Jennifer Byrd-Craven , Ph.D., 2007, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Assistant Professor
Jennifer.Byrd.Craven@okstate.edu

Dr. Byrd-Craven teaches a graduate course in social development.

Dr. Byrd-Craven’s research focuses on stress and coping in adolescent peer relationships, social cognition, and stress during development. Most recently, she has examined coping in the context of female friendships and associated stress hormones (e.g., cortisol and alpha-amylase). This research shows that as with any coping mechanism, self disclosure can have a range of effectiveness, with extremes (co-rumination) resulting in increased rather than decreased hormonal stress responses. Other research interests include plasticity of the stress response system, sex differences in stress responses, and evolutionary developmental psychology

Selected Publications:

• Byrd-Craven, J., Geary, D.C., Rose, A.J., and Ponzi, D.  (2008)  Co-ruminating increases stress              hormone levels in women.  Hormones & Behavior, 53, 489-492.
• Geary, D. C., Hoard, M.K., Nugent, L. & Byrd-Craven, J.  (2008)  Development of number line              representations in children with mathematical learning disability.  Developmental              Neuropsychology, 33, 277-299.
• Hoard, M.K., Geary, D.C., Byrd-Craven, J., & Nugent, L.  (2008)  Mathematical cognition in intellectually              precocious first graders.  Developmental Neuropsychology, 33,  251-276.
• Byrd-Craven, J., Geary, D. C., Vigil, J. M., & Hoard, M. K. (2007). One mate or two? Life history traits              and reproductive variation in low-income women. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 39, 469-480.
• Byrd-Craven, J., & Geary, D. C. (2007). Biological and evolutionary contributions to developmental sex              differences. Reproductive BioMedicine, 15, 10-20.
• Geary, D. C., Nugent, L., Hoard, M. K., & Byrd-Craven, J. (2007). Strategy use, long- term memory, and              working memory capacity. In D. B. Berch & M. M. M. Mazzocco (Eds.), Why is Math So Hard for              Some Children? The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities              (pp. 83-105). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Geary, D. C., Hoard, M. K., Byrd-Craven, J., Nugent, L., & Numtee, C. (2007). Cognitivemechanisms              underlying achievement deficits in children with mathematical learning disability. Child              Development, 78, 1343-1359.
• Geary, D. C., Hoard, M. K., Byrd-Craven, J., & DeSoto, C. M. (2004). Strategy choices in simple and              complex addition: Contributions of working memory and counting knowledge for children with              mathematical disability. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 88, 121-151.
• Geary, D. C., Vigil, J., & Byrd-Craven, J. (2004). Evolution of human mate choice. Journal of Sex              Research, 41, 27-42.
• Geary, D. C., Byrd-Craven, J., Hoard, M. K., Vigil, J., & Numtee, C. (2003). Evolution and development              of boys’ social behavior. Developmental Review, 23, 444-470.

• 2005-2006 Robert S. Daniel Teaching Fellow.