Peggy Samples, Ph.D.
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Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Georgia
M.S., Social Psychology, University of Georgia<
B.S., Psychology, University South Florida
Dr. Samples is a social psychologist with extensive experience in academia. She has held positions as Program Coordinator and Department Chair of Psychology, General Education, and Positive Human Development and Social Change at Life University. Dr. Samples earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of South Florida, followed by her Master's and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Samples expertise extends to teaching a range of graduate and undergraduate courses, both in online and traditional formats, such as Social Psychology, Research Methods, Positive Psychology, Positive Leadership, Science of Happiness, and Art of Self-Care, Psychology of Forgiveness and Positive Organizational Scholarship.
Dr. Samples is a certified facilitator in Compassion and Integrity Training (CIT) and a Co-Founding Fellow of the Center for Compassion, Integrity, and Secular Ethics (CCISE) at Life University. She is also actively engaged in research focused on exploring the operationalization and conceptualization of mercy, as well as its practical expression. She is also currently in the final stages of obtaining her International Coaching Federation certification, which will further enhance her ability to support individuals and organizations in their pursuit of personal and collective growth.
Samples, P. "Evaluating the Effects of Educational and Contemplative Interventions in Carceral Settings." Micro-Session, FDSP, Winter, 2019
Samples, P. "Mercy as an Experience." Micro-Session, FDSP, Winter, 2020.
Samples, P & Fabisiak, T. "Evaluating the Effects of Educational and Contemplative Interventions in Carceral Settings" at the National Conference on Higher Education in Prison, Indianapolis, Indiana, Fall 2018.
Kernis, M.H., Jadrich, M, & Stoner, P.A. Stability of current and typical self-evaluations in response to specific instances of evaluative feedback. Poster presented at the 1993 Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Atlanta, Georgia, March 24-27.
Martin, L.L. & Stoner, P.A. Mood as Input: What we think about how we feel determines how we think. Presentation given at the Goal and Affect Conference in Athens, Georgia, January 1994.
Martin, L.L. & Stoner, P.A. (1995). Mood as input: What we think about how we feel determines how we think. In L.L. Martin & A. Tesser’s Striving and Feeling: Interaction Between Goals and Affect. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Kernis, M.H., Jadrich, M., Stoner, P.A., & Chien-Ru Sun (1996)
Stable and unstable components of self-evaluation: Individual differences in self-appraisal malleability. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 15, pp.430-448.
Sixth Annual Octagon Conference, Life University, April, 2014
Seventh Annual Octagon Conference, Life University, April, 2015
Seventh Annual Octagon Conference, Life University, April, 2016
Eighth Annual Octagon Conference, Life University, April, 2017
Eighth Annual Octagon Conference, Life University, April, 2019
Nominated for Who’s Who Among America’s Undergraduates.
Nominated twice for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Nominated for Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2007 at Life University.
Received the “Most influential Faculty Award” for the undergraduate graduating class of June 2010.
Received Life University Cobb Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year Award in 2013.
Received Life University Advisor of the Year Award in 2014.
Research and Scholarly Activity Award, Summer 2019