Dr. Anondah R. Saide
University of North Texas
Educational Psychology
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Education

PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2018.
Major: Psychology
Degree Specialization: Developmental
Dissertation Title: Correspondence Between Parents and Childrens Scientific and Religion Concepts
MA, University of California, Riverside, 2015.
Major: Psychology
Certificate, Claremont Graduate University, 2011.
Major: Education
Degree Specialization: College-Level Teaching
MA, Claremont Graduate University, 2011.
Major: Education
BA, Humboldt State University, 2009.
Major: Sociology

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
EDCI 6280, Qualitative Research in Education, 1 course.
EPSY 5050, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, 10 courses.
EPSY 5123, Human Development Across the Life Span, 3 courses.
EPSY 5153, Developmental Change Across Adulthood, 4 courses.
EPSY 6030, Practicum, Field Problem or Internship, 2 courses.
EPSY 6103, Cognitive and Language Development, 2 courses.
EPSY 6153, Social Emotional Development, 2 courses.
EPSY 6280, Qualitative Research in Education, 1 course.
EPSY 6900, Special Problems, 1 course.
EPSY 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.
HDFS 1013, Human Development, 17 courses.
HDFS 3123, Child Development for Non Majors, 8 courses.
HDFS 3313, Interpersonal Relationships, 1 course.
HDFS 3413, Grief, Loss and Bereavement, 1 course.
HDFS 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 2 courses.
HDFS 4233, Guidance of Children and Youth, 2 courses.
HDFS 4800, Studies in Human Developement and Family Science, 2 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Mccaffree, K., Saide, A. (2022). Is atheism good for your health?. Atheism in Five Minutes. Equinox Publishing.
Encyclopedia Article
Richert, R., Saide, A. R. (2020). Religious engagement. Other. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development.
Journal Article
Saide, A. R., Shaman, N., Richert, R. (2023). Asking God for help: Children’s views on what to pray for when. Religions. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1164
Saide, A. (2023). Exploring the similarity between parents and children’s reality status judgments for God across three domains of religious experience. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000476
Mccaffree, K. J., Saide, A. R., Shermer, M. (2023). The New Nones: An Empirical Study of Dual Religious and Political Non-Affiliation. Sociological Research Online. New York, NY: Sage.
Saide, A., Richert, R. (2022). Correspondence in parents’ and children’s concepts of God: Investigating the role of parental values, religious practices, and executive functioning. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12415
Saide, A., Mccaffree, K., Richert, R. (2021). Does “faith” in science correlate with indicators of well-being? Evidence for differential effects by gender. Journal of Cognition and Culture. https://brill.com/view/journals/jocc/21/1-2/article-p178_9.xml
Saide, A., Richert, R. (2021). Concepts of God and germs: Social mechanisms and cognitive heuristics. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cogs.12942
Saide, A., Richert, R. (2020). Socio-cognitive and cultural influences on children’s concepts of God. Journal of Cognition and Culture. 20(1-2), .
Ly, A. L., Saide, A. R., Richert, R. A. (2020). Perceptions of the Efficacy of Prayer and Conventional Medicine for Health Concerns. Journal of Religion and Health. 59(1), . https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-018-0704-1
McCaffree, K., Saide, A., Shermer, M. (2020). Racial dynamics underlying crime commission, emotionality, and last statements among executed offenders in Texas. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2019.1693466
Shaman, N. J., Saide, A. R., Richert, R. A. (2018). Dimensional Structure of and Variation in Anthropomorphic Concepts of God. Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095990/
Richert, R. A., Saide, A. R., Kirsten, L. A., Shaman, N. J. (2017). The role of religious context in children's differentiation between God's mind and human minds. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjdp.12160
McCaffree, K. J., Saide, A. R. (2017). Do secular and religious social networks meet the same individual and societal needs?. Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249912
Richert, R., Shaman, N., Saide, A. R., Lesage, K. (2016). Folding your hands helps God hear you: Prayer and anthropomorphism in parents and children. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
Shaman, N., Saide, A. R., Lesage, K., Richert, R. (2016). Who cares if I stand on my head when I pray? Ritual inflexibility and mental-state understanding in preschoolers. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
O., Saide, A. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/aac4716
Magazine/Trade Publication
McCaffree, K. J., Saide, A. R. (2022). Inequality and Rejection: A Data-Driven Look Into Men’s Attitudes Toward Abortion. 27(2), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.
Saide, A., McCaffree, K. J., McCready, M. (2021). Pandemic politics: Americans’ social and political attitudes in 2020. 26(3), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.
McCready, M., Saide, A. R., McCaffree, K. J. (2020). Unpacking political life in America. 25(4), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.
Saide, A. R., McCaffree, K. J. (2019). Book review: The coddling of the American mind. Skeptic.
McCaffree, K. J., Saide, A. R. (2014). Why is critical thinking so hard to teach?. 19(4), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.
Saide, A. R. (2013). Gender and the paranormal. 18(2), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.
Saide, A. R. (2011). Book review: Paranormal America. 16(4), . Altadena, CA: Skeptic Magazine.

Presentations Given

Paper

LeFils-Price, A. (Author & Presenter), Saide, A. R. (Author), APA Division 36 Mid-Year Conference, Exploring the relations between conceptions of death and a scientific worldview among emerging adults, Virtual, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Poster

Neuwirth, A. (Author), Lynd, D. (Author), Saide, A. R. (Author & Presenter), Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Beyond the veil: Examining underrepresented identities in children’s literature about death, Pasadena, CA, United States of America. (2024 – ).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Saide, A. R. (Principal), "Graduate Dean's Dissertation Research Grant," Sponsored by University of California, Riverside, Other, $480 Funded. (January 2018 – May 2018).
Saide, A. R. (Principal), "Seed Grant," Sponsored by American Psychological Association Division 36, Other, $960 Funded. (August 2017 – May 2018).

Service

University Service

Faculty Mentor, Undergraduate Research Fellowship. (August 2019 – June 2024).

Committee Member, Faculty Affairs Committee. (August 2023 – May 2024).

Guest Speaker, TAMS Summer Research Program. (June 24, 2023 – June 24, 2023).

Committee Chair, Student Affairs Committee. (September 2022 – May 2023).

Committee Member, College of Education Dean’s Scholarship Committee. (September 1, 2022 – May 1, 2023).

Other, Scholar's Day. (April 5, 2022 – April 5, 2022).

Professional Service

Committee Member, Association for Psychological Science (Steering Committee for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science). (August 1, 2022 – August 1, 2025).

Editor, Guest Editor, Religions. (July 1, 2022 – June 1, 2023).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Society for Research in Child Development. (January 2023 – April 2023).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science. (May 2020 – February 2023).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, APA Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality). (January 2022 – January 2023).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women). (January 2018 – January 2023).

Mentor, APA Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality). (September 2021 – September 2022).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. (September 2016 – September 2022).

Other, PsyArXiv. (August 2020 – August 2022).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Cognitive Development Society. (January 2022 – February 2022).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Memory and Cognition. (December 2021).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Psychology. (March 2020 – March 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Society for Philosophy & Psychology Conference. (2019 – 2019).