Janet L. Koposko
Janet L. Koposko
Assistant Professor of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Janet Koposko earned her B.A. in general psychology and an aging specialist certificate from California University of Pennsylvania and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in lifespan developmental psychology from Oklahoma State University. Her broad research area is successful aging and how people plan for retirement and life in old age. She is especially interested in investigating the role of future time perspective (the extent to which people find thinking about the future easy and enjoyable) among young adults as it relates to planning later on down the line. Research questions she works on include, "If you find thinking about the future to be easy, are you more likely to plan for life in old age?" "If you are more likely to plan, do you have a higher quality of life?" and "If you are future-oriented in one domain of life, does that mean you are future-oriented all other domains of your life, too, or can you be future-oriented in your financial planning but not in planning for your leisure time?" In her free time, Dr. Koposko enjoys baking, visiting state parks, and petting dogs.
Dr. Koposko teaches the following courses at ABAC:
-Internship (RCDV 4070)
-Senior Capstone (RCDV 4980 and RCDV 4990)
-Psychology in the Rural Community (PSYC 3000)
-Community Research Methods (RESM 3065)
-Social Psychology (PSYC 3710)
-Human Growth and Development (PSYC 2103)
-Introductory Psychology (PSYC 1101)
-Psychology of Adjustment (PSYC 2101)
-Psychology in the Workplace (PSYC 4150)
-Internship (RCDV 4070)
-Senior Capstone (RCDV 4980 and RCDV 4990)
-Psychology in the Rural Community (PSYC 3000)
-Community Research Methods (RESM 3065)
-Social Psychology (PSYC 3710)
-Human Growth and Development (PSYC 2103)
-Introductory Psychology (PSYC 1101)
-Psychology of Adjustment (PSYC 2101)
-Psychology in the Workplace (PSYC 4150)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:
Clark Hunt, L., Steele, J. E., Koposko, J. L., Cromwell, J., & Lambert, T. A. (2023). E-resource librarians’ perceptions on library patron privacy. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(3), 1-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102704
White, K. J., McCoy, M., Love, K., Seponski, D. M., Koposko, J. L., & Reiter, M. (2022). Factors associated with the financial strain of transgender and gender diverse college students. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 56(4), 1617-1637. doi: 10.1111/joca.12483
White, K. J., McCoy, M., Watkins, K., Chen, X., Koposko, J. L., & Mizuta, M. (2021). “We don’t talk about that:” Exploring money conversations of Black, Hispanic, and White households. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 49(4), 328-343. doi: 10.1111/FCSR.12397
Tsotsoros, C. E., Hershey, D. A., Kiso, H., & Koposko, J. L. (2019). Racial differences in anticipated satisfaction with life during retirement. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 5, 236-254. doi:10.1093/workar/waz002
Koposko, J. L., Hershey, D. A., Bonjorquez, M., & Pérez Brito, A. E. (2016). College students’ attitudes toward retirement planning: The case of Mexico and the United States. Journal of Personal Finance, 15, 52-67.
Koposko, J. L., Guiterrez, H. C., Hershey, D. A., & Gerrans, P. (2015). Perceptions of retirement savings relative to peers. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 2, 65-72. doi: 10.1093/workar/wav019
Koposko, J. L., & Hershey, D. A. (2015). When I first learned about retirement: Financial and retirement concept recognition among college students. Current Psychology, 35, 540-548. doi: 10.1007/s12144-015-9319-9
Koposko, J. L., & Hershey, D. A. (2014). Parental and social influences on retirement planning. Journal of Personal Finance, 13, 17-27.
Clark Hunt, L., Steele, J. E., Koposko, J. L., Cromwell, J., & Lambert, T. A. (2023). E-resource librarians’ perceptions on library patron privacy. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(3), 1-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102704
White, K. J., McCoy, M., Love, K., Seponski, D. M., Koposko, J. L., & Reiter, M. (2022). Factors associated with the financial strain of transgender and gender diverse college students. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 56(4), 1617-1637. doi: 10.1111/joca.12483
White, K. J., McCoy, M., Watkins, K., Chen, X., Koposko, J. L., & Mizuta, M. (2021). “We don’t talk about that:” Exploring money conversations of Black, Hispanic, and White households. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 49(4), 328-343. doi: 10.1111/FCSR.12397
Tsotsoros, C. E., Hershey, D. A., Kiso, H., & Koposko, J. L. (2019). Racial differences in anticipated satisfaction with life during retirement. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 5, 236-254. doi:10.1093/workar/waz002
Koposko, J. L., Hershey, D. A., Bonjorquez, M., & Pérez Brito, A. E. (2016). College students’ attitudes toward retirement planning: The case of Mexico and the United States. Journal of Personal Finance, 15, 52-67.
Koposko, J. L., Guiterrez, H. C., Hershey, D. A., & Gerrans, P. (2015). Perceptions of retirement savings relative to peers. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 2, 65-72. doi: 10.1093/workar/wav019
Koposko, J. L., & Hershey, D. A. (2015). When I first learned about retirement: Financial and retirement concept recognition among college students. Current Psychology, 35, 540-548. doi: 10.1007/s12144-015-9319-9
Koposko, J. L., & Hershey, D. A. (2014). Parental and social influences on retirement planning. Journal of Personal Finance, 13, 17-27.
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