Dissertation Committee Member, Rotha Perkins, UMKC ULAPSI.
Dissertation Committee Member, Sean Comeau, UMKC CEP. A comparative factor analysis of the differentiation of self inventory – revised.
Dissertation Committee Member, Shoshanna Landen, UMKC CEP. Firefighters' attachment style influence on stress coping and psychological well-being: The mediating role of work cohesion and coping style. Completed.
Dissertation Committee Member, Supavan Khamphakdy Brown, UMKC CEP. Race and color-blind racial attitudes within supervisory dyads: Implications for the supervisory relationship. Completed.
Dissertation Committee Member, Carissa Klevens, UMKC CEP. Stress, coping style, and emotional eating in African American women. Completed.
Dissertation Committee Member, Vanessa Pickler, UMKC CEP. The influence of gender role socialization on cancer patients' and partners' psychological distress and quality of life. Completed.
Dissertation Committee Member, Melissa Todd, UMKC CEP. The effect of music and no music on pre-performance arousal, perceptions of performance exertion and pain, and evaluations of performance in high school track runners. Completed.
Master's Internship Faculty Adviser, Gayla Curtis, UMKC EDRP. Truman Presidential Museum and Library Internship. Completed.
Other Professional Experiences
Assistant Assistant Assistant Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology August 2005-August 2008 Research Analyst Lars Bjork & James Rinehart, Administration & Supervision, University of Kentucky Summer 2004
Chair: Nancy Murdock
Outside Evaluator/Graduate Assistant Carolyn Carter, Graduate School, University of Kentucky Summer-Fall 2003 & 2004 Chair: Nancy Murdock
Responsibilities: assisted in the planning & operation of a Summer Institute for Teaching Assistant Developers, preparing interim and final evaluation reports including conducting & analyzing interviews with participants and related institutional data. Assisted in the operation of TA orientation.
Research Assistant
Beth Goldstein & Jeff Bieber, Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation, University of Kentucky Summer 2003
Responsibilities: assisted in the development, data collection/management, analysis and synthesis of a needs assessment requested by the state-funded P16 committee.
Grant Funded Research Assistant Lynley H. Anderman, University of Kentucky Fall 1999 – Spring 2001 John S & James L Knight Foundation Grant Grant Funded Project Research Assistant Judy Skelton, University of Kentucky July 2001 – October 2001 FIPSIE Grant Responsibilities: data analysis/management of numerous Kentucky Department of Education funded evaluation programs concerning superintendents, principals, and teachers; manuscript editing.
Responsibilities: data entry, management, and analysis, including both quantitative and qualitative data; presentation of data for technical reports; collaborated on conference presentations.
Responsibilities: assisted with development of evaluations materials; database management; assisted with manuscript revisions.
Responsibilities: data analysis/management of numerous Kentucky Department of Education funded evaluation programs concerning superintendents, principals, and teachers; manuscript editing.