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Alexandru F. Cuc, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU's College of Psychology. His main research interests are in the field of memory: autobiographical memories, memories of traumatic events, memory and conversation, memory and identity. Dr. Cuc teaches several foundational courses including History and Systems of Psychology and Cognitive/Affective Bases of Behavior. His current research interests focus on the relationship between memory and identity formation.

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About Alexandru Cuc

Alexandru F. Cuc, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU's College of Psychology. His main research interests are in the field of memory: autobiographical memories, memories of traumatic events, memory and conversation, memory and identity. Dr. Cuc teaches several foundational courses including History and Systems of Psychology and Cognitive/Affective Bases of Behavior. His current research interests focus on the relationship between memory and identity formation.

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2008 - Present	Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ College of Psychology
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Social and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

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autobiographical memory, memory of traumatic events, memory and identity, and memory and conversation

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2001 Dean’s Fellowship, at Eugene Lang College, for outstanding teaching record

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2004	Ph.D., New School
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1998	M.A., Psychology, New School
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1995	B.A., Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University
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(954) 262-5889

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Articles (9)

Journal articles written or co-written by Dr. Alexandru Cuc

A Ten-year follow-up of a Study of Memory for the Attack of September 11, 2001: Flashbulb Memories and Memories for Flashbulb Events (William Hirst, Elizabeth A Phelps, Robert Meksin, et al.) Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (2015)

Within a week of the attack of September 11, 2001, a consortium of researchers from across the United States distributed a survey asking about the circumstances in which respondents learned of the attack (their flashbulb ...

Autobiographical Narratives can be Used with Confidence to Collect Information about Ex-Smokers' Reasons for Quitting Smoking. (Alex Cuc, Linda C. Sobell, Mark B. Sobell, et al.) Substance Use & Misuse (2014)

Although autobiographical narratives (ABNs) provide rich descriptions of how people change addictive behaviors, psychometric evaluations of such reports are rare. 27 ex-smokers who had quit for 1 to 5 years were interviewed twice about why ...

Autobiographical narratives can be used with confidence to collect information about exsmokers’ reasons for quitting smoking (Alexandru Cuc, Linda C. Sobell, Mark Sobell, et al.) Substance Use and Misuse (2014)

Although autobiographical narratives (ABNs) provide rich descriptions of how people change addictive behaviors, psychometric evaluations of such reports are rare. 27 ex-smokers who had quit for 1 to 5 years were interviewed twice about why ...

Long-Term Memory for the Terrorist Attack of September 11: Flashbulb Memories, Event Memories, and the Factors (Alex Cuc, Wiliam Hirst, Randy L. Buckner, et al.) Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (2009)

More than 3,000 individuals from 7 U.S. cities reported on their memories of learning of the terrorist attacks of September 11, as well as details about the attack, 1 week, 11 months, and/or 35 months ...

Long-term retention of the terrorist attack of September 11: Flashbulb memories, event memories, and the factors that influence their retention (W. Hirst, E. Phelps, Alexandru Cuc, et al.) Journal of Experimental Psychology (2009)

Silence Is Not Golden: A Case for Socially-Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting. (Alex Cuc, Wiliam Hirst and J. Koppel) Psychological Science (2007)

The present research explored the effect of selective remembering and the resulting "silences" on memory. In particular, we examined whether unmentioned information is more likely to be forgotten by a listener if related information is ...

On the Formation of Collective Memories: The Role of a Dominant Narrator. (Alex Cuc, Yasuhiro Ozuru, David Manier, et al.) Memory and Cognition (2006)

To test our hypothesis that conversations can contribute to the formation of collective memory, we asked participants to study stories and to recall them individually (pregroup recollection), then as a group (group recounting), and then ...

Collective amnesia of the Jewish Holocaust in Romania and Current narratives of national identity (Alexandru Cuc) The New School Psychology Bulletin (2003)

This article represents a summary of a recent grant proposal submitted to the Romanian Government. The proposal deals with the intergenerational basis of collective amnesia about the Romanian Holocaust and its effects on the current ...

Implicit Theories and Context in Personal Recollection: Romanians' Recall of their Political and Economic Past (Alexandru Cuc and Wiliam Hirst) Applied Cognitive Psychology (2000)

Ross argued that people employ implicit theories of stability and change as they remember previously held attitudes or prior states of affairs. He acknowledged that the application of these theories is conditional, but does not ...

Books and Book Contributions (1)

A Brief History of Clinical Ideas and Practices in Psychology (Alexandru Cuc and Bady Quintar) Faculty Books and Book Chapters (2017)

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Presentations (17)

Conference presentations, proceedings, lectures, and symposia given by Dr. Alexandru Cuc

Traditional and Modern Bedouin Identity Narratives: A Case Study (Oraib Toukhly, Alexandru Cuc and Luke Hendren) 11th International Congress of Clinical Psychology (2018)

Immigration and Well-being over Time: Middle Eastern Immigrants Living in the United States (Alexandru Cuc and Oraib Toukhly) 31st International Congress of Psychology (2016)

Neuropsychologists preferences for DSM-5 versus ICD-10, NINDS, or other+A83:R89 diagnostic criteria. (D. Rogers, B. Evans, C. Roberts, et al.) 34th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (2014)

Neuropsychologists preferences for DSM-5 versus ICD-10, NINDS, or other diagnostic criteria (Alexandru Cuc, David Rogers, Brittney Evans, et al.) 34th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (2014)

The Earliest Memories in Individuals Raised with Babysitters (Alex Cuc and Cristina Redante) InPACT Conference (2013)

Cultural Beliefs about Alcohol initiation in Youth (Alex Cuc and Hillary Cagle) 22nd APS convention (2010)

Hurricane-related Anxiety and School Performance (Alex Cuc and Jackie Hammelman) 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (2009)

Jealousy Experiences in the Young and the Elderly (Alex Cuc, George Butler and Vanessa Fernandez) 21st APS convention (2009)

The Effect of Child-rearing Practices on the Emergence of Autobiographical Memory (Alex Cuc, Jason J. Hutchings and Janessa Dominguez) 21st APS convention (2009)

How to tell the truth about the past (Alexandru Cuc) Farquhar Faculty Series (2008)

Emotional Constants in Long-Term Relationships (Alexandru Cuc) 11th American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference (2008)

Collective Memory of Traumatic Events (Alex cuc and Darfur Crisis Colloquium) Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches and Lectures (2007)

Attitudes on Alcohol Consumption in Youth Across Ethnic Groups (Alex Cuc) 10th AABSS conference (2007)

Memory, Holocaust and National Identity (Alexandru Cuc) Farquhar Faculty Series (2007)

On the Transformation of Collective Memories in Small Groups: Conversational Remembering within Families (Alex Cuc) 3rd Conference on Socio-Cultural Aspects of Memory (1999)

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