Katelyn Schwieters
Assistant Scientist
Katelyn Schwieters is an Assistant Scientist in the HumanFIRST laboratory. Katelyn holds a master’s degree in Applied Social Psychology and is a graduate student in the Human Factors and Ergonomics doctorate program at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include exploring how aspects of human factors psychology are used to understand driver acceptance and the use of new technology, as well as aid in the design and testing of new tools to increase user satisfaction and performance.
Selected Publications
Schwieters, K.R. & Kleyman, K.S. (2020). Exploring a more complex person-smartphone relationship: construction, reliability and validation of the ‘Plugged In’ scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (Manuscript in preparation).
Curme, P., Schwieters, K., & Kleyman, K.S. (2019). From leave it to beaver to modern family: The influence of family structure on adoption. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2019.1627078.
Conference Presentations
Schwieters, K.R. & Kleyman, K.S. (February, 2019). #ITSMORETHANADDICTION: The development and validation of the Plugged In Scale (Study Five). Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Portland, OR.
Kleyman, K.S. & Schwieters, K.R. (February, 2019). The effects of tech-mediated vs. face-to-face interaction on conversational quality. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Portland, OR.
Schwieters, K.R. & Kleyman, K.S. (2018). An investigation of emerging social norms of smartphone use. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Schwieters, K.R. & Kleyman, K.S (2018). Are you plugged in? Development of a Plugged In Scale (Study 1 – 4). Poster presented at the Psychology of Media and Technology Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Schwieters, K.R. & Kleyman, K.S. (2018). Are you plugged in? Development and validation of a plugged in scale (Study Four). Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.