Scholarly Activity
Behavior Analysis Concentration
2008 - 2009
Halsey, P. A., Robertson, S. H., Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, October). Using the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM) to Assess the Putative Anxiolytic Effects of Valerian. Poster presented at the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.
Halsey, P. A., Robertson, S. H., Serdikoff, S. L. (2009, May). Using the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM) to Assess the Putative Anxiolytic Effects of Valerian. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.
Irons, J. G., & Jarvis, B. P. (2009, March). Give them data and they will come: Verifying behavior in contingency management. An invited address at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Harrisonburg, VA.
Jarvis, B. P., Rosenbaum, L. K., & Irons, J. G. (2009, March). Effects of acute caffeine administration on classroom learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lambert, T. L., Saville, B. K. (2009, March). Delay and Effort Discounting: Predicting Performance in an Interteaching-Based Course. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Harrisonburg, VA.
Robertson, S. H., Halsey, P. A., Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, October). Assessing the Putative Anxiolytic Effects of Chronic Kava Administration in Rats Using the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM). Poster presented at the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.
Robertson, S. H., Halsey, P. A., Serdikoff, S. L. (2009, March/May). Assessing the Putative Anxiolytic Effects of Kava Kava Administration in Rats Using the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM). Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA; Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Harrisonburg, VA.
2007 – 2008
Serdikoff, S. L. & Erb, J. P. (2007, August; 2007, October). Examining procedural details of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) procedure in rats: Effects of Time-of-day, duration, and frequency of probe tests. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. and the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Athens, GA.
Erb, J. P., Jarvis, B. P., Kiel, K. A., Irons, J. G., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, March) Cigarette Smoking among College Students: Characterization and Contingency Management. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Virginia Association for behavior Analysis and the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Erb, J. P., Jarvis, B. P., Kiel, K. A., Irons, J. G., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, May). Using a percentile schedule with fixed-value voucher reinforcement: A feasibility study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
Jarvis, B. P., Erb, J. P., Kiel, K. A., Irons, J. G., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, May). Toward increasing the cost-effectiveness of contingency management: Using percentile schedules and escalating quality of reinforcement in an intervention designed to reduce smoking in college students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
Kiel, K. A., Erb, J. P., Jarvis, B. P., Irons, J. G., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2008, May). Examining immediate and delayed reinforcement in a contingency management smoking cessation intervention for college students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
2006 - 2007
Erb, J. P., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2007, May). Examining procedural details of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) procedure in rats. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.
Hoffman, D. J., Erb, J. P., Robertson, S. H., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2007, March). The effects of time of day on measures of anhedonia in the Chronic Mild Stress model of depression. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Hoffman, D. J., Erb, J. P., Robertson, S. H., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2006, December). The effects of saccharin concentration on saccharin consumption and preference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Baltimore, MD.
Hoffman, D. J., Erb, J. P., Robertson, S. H., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2006, October). Assessing Kava Kava’s behavioral effects in the context of the Chronic Mild Stress procedure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Greenville, SC.
2005 – 2006
Hoffman, D. J., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2006, May). Assessing the ability of Kava Kava to reduce the effects of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) procedure using an animal model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.
Hoffman, D. J., & Serdikoff, S. L. (2006, August). Examining the ability of Kava Kava to attenuate the effects of the Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) Procedure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Serdikoff, S. L., Webb, J. E., Hucks, A. D., Kincheloe, M. B., Hoffman, D. J., & Catania, A. C. (2006, March). Assessing reinforcement mechanisms in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Slezak, J. M., Webb, J. E., Hucks, A. D., Kincheloe, M. B., Hoffman, D. J. & Serdikoff, S. L. (2005, October; 2006, March). Using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model to examine the effects of delay-of-reinforcement in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Wilmington, NC and at the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Harrisonburg, VA.
Webb, J., Kincheloe, M.B., Hoffman, D., Serdikoff, S. (2005, October/ November). Assessing Reinforcement Mechanisms in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Poster presented at the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Wilmington, North Carolina; the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Baltimore, Maryland.
Clinical Psychology Concentration
2008 – 2009
Brady, C. E., Sadler, J. M., Evans, S. W., Koch, J. R., Lane, C., Mays, S., Meszaros, P., & Meyer, B. (2009, April). The Effectiveness of SFP for Youth with Psychiatric Disorders. Poster presented at the Virginia Forum on Youth Tobacco Use: Translating Research into Policy and Practice Conference, Richmond, VA.
Christensen, O.A., Sadler, J.M., Brady, C.E., Schultz, B.K., & Evans, S.W. (2008, August). Teacher Satisfaction with a School-Based Treatment for Adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Englert, D., Brewster, J., Koepfler, J., Tussey, C., Buffington-Vollum, J., Ovitt, E, & Krakosky, L. (2008, October). Characteristics of decredentialed federal agents in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Walnut Creek, CA.
Evans, S.W., Sadler, J.M., & Brady, C.E. (2008). Treating Children and Adolescents with ADHD in the Schools. In Social Workers’ Desk Reference 2nd Ed. Albert, R Roberts (Ed), Oxford University Press, 1038-1044
Evans, S.W., Schultz, B.K., Sadler, J.M. (2008). Safety and efficacy of psychosocial interventions used to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatric annals, 37 (1), p. 52-59.
Evans, S.W., Schultz, B.K. & Sadler, J.M. (2008). Safety and efficacy of psychosocial interventions used to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychiatric Annals, 38, 58-65.
Evans, S. W. White, C. L., Brady, C. E., Schultz, B., Sibley, M. H., & Van Eck, K. (2009). A school-based organization intervention for young adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of responding. School Mental Health, 1 (2), 1866-2625, Springer: New York, NY.
Koepfler, J., Krakosky, L., Ovit, E., Brewster, J., & Stoloff, M. (2008, October). Using the IAT reasoning test to predict aggression in police officers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Walnut Creek, CA.
Ovitt, E., Krakosky, L., Koepfler, J., Brewster, J., & Stoloff, M. (2008, October). Using the MMPI-2 RC scales to predict performance in police officers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Walnut Creek, CA.
Sadler, J.M., Brady, C.E., Neugroschel, R.A., Moore, S., Evans, S.W., Koch, J.R. & Meszaros, P.S. (2008, October). Current Practices and Best Practices for Substance Use Prevention in Schools: Implications for Training. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Phoenix, Arizona.
Sadler, J.M., Christensen, O.A., Brady, C.E., Sax, K., Rainear, C., & Evans, S.W. (2008, November). The Effect of Pacing on Academic Interventions in a Six-Week Summer Treatment Program. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Sax, K, Christensen, O, Leighton-Herrmann, E, Schultz, BK, Evans, SW, & Shribman, B. (2008, November). The Efficacy of a Ten-Session Parent Training Program in Reducing Caregiver Strain in Families of Children with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Serpell,Z. N., Evans, S.W., & Brady, C.E. (2008, November). Preventing Youth Tobacco Use by Treating the Risk-Factor of ADHD: A Follow-up Study of Adolescents with ADHD. Symposium presented at the Virginia Youth Tobacco Project Research Coalition Meeting, Richmond, VA.
Van Eck, K., Crowley, D. M., & Evans, S. W. (2008, November). Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement for Middle School Students with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Van Eck, K., Finney, S. J., & Evans, S. W. (2008, August). Measuring Parent Response of Disruptive Behavior: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
2007 – 2008
Brady, C. E., Sadler, J. M., Van Eck, K., & Evans, S. W. (2007, November). New directions in social skills interventions for youth with ADHD: Results of a pilot study. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Carter, K. J., Pascarella, L., Van Eck, K., (2008, March). JumpStart the new year with new skills and friendships. Poster presented at 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Chen, C., Christensen, O., Hawkins, M., Brady, C.E., Schultz, B., & Evans, S.W. (2008, March). Interactive Media Games: A Fun New Treatment for ADHD? Poster presented at the 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, Va.
Evans, S. W., Serpell, Z. N., Sibley, M. H., Van Eck, K., Brady, C. E., Sadler, J. M., & Schultz, B. (2007, November). Developing interventions targeting social skills for youth with ADHD. Symposium presentation at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Evans, S.W., White, C. Sibley, M., & Barlow, E. (2007). School-based mental health treatment of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In Evans, S.W., Weist, M.D., Serpell, Z.N. Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions, 2.
Gesualdi, C. & Van Eck, K. (2008, March). Rating discrepancies between parent and adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Neugroschel, R., Sadler, J.M., & Brady, C.E. (2008, March). Factors Associated with the Implementation of Evidence Based Practices for Substance Use Prevention. Poster presented at the 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, Va.
Rainear, C., Van Eck, K., Schultz, B., K., & Evans, S. W. (2007, November). Assessing clinically significant change for participants of the Challenging Horizon Program. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Shore, T.L., Serpell, Z., Christensen, O. A., & Evans, S. W. (2007, November). Does Parent-adolescent conflict predict parenting style after accounting for maternal ADHD, depression, & stress? Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Schultz, B. K., Creasy, B. A., Evans, S. W. (2007). The Effectiveness of Behavioral Consultation in Preventing Academic Failure among Middle School Students with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Sibley, M., Fallah, N., Crowley, D.M., Evans, S.W., & Schultz, B.K. (2007, November). Patterns and Predictors of Response to a Contingency Based Levels System for Adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Van Eck, K., Christenson, O. A., Brady, C. E., Sadler, J. M., Evans, S. W. (2007, October). Helping children with ADHD get a JumpStart on the school year. Poster presented at the 12th annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Orlando, FL.
Van Eck, K., Evans, S. W., Hoza, B., Mikami, A., Owens, J., Serpell, Z. (2007, November). Social Impairment for Children and Adolescents with ADHD: Etiology & Intervention. K. Van Eck & S. W. Evans (chairs). Roundtable presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Van Eck, K., Evans, S.W., & Ulmer, L.J. (2007). From evidence-based to best practices: What does it mean? Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 7, 35-40.
2006 - 2007
Rainear, C., Van Eck, K., & Schultz, B. K. (2007, March). Assessing clinically significant change for participants of the Challenging Horizon Program. Poster presented 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Helgert, M. M., Redford, E., Byland, A., Van Eck, K. & Gesualdi, C. (2007, March). Development and implementation of organization and planner checklists for adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented 7th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Barron, K. E., Evans, S.W., Baranik, L.E., Serpell, Z.N., & Buvinger, E. (2006). Achievement goals of students with ADHD. Learning Disability Quarterly, 29, 137 – 158.
Burnett, J. B. (2007, March). Does the Unified Theory Work?: Impact of a Psychoeducational Course on Students' Well-Being. Symposia at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Creasy, B. A., Evans, S. W. (2006, Winter). Book Review of Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Adolescent. In, Attention Magazine, Winter.
Evans, S. W., Moore, S., Serpell, Z. N. & Creasy, B. (2006, August). Why best practices for outcome assessment are often clinically irrelevant. In E. Youngstrom (Chair), Evidence-based assessment for children. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Evans, S. W., Schultz, B., Serpell, Z. N., & Fallah, N. (2006, August). Challenging Horizons: A coordinated care program for adolescents with ADHD. In T. Power (Chair), Innovations in treating ADHD in schools: Behavioral and ecological approaches. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Evans, S.W., Sibley, M., Schultz, B., White, L.C., & Serpell, Z.N. (2006, November). Developing Effective Treatment for Middle School Age Children with ADHD: The Challenging Horizons Program. In S.W Evans (Chair). School-based treatment of middle school aged children with ADHD. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
Evans, S. W., Timmins, B., Sibley, M., White, L.C., Serpell, Z.N. & Schultz, B. (2006). Developing coordinated, multimodal, school-based treatment for young adolescents with ADHD. Education & Treatment of Children, 29, 195-214.
Evans, S. W., Timmins, B., Sibley, M., White, L. C., Serpell, Z. N. & Schultz, B. (2006). Developing coordinated, multimodal, school-based treatment for young adolescents with ADHD. Education & Treatment of Children, 29, 359-378.
Fallah, N., Buvinger, E. C., Evans, S. W., Schultz, B., & Serpell, Z. N. (2006, August). Outcomes of school-based psychosocial interventions for adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Montazeri, P., Burnett, J. B., Barry, C. L., & Henriques, G. R. (2007, May). The Big Five Meets the Big Three of Social Motivation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Sibley, M., Creasy, B. A., Evans, S. W., Serpell, Z. N., Fallah, N. (2006, August). Predictors of Caregiver Strain in Adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Sibley, M., Creasy, B., Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z.N., & Fallah, N. (2006, August) Predictors of Caregiver Strain in Adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Sibley, M., Fallah, N., White, L.C, Brown, R., & Evans, S.W. (2006, November). Effectiveness of an Assignment Notebook Intervention given to Adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
White, L.C., Evans, S.W., Torre, C., Sibley, M., Brown, R. & Schultz, B. (2006, October). An organization intervention for adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of responding. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice, Lawrence, KS.
2005 – 2006
Barry, C. L., Burnett, J. B., & Henriques, G. R. (2006, March). Cross-validation of the Influence Matrix with the NEO-FFI. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Burnett, J. B., Barry, C. L., & Henriques, G. R. (2006, April). Cross-validation of the Influence Matrix with the IIP. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Virginia Psychological Association, Virginia Beach, VA.
Eldreth, D., Vanderwert, R. E., Perez-Edgar, K., Hardin, M., Van Eck, K., & Fox, N.A. (2006, March). The Role of Temperament and Response Inhibition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Evans, S. W., Green, A., & Serpell, Z. N. (2005). Community participation in the treatment development process using assessment and Community Development Teams. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 765-771.
Evans, S. W., Langberg, J., Raggi, V., Allen, J., & Buvinger, E. (2005). Development of a school-based treatment program for middle school youth with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, 343-353.
Evans, S. W. Timmins, B. (2005). Finding their niche: The role of master’s programs in scientist/practitioner model graduate training. The Behavior Therapist, 28, 123-124.
Evans, S. W., Timmins, B., Serpell, Z., Buvinger, E., & Masse, C. (2005, August). Story comprehension and social functioning in adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
Evans, S. W. & White, L. C. (2005). Book review of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: State of the science/best practices, in Journal of Attention Disorders, 9(1), 369-370.
Martin, J., Van Eck, K., & Perez-Edgar, K. (2006, April). Behavioral and neural correlates of self-monitoring inadolescence: The role of individual differences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Masse, C., Evans, S. W., Brown, R., & Grove, A. (2005). What parents and teachers should know: Effective treatments for youth with ADHD. In C. Franklin, M.B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), School social work and mental health worker's training and resource manual, Allen-Meares. New York: Oxford University Press.
Paulson, D., Henriques, G., Rogers, S., Andre, J., & Pappas, J. (2006, March). The Effect of Negative Affect on the Perception of Egocentric Distance. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Van Eck, K., Eldreth, D., Vanderwert, R., & Fox., N. A., (2006, March). Behavioral inhibition identified at 24 months predicts externalizing behavior throughout childhood. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Van Eck, K., Martin, J., & Perez-Edgar, K. (2006, April). Relations between individual differences in error monitoring strategies and personality in adolescents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, San Francisco, CA.
White, L. C., Barbour, K., Garrett, A., Schill, T., Vodra, A., Schultz, B., & Evans, S. W. (2005, August). Academic underachievement and symptom severity in adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
White, L. C., Evans, S. W., Torre, C., Sibley, M., Brown, R. & Schultz, B. (2006, October). An organization intervention for adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of responding. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice, Lawrence, KS.
Wilde, R., Evans, S. W., Serpell, Z. N., Moore, S., White, L. C., & Buvinger, E. C. (2005, November). Behaviors leading to social acceptance and rejection in young adolescents with ADHD: Implications for social skills interventions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington D.C.
Barry, C. L., Burnett, J. B., & Henriques, G. R. (2006, March). Cross-validation of the Influence Matrix with the NEO-FFI. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Burnett, J. B., Barry, C. L., & Henriques, G. R. (2006, April). Cross-validation of the Influence Matrix with the IIP. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Virginia Psychological Association, Virginia Beach, VA.
Cognitive Science
2008 – 2009
Hall, M.D. & Schuett, J. H. (2008, November). Limits on the number of concurrent auditory streams in arpeggiated tone sequences. Poster presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Ill.
Meserve, R. J., Marsh, K. R., West, R. F., & Stanovich, K. E. (2009, May) Self-Reported SAT Scores As a Quick and Valid Indicator of Cognitive Ability. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society, Philadelphia, PA accepted April 2009, presentation May 2009.
2007 – 2008
Gottlieb, S., & Rogers, S. (2007, August). Transcendent moments are the peak of aesthetic development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA
Meserve, R. J., West, R. F., & Stanovich, K. E. (2008, May). You’re biased, but I’m not: Cognitive ability and the bias blind spot. Poster to be presented at Association for Psychological Sciences convention, Chicago, IL.
2006 - 2007
Gottlieb, S., Rogers, S., Blickenstaff, A., Guinan, M., Fries, K., Lawson, S., & Rose, K. (2007, March). Profound aesthetic experiences can be transcendent. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Meserve, R., France, M. K., West, R., & Stanovich, K. (2007, May). Who is open-minded? The cognitive correlates of superstitious thinking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2005 – 2006
Fries, K., Basabe, C., Kimmelman, A., Pappas, J., Sottolano, M., & Rogers, S. (2005, March). Contribution of Voice Recognition to Eyewitness Identification. Paper presented at the Virginia Psychological Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA.
Roche, J. & Hall, M. D. (2006, May). Processing differences in the auditory-visual integration of emotions and speech. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Sciences, New York, NY.
Quantitative Psychology Concentration
2008 - 2009
Barry, C., Finney, S., Johnston, M., & Horst, S. (2009, April). Are there distinct help-seeking types? An application of mixture modeling. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
Cotten, M. R., & Pastor, D. A. (2008, October). A latent profile analysis of college students’ health and wellness behaviors. Poster presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
Johnston, M., Barry, C., Finney, S., & Horst, S. (2008, October). Using mixture modeling to better understand academic help seeking in college. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
2007 – 2008
Cotten, M. R., Swerdzewski, P. J., Finney, S. J., & Bell, A. L. (2008, June). Comparing Senior and Sophomore Knowledge and Confidence Concerning Academic Advising. Poster presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Finney, S. J., France, M. K., & Swerdzewski, P. (2007, October). Are there underlying subpopulations of college attachment? An application of mixture modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.
France, M. K & Sundre, D. (2008, June). The Consequences of Overlooking Consequential Validity. Paper presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
France, M. K. & Grande, S. (2008, February). Learning from Learning Community Assessment: Reflections on an Evolving Program. Paper presented at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, San Francisco, CA.
France, M. K. & Swerdzewski, P. (2008, April). Using Measures of University Belonging to Impact Student Affairs Endeavors. Paper presented at the meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Atlanta, GA.
France, M. K., Finney, S. J., & Swerdzewski, P. (2008, March). University Attachment for College Sophomores and Juniors: A Focus on its Measurement and Correlates. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
France, M. K., Finney, S. J., & Swerdzewski, P. J. (2007, October). Are university and student attachment distinct constructs: An examination of factor structure and external validity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.
France, M. K., Johnston, M. M., & Cotten, M. R. (2008, June). Student Development in Learning Communities: A Collaborative Effort. Poster presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
France, M. K., Jones, A. T., & Haas, L. M. (2007, October). Assessing the effects of learning communities on academically-related constructs: Group differences and change over time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.
Grande, S. & France, M. K. (2008, April). Developing and Implementing an Assessment Plan for Orientation Programs. Paper presented at the meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Atlanta, GA.
Joe, J., Young, W., & Johnston, M. (2008, June). Engaging in rigorous instrument development to increase the validity of assessment results. Poster presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Shore, T. L., & Anderson, R. (2008, June). The art (and science) of defining a construct. Workshop presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
2006 - 2007
Barry, C. L., Joe, J. N., Campbell, H. L., & Finney, S.J. (2007, April). Do African-American and White Students Conceptualize Achievement Goals Differently? A Measurement Invariance Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Joe, J. N., Harmes, J. C., & Barry, C. L. (2007, April). General education outcomes assessment within the arts and humanities: A qualitative approach to developing objectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Barry, C.L., & Finney, S.J. (2007, May). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the College Self-Efficacy Inventory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Washington, DC.
Grande, S., France, M. K., & Finney, S. J. (2007, June). Does orientation promote learning and development? An assessment plan unearths the answers. Paper presented at the International Assessment and Retention Conference, St. Louis, MO.
2005 – 2006
Baranik, L. E., Lance, C., Lau, A. R., & Barron, K. E. (2006, May). Measurement invariance for the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Lau, A. R. & Finney, S. J. (2006, May). Measuring diversity orientation: The Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity short form. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Pastor, D., Kaliski, P., & Weiss, B. (2006, May) A meta-analytic review of college students’ gains in general education. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Walker, C., Rezner, L., Kaliski, P. & Barron, K. (2006, April). An exploratory mixed method investigation of college classroom climates. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Young, H. & Finney, S. J. (August, 2005). A latent means analysis of the motive to avoid failure among students from different social class backgrounds. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Other
Baranik, L. E., Lance, C., Lau, A. R., & Barron, K. E. (2006, May). Measurement invariance for the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Barron, K. E., Evans, S. W., Baranik, L. E., Serpell, Z. N. & Buvinger, E. (2006). Achievement goals of students with ADHD. Learning Disability Quarterly, 29, 137 – 158.
Lau, A. R. & Kahn, A. S. (2006, March). College women’s experiences of street harassment. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
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