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Degrees
B.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Psychology 2001
B.A., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Religious Studies 2001
M.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Research Psychology 2003
M.A., Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ontario Canada – Religion and Culture 2006 Ed. D., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga-Learning and Leadership ABD
Teaching Interests
Introductory Psychology
Social Psychology
Research Methods in Psychology
Test and Measurements
Qualitative Methods using Nvivo 2.0
Theory and Systems of Psychology
Psychology of Religion
Research Interests
New Religious Movements
Religious Education
Psychology of Religion
Qualitative Research
Research Technology (Social Sciences)
Recent Publications/Presentations
Silver, C. F. (2010). Psychology of Religion. In C. H. Lippy & P. W. Williams (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion in America. Washington DC: CQ Press
Streib, H., Keller, B., Csöff, R., & Silver, C.F. (2009). Deconversion, Faith Development and Fundamentalism, Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the United States of America. Oakville, CT: Vandenhoeck & Ruprect.
Ross, D., Benton, T., McDonnell, S., Metzger, R., & Silver, C. F. (2007). When accurate and inaccurate eyewitnesses look the same: A limitation of the 'pop-out' effect and the 10- to 12-second rule. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21(5), 677-690
Krauss, S.W., Hood, Ralph W., Streib, H., Keller, B., Morris, R.J., & Silver, C.F., (2006). The distinction between authoritarianism and fundamentalism in three cultures: factor analysis and personality correlates. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. 28(1), pp. 341-348
Silver, C.F. (2004). Book Review: Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs. by Steve Hagen; Nova Religio Vol. 9, No. (2).
Silver, Christopher F. (2003). The Relationship between Religious Knowledge, and Dogmatism in College Students. Modern Psychological Studies Journal, 9 pp. 26-35
Silver, C.F. (Writer, Producer, and Editor). (2000) Dharma in the south, an exploration of Tibetan Buddhism in the Southeast United States [Documentary] Chattanooga, Tennessee: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Video Production
Silver, Christopher F. (Writer, Producer, and Editor). (2000) Dharma in the South, An Exploration of Tibetan Buddhism in the Southeast United States [Documentary] Chattanooga Tennessee: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Presented at the annual meeting of Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, Chattanooga, TN
