Skip to Content

Psychology

Search UTC.edu:

Campus & People

Resources:

 

ChrisSilver

 

VitaButton

Christopher Silver

Adjunct Instructor
Holt 350
(423)425-2126
Email

Chris Silver's Webpage




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

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:

Streib, H., Keller, B., Csöff, R., & Silver, Christopher F. (2008). Deconversion, Faith Development and Fundamentalism, Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the United States of America, Book In Press

Silver, Christopher F. (2003). The Relationship between Religious Knowledge, and Dogmatism in College Students. Modern Psychological Studies Journal, 9 pp. 26-35

Krauss, Stephen W., Hood, Ralph W., Streib, Heinz, Keller, Barbara, Morris, Ronald J., & Silver, Christopher F., (2004). The Distinction between Authoritarianism and Fundamentalism in Three Cultures: Factor Analysis and Personality Correlates. Archive for the Psychology of Religion (2006).

Silver, Christopher F (2004). Book Review: Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs. by Steve Hagen; Nova Religio Vol. 9, No. 2.

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