Dr. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor and graduate faculty member in the department of psychology at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. At the graduate level he teaches organizational and occupational health psychology, organizational development and change, and research methods in the university’s M.S. in industrial-organizational psychology program. He also teaches select courses to undergraduate students in the department's B.A./B.S.-level psychology program, including research methods and test/measure development. His current research addresses multiple occupational and organizational health psychology topics, including need for resource recovery from stressful work and its impacts on self-management and decision making, health intervention evaluation, the complexities involved in work-nonwork role integrations, and the influence of individual differences in personality and fitness on individual's resilience when handling work-related stress.

Ph.D.» Bowling Green State University, 2007, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, specialization in Occupational Health Psychology

Dissertation: Need for recovery and ineffective self-management

M.A. » Bowling Green State University, 2005, Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Thesis: New applicant decision making: understanding the influence of salary, family-friendly/life-friendly policies, and culture as influential organizational attributes

B.A. » Lehigh University, 2003, Psychology

• Organizational Psychology
• Occupational Health and Well-being
• Organizational Development and Change
• Research Methods
• Test and Measurement Design
  

• Occupational stress, health, and recovery
• Work-nonwork interface issues
• Judgment and decision making
• Applicant attraction

 

 

Cunningham, C. J. L. (2008, April). Stress, need for recovery, and ineffective self-management. Poster presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Bowles, S., Cunningham, C. J. L., & Jex, S. M. (2008, March). Development of a Work-Life Well-Being Instrument (WLWBI) for military recruiters. Poster presented at the APA-NIOSH-SOHP Work, Stress, and Health: Healthy and Safe Work through Research, Practice, and Partnerships conference, Washington, DC.

Cunningham, C. J. L. (chair + discussant) (2008, March). Starting a career in Occupational Health Psychology. Roundtable discussion presented at the APA-NIOSH-SOHP Work, Stress, and Health: Healthy and Safe Work through Research, Practice, and Partnerships, Washington, DC.

Cunningham, C. J. L. (2008, March). Need for resource recovery: revision to traditional occupational stress process. Poster presented at the APA-NIOSH-SOHP Work, Stress, and Health: Healthy and Safe Work through Research, Practice, and Partnerships conference, Washington, DC.

Cunningham, C. J. L. (2008, March). Development and refinement of a need for resource recovery scale. Poster presented at the APA-NIOSH-SOHP Work, Stress, and Health: Healthy and Safe Work through Research, Practice, and Partnerships conference, Washington, DC.

Jex, S.M., & Cunningham, C.J.L. (2007, August). Situational constraints and interpersonal conflict. In C. Fritz (chair), Organizational constraints at work: New findings regarding well-being and performance. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Cunningham, C. J. L., & Jex, S. M. (2007, April). Understanding dirty jobs: I-O and OHP research at work. Symposium conducted at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

Cunningham, C. J. L., & Whinghter, L. J. (2007, April). Work-family issues among petroleum refinery shiftworkers. In C. J. L. Cunningham & S. M. Jex (co-chairs), Understanding dirty jobs: I-O and OHP research at work. Symposium conducted at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L. (2006, May). A multi-stage, multi-attribute study of new applicant decision making. Poster presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
 
Bowles, S., Cunningham, C. J. L., De La Rosa, G., & Picano, J. (2006, May). Coaching Managers and Junior Executives: Goals, Performance, and Adherence. Poster presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
 
Whinghter, L. J., Cunningham, C. J. L., Wang, M., & Burnfield, J. (2006, May). Frustration in Graduate School: The Role of Goal Orientation. Poster presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
 
Jex, S. M., & Cunningham, C. J. L. (2006, March). Use of multi-level analysis in occupational health psychology: Prospects and cautions. In V. J. Magley (Chair), Methodological and conceptual challenges in occupational health research. Symposium conducted at the Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace Conference, Miami, FL.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L., & Matthews, R. (2006, March). Results from the 2005 Annual Survey of Graduate Students in Occupational Health Psychology. In K. Charles (Chair), Occupational health psychology 101: a graduate student perspective for non-OHPers. Symposium conducted at the Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace Conference, Miami, FL.
 
Wang, M., Burnfield, J., Cunningham, C. J. L., & Whinghter, J. (2006, March). Linking achievement goals to health outcomes: examining mediating psychological variables. Poster presented at the Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace Conference, Miami, FL.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L., & De La Rosa, G. (2006, March). Testing academic psychologists' proactive personality as a stress-strain moderator. Poster presented at the Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace Conference, Miami, FL.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L., Whinghter, L. J., Wang, M., Schwetschenau, H. M., Douglass, O. M., & Jex, S. M. (2005, August). Positive correlates of exercise in the workplace. In T. W. Britt (Chair), Thriving at work under stress: A positive psychological approach. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L., Jex, S. M., & Whinghter, L. J. (2005, April). Work-family conflict and career success among academic professionals. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
 
Cunningham, C. J. L., & Jex, S. M. (2005, April). Comparison and additional construct-validation of two measures of WFC. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
 
Devendorf, S. A., Cunningham, C. J. L., & Highhouse, S. (April, 2005). Corporate Image Evaluations: Do we Follow our Heads or Hearts? Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
 
Whinghter, L. J., Cunningham, C. J. L., & Wang, M. (2005, April). Deal with it: Coping style and occupational stress. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.