Conference Papers & Presentations

Abbott, M. G., & Wilcox. S. L. (2008, November). Status report: Foreign language enrollment in K-12 public schools. Pre-conference presentation at the ACTFL 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Abbott, M. G., & Wilcox, S. L. (2009, November). National K-12 language enrollments: Trends and analyses from the 2007-2008 study. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA. [Download]

Behrend, T. S., Poncheri, R. M., & Surface, E. A. (2007, August). Procedural justice perceptions and withdrawal intentions related to skill-based pay. Paper presented at the 115th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. [Download]

Bhavsar, K. S., Hess, C. E., & Surface, E. A. (2008, April). Validation of a learning styles instrument. Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA. [Download]

Bhavsar, K. S., Hess , C. E., & Surface, E. A. (2006, February). Investigating the construct validity of Goldberg's 50-item personality scale. Paper presented at the annual Industrial-Organizational/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference, Fairfax, VA. [Download]

Bhavsar , K. S., Poncheri, R. M., & Surface, E. A. (2006, February). Investigating the construct validity of a learning styles inventory. Paper presented at the annual Industrial-Organizational/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference, Fairfax, VA. [Download]

Bienkowski, S. C., Watson, A. M., & Surface, E. A. (2010, August). Performance-avoid goal orientation and task engagement: Moderating effect of self-efficacy. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA. [Download]

Cahoon, M. V., Watson, A. M., Surface, E. A., & Dierdorff, E. C. (2011, April). Individual differences predicting success in videogame-based blended learning. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Dierdorff, E. C., & Surface, E. A. (2004, April). Trainability and the prediction of training performance: Basic skills, cognitive ability, or both? Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL. [Download]

Dierdorff, E. C., Surface, E. A., & Donnelly, J. (2006, May). Assessing training needs: Do raters' work experience and capability matter? Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. [Download]

Ellington, J. K., Surface, E. A., & Dierdorff, E. C. (2003, April). Student reactions to a team project incorporating web-based peer evaluation. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Ellington, J. K., Surface, E. A., & Wilson, M. A.  (2010, August).  Transfer of language proficiency training in the Army Special Forces. Paper presented at the 118th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA. [Download]

Gasperson, S. M., Phillips, R. B., Watson, A. M., & Surface, E. A. (2011, April). Evaluating advanced organizer effectiveness in a foreign language training context. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Harman, R. P., Brandt, L. M., Bienkowski, S. C., & Surface, E. A. (2011, April). If I required survey participation, what happens to my results? Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Harman, R. P., McGinnis, J. L., & Surface, E. A. (2011, August). The propensity to comment on training evaluation surveys. Poster presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Kroustalis, C. M., Behrend, T., Meade, A. W., & Surface, E. A. (2007, April). Influence of post survey action on current survey responses. Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

Lindberg, J. T., & Surface, E. A. (2002, March). Gender differences in college students’ perceptions of the importance of various work attributes when choosing a job. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Lobene, E. V., Surface, E. A., & Harman, R. P. (April, 2009). Individual differences and self-evaluations: The mediating impact of test-taking self-efficacy on the relationship between goal orientation and self-assessments. Paper presented at the annual conference of the North Carolina Psychological Association in Chapel Hill, NC.

Mosher, A., Slagter, P. J., & Surface, E. A. (2010, November). CEFR and ACTFL guidelines: Correlating the rubrics and descriptors. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2010 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Boston, MA. [Download]

Mullen, T. R., Kroustalis, C. M., Meade, A. W., & Surface, E. A. (2006, May). Assessing change in perceived organizational support due to training. Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. [Download]

Nelson, K. J., Surface, E. A., DuVernet, A. M., & Cahoon, M. V. (2011, June). Language aptitude, first language ability, and second language proficiency: A meta-analytic investigation. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Ann Arbor, MI.

Poncheri, R. M., Lindberg, J. T., Thompson, L. F., & Surface, E. A. (2006, May). A comment on employee surveys: Examining open-ended responses. Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. [Download]

Poncheri, R. M., Meade, A. W., & Surface, E. A. (2007, April). Differential item functioning between native and non-native English speakers on the International Personality Item Pool. Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

Poncheri, R. M., & Ward, S. J. (2008, April). Personality remix: Integrating variable-centered and person-centered approaches to personality. Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA. [Download]

Rechlin, A., Surface, E. A., & Kraiger, K. (2011, April). The role of post-training performance on trainer ratings. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Shetye, T., & Poncheri, R. M. (2005, February). The relationship between perceptions of justice and intent to leave in a skill-based pay system. Paper presented at the annual Industrial-Organizational/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference, Melbourne, FL. [Download]

Slagter, P. J., Surface, E. A., & Mosher, A. (2009, November). ACTFL Guidelines and the European CEFR in teaching, learning, and testing. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA. [Download]

Slagter, P., Surface, E. A., & Watson, A. (2010, July). CEFR and ACTFL scale comparability through perceived and actual proficiency assessments. Symposium presented at the ACTFL CEFR Alignment Conference 2010, Leipzig, Germany. [Download]

Slagter, P. J., Surface, E. A., Mosher, A., & Swender, E. (2008, November). ACTFL Guidelines and CEFR in teaching, learning and testing. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Orlando, Florida. [Download]

Stanhope, D. S., Pond, S. B., & Surface, E. A. (2011, April). Investigating predictive validity of core self-evaluation in a training context. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Surface, E. A. (2003, April). Investigating training performance in the Special Forces Qualifications Course. Paper presented in M.A. Wilson and M.G. Sanders’ symposium [Project A Team: US Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection] at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Surface, E. A., Bushika, M., Feng, B., Feng, F., & Jones, S. (2006, May). Using a virtual classroom to train language at a distance: The Special Operations Forces Tele-training System (SOFTS). Symposium presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference, Honolulu, HI. [Download]

Surface, E. A., Dierdorff, E. C., & Donnelly, J. (2004, April). Modeling second language proficiency change for US Special Operations personnel. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL. [Download]

Surface, E. A., Dierdorff, E. C., & Poncheri, R. M. (2006, May). The "write" stuff: A preliminary assessment of a writing proficiency test. Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. [Download]

Surface, E. A., Dierdorff, E. C., & Yoshimura, K. E. (2003, April). Investigating the employer of choice concept: Hype or help? Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Surface, E. A., DuVernet, A. M., & Nelson, K. J. (2010, April). Where are the correlations? A meta-analytic struggle for language criteria assessment. Work-in-progress presented at the 32nd Language Testing Research Colloquium, Cambridge, UK. [Download]

Surface, E. A., & Ellington, J. K. (2008, April). Rethinking context in training effectiveness research: Instructor as learning context . A paper presented in E. C. Dierdorff’s symposium [Illuminating the ‘Murky Ground’: Linking Context Theory to Empirical Research] at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA. [Download]

Surface. E. A., Harman, R. P., Watson, A. M., & Thompson, L. F. (2009, April). Are human- and computer- administered interviews comparable? Paper presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. [Download]

Surface, E. A., & Poncheri, R. M. (2006, May). Developing and validating a web-based assessment of speaking proficiency. Symposium presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference, Honolulu, HI. [Download]

Surface, E. A., Swender, E., Brown, K. G., & Dierdorff, E. C. (2008, November). Investigating the effectiveness of ACTFL OPI tester training. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Swender, E., Hamlyn, H., Surface, E. A., & Clifford, R. T. (2009, March). Title VI grants: Laying the groundwork for improved language skills assessment. Session presented at the Title VI 50th Conference, Washington, D.C. [Download]

Swender, E., & Surface, E. A. (2006, November). Developing and validating the ACTFL OPI-C. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Nashville, TN.

Swender, E., Surface, E. A., & Hamlyn, H. (2007, November). What proficiency testing is telling us about teacher certification candidates. Symposium presented at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, San Antonio, TX. [Download]

Swender, E., Surface, E. A., Hamlyn, H., & Wilcox, S. L. (2009, November). Identifying effective ACTFL oral proficiency testers & raters: Ongoing research. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA. [Download]

Swender, E., Surface, E. A., & Wilcox, S. L. (2010, November). Identifying effective ACTFL oral proficiency interview-computer OPIc® raters: Preliminary findings from ACTFL OPIc® training. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2010 Annual Convention and World Languages Expos, Boston, MA. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., & Surface, E. A. (2005, April). Withholding participation in web-based surveys: Attitudes, nonresponse, and data representativeness. Paper presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., & Surface, E. A. (2006, May). Assessment from afar: Comparing telephonic and face-to-face speaking proficiency interviews. Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., Surface, E. A., Martin, D. L., & Barrett, G. B. (2003, April). Action required: Web-based personnel surveys and the importance of follow-up. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., Surface, E. A., Martin, D. L., & Barrett, G. B. (2004, April). Promoting favorable attitudes toward employee surveys: The role of follow-up. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., Surface, E. A., Martin, D. L., & Sanders, M. G. (2002, April). Survey.org: Examining employee’s reactions to web-based personnel surveys. Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., Surface, E. A., Watson, A. M., & Hess, C. E. (2007, September). Videogame-enhanced teletraining: Using virtual immersive environments to augment distributed collaborative learning. Paper presented at the Air Force Research Laboratory Workshop, Continuous Learning in Collaborative Distributed Environments, Mesa, AZ. [Download]

Thompson, L. F., Surface, E. A., & Whelan, T. J. (2007, April). Examinees’ reactions to computer-based versus telephonic oral proficiency interviews. Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

VandeWalle, D., Surface, E. A., & Bhavsar, K. S. (2007, April). Goal orientation as a predictor of foreign language proficiency. Paper presented in F. Anseel & D. S. Chiaburu’s symposium [Advances in Goal Orientation Research: Understanding Outcomes of Achievement Goals] at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

Watson, A. M., Harman, R. P., & Surface, E. A. (2010, April). Examining the stability of trait goal orientation during long-term training. Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA. [Download]

Watson, A. M., Meade, A. W., Surface, E. A., & VandeWalle, D. (2007, April). Are goal orientation comparisons appropriate between American and Korean groups? Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

Watson, A. M., Surface, E. A., & Dierdorff, E. C. (2008, April). A comparison of trainee reactions across facets of computer-based training. Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA. [Download]

Watson, A. M., Thompson, L. F., & Meade, A. W. (2007, April). Measurement invariance of the job satisfaction survey across work contexts. Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY. [Download]

Watson, A. M., Thompson, L. F., & Surface, E. A. (2011, April). Cognitive and motivational influences on training performance: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

West, H., Hamlyn, H., & Surface, E. A. (2009, November). The ACTFL OPIc® - A validated computer-delivered oral proficiency assessment. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA. [Download]

West, H., Surface, E. A., & Hamlyn, H. (2010, November). The ACTFL OPIc® - Using validation evidence for test improvement. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2010 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Boston, MA. [Download]

Wilcox, S. L, & Ward, S. J. (2009, November). Examination of trends in AP foreign language testing data. Symposium presented at the ACTFL 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA. [Download]