Phone:  (864) 656-7876
Office:  410-H Brackett Hall
E-mail:  cpury@clemson.edu

Education:

• PhD:  Clinical Psychology (Northwestern University, 1997)
• MA:  Clinical Psychology (Northwestern University, 1991)
• BA:  Psychology (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989)

Research Interests:

• Courageous responding
• Positive psychology
• Cognitive and psychophysiological processes of emotion
• Teaching of psychology

Selected Publications:

• Pury, C. L. S., & Kowalski, R. (2007). Human strengths, courageous actions, and general and personal courage. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2 , 120-128.
• Pury, C. L. S., Kowalski, R., & Spearman, M. J. (2007). Distinctions between general and personal courage. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2 , 99-114.
• Pury, C. L. S. (2004). Low positive affect and less extreme emotional encoding. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 149-158.
• Pury, C. L. S., McCubbin, J., Helfer, S., Galloway, C., & McMullen, L. J. (2004). Elevated resting blood pressure and dampened emotional responses. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 583-587.
• Pury, C. L. S. (2002). Information processing predictors of emotional response to stress. Cognition and Emotion, 16, 667-683.

Awards and Honors:

• Honorary Member: Golden Key International Honour Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Psi Chi

Professional Affiliations:

• Association of Psychological Science
• American Psychological Association
• South Carolina Psychological Association
• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Teaching Responsibilities:

• CHS H202: Fear and Courage
• PSYCH 306: Human Sexual Behavior
• PSYCH 310: Advanced Experimental Psychology
• PSYCH 370: Personality
• PSYCH 471: Psychological Testing
• PSYCH 483: Abnormal Psychology
• PSYCH 899: Individual Differences