Miguel Roig, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
(Staten Island campus)
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10301
Voice: (718) 390-4513
Fax: (718) 390-4347
e-mail: roigm@stjohns.edu
Web site: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm
Abbreviated Biography
In 1979 Miguel Roig received his B.A with a double major in
Psychology and Philosophy from Jersey City State College (now The
New Jersey City University). Subsequently, he enrolled in the
General Experimental Psychology program at St. John’s University
receiving his M.A. degree in General Experimental Psychology in
1981. From St. John’s, Miguel went on to study at the Newark campus
of Rutgers University and received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Studies
in 1989. During that time, he taught psychology courses at various
institutions in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and also
worked as a Tests and Measurement Specialist for the New York City
Department of Personnel from 1984 to 1987. From 1987 to 1989 he was
a full-time instructor at Wagner College in Staten Island and in
September of ’89, Miguel was hired as an assistant professor of
psychology in St. John’s Notre Dame College (Staten Island campus;
now part of St. John’s College of Arts and Sciences).
Research Interests
In recent years, Miguel has carried out research with his
students in the area of academic dishonesty and has lectured on the
prevention and detection of student plagiarism and on the need to
develop a more ethically sensitive approach to writing. His current
interests lie in what has come to be known as the Responsible
Conduct of Research with a special emphasis on the problems of
plagiarism and other ethically questionable writing and authorship
practices.
Sample Publications
Roig, M. (1999). When college students' attempts at
paraphrasing become instances of potential plagiarism.
Psychological Reports, 84, 973-982.
Roig, M. (2001). Plagiarism and paraphrasing criteria of
psychology professors and professors from other disciplines. Ethics
and Behavior (11) 3, 307-323.
Roig, M. & deJacquant, J. (2002). Guidelines on plagiarism
in writing manuals across various disciplines. Proceedings of the
First ORI Conference on Research Integrity. Office of
Research Integrity: Bethesda, MD.
McClenon, J., Roig, M., Smith, M., & Ferrier, G.
(2003). The coverage of parapsychology in introductory psychology
textbooks: 1990-2002. Journal of Parapsychology, 67, 63-75.
Salhaney, J. & Roig, M. (2004). Academic Dishonesty Policies
Across Universities: Focus on Plagiarism. Psi Chi: Journal of
Undergraduate Research, 9, 150-153.
Torres, M. & Roig, M. (2005). The Cloze Test Procedure as a
test of plagiarism: The influence of text readability. The Journal
of Psychology, 139(3 ) , 221-231.