Ned William Schultz, Ph.D.

Professor

Psychology and Child Development Department
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
(805) 756-2125
nschultz@calpoly.edu

Background
1951
Born, Lancaster, PA
1973
B.S., Human Development (cum laude)
Pennsylvania State University
1975
M.A., Developmental Psychology
Ohio State University
1976
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology
Ohio State University
1975-1976
Head Graduate Teaching Associate
Department of Psychology
Ohio State University
1976
Graduate Teaching Award
Ohio State University
1976-1982
Assistant Professor
Child Development Dept.
Cal Poly State University
(Tenured, 1980)
1982-1987
Associate Professor
Psychology and Human Development Dept.
Cal Poly State University
1987-present
Professor
Psychology and Human Development Dept.
Cal Poly State University
1999
Outstanding Teaching Award
College of Liberal Arts
Cal Poly State University

Recent Publications and Presentations
Schultz, Ned W. (2001) "On cookies and academic privacy." WebNet Journal: Internet Technologies, Applications and Issues, 3, 2, 38-51.
Schultz, Ned W. and Huet, Lisa (2000) "Sensational! Violent! Popular! Death in American movies." Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 42, 2, 137-149.
Schultz, N.; Clark, K. and Hellenbrand, H. (2000). “Countering morale and assessment problems: Toward a faculty-generated, broad-based process for merit awards.” Roundtable presentation to the American Association for Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, February 3-6, New Orleans.
Schultz, Ned W. (1999). "Carrying our dead into the new millenium." HopeDance, 19, Nov/Dec, 15.
Schultz, N. (1999). “Big 5 factors and willingness to try educational technology.” Presented at the 79th Annual Conference of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA, April 29-May 2.
Schultz, N. (1999). “Repression of death anxiety and risk-related behaviors.” Presented at the 79th Annual Conference of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA, April 29-May 2
Schultz, Ned W. and Huet, Lisa (1998). "Psychological issues in death-related scenes of American films." Presented to the annual conference of the Western Psychology Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 16-19.
Rose, Jennifer M. and Schultz, Ned W. (1998). "Predictors of alcohol-related sexual risk behaviors in young adults." Presented to the annual conference of the Western Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 16-19.
Slem, C. and Schultz, N. (1998). “Use patterns of course resources residing on the web.” Presented to the annual conference of the Western Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 16-19.
Schultz, Ned W. and Slem, Charles M. (1997). "Building the Web Wiz: Faculty-publisher cooperative development of Web educational resources." Proceedings of WebNet 97 - World Conference. Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
Schultz, Ned W. (1997). "Motivational issues in student use of Web educational resources." Proceedings of WebNet 97 - World Conference. Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
Schultz, Ned W. and Brodersen, Marc (1996). "Gender, gender role and sensation-seeking." Presented to the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA, June 29-July 2.
Schultz, Ned W. and Cordova, Anissa (1995). "Health locus of control and self-reported health risks." Presented to the annual conference of the Western Psychological Association , Los Angeles, CA, March 31.
Schultz, Ned. W. and Kishton, J. M. (1994). "Estimation of Death Odds by Young Adults." Presented to the annual conference of the Western Psychological Association, April 28, 1994, Kona, HI.

Current Projects
Examined Lives: Multimedia Database on Self-Understanding in Autobiographical Work
Research on repression of death anxiety and risk-related behaviors.
Mortal Conversations: Multimedia Resources for the Study of Death and Grief
Grieving in Shadows and Light, book manuscript in preparation.

Personal
Married to Laura Semonsen Schultz, R.N.
Two wonderful children: Derek and Anna.
Hobbies: digital photography, woodworking, guitar, and clock restoration.
Live in Los Osos, California.