Faculty Profile

Anondah Saide

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Educational Psychology
College
College of Education

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
HDFS 1013.020, Human Development, Summer 2024 
EPSY 6103.001, Cognitive and Language Development, Spring 2024 
EPSY 6950.731, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
EPSY 5123.080, Human Development Across the Life Span, Spring 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    EPSY 5123.080, Human Development Across the Life Span, Fall 8W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.020, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2023  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6030.731, Practicum, Field Problem or Internship, Summer 10W 2023 
                    

                    EPSY 6900.731, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2023 
                    

                    HDFS 3996.001, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Spring 2023 
                    

                    HDFS 1013.004, Human Development, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.800, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6030.731, Practicum, Field Problem or Internship, Spring 2023 
                    

                    EPSY 6153.001, Social Emotional Development, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3996.001, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Fall 2022 
                    

                    HDFS 1013.005, Human Development, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5123.080, Human Development Across the Life Span, Fall 8W1 2022  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.020, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W2 2022  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.020, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2022  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.021, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W2 2022  SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.021, Child Development for Non Majors, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6103.001, Cognitive and Language Development, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3413.001, Grief, Loss and Bereavement, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.800, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5153.090, Developmental Change Across Adulthood, Fall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5153.096, Developmental Change Across Adulthood, Fall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.006, Human Development, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.021, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3313.001, Interpersonal Relationships, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.006, Human Development, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.800, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6153.001, Social Emotional Development, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 4800.001, Studies in Human Developement and Family Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.003, Child Development for Non Majors, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.004, Child Development for Non Majors, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5153.090, Developmental Change Across Adulthood, Fall 8W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5153.096, Developmental Change Across Adulthood, Fall 8W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.020, Child Development for Non Majors, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.020, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.020, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.026, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.026, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.020, Human Development, Summer 3W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.003, Human Development, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HDFS 1013.004, Human Development, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HDFS 1013.800, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HDFS 4800.001, Studies in Human Developement and Family Science, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    HDFS 3123.001, Child Development for Non Majors, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.006, Child Development for Non Majors, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.004, Human Development, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 5050.021, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 4233.001, Guidance of Children and Youth, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.002, Human Development, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.003, Human Development, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.020, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 1013.026, Human Development, Spring 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.001, Child Development, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 3123.006, Child Development, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    HDFS 4233.003, Guidance of Children and Youth, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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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).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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