Eric Deemer
Professor and Training Director
Counseling PsychologyEducational Studies
- Ph.D. — Counseling Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York (2008)
- M.S. — Human Performance and Sport Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1995)
- B.S. — Psychology, Allegheny College (1992)
- 2016 – present
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Studies, Counseling Psychology
College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2012 – 2016
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Studies, Counseling Psychology
College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2008 – 2012
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology & Behavioral Science
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Dr. Deemer’s research focuses on academic and career development, with a particular emphasis on the motivational and social psychological factors that foster the pursuit of careers in STEM. Particular topics of focus within this area include the influence of gender and racial stereotypes on career motivation, STEM interest and identity development, career intentions, academic procrastination, and academic momentum. His research also examines how elements of academic contexts give rise to the adoption of certain motivational orientations and goals.
Research Team
Selected Publications
- Deemer, E. D., Derosa, P. A., Duhon, S. A., & Dotterer, A. M. (in press). Psychological momentum and inertia: Toward a model of academic motivation. Journal of Career Development.
- Deemer, E. D., Navarro, R. L., Byars-Winston, A. M., Jensen, L. E., & Chen, C. P. (in press). Investigating graduate education and undergraduate research intentions of college science students. Journal of Career Assessment.
- Deemer, E. D., & Sharma, P. (2019). Situational interest and scientific self-efficacy: Influence of an energy science career intervention. The Career Development Quarterly, 67, 171-184.
- Jensen, L. E., & Deemer, E. D. (2019). Identity, campus climate, and burnout among undergraduate women in STEM fields. The Career Development Quarterly, 67, 96-109.
- Deemer, E. D., & Smith, J. L. (2018). Motivational climates: Assessing and testing how science classroom environments contribute to undergraduates’ self-determined and achievement-based science goals. Learning Environments Research, 21, 245-266.
- Deemer, E. D., Yough, M., & Morel, S. A. (2018). Performance-approach goals, science task preference, and academic procrastination: Exploring the moderating role of competence perceptions. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 200-213.
- Soto, C., & Deemer, E. D. (2018). Communal goals, campus climate perceptions, and cultural differences in perceived academic satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly, 66, 35-48.
- Deemer, E. D., Dotterer, A. M., Morel, S. A., & Bastnagel, A. E. (2017). Undergraduate students’ achievement goals for conducting research: Examining the motivational benefits of classroom affiliation. Learning Environments Research, 20, 325-338.
- Deemer, E. D., Marks, L. R., & Miller, K. A. (2017). Peer science self-efficacy: A proximal contextual support for college students’ science career intentions. Journal of Career Assessment, 25, 537-551.
- Capobianco, B. M., Deemer, E. D., & Lin, C. (2017). Analyzing predictors of children’s formative engineering identity development. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33, 44-54.
- Deemer, E. D., Lin, C., Graham, R., & Soto, C. (2016). Development and validation of a measure of threatening gender stereotypes in science: A factor mixture analysis. Journal of Career Assessment, 24, 145-161.
- Smith, J. L., Brown, E. R., Thoman, D. B., & Deemer, E. D. (2015). Losing its expected communal value: How stereotype threat undermines women’s identity as research scientists. Social Psychology of Education, 18, 443-466.
- Deemer, E. D., Thoman, D. B., Chase, J. P., & Smith, J. L. (2014). Feeling the threat: Stereotype threat as a contextual barrier to women’s science career choice intentions. Journal of Career Development, 41, 141-158.
- EDPS 61800 — Intellectual & Neuropsychological Assessment
- EDPS 61900 — Counseling Psychology Research Practicum
- EDPS 62300 — Personality Assessment
- EDPS 62700 — Career Assessment Practicum
