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BIOGRAPHY

Morgan Cope joined ¹ú±êÂ鶹ÊÓƵAPP as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Fall of 2024. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of the self and romantic relationships, exploring how individual’s identities shape – and are shaped by – connections with close others. She is particularly interested in relationship dissolution recovery, with an emphasis on identity restoration and psychological well-being after breakup. Dr. Cope has published research on motivated maladaptive relationship behaviors and has emerging interest in breakup-induced physical health outcomes as well as self-change dynamics in individuals identifying as LGBTQIA+. She employs novel research methods from dynamical social psychology to capture variability in intra- and interpersonal processes. 

Prior to her appointment, Morgan was a PhD candidate at Florida Atlantic University. In addition to completing her doctoral degree, she served as a course instructor for Social Psychology, Statistics, and Research Methods. Morgan managed the Close Relationships Laboratory conducting research in the field of Relationship Science and mentoring undergraduate students.

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Society for Personality and Social Psychology 
• APA Division 2 Society for the Teaching of Psychology
• International Association for Relationship Research
• American Psychological Association
• Psi Chi International Honors Society

COURSES TAUGHT

• Psychology of Sexuality
• Social Psychology
• Survey of Psychological Science

PUBLICATIONS

• Cope, M. A., Reinka, M. A., & Mattingly, B. A. (2024). Ready for the next step: Novel commitment amplification in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(6), 1481-1509. 
• Cope, M. A. & Mattingly, B. A. (2021). Putting me back together by getting back together: Post-dissolution self-concept confusion predicts rekindling desire in anxiously attached individuals. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(1), 384-392.
• McIntyre, K., Mattingly, B., Gorban, S., & Cope, M. A. (2020). Do the consequences of relationship-induced self-concept change extend across partners? An actor-partner interdependence model approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(5), 1-9.