Rate My Professor Daniel Chadborn

Dr. Daniel Chadborn serves as Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department at New Mexico Highlands University, where he also acts as Undergraduate Advising Coordinator. He earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2018, with a dissertation on the influence of group identity on locus of control. Prior to this, he obtained an M.A. in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2010 and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of New Orleans in 2006. His academic career includes positions at Southeastern Louisiana University as Instructor of Psychology from 2012 to 2018, Undergraduate Coordinator from 2013 to 2015, and Lecturer from 2010 to 2012. Chadborn joined New Mexico Highlands University as Assistant Professor in 2018 and has since advanced to his current roles. He received the Paul Zelhart Award for Graduate Research from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2018 and is a member of the Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society.

Chadborn's research specializations encompass self and social identity processes, fans and fandom, stigmatized communities, leisure and well-being, motivation, prosocial behavior, group processes, social cognition, and linguistics. He has co-authored influential books such as Meet the Bronies: The Psychology of the Adult My Little Pony Fandom (2019, McFarland & Company), Transported to Another World: The Psychology of Anime Fans (2021, International Anime Research Project), and CAPE: A Multidimensional Model of Fan Interest (2021, CAPE Model Research Team). Notable journal articles include 'Intragroup helping as a mediator of the association between fandom identification and well-being' in Leisure Studies (2021), ''Get out of my fandom, newbie': A cross-fandom study of elitism and gatekeeping' in Journal of Fandom Studies (2020), 'Moved by the masses: A social identity perspective on inspiration' in Current Psychology (2018), and 'Reexamining differences between fandom and local community' in Psychology of Popular Media Culture (2018). His scholarship examines psychological dynamics within fan communities, contributing to fields like social psychology and fandom studies. Chadborn has delivered numerous presentations on topics such as fan motivations and social identity, including at university events like homecoming talks on inspiration and series reboots. He has held roles in faculty senate committees, including as secretary and vice chair.