Dr. Joel K. Cartwright Lecturer Research Psychologist, Laboratory Program Director Behavioral Sciences & Leadership Personal Website joel.cartwright [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Dr. Joel Cartwright serves as the Research Psychologist, Laboratory Program Director, and Lecturer for the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. Prior to pursuing higher education, Joel enlisted in the Army where he served with the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment as a (14E) PATRIOT Fire Control Operator. B.A. in Criminology - North Carolina State University M.S. in Psychology - North Carolina State University Ph.D. in Psychology - North Carolina State University Research Interests Suicide, Assessment, Measurement, Criminogenic Risk, Behavioral Health, Prevention Current Research Eyes Don’t Lie: Physiological Responses, Deceptions, and Questionnaire Surveys, Sense of Social Belonging to One’s Workplace: Two Scales in One – Development of a sense of social belonging scale. Selected Publications Korbut, Nicholas, Miller, Melissa J., Cartwright, Joel K., Agazio, Janice B., & Garcia, Lidilia. "Cultivating retention: Exploring transformational leadership dynamics in military nursing through qualitative inquiry," Journal of Character and Leadership Development 11, no. 2 (2024): 28-37. https://doi.org/10.58315/jcld.v11.298Miller, Melissa. J., Korbut, Nicholas, Garcia, Lidilia, Agazio, Janice B., & Cartwright, Joel K. "Nurse attrition: Content analysis of free-text responses from two military nursing practice environment surveys," Military Medicine 189 (Supplement_3) (2024): 784-790, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae275Bates, Archie L., Cartwright, Joel K., & Young, Lissa V. "I see you in me: Measuring mentee-mentor identification in peer-mentoring relationships," Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2024.2313840Cartwright, Joel K., Desmarais, Sarah D., Grimm, Kevin J., Meade, Adam W. & Van Dorn, Richard A. "Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Community Violence Screening Instrument," International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 19, no. 3 (2020): 253-268, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2020.1718246Cartwright, Joel K., Desmarais, Sarah L., Johnson, Kiersten L., & Van Dorn, Richard A. "Performance and clinical utility of a short violence risk screening tool in U.S. adults with mental illness," Psychological Services 15, no.4 (2018): 398–408. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000183