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James R. Casebolt, commonly known as Jim Casebolt, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio University Eastern Campus. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 1994, an M.A. in Psychology with a social major and quantitative minor from the same institution in May 1992, and a B.A. in Psychology summa cum laude from Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia, in May 1989, with minors in creative writing and technical writing.

Casebolt began his academic career at Ohio University Eastern Campus as Assistant Professor of Psychology in September 1996, advancing to Associate Professor in June 2004. His research interests encompass social psychology and the psychology of religion. Key publications include "Some UUs are more U than U: Theological self-descriptors chosen by Unitarian Universalists" (with T. Niekro, Review of Religious Research, 2005), "Engaging Our Theological Diversity: A Report" (Unitarian Universalist Commission on Appraisal, 2005), "Terror management and attributional derogation of AIDS victims" (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994), "Disengagement narratives of Unitarian Universalist 'come-outers'" (with T. Niekro, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual meeting, 2001), an entry on the Salvation Opinionnaire in Measures of Religiosity (1999), and a review in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (2003). He teaches courses such as General Psychology, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Psychology of Personality, and religion studies including Introduction to the Study of Religion and Buddhism. Casebolt contributes to university governance as Regional Higher Education At-Large Senator on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and through various campus committees.