Meet Dr. Lisa M. Bohon
Professor of Psychology
California State University, Sacramento
Education and Professional Development
Education
Ph.D. Social/Personality Psychology. August 1990. University of California, Riverside.
Dissertation: Construction of a self-esteem inventory.
Breadths: Developmental, Evolutionary/Comparative Psychology, and Quantitative.
M.A. Social/Personality Psychology. February 1989. University of California, Riverside.
Emphasis: Intergroup relations between Mexican-Americans and European-Americans; Self-esteem and minority status.
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B.A. Psychology. May 1986. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.
Graduated magna cum laude.
Emphasis: Attribution; Ethnic Identity.
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Recent Professional Developmental
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2020: Completed Improve Your Online Course, a 3-week online workshop through Quality Matters.
2019: Participated in the Graduate Student Classroom Engagement session through the Office of Graduate Studies.
2017: Participated in a Faculty Learning Community studying Data Analytics and Equity: Multidisciplinary Innovation through the CSUS Center
for Teaching and Learning.
2016: Participated in a campus group discussing Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World, by Naomi S, Baron, through the
Center for Teaching and Learning.
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Teaching
I am pleased to have been an educator at Sacramento State since 1990, where I have been able to help so many students who are diverse in background and preparation. For these reasons, I teach students as “whole people”. My core values in educating students are to build critical thinking, to provide an environment where learning is an active rather than a passive experience, and to strengthen communication skills. I believe in "Learning-by-Doing", and it is one of my greatest joys to see students mature as adults and scholars.
Undergraduate Courses
PSYC 120 Psychological Testing
PSYC 121 Methods and Statistics in Psychological Research
PSYC 130 Personality PsychologyÂ
PSYC 145 Social Psychology
PSYC 165 Evolutionary Psychology
Graduate Courses
PSYC 200 Methods in Empirical Psychology
PSYC 277 Evolutionary Psychology
PSYC 283 Teaching of Psychology
Selected Research
Articles and Conference Presentations
Recent Papers
Bohon, L. M., Sinclair, S., Medeiros-Tejomaya, R. R., Hamel, J., & Hock, A. H. B (revise and resubmit). Using SEM to Test the Associations among Women’s Childhood Ecology,
Adult Psychosocial Life History Traits, and Mating Effort. Evolution and Human Behavior.
Sangeorzan, P. C., Goodson, W. C., & Bohon, L.M. (2024). The Why to Bear Any How: Goal
Self-Concordance, Meaning, and Depressive and Anxious Symptomatology. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00158-1
Bohon, L.M., Lancaster, C., Sullivan, T.P., Medeiros, R. R., & Hawley, L. (2021). The Effects of
Manipulated and Biographical Parent Disengagement on the Sexually Risky Attitudes and Intentions of College Women. Evolutionary Psychological Science 7, 151–164.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00266-6
Access to article: https://rdcu.be/b9sqT
Bohon, L.M, Cotter, K. A., Kravitz, R. L., Cello Jr., P. C., & Fernandez y Garcia, E. (2017). The theory of planned behavior as it predicts potential intention to seek mental health services for depression among college students. Journal of American College Health. 10.1080/07448481.2016.1207646.
Recent Conference Presentations
Hamel, J., Sinclair, S., Koelling, G., Hayward, A., Kelly-Dunton, & Bohon, L. M. (2025). The
Effects of Mortality Salience and Life History Strategy on Risk-Taking in Men and Women. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sinclair, S., Hamel, J., Koelling, G., Hayward, A., Kelly-Dunton, & Bohon, L. M. (2025). The
Effects of Priming Parent Disengagement on Risk Intention in Men and Women. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sinclair, S., Hayward, A., Hamel, J., Koelling, G., Kelly-Dunton, & Bohon, L. M. (2025).
The Effects of Primed Video Environmental Harshness on Sexual Risk Proclivity in Men and Women. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sinclair, S., Medeiros-Tejomaya, R. R., Hamel, J., Hock, A. H. B., Thomas, T., Koelling, G.,
Gonzales, A., Hayward, A., & Bohon, L. M. (2024). Childhood ecology and adult life
history traits on risky and cooperative behavior using SEM. Symposium presented at
the Western Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California.
Medeiros, R., Sinclair, S., Sullivan, T. P, Hock, A. H. B., Menchaca, M., Hamel, K., Staples, K.,
Mixon, K., & Bohon, L. M. (2022). Childhood ecology and life history as predictors of risky and cooperative behaviors in college women. Symposium presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Sullivan, T. P., King, S., Bohon, L. M., & Ginley, M. K. (2022, March). Confirmatory Factor
Analysis of the Future Sexual Risk Inventory (FSRI). Accepted at the Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
Medeiros, R.R., Sinclair, S., & Bohon, L. M. (2021). The effects of manipulated and biographical parent disengagement on the sexually risky attitudes of college women and men. Paper presented at the annual Western Psychological Association Conference.
Lancaster, C., Medeiros, R. R., Sinclair, S. Y., & Bohon, L. M., (2020). The Effects of Primed Parental Disengagement on the Projected Risky Behaviors of Men and Women. Poster accepted at the annual Western Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California.
Medeiros, R. R., Lancaster, C., Sinclair, S. Y., & Bohon, L. M. (2020). The Associations between Parental Engagement and Person Perception in Dating Scenarios. Poster accepted at the annual Western Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California.
Sinclair, S. Y., Medeiros, R. R., Lancaster, C., & Bohon, L.M. (2020). Life History and Perceptions of a Hypothetical Partner: Projections and Preference for Similarity. Poster accepted at the annual Western Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California.
Evolutionary Psychology
Research Lab
The purpose of my Evolutionary Psychology Research Lab is to investigate the associations between life history events and behaviors such as risky sexual behavior, gambling, and substance misuse. We are also interested in the role that cognitive priming plays in triggering risky attitudes and intentions.
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To request an application, please email me at Lbohon@csus.edu
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Get in Touch
California State University, Sacramento
Psychology Department
6000 J Street
Sacramento CA, 95819-6007
