Tierra Mischella Freeman
Current Position: Associate Professor/Graduate Faculty, Interim Chair, Division of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Kentucky State University
Address: 231a Hathaway Hall, 400 East Main Street, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 597-5932 Fax: (502) 597-5830 Email address: tierra.freeman@kysu.edu
2005 Ph.D. Educational Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Dissertation: Sense of belonging in higher education: Relations to instructor practices, motivation and achievement. Committee: Lynley H. Anderman, Chair; Eric Anderman, Fred Danner, Jane Jensen, Tim Smith
2001 Ed.S. Educational Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Specialist Paper: The role of pedagogical caring in higher education: Students' perceptions of the student/instructor relationship. Chair: Lynley H. Anderman.
1997 M.A. Clinical Psychology, Towson University, Towson, Maryland. Chair: Barry Bass.
1995 B.A. Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Honors Thesis: A validation of response bias scales on the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. Chair: Martha Wetter
First in The World Grant- FIPSE, “Triple Crown Transformation of Excellence: The University Tapestry” (submitted, June 23, 2015, academic co-lead).
DOD, Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant, “Kentucky State University S.C.O.R.E. Project for Concussion Education and Awareness” (submitted February 12, 2015, leadership team).
National Science Foundation, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) grant preproposal: “CREST Center for Interdisciplinary Forensic Research and Justice Studies” (submitted November 7, 2014 – Co-PI - unfunded).
National Science Foundation LSAMP, grant proposal: “Broadening Participation of Minority STEM Students through Research Opportunities at Kentucky State University” (submitted October 17, 2014 – Co-PI - unfunded).
Kentucky Department of Education, Doctoral Data Fellowship Program, (data analyst consultant).
National Institute of Health, Grant Proposal: “Advancing Biomedical Education Through Research Based Project/s for Minority Students at Kentucky State University, a Historical Black College and University” (Submitted May 10, 2013 – Co-PI: unfunded).
National Institute of Justice, Grant Proposal: “Cognitive, Perceptual, and Physiological Processes in Forensic Document Examiner Authorship and Process Decision Making” (Submitted April 1, 2013 – co-PI: unfunded).
Department of Educational Title III proposal, “Advancing Psychology and Related Fields” (Submitted February 15, 2012 – PI-unfunded).
Kentucky Academic of Sciences, “Judicial Perceptions of Procedural Justice and the Use of Court Appointed Experts” (Submitted November 16, 2011 –Co-PI-Unfunded).
National Science Foundation, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program
Proposal: “Bringing Behavioral & Social Science Students out of the Twentieth Century” (Submitted April 6, 2011 – PI-unfunded).