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Department of Psychology

Dr. Derek Meyers

Instructional Assistant Professor
Psychology
Office
CPU College Place Uptown 122
Office Hours
By appointment during summer 2025
Office Phone
(309) 438-7325office
phone
Email
djherrm@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
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Biography

I always have lived in Central IL and attended both Illinois Central College (AAS) and Illinois State University (BS, MS, EdD). In addition to teaching for the Department of Psychology, I am the Assistant Director of University Assessment Services on campus.

A note for my research: My birth/former name is Derek J. Herrmann, and my married/professional name is Derek J. H. Meyers.

Current Courses

331.002Laboratory In Research Methods For Psychology: Developmental

415.002Laboratory In Research Methods For Psychology: Developmental

Teaching Interests & Areas

As a non-tenure track faculty member, I have taught Educational Psychology (PSY 215), Adult Development and Aging (PSY 303) and most often, Laboratory in Research Methods for Psychology: Developmental (PSY 331A01).

As a graduate student in the department, I assisted with Psychology of Personality (PSY 233), taught lab sections of Reasoning in Psychology Using Statistics (PSY 138) and Research Methods in Psychology (PSY 231), and taught Adult Development and Aging (PSY 303).

As an undergraduate student in the department, I assisted with Introduction to Psychology (PSY 111).

Research Interests & Areas

My classroom-based doctoral dissertation (in education) was a multiple case study to describe my undergraduate psychology students’ writing feedback processes and compare them (based on whether feedback was provided by me or other students) between two, differently formatted/structured class sections of the same course.

My laboratory-based master's thesis (in psychology) was a psychometric study of an in-development, but not formally published, measure of late adolescent romantic attachment among individuals in different relationship configurations (i.e., women/men with men/women or women with women).

EdD Teaching and Learning

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MS Psychology

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BS Psychology

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

AAS (Psychology Transfer Program)

Illinois Central College
East Peoria, IL

Book, Chapter

McKinney, K., Jarvis, P., Creasey, G., & Herrmann, D. (2010). A range of student voices in the scholarship of teaching and learning. In C. Werder & M. M. Otis (Eds.), Engaging student voices in the study of teaching and learning (pp. 81-95). Stylus.

Journal Article

Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Friberg, J. C., Giovagnoli, D. J., Meyers, D. J. H., Catanzaro, S. J., & Karraker, D. (2022). Creating the framework for inclusive teaching excellence. International Journal for Academic Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2022.2158834
Lucey, T., Meyers, D. J. H., & Smith, R. (2017). Teaching teachers about retirement and investments: A comparison of three interventions. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 16 (1), 52-68. 10.1177/2047173417707416

Presentations

French, S., Stewart, C., & Meyers, D. (2022, February 13-16). Teaching during a pandemic: Novice K-12 teachers tackle existing and unprecedented challenges. [Conference session]. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States.
Giovagnoli, D., Friberg, J., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Meyers, D., & Karraker, D. (2022, November 14-18). Creating a data-informed signature pedagogy for educational development. [Paper presentation]. Professional and Organizational Development Network Annual Conference (online).
Larkin, P., & Meyers, D. (2022, March 11-April 18). Growth: Measuring changes in student skills with an inter-professional project. [Conference session]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (online).
Herrmann, D. J., Hendrickson, K. M., & Stoffel, B. R. (2014, April 10-14). From cyclical to continuous improvement: Assessment feedback and program metrics [Paper presentation]. Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Lucey, T. A., Smith, R., & Herrmann, D. (2014, September 18-20). Teaching teachers about retirement and investments: A comparison of three interventions [Paper presentation]. Financial Education Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA, United States.
Herrmann, D., & Smith, R. (2012, June 2-6). It takes two: A systematic, effective, and practical process for integrating assessment and program review [Conference session]. Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Tobin, R., Herrmann, D., & Whalen, K. (2011, May 21-25). The Institutional Artifact Portfolio process: An effective and nonintrusive method for general education assessment [Conference session]. Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Van Herrmann, R., Reese-Weber, M., Schneider, W. J., Gardner, E., Nemecek, R. T. L., Herrmann, D. J., et al. (2010, March). The role of attachment in romantic couple’s emotions during a conflict episode: Self, partner, and observer ratings [Poster presentation]. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Gardner, E., Reese-Weber, M., Herrmann, D. J., Nemecek, R. T. L., Faigao, D. A., Sitt, S., et al. (2009, April). The role of attachment in identifying romantic partner’s emotions during conflict [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO, United States.
Sweas, L., Reese-Weber, M., Herrmann, D., Ray, A., Faigao, D., Braithwaite, J., & Nemecek, R. (2008, March). Conflict strategies and levels of intimacy in short-, moderate-, and long-term romantic relationships [Poster presentation]. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States.

Grants & Contracts

Formative Assessment in CSD Graduate Programs. Communication Sciences and Disorders. Illinois State University. (2021)