguistic perspective.

Paper presented at the annual UCLA Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference.

Honors/Awards

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Grant, 2008.

Psi Chi’s Award of Appreciation for ongoing support and dedication, 2006.

Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, 2003-2004.