Publications and Talks

Publications

Wood, M. (2017). Dominance, inducement, submission, compliance: Throwing the DISC in fact and fiction. In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2017). A perfect place: Paradise island and utopian societies. In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2017). Growing a goddess: Child development and Wonder Woman. In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2017). Feminist psychology: Teaching how to be wonderful. In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2017). First of her name: Wonder Woman, the role model. In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Langley, T., & Wood, M. (2017). Truth in treatment: Who wields the magic? In T. Langley and M. Wood (Eds.), Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2016). Feminist icons wanted: Damsels in distress need not apply. In P. Lee (Ed.), A Galaxy Here and Now: Historical and Cultural Readings of Star Wars. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.

Wood, M. (2016). Moral decisions in Marvel’s Civil War: Stages of hero development. In T. Langley (Ed.), Captain America vs. Iron Man: Freedom, Security, Psychology. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2015). “It should have been me”: Survivors’ guilt in the Walking Dead. T. Langley (Ed.), Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2015). A distressing damsel: Leia’s heroic journey. In T. Langley (Ed.), Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind. New York, NY: Sterling.

Wood, M. (2015). The effect of graphic novel supplements on reading comprehension and motivation in secondary students (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. (10010748).

Online Articles

Whiteside, M., & Nguyen-Driver, M. (2025). TikTok and self-diagnosis: What clinicians need to know. The Amplifier Magazine, Spring/Summer 2025.

Whiteside, M. (2024, July 25). Creating a reading routine for mental health. Psychology Today.

Whiteside, M. (2024, January 8). The benefits of early intervention in neurodivergent children. BrainWise.

Whiteside, M. (2023, September 24). Executive Functioning and Reading. Psychology Today.

Whiteside, M. (2023, August 27). Hyperlexia: Precocious Reading or Reading Disorder? Psychology Today.