Loyola University Maryland
Department of Psychology

Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.           
Professor of Psychology
Director of Masters Education,
Thesis Track

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 222B
Telephone: 410-617-2417
E-mail: MSherman@loyola.edu

Education:

  • B.A., University of Connecticut
  • Ph.D. (Experimental, Social Psychology), University of Maine
  • Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Scholarly Interests:

  • Terror Management theory
  • Five Factor Model of Personality
  • Psychopathology and personality
  • Disgust sensitivity
  • Survey and attitude research
  • Gender role research-sexual orientation
  • The emotional state of elevation
  • Spiritual Transcendence

Representative Publications:

Piedmont, R. L., Sherman, M. F., Sherman, N. C., 
     Dy-Liacco, G. S., & Williams, J. E. G. (2009). Using the    
     Five-Factor Model to identify a new personality disorder 
     domain: The case for Experiential Permeability. Journal 
     of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(6), 1245-1258.        

Landis, S. K., Sherman, M. S., Piedmont, R. L., 
     Kirkhart, M. W., Rapp, E. M., & Bike, D. H. (2009). The         
     relation between elevation and self-reported prosocial 
     behavior: Incremental validity over the Five-Factor 
     Model of personality. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 
     4(1), 71-84. 

Dy-Liacco, G. S., Piedmont, R. L., Murray-Swank, N. A., 
     Rodgerson, T. E., & Sherman, M. F. (2009). Spirituality 
     and religiousity as cross-cultural aspects of human 
     experience. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1(1), 
     35-52.

Canton, A. N., Sherman, M. F., Magda, L. A., 
     Westra, L. J., Pearson, J. M., Raveis, V. H., & 
     Gershon, R. R. M. (2009). Violence, job satisfaction, 
     and employment intentions among home healthcare                
     registered nurses. Home Healthcare Nurse, 27(6), 1-11.

Gershon, R. R. M., Pearson, J. M., Sherman, M. F.
     Samar, S. M., Canton, A. N., & Stone, P. W. (in press).              
     The prevalence and risk factors for percutaneous 
     injuries in registered nurses in the home health care 
     sector. American Journal of Infection Control.

Sherman, M. F., Gershon, R. R. M., Samar, S. M., 
     Pearson, J. M., Canton, A. N., & Damsky, M. R. (2008).                
     Safety factors predictive of job satisfaction and job 
     retention among home healthcare aides. Journal of 
     Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
50(12), 
     1430-1441.

Everly, G. S., Jr., Sherman, M. F., Nucifora, F., Jr., Langlieg, A., 
     Kaminsky, M. J., & Links, J. M. (2008). A quantitative 
     expression of resiliency in the workplace: An odds ratio 
     analysis. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 
     10(3), 1-7.

Piedmont, R. L., Kennedy, C., Sherman, M. F., Sherman, N. C., 
     & Williams, J. E G. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of the 
     Assessments of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments 
     (ASPIRES) Scale: Short Form. Research in the Social Scientific 
     Study of Religion
, 19, 163-182.

Gershon, R. R. M., Qureshi, K., Pogorzelska, M., Rosen, J., 
     Gebbie, K., Brandt-Rauf, P., & Sherman, M. F. (2007). 
     Non-hospital based registered nurses and the risk of 
     bloodborne pathogen exposure. Industrial Health, 45(5), 
     695-704.

Piedmont, R. L., Hassinger, C. J., Rhorer, J., Sherman, M. F.
     Sherman, N. C., Williams, J. E. G. (2007). The relations among 
     spirituality and religiosity and axis II functioning in two college 
     samples. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 18, 
     52-73.

Gershon, R. R. M., Sherman, M. F., Mitchell, C., Vlahov, D., 
     Erwin, M., Lears, M.   K., Felknor, S., Lubelczyk, R. A., & Alter, M. 
     (2007). Prevalence and risk factors for bloodborne exposure 
     and infection in correctional healthcare workers. Infection 
     Control and Hospital Epidemiology
, 28(1), 24-30.

Gershon, R. R. M., Mitchell, C., Sherman, M. F., Vlahov, D., 
     Lears, M. K., Felknor, S., & Lubelczyk, R. A. (2005). Hepatitis B 
     vaccination in correctional health care workers. American Journal 
     of Infection Control
, 33(9), 510-518.

Course Offerings:

PY746.41: Research Methods I
PY747.41: Research Methods II
PY791.41: Computer (SPSS) Analysis of Psychological Data
PY813.41: Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
PY860.41: Data Management
PY414.41: Advanced Statistics with Computer Applications

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