Curriculum Vitae
Clayton J. Hilmert
Department of Psychology
North Dakota State University
Dept. 2765; Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Professional & Research Positions_________________________________________________
2012 – Present
Associate Professor, North Dakota State University
Department of Psychology
2005 – 2012
Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University
Department of Psychology
2003 – 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
NIMH Health Psychology Traineeship
Biobehavioral Aspects of Physical and Mental Health
Profs. Christine Dunkel Schetter and Shelley E. Taylor, sponsors.
Norman Cousin’s Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA
Reading Seminar in Psychoneuroimmunology
Drs. Michael Irwin and Julienne Bower, organizers.
1995 – 2003
Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego
Social Psychophysiology Research Laboratory
Social Influence Research Laboratory
Supervised over 100 undergraduate research assistants, thesis students, and
STARS Program students
Drs. Nicholas Christenfeld and James A. Kulik, advisors.
1993 – 1995
Research Assistant, Emory University, Department of Psychology
Dr. Sherryl Goodman, advisor.
1993
Research Assistant, Northwestern University, Department of Psychology
Dr. Ian Gotlib, advisor.
Education ________________________________________________________________________
Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego, June 2003 (Experimental Social Psychology)
M.A.
University of California, San Diego, December 1996 (Experimental Psychology)
B.A.
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1995 (Two Majors: Psychology & Religion)
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Grants _____________________________________________________________________________
Parker Dominguez and Hilmert (Co-I)
Hamovitch Research Center, University of Southern California
Larson Endowment for Innovative Research and Teaching Grant
Psychophysiological Mediators of Racism Effects on Birth Outcomes
2004-2005
$32,113
Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Award
Ethnic differences in psychophysiology during pregnancy: Links between
psychosocial stress, physiological responses, and birth outcomes
National Institute of Health (NIH)
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
2005 – 2007
Hilmert (PI)
NSF CAREER AWARD
CAREER: Negative modeling of opinions: A social psychology of disagreement
(Unfunded)
2008-2013
$444,872
Robinson and Hilmert (Co-PI)
NIH R01
Anger, Cognitive Control, and Cardiovascular Reactivity
(Unfunded)
2007-2011 $997,500
Robinson and Hilmert (Co-PI)
NIH R01 Resubmission
Anger, Cognitive Control, and Cardiovascular Reactivity
(Unfunded)
2009-2014
$1,432,825
Hinsz (PI), Robinson (SD), Hilmert, Troop-Gordon, Routledge,
& Gordon (Co-PIs)
ND EPSCoR Strategic Research Initiative
Multidisciplinary Research Addressing Interpersonal Aggression
(Unfunded)
2013-2018
$6,000,000
Robinson (PI/PD), Hilmert, Gordon (K), & Routledge (Co-PIs)
NDSU Peer reviewed proposal to apply for a National Center for
Research Resources, Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence.
COBRE Center for the Study of Health and Emotion Dysregulation
(not selected)
2014-2019
Routledge, C. (PI), Hilmert, C. (Co-I), Langley, L. (Co-I),
& McCaul, K. (Co-I).
National Institute on Aging, R15 AG049313-01,
“Nostalgia as a Loneliness Intervention for Older Adults”
Submitted 2/2014
2015-2016
$435,000
Awards _____________________________________________________________________________
NDSU College of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Teaching Award
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Distinguished Member, student elected
2010
2013
Awards for Mentees________________________________________________________________
Co-authored presentation at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, was selected as being especially newsworthy.
Reichenberger, D. A.,* Hilmert, C. J., & Teoh, A.* (2015, March). Associations between affective reactions to stress and sleep. Poster presented at the American Psychsomatic Society meeting. Savannah, GA.
Mentor to Ai Ni Teoh*, who received the NDSU Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the 2014-15 academic year.
Co-author with Scott Ode*, who received a Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Travel Award for the annual SPSP conference, 2009.
Ode*, Zielke*, Robinson, & Hilmert, (2009). Heart rate variability as a moderator of the neuroticism-negative affect relationship.
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*NDSU Student
Professional Affiliations __________________________________________________________
American Psychological Association
2000-Present
•Div. 38: Health Psychology
2005-Present
•Div. 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2005-Present
American Psychological Society
1997-Present
American Psychosomatic Society
2005-Present
Society of Behavioral Medicine
2000-2010
Society of Personality and Social Psychology
2002-Present
Other Professional Activities and Service ____________________________________________
Program Committee Member
American Psychosomatic Society2008 – 2011
Invited Panelist
Classroom Management
NDSU Faculty Seminar Series, Fargo, ND.2009, Nov.
Symposium Chair,
Stress and pregnancy. 2010, March
Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society,
Portland, OR.
Journal Editing __________________________________________________________________
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Section Editor, Health
Editorial Board, Health Section
2012-Present
2006-Present
Ad hoc reviewer
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Cognition and Emotion
European Journal of Personality
Health Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Personality Assessment
Journal of Research in Personality
Journal of Women and Health
National Science Foundation (NSF)
PLOS ONE
Psychosomatic Medicine
Social Science & Medicine
Women & Health
Other Professional Activities and Service ________________________________________
Program Committee Member
American Psychosomatic Society
2008-2011
Invited Panelist
Classroom Management
NDSU Faculty Seminar Series, Fargo, ND.
2009, November
Symposium Chair,
Stress and pregnancy
Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society,
Portland, OR.
2010, March
Teaching __________________________________________________________________________
Introduction to Psychology, North Dakota State University
Introduction to Health Psychology, North Dakota State University
Health Psychology (Undergraduate/Graduate), North Dakota State University
Advanced Social Psychology and Health (Graduate), North Dakota State University
Introduction to Statistics, University of California, San Diego
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Peer Reviewed Publications______________________________________________________________________
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* NDSU Student
Hilmert, C. J., Kvasnicka-Gates, L.R.,* Teoh, Ai Ni,* Bresin, K.,* & Fiebiger, S. (2016). Major flood related strains and pregnancy outcomes. Health Psychology, [Epub ahead of print].
Reichenberger, D. A.,* Hilmert, C. J., Irish, L. A., Secor-Turner, M., & Randall, B. A. (2015). Associations between sleep and health-risk behaviors in a rural adolescent population. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, (30)4, 317-322.
Hilmert, C. J., Dominguez, T. P., Schetter, C. D., Srinivas, S. K., Glynn, L. M., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A. (2014). Lifetime racism and blood pressure changes during pregnancy: Implications for fetal growth. Health Psychology, 33(1), 43-51. doi: 10.1037/a0031160 PDF
Robinson, M. D., Ode, S.,* & Hilmert, C. J. (2014). Cortisol reactivity in the laboratory predicts ineffectual attentional control in daily life. Psychol Health. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2014.884224
Hilmert, C. J., Teoh, A. N.,* & Roy, M. M. (2013). Effort and negative affect interact to predict cardiovascular responses to stress. Psychol Health, 29(1), 64-80. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2013.825917. PDF
Bresin, K., Hilmert, C. J., Wilkowski, B. M., & Robinson, M. D. (2012). Response speed as a personality variable: Its role in moderating the agreeableness-anger relationship. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 79-86. PDF
Robinson, M. D., Ode, S., & Hilmert, C. J. (2011). Regulated and unregulated forms of cortisol reactivity: A dual vulnerability model. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73(3), 250-256. PDF
Ode, S.*, Hilmert, C. J., Zielke, D. J.*, & Robinson, M. D. (2010). Neuroticism’s importance in understanding the correlates of heart rate variability: A daily life outcome study of stress, distress, and dysfunction. Emotion, 10(4), 536-543. PDF
Hilmert, C. J. & Kvasnicka, L. R.* (2010). Blood pressure reactivity and emotional responses to stress: Perspectives on cardiovascular reactivity, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 470-483. PDF
Abdou, C. M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Campos, B., Hilmert, C. J., Dominguez, T. P., Hobel, C. J., Glynn, L., M., & Sandman, C. A. (2010). Communalism predicts maternal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and SES. Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(3), 395-403. PDF
Hilmert, C. J., Ode, S.*, Zielke, D. J.*, & Robinson M. D. (2010). Blood Pressure reactivity predicts daily stress and somatic symptoms. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33(4), 282-292. PDF
Master, S. L., Amodio, D. M., Stanton, A. L., Yee, C. M., Hilmert, C. J., & Taylor, S. E. (2009). Neurobiological correlates of coping through emotional approach. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 23(1), 27-35. PDF
Hilmert, C. J., Dunkel Schetter, C., Parker Dominguez, T., Abdou, C., Hobel, C., Glynn, L., & Sandman, C. (2008). Blood pressure and stress during pregnancy: Racial differences and associations with birthweight. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 57-64. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Burklund, L. J., Eisenberger, N. I., Lehman, B. J., Hilmert, C. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2008). Neural bases of moderation of cortisol stress responses by psychosocial resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 95(1), 197-211. PDF
Eisenberger, N. I., Taylor, S. E., Gable, S. L., Hilmert, C. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Neural pathways link social support to attenuated neuroendocrine stress responses. NeuroImage, 35, 1601-1612. PDF
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (2006). Positive and negative opinion modeling: The influence of another’s similarity and dissimilarity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(3), 440-452. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Welch, W. T., Hilmert, C. J., Lehman, B. J., & Way, B. M. (2006). Early family environment, current adversity, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism, and depressive symptomatology. Biological Psychiatry, 60(7), 671-676. PDF
Hilmert, C. J., Christenfeld, N., & Kulik, J. A. (2002). Audience status moderates the effects of social support and self-efficacy on cardiovascular reactivity during public speaking. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24(2), 122-131. PDF
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (2002). The varied impact of social support on cardiovascular reactivity. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 24(3), 228-239. PDF
Other Publications_________________________________________________________________
Hilmert, C. J. (2014, April). Stress effects on pregnancy: The impact of the 2009 Red River flood on birth weight. North Dakota Compass.
Under Review ________________________________________________________________
Hilmert, C.J., Kvasnicka-Gates, L.,* Bresin, K.,* Fiebiger, S. (submitted). Flood Related Strains and Pregnancy Outcomes.
Work in Progress__________________________________________________________________
Köblitz, A.*, Hilmert, C. J., & Winings, M.* (in preparation). Social foundations for disagreement: The influence of dissimilarity and opinion valence.
Zielke, D. J.* & Hilmert, C. J. (in preparation). Associations between cortisol reactivity to stress and post-stressor thoughts: Gender differences in rumination and unrelated thoughts.
Hilmert, C. J., Parker Dominguez, T, Dunkel Schetter, C., Glynn, L., Hobel, C., & Sandman, C. (in preparation). Blood pressure, fetal blood flow, and racism during pregnancy.
Parker Dominguez, T., Glynn, L., Hilmert, C. J., Dunkel Schetter, C., Sandman, C. Hobel, C., & Otten, M. (in preparation). Racism Effects on Infant Birthweight: Evidence for the Mediating Role of Corticotropin-releasing Hormone.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (in progress). The influence of multiple models on behavior and opinion formation.
Invited Talks_____________________________________________________________________________
Hilmert, C. J. (2014, April). Why stress is bad for our health and what we can do about it. Invited presentation for the NDSU College of Science and Mathematics monthly Science Café, Fargo, ND.
Hilmert, C. J. (2012, March). Stress psychophysiology during pregnancy: Implications for pregnancy outcomes. Invited presentation at the Sanford Health Ethics Review Study Group – East, Fargo, ND
Hilmert, C. J. (2009, August). Simple strategies for teaching/managing large-section classes. Invited presentation at the NDSU Teaching and Learning Conference: “Best Teaching Practices for Enhanced Learning,” Fargo, ND.
Hilmert, C. J. (2004, December). Ethnic differences in psychosocial correlates of blood pressure during pregnancy. Invited presentation at the UCLA Health Psychology Brown Bag Series, Los Angeles, CA.
Conference Presentations _____________________________________________________
* NDSU Student
Hilmert, C.J., (2013, March) The impact of catastrophic stress on pregnancy outcomes. In L. Glynn (chair), Current Perspectives on Maternal-Child Health in the Perinatal Period. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), Miami, FL.
Teoh, Ai Ni*, Hilmert, C. J., (2012, May) Effort moderates the effects of hostility and fear on cardiovascular reactivity. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Teoh, Ai Ni*, Hilmert, C. J., & Zielke, D.J.* (2011, March) Primary and secondary emotional effects of social support. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), San Antonio, TX.
Hilmert, C. J., Parker Dominguez, T., Dunkel Schetter, C.L., Glynn, L.M., Hobel, C.M., & Sandman, C.A. (2010, March). Birthweight, changes in blood pressure during pregnancy, and lifetime experiences of discrimination. In C.J. Hilmert (Chair), Stress and pregnancy. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), Portland, OR.
Kvasnicka, L.* & Hilmert, C. J. (2010, February) The Autonomic-Cardiovascular Profiles of Effort and Negative Emotion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Las Vegas, NV.
Ode, S.*, Zielke, D. J.*, Robinson, M. D., & Hilmert, C. J. (2009, February). Heart Rate Variability as a Mediator of the Neuroticism-Negative Affect Relationship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Tampa Bay, FL.
Kvasnicka, L.*, Zielke, D.J.*, & Hilmert, C. J. (2009, February) Gender Of Social Support Provider And Receiver During Stress. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Tampa Bay, FL.
Zielke, D.J.* & Hilmert, C. J. (2009, March) Cortisol Reactivity to Stress Predicts Tendencies to Ruminate. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), Chicago, IL.
Rooney, A.*, & Hilmert, C. J. (2008). Disagreeing with dissimilar others: Negative modeling to dislike, not like a piece of music. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, February 7-9.
Zielke, D. J.*, & Hilmert, C. J. (2008). Timing of social support affects rumination and cardiovascular recovery. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, February 7-9.
Master, S. L., Lehman, B. J., Hilmert, C. J., & Taylor, S. E. (2007). Everyday social support and biological responses to a laboratory stressor. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference: Memphis, TN, January 25-27.
Burklund, L. J., Taylor, S. E., Eisenberger, N. I., Lehman, B. J., Hilmert, C. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Psychosocial resources moderate physiological stress responses and amygdala reactivity. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference: Memphis, TN, January 25-27.
Hilmert, C. J., Dunkel Schetter, D., Parker Dominguez, T., Glynn, L., Hobel, C., & Sandman, C. (2006, March). Psychosocial stress, physiology, and racial disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes. In M. Coussons-Read (Chair), The Psychoneuroimmunology of Pregnancy: Psychosocial, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Influences on Pregnancy Outcome and Early Development. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO.
Master, S. L., Amodio, D. M., Hilmert, C. J., Stanton, A., & Taylor, S. E. (2006). Biological and neurocognitive correlates of emotional-approach coping. Poster presentation at the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO, March 1-4.
Hilmert C. J. (2005). Relationships between cardiovascular and psychological reactivity: Considering effort and emotion simultaneously. Poster presented at the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, March 2-5.
Hilmert C. J., Dunkel Schetter, C., Glynn, L., Hobel, C., & Sandman, C. (2005). Ethnic differences in depression, stress, and social support blood pressure correlations during and after pregnancy. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, January 20-22.
Hilmert C.J., Dunkel Schetter, C., Abdou, C. M., Glynn, L., Hobel, C., & Sandman, C. (2004). Stress correlates of blood pressure in African-American and white pregnant women. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL, May 27-30.
Hilmert, C. J. (2003). Cardiovascular Reactivity and Inflammatory Processes. Presented at the Norman Cousin’s Center for Psychoneuroimmunological Research Reading Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, December 4.
Hilmert, C. J. (2003). Emotion, Motivation, and CVR in the Laboratory. Presented at the UCLA Health Psychology Brown Bag Series, Los Angeles, CA, October 29.
Hilmert C. J. & Christenfeld, N. (2003). Emotion v. motivation in cardiovascular reactivity. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, March 19-22.
Hilmert, C. J., Christenfeld, N., & Kulik, J. A. (2002). The similarity of multiple models determines the influence of their non-compliant behavior. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Convention, New Orleans, LA, June 6-9.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., Christenfeld, N., & Alden, J. (2002). The social influence of similarity and expertise on opinion formation. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Convention, New Orleans, LA, June 6-9.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (2001). Audience expertise as a moderator of self-efficacy and social encouragement effects on cardiovascular reactivity. Poster presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA, March 21-24.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (2000). Moderators of the social support-reactivity link. Poster presented at the UC-Wide Conference on Social Relationships, Social Contexts, and Health, Lake Arrowhead, CA, December.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (2000). Evaluation apprehension as a moderator of social support effects on cardiovascular reactivity. Poster presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research, San Diego, CA, October 18-22.
Hilmert, C. J., Kulik, J. A., & Christenfeld, N. (1998). Self-efficacy as a moderator of audience expertise effects on cardiovascular reactivity. Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA, March 25-28.
Goodman, S., Belli, A., Hilmert, C., Robins, M., & Connell, A. (1998, March). Children's strategies for coping with others' anger and sadness. Poster presented at the Conference on Human Development, Mobile, AL.