KATRINA P.

JONGMAN-SERENO
Department of Psychology
Elon University, Elon, NC 27244
email: [email protected]
phone: 336-278-5124

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020-present Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Elon University

2018-2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Hood College

2016-2018 Harvard University College Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D., Psychology, Duke University
Advisor: Dr. Mark R. Leary
Dissertation: Determinants and implications of self-perceived authenticity:
Beliefs about authenticity and reactions to self-incongruent behavior

2014 M.A., Psychology, Duke University

Advisor: Dr. Mark R. Leary
Master’s Thesis: A reconceptualization of the theoretical and empirical
bases of authenticity and inauthenticity: A goal competition perspective

2011 B.A., Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis

Advisor: Dr. Simine Vazire
Honors Thesis: Do our personal relationships affect our well-being?

INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Introduction to Psychology
Social Psychology
Personality Psychology
Self-interest vs. Quiet Ego
Positive Psychology
Impression Management and Social Influence

MENTORING
Independent Research Mentor, Sophie Verrecchia, Elon University (2024-present)
Project: Identifying Nonverbal Body Language Cues use to Judge Others’ Authenticity

Independent Research Mentor, Bria Wurst, Elon University (2024-present)

Project: What Personality Characteristics Are Judged as Authentic Versus Inauthentic in Social
Interactions?

Elon Honors Fellows Mentor, Henry Searle, Elon University (2023-present)

Project: Who Is Being Real Versus Who Is Not: Correlates, Cues, and Accuracy of Perceptions
of Others’ Authenticity

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Independent Research Mentor, Ben Rosenthal, Elon University (2023-present)
Project: Perceptions of Authenticity and Trustworthiness in TikTok Influencers’ Diet Advice

Elon College Fellows Mentor, Lizzy DiGrande, Elon University (2021-present)

Project: It’s Not You, It’s My Attachment Style: How Attachment Styles Relate to Perceptions of
Authenticity in Romantic Partners

Elon College Fellows Mentor, Emma Simpson, Elon University (2021-present)

Project: Intellectual Humility and Investigative Behaviors in Relation to Overclaiming of Knowledge

Elon College Fellows Mentor, Amanda Bossert, Elon University (2021-2023)

Project: The Role of Intellectual Humility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Further Examining
the Link Between Misinformation and Vaccination Attitudes

Master Thesis Committee Member, Jacob Abuhamada, Hood College (2022)

Project: The Common Integrative Framework (CIF): Development and Validation

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), Bella Reynolds, Elon University (Summer 2021)

Honors Thesis Committee Chair, Layla Basile, Hood College (2019-2020)

Project: Avoidant Personality as a Predictor for Victim Response and Bystander Response

Research Mentor, Social-Personality Psychology (So-PeP) Lab Research Assistants, Hood College:
Becca Anderson, Chris Burgenson, Maddie Garvis (Spring 2019)
Project: Approaches to Authenticity

Research Mentor, Hood College: Nick Bowen, Evan Snowden (graduate student) (Spring 2019)
Project: The Relationship of Mindfulness and Online Self-presentation with Maladaptive Social
Media Use

Honors Thesis Committee Reader, Amanda Tapscott, Hood College (2018-2019)

Project: The Relationship Between Abortion Attitudes and Ratings of Responsibility for
Unintended Pregnancies

Independent Study Advisor, Cora La, Harvard University (2017-2018)

Project: Organizational Impression Management

Honors Thesis Committee Member, Hayley Trainer, Duke University (2014-2015)

Project: Personality Correlates of the Self-presentational Use of Clothing in College Women

Advisor, Vertical Integration Program (VIP), Courtney Jones, Duke University (Summer 2013)
Project: What Lies at the Core of the HEXACO Model’s 6th Personality Factor?

Advisor, Vertical Integration Program (VIP), Xuan Duong-Fernandez, Duke University (Summer 2012)
Project: Power and Overreaction in Partnered Relationships

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FUNDING

2024 Mentor Travel Grant, Elon University
2023 Lumen Prize Advisor (Henry Searle), Elon University
2023 Grant-in-Aid (Ben Rosenthal), Elon University
2022 Mentor Travel Grant, Elon University

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2022 Professional Development and Travel Grant, Elon University
2021 Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CATL) Winter Term Enhancement
Grant, Elon University
2016-2018 Certificate for Teaching Excellence, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and
Learning, Harvard University
2017 Research Grant, Dr. Constantine Sedikides, University of Southampton
2013-2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
2015 Graduate Travel Grant, International Convention of Psychological Science
2013, 2014 Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center Grant, Duke University
2013 Student Research Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2013 Outstanding Research Award Finalist, Society for Personality and Social
Psychology (SPSP)
2012 Graduate Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
2011 John A. Stern/Katherine F. Hoopes Undergraduate Psychology Research
Award, Washington University in St. Louis
2011 Undergraduate Registration Award, Society for Personality and Social
Psychology (SPSP)
2010, 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award, Washington University in
St. Louis
2010 Psi Chi Honors Society, Washington University in St. Louis

PUBLICATIONS
* indicates student author

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Hoyle, R. H., Davisson, E. K., & Park, J. (2023). Intellectual humility and
responsiveness to public health recommendations. Personality and Individual Differences, 211, 112243.
doi:10.1016/j.paid.2023.112243

Raimi, K. T., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2019). General Belief Superiority (GBS): Personality, motivation, and
interpersonal relations. Self and Identity. doi:10.1080/15298868.2019.1640785

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2018). Self-judgments of authenticity. Self and Identity.
doi:10.1080/15298868.2018.1526109

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2018). The enigma of being oneself: A critical examination of the
concept of authenticity. Review of General Psychology, 23(1), 133-142. doi:10.1037/gpr0000157

Leary, M. R., Diebels, K. J., Davisson, E. K., Isherwood, J. C., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Raimi, K. T., Deffler, S.
A., & Hoyle, R. H. (2017). Cognitive and interpersonal features of intellectual humility. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 793-813. doi:10.1177/0146167217697695

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2016). Self-perceived authenticity is contaminated by the valence of
behavior. Self and Identity, 15, 283-301. doi:10.1080/15298868.2015.1128964

Leary, M. R., Diebels, K. J., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Hawkins, A. (2016). Perspectives on hypo-egoic
phenomena from social and personality psychology. In K. W. Brown, & M. R. Leary (Eds.), The Oxford
handbook of hypo-egoic phenomena (pp. 47-62). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Leary, M. R., Diebels, K. J., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & *Duong Fernandez, X. (2015). Why seemingly trivial
events sometimes evoke strong emotional reactions: The role of social exchange rule violations. Journal
of Social Psychology, 6, 559-575. doi:10.1080/00224545.2015.1084985

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Leary, M. R., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Diebels, K. J. (2015). Measures of concerns with public image and
social evaluation. In G. Boyle, D. H. Saklofske, & G. Matthews (Eds.), Measures of personality and
social psychological constructs (pp. 448-473). London: Elsevier.

Leary, M. R., Raimi, K. T., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Diebels, K. J. (2015). Distinguishing intrapsychic from
interpersonal motives in psychological theory and research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10,
497-517. doi:10.1177/1745691615583132

Leary, M. R., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Diebels, K. J. (2014). The pursuit of status: A self-presentational
perspective on the quest for social value. In J. T. Cheng, J. L. Tracy, & C. Anderson (Eds.), The
psychology of social status (pp. 159-178). New York: Springer.

Leary, M. R., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2014). Social anxiety as an early warning system: A
refinement and extension of the self-presentational theory of social anxiety. In S. G.
Hofman & P. M. DiBartolo (Eds.), Social phobia and social anxiety: An integration (3rd ed., pp. 580-
624). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Leary, M. R., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2014). When rejection kills: The central role of low relational
value in school violence. International Journal of Developmental Science, 8, 25-27.
doi:10.3233/DEV-1400133

Toner, K., Leary, M. R., *Asher, M., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2013). Feeling superior is a bipartisan issue:
Extremity (not direction) of political views predicts perceived belief superiority. Psychological Science,
24, 2454-2462. doi:10.1177/0956797613494848

MANUSCRIPTS IN PRESS
*Bossert, A. J., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (in press). The role of intellectual humility during the
Covid-19 pandemic: Further examining the link between misinformation and vaccination attitudes. Psi
Chi Journal of Psychological Research.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Leary, M. R., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (under review). Social anxiety as an early warning system: A
refinement and extension of the self-presentational theory of social anxiety. In S. G.
Hofman & P. M. DiBartolo (Eds.), Social phobia and social anxiety: An integration (4th ed.). New York:
Allyn & Bacon.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Chon, D., Diebels, K. J., *Hall, A. M., *Jones, C. E., & Leary, M. R. (in prep).
Selfishness predicts a broad range of inconsiderate, manipulative, unethical, and antisocial
attitudes and behaviors.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Franzese, A., & Fleming, C. J. E. (in prep). Authenticity and mental health in
the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (in prep). Intellectual humility in romantic relationships.

Peterson, J. L. & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (in prep). Facebook authenticity, nightly time on Facebook,
and daily self-esteem.

TALKS
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Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2024, February). Perceptions of Authenticity. Talk presented at the Authenticity
Preconference at the meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychologists, Virtual.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2021, September). Being yourself: A false sense of authenticity. Talk presented
at Duke University Brown Bag Seminar Series.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2021, February). Authenticity and Relationship Connectedness. Data blitz presented at
the Shared Reality and Authenticity Preconference at the meeting of the Society of Personality and
Social Psychologists, Virtual.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2020, February). A False Sense of Authenticity. Invited paper presented at the Shared
Reality and Authenticity Preconference at the meeting of the Society of Personality and Social
Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2019, May). Authenticity: The Enigma of Being Oneself. Invited talk presented at Duke
University, Durham, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2016, April). Self-perceptions of authenticity: Can people judge their own authenticity?
Paper presented at the Duke University Social Psychology Brownbag, Durham, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2014, October). Implications of self-presentational congruency for the quality of

relationships with parents and friends. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of Southeastern
Social Psychologists, Athens, GA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2014, February). A reconceptualization of the theoretical and empirical bases of

authenticity and inauthenticity: A goal competition perspective. Paper presented at the Duke University
Social Psychology Brownbag, Durham, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Toner, K., & Leary, M. R. (2013, May). People who hold extreme attitudes feel
superior in their beliefs even for trivial issues. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association
for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2012, April). Self-presentational authenticity an inauthenticity.

Paper presented at the Duke University Social Psychology Brownbag, Durham, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Carlson, E., & Vazire, S. (2010, April). Do our personal relationships affect our well-
being? Talk presented at the Washington University in St. Louis Department of Psychology
Symposium, St. Louis, MO.

CONFERENCE POSTERS
*DiGrande, L., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2024, April). It’s not you, it’s my attachment style: How
attachment styles relate to perceptions of authenticity in romantic partners. Poster presented
at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Long Beach, CA.

*Simpson, E., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2024, April). Intellectual humility and investigative behaviors
in relation to overclaiming of knowledge. Poster presented at the National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Long Beach, CA.

*Searle, H. J., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2024, April). What cues do people use to perceive authenticity
in others? Poster presented at the World Association of Personality Psychology,
Willemstad, Curacao.

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Franzese, A., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Fleming, C. J. (2024, February). Emotional masking at work, in
romantic relationships, and in parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented
at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

*Bossert, A., & Jongman-Sereno, K. P. (2023, February). The role of intellectual humility during
the Covid-19 pandemic: Further examining the link between misinformation and
vaccination attitudes. Poster to be presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Campbell, A., *Snowden, E., & *Bowen, N. (2020, February). Online
Self-Presentational Congruency and Authenticity. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2019, February). The enigma of being oneself: A critical
examination of the concept of authenticity. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2018, March). Implicit theories of authenticity: Why
people feel inauthentic. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2017, January). What do self-judgments of authenticity

really reflect? Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2016, January). Self-perceived authenticity is contaminated

by the valence of behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2015, October). Personal conceptualizations of authenticity. Poster
presented at the meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Winston-Salem, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2015, March). Are judgments of authenticity biased by the
positivity of one’s behavior? Poster presented at the International Convention for
Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2015, February). Socially desirable behaviors are judged as more
authentic than undesirable behaviors. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2014, February). Implications of self-presentational

authenticity for relationship quality. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Diebels, K. J., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2013, November). Is selfishness the root of
all evil? Poster presented at the meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social
Psychologists, Augusta, GA.
Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2013, June). Machiavellianism, self-presentational
authenticity, and relationship quality. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for
Research in Personality, Charlotte, NC.

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Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2013, May). People who hold extreme attitudes feel
superior in their beliefs even for trivial issues. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Leary, M. L. (2013, January). Implications of self-presentational motives

for the quality of relationships with parents and friends. Poster presented at the meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Leary, M. R. (2012, October). Personality moderators of honest and duplicitous self-
presentational motives. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social
Psychologists, Gainesville, FL.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., & Leary, M. R. (2012, March). Authenticity as a moderator of self-presentational

discrepancies. Poster presented at the Social Psychology at UNC and Duke (SPUD) Conference,
Durham, NC.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Carlson, E., & Vazire, S. (2012, January). Do your friends dislike you?
Don’t worry, be happy! Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Carlson, E., & Vazire, S. (2011, January). Do our personal relationships affect our
well-being? Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San
Antonio, TX.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Carlson, E., & Vazire, S. (2011, January). The importance of obtaining a variety of
informant reports for predicting well-being. Poster presented at the meeting of the Personality and
Social Psychology New Methods Pre-conference, San Antonio, TX.

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Carlson, E., Furr, M. R., & Vazire, S. (2010, May). Trusting your gut: Do we know
when our first impressions are accurate? Poster presented at the meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

SERVICE
Fall 2023-present Member, Lumen Advisory Committee
Fall 2023-present Member, Fulbright Campus Committee
Fall 2023-present Co-organizer, Faculty Foundations
Fall 2023-present Mentor, Preparing Future Faculty
Spring 2023-present Member, Social Sciences Divisional Curriculum Committee
Fall 2021-present Member, Pre-Health Advisory Committee, Elon University
Fall 2021-present Member, Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity (DIRE) Advising and Mentoring
Working Group, Department of Psychology, Elon University
Fall 2021-present Member and Organizer, Academic Advising and Undergraduate Mentoring
Mutual Mentoring Group, Department of Psychology, Elon University
2020-2022 Member, Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity (DIRE) High Impact Practices
(HIP) Working Group, Department of Psychology, Elon University
Fall 2021 Co-organizer, The 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social
Psychologists (SSSP)
Fall 2021 Member, Department of Psychology’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Search
Committee (with A. Iselin (chair) & M. Gendle), Elon University

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2021-present Faculty Co-Advisor, Psychology Club (with I. Salomon), Elon University
2021-present Co-organizer, Department of Psychology Teaching and Scholarship Meetings
(with W. Schreiber), Elon University
2021-present Organizer, Department of Psychology Mutual Mentoring Groups, Elon University
2019-present Elected Committee Member, Academic Judicial Council, Hood College
2019-present Elected Committee Member, Student Board of Appeals, Hood College
2013-2014 Student Coordinator, Social Psychology Brownbag, Duke University
2013 Student Coordinator, Social Area Prospective Student Recruitment Weekend,
Duke University
2012 Co-chair, Social Psychology at the University of North Carolina and Duke
University (SPUD) Conference (with J. Brown-Iannuzzi & C. Cameron)

REVIEWING
2023-present Journal of Research in Personality
2023-present Personality and Social Psychology Review
2023-present Teaching of Psychology
2022-present Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
2022-present Current Issues in Personality Psychology
2022-present New Ideas in Psychology
2021-present Psychological Science
2021-present British Journal of Social Psychology
2021-present Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
2020-present Teaching of Psychology
2019-present SAGE Open
2018-present Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
2018-present Social Psychological and Personality Science
2013-present Self and Identity

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

2014 Curran-Bauer Analytics Multilevel Modeling Workshop. Chapel Hill, NC
2012-2013 Graduate Student Coordinator, Duke Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social
Psychology Laboratory, Duke University
Oversaw daily activities of lab, coordinated research studies, and maintained
equipment. Managed Research Mobile, a mobile lab with sound-proof cubicles,
computers, cameras, and physiological measures. Employed graphic design to
recruit and screen community subject pool.
2007-2011 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
Advisor: Dr. Simine Vazire
Summer 2008 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas
Advisor: Dr. Mark Landau

LANGUAGES
English, native
Dutch, native
Spanish, advanced

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