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EDUCATION

B.S. Centre College, 1995 
Ph.D.  University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Factors that promote optimal motivation (interest and performance) in achievement situations; achievement goals; the development of interest.

FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES

Psych 433 Social and Personality Laboratory
Psych 472 Group Processes


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Durik, A. M., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2003).  Achievement goals and intrinsic motivation:  Coherence, concordance, and achievement orientation.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39(4), 378-385.

Harackiewicz, J. M., Durik, A. M., & Barron, K. E. (2005).  Multiple goals and optimal motivation.  In J. P. Forgas, K. R. Williams, & W. Von Hippel (Eds.), Social motivation:  Explicit and implicit processes (Vol. 6, pp. 21-39), Cambridge Univ. Press: New York.

Durik, A. M., Vida, M., & Eccles, J. S. (Under review).  Task values and ability beliefs as predictors of high school literacy choices: A developmental analysis.

REPRESENTATIVE GRANTS

Durik, A. M. (Spring 2004).  The Effects of Personal and Situational Factors on Elementary School Students' Interest in Math, Reading, and Science.  Adolescent and Youth Research Award, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.