Dr. Brunell's primary line of research concerns the role of narcissism in social contexts. She has published papers about the role of narcissism in predicting emergent leadership, greed, academic cheating, decision-making, and relationship behaviors. She recently co-edited the Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Assessment, Personality and Individual Differences, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. She is a Fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She is the co-advisor of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. She regularly works with undergraduate research assistants and collaborators, who can sign up for Psych 4998 for this opportunity.

Awards and Honors

• 2023: Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, The Ohio State University
• 2020: Faculty/Staff Impact Award, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Office of Student Life
• 2019: Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• 2019: Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
• 2019: Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association
• 2019: Excellence in Teaching Award, The Ohio State University at Mansfield 
• 2018: Unrestricted Travel Grant for Psi Chi Faculty Advisors ($1,500)
• 2017: Essential Piece Teaching Award, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Office of Student Life
• 2016: Essential Piece Teaching Award, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Office of Student Life
• 2016: Starfish Award, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Office of Student Life
• 2015: Award for Excellence in Scholarship, The Ohio State University at Mansfield 
• 2012: Teaching Excellence Award, The Ohio State University at Newark 
• 2012: Faculty Above and Beyond Award, The Ohio State University at Newark, Office of Student Life
• 2010: Campus Scholarly Activities Grant, The Ohio State University at Newark ($3,000)
• 2009: Social and Behavioral Sciences Small Research Grant, The Ohio State University ($1,000)
   

Select Publications

• Brunell, A. B. (2024). Understanding and Coping in Social Relationships with Narcissists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   
• Brunell, A. B. (2023). Narcissism: Mate Poaching. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. DOI. 
   
• Freis, S. D., & Brunell, A. B. (2022). Narcissistic motivations to help during the COVID-19 quarantine. Personality and Individual Differences, 194, 111623.
   
• Freis, S. D., & Brunell, A. B. (2021). Effects of narcissism in essential workers during COVID-19. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110533. 
   
• Brunell, A. B., *Wicker, J. L., *Deems, N. P., & Daddis, C. (2021). Can coders detect grandiose narcissism in others? Current Psychology, 40(4), 1601 
   
• Brunell, A. B., Buelow, M. T., & Trost, Z. (2020). Narcissism and the experience of pain. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 109852.
   
• Buelow, M. T., & Brunell, A. B. (2020). Narcissism, the experience of pain, and risky decision making. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1128.
   
• Brunell, A. B., & Buelow, M. T. (2019). Using the bogus pipeline to investigate trait narcissism and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 1-6. 
   
• Brunell, A. B., *Robison, J., *Deems, N. P., & Okdie, B. M. (2018) Are narcissists more attracted to people in relationships than to people not in relationships? PLOS One, 13, 3.
   
• Brunell, A. B., & Buelow, M. T. (2018).  Homogenous scales of narcissism: Using the Psychological Entitlement Scale, Interpersonal Exploitativeness Scale, and Narcissistic Grandiosity Scale to study narcissism. Personality and Individual Differences, 123, 182-190. 
   
• Hermann, A. D., Brunell, A. B., & Foster, J. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies. New York: Springer.
   
• Foster, J. D. & Brunell, A. B. (2018). Narcissism and romantic relationships. In A. D. Hermann, A. B. Brunell, & J. D. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies. New York: Springer.
   
• Buelow, M. T. & Brunell, A. B. (2018). Narcissism and involvement in risk-taking behaviors. In A. D. Hermann, A. B. Brunell, & J. D. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies. New York: Springer.
   
• Brunell, A. B. & Buelow, M. T. (2018). Using homogenous scales to understand narcissism: Grandiosity, entitlement, and exploitativeness. In A. D. Hermann, A. B. Brunell, & J. D. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of TraitNarcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies. New York: Springer.
   
• Brown, A. A. & Brunell, A. B. (2017). The "modest mask"? An investigation of vulnerable narcissists' implicit self-esteem. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 160-167. 
   
• Brunell, A. B., & Buelow, M. T. (2017). Narcissism and performance on behavioral decision-making tasks. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30, 3-14.
   
• Brunell, A. B., & Davis, M. S. (2016). Grandiose narcissism and fairness in social exchanges. Current Psychology, 35, 220-233. 
   
• Daddis, C., & Brunell, A. B. (2015). Entitlement, exploitativeness, and reasoning about everyday transgressions: A social domain analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 58, 115-126.
   
• Brunell, A. B. & Fisher, T. D. (2014). Using the bogus pipeline to investigate grandiose narcissism.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 37-42.
   
• Brunell, A. B., *Tumblin, L., & Buelow, M. T. (2014). Narcissism and the motivation to engage in volunteerism. Current Psychology, 33, 365-376.
   
• Buelow, M. T., & Brunell, A. B. (2014). Facets of grandiose narcissism predict involvement in health-risk behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 193-198.
   
• Fisher, T. D., & Brunell, A. B. (2014). A bogus pipeline approach to studying gender differences in cheating behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 61-62, 91-96.
   
• Jones, L. L., & Brunell, A. B. (2014). Clever and crude but not kind: Narcissism, self-esteem, and the self-reference effect. Memory, 22, 307-322.
   
• Brunell, A. B., Davis, M. S., Schley, D. R., Eng, A., van Dulmen, M. H. M., Wester, K. L., & Flannery, D. J. (2013). A new measure of interpersonal exploitativeness. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 299.
   
• Brunell, A. B., & Webster, G. D. (2013). Self-determination and sexual experience in dating relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 970-987.
   
• Brunell, A. B., Staats, S., Barden, J. & Hupp, J. M. (2011).  Narcissism and academic dishonesty: The exhibitionism dimension and the lack of guilt. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 323-328.
   
• Brunell, A. B., Kernis, M. H., Goldman, B. M., Heppner, W., Davis, P., Cascio, E. V., & Webster, G. D. (2010). Dispositional authenticity and romantic relationship functioning. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 900-905.
   
• Brunell, A. B., Gentry, W. A., Campbell, W. K., Hoffman, B. J., Kuhnert, K. W., & DeMarree, K. G. (2008). Leader emergence: The case of the narcissistic leader. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1663-1676.

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