Research: Behavioral Sciences and Education

Holly L. Angelique, Ph.D.
  • Culley, M.R. & Angelique, H. (in press). Nuclear renaissance or relapse: Global climate change, community narratives and long-term activists at Three Mile Island. American Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Culley, M.R. & Angelique, H. (in press). The role of community psychologists in global climate change: A tale of two nuclear cities. American Journal of Community Psychology: Special Issue: Global Climate Change.
  • Quimby, C. C. & Angelique, H. (in press). Barriers to behavior changes related to global climate change. American Journal of Community Psychology: Special Issue: Global Climate Change.
  • Cunningham, K. & Angelique, H. (2010). Meltdown of the public interest and the need for an engaged public sphere: A critical (re-) interpretation of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Humanity & Society, 34 (1) 64-89.
  • Angelique, H. (2008).  On power, psycho-political validity and “play.” Journal of Community Psychology, 36(2) 246-253.
  • Angelique, H. & Culley, M. R. (2007). History and theory of community psychology:  An international perspective of community psychology in the United States: Returning to Political, Critical and Ecological Roots.  In S. Reich, M. Riemer, I. Prilleltensky & M. Montero (Eds.) History and Theories of Community Psychology from Around the World. 37-62.  New York: Kluwer Academic Press/Springer.
  • Angelique, H. & Cunningham, K. (2006). Media framing of dissent: The case of initial anti-nuclear protests following the Three Mile Island accident, The Australian Community Psychologist, 18(2) 42-57.
  • Mercuri, A. & Angelique, H. ( 2004). Children’s responses to natural and technological disasters. Community Mental Health Journal, 20(2) 167-175.
  • Angelique, H. & Culley, M. R. (2003). Feminism found: An examination of gender consciousness in community psychology. Journal of Community Psychology, 31(3) 189-210.
  • Culley, M.R. & Angelique, H. (2003). Women’s gendered experiences as long-term Three Mile Island activists. Gender & Society, 17(3) 445-461.
  • Angelique, H., Reischl, T.M., & Davidson, W.S. (2002). Promoting political empowerment: Evaluation of an intervention with university students. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30(6) 815-833.
  • Kyle, K., & Angelique, H. (2002). Tragedy and catharsis in the wake of 911 attacks. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 12, 1-6.
  • Angelique, H. & Kyle, K. (2002). Monterey declaration of critical community psychology. The Community Psychologist, A Publication of the Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association. 35(1), 35-36.
  • Angelique, H. & Culley, M. R. (2001).Searching for feminism: An analysis of community psychology literature relevant to women’s concerns. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28(6), 793-813.
Lewis Asimeng-Boahene, Ph.D.
  •  Asimeng-Boahene, L. (2010). Educational wisdom of African oral literature: African proverbs as vehicles for enhancing critical thinking skills in social studies education. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 5(3), 59-69
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L & Marinak, B. A. (2010) Well- Chosen Words: Thinking critically about African proverbs. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 23(1), P1-P4
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (2007). "Creating Strategies to Deal with Problems of Teaching Controversial Issues in Social Studies Education in African Schools" International Education, 18(3), 231-242
  • Rachel Grant & Asimeng-Boahene, L (2006) "Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Citizenship Education: Using African Proverbs as Tools for Teaching in Urban Schools in the United States" Multicultural Perspectives, 8(4), 17-24.
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (2005) "Gender Inequity in Science and Mathematics Education in Africa: The Causes, Consequences and Solutions" Education, Vol. 126, No. 4, PP. 711-728
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (Fall/Winter 2005/2006) “The Transmission Approach and the Use of Community Resources to the Teaching of Social Studies in Africa: The Case of Botswana.” Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, PP. 30-40
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (2004) “The Prospects and Problems of African Social Studies Teachers as Action Researchers: A Spotlight on Ghana.” Educational Action Research, Vol. 12, No. 2, PP. 273-285.
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L & Klein, Ana M (Fall 2004) “Is the Diversity Issue a Non-Issue in Mainstream Academia?” Multicultural Education, Vol. 12, No. 1, PP. 47-52.
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (Fall/Winter 2003/2004) “From the Periphery to Prominence: Four Decades of Social Studies Education in Africa, with a Focus on Ghana.” Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, Vol. 1, No.1, PP. 58-66
  • Asimeng-Boahene, L (March/April 2003) “Understanding and Preventing Burnout among Social Studies Teachers in Africa.” The Social Studies, Vol. 94, No. 2, PP. 58-62.
  • Adeyemi, M. B. & Asimeng-Boahene, L. (March 2001) “Democracy and Social Studies Education at the Junior Secondary Level in Botswana” Pastoral Care in Education, Vol. 19,
Thomas G. Bowers, Ph.D.
  • Duelman, Rebecca M., & Bowers, T. G. (2004). Use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in forensic and correctional settings: Evidence for concurrent validity. International Journal of Forensic Psychology, 1(2), 42-57.
  • Kimberly D. Simmers, Bowers, T. G. & Ruiz, James M. (2003). Pre-employment psychological testing of police officers: The MMPI and the IPI as predictors of performance. The International Journal of Police Science and Management, 5(4), 277-294.
  • Bowers, T. G., Demulder, Jodie, Struck, Donna Marie, & Bedard, Brian (2003). Expressive writing disorders: An analysis of theoretical views. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 96, 528-538.
     

 

Gina M. Brelsford, Ph.D.
  • Brelsford, G. M. , & Mahoney, A. (2009). Relying on God to resolve conflict: Theistic mediation and triangulation in relationships between college students and mothers. Journal of Psychology & Christianity, 28, 291-301.
  • Ciarrocchi, J. W., & Brelsford, G. M. (2009). Spirituality, religion, and substance coping as regulators of emotions and meaning making: Different effects on pain and joy. Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 30, 24-36.
  • Brelsford, G. M. (in press). Interpersonal spirituality between college students and fathers. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
  • Brelsford, G. M., & Mahoney, A. (2008). Spiritual disclosure between older adolescents and their mothers. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 62-70.
  • Ciarrocchi, J. W., & Yanni-Brelsford, G. M. (2007). Introduction to special section on positive psychology. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 18, 97. 
  • Brelsford, G. M., Marinelli, S., Ciarrocchi, J. W., & Dy-Liacco, G. S. (2009). Generativity and spiritual disclosure in close relationships. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 150-161.
Barbara A. Bremer, Ph.D.
  • Bremer, B.A., Foxx, R. M., Lee, M., Lykins, D., Mintz, V., & Stine, E. (2001). Potential Clients' Beliefs About the Relative Competency and Caring of Psychologists: Implications for the Profession. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(12), 1479-1488.
  • Robbins, R.A., Bremer, B.A., Walsh, S.M., Fischer, S. & Simmons, Z. (2001). Quality of life in ALS is maintained as physical function declines. Neurology, 56, 442-444.
  • Bremer, B.A., Walsh, S.M., Simmons, Z., Felgosie, S. (November 2001). Increasing importance of religiosity with the progression of ALS. Presented at the 12th International Symposium on ALS/NMD, San Francisco, CA. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Murphy-Reiley, V. M., Simmons, Z., Walsh, S. M., Robbins, R.A., Felgosie, S. H., Murphy T.H., & Bremer, B. A. (May 2001). Factors, which predict quality of life and psychological morbidity in caregivers of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A pilot study. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Philadelphia, PA. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Bremer, B. A., Dupont-Morales, M. A., Turgeon, J. (April 2001). Family violence: The impact on children. Workshop presented at the CASSP 15th Annual Children's Interagency Conference, State College, PA.
  • Bremer, B. A., Walsh, S., Robbins, R.A., & Simmons, Z. (March 2001). Differential effects of public and private religiosity on quality of life of people with ALS. Presented at the 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle WA. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Simmons, Z. S., Bremer, B.A., Robbins, R.M., Walsh, S., & Fischer, S. (2000). Quality of life in ALS depends on factors other than strength and physical function. Neurology, 55, 388-392.
  • Simmons, Z., Bremer, B.A., Robbins, R. A., Walsh, S. M., & Fischer, S., (May 2000). Measuring quality of life in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Validation of instruments. Presented at the 52nd American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Moore, C.T., Bremer, B.A., & Bourbon, B.M. (April 2000). Does talking with your physician make a difference: Cultural implications for the impact of medical interaction on breast cancer survivors. Presented at the 21st Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Nashville, TN. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Simmons, Z., Robbins, R.M., Bremer, B. A., Walsh, S., & Fischer, S. (November 1999). Longitudinal relationships between quality of life, physical function, and spirituality in patients with ALS. Presented at the 10th Annual International Symposium on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Motor Neurone Diseases, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Simmons, Z., Bremer, B.A., & Walsh, S. (April 1999). Measuring quality of life in patients with ALS: A pilot study. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Bremer B.A. & Wert, K. M. (March 1999). Gender schemata and distress symptoms in mid-life women. Presented at the 20th Annual Scientific Session of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, California. (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings.)
  • Bremer, B.A., Wert, K., Durica, A., & Weaver, A. (1997). Impact of neuropsychological functioning on physical and psychosocial rehabilitation of individuals with end-stage renal disease. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 19 (4), 348-352.
  • Bremer, B. A., Moore, C. T., Bourbon, B. M., Hess, D., & Bremer, K. L. (1997). Perceptions of control, physical exercise, and psychological adjustment to breast cancer in South African women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 19(1), 51-60
Felicia Brown-Haywood, D.Ed.
  • Tisdell, E.J., Brown-Haywood, F., Charaniya, N., & West Welsh, J. (2011), The intersecting roles of religion, culture, and spirituality in feminist popular education in a Post 9-11 US Context; Book chapter in Feminist Popular Education in Transnational Debates: Building Pedagogies of Possibility
  • Charaniya, N., Brown-Haywood, F., West-Welsh, J and Tisdell, E.J., (2010), The intersecting roles of religion, culture and spirituality in emancipatory adult education. Theory Development proposal accepted at the Adult Education Research Conference.
  • Stuckey, H., Tisdell, E., & Brown-Haywood, F. (2005), The living colors of transformation in education: multidimensional and cultural perspectives. Presented at the Sixth International Transformative Learning Conference.  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
  • Stuckey, H., Brown-Haywood, F. & Tisdell, E. (2005). The living colors of education: multidimensional and cultural perspectives. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Adult Education Research Conference (pp. 26-31). Harrisburg, PA: Penn State Harrisburg.
  • Ross-Gordon, J. & Brown-Haywood, F. (2000). Keys to college success: As seen through the eyes of African American adult students. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, Vol. 48, No.3.
  • Brown-Haywood, F. (2000). Making meaning of leadership: Looking through the eyes of black protestant male pastors. Proceedings of the Adult Education Research Conference, Harrisburg, PA: Penn State Harrisburg.
  • Brown-Haywood, F. (1998). The essence of leadership: Looking through the eyes of black protestant pastors. Doctoral Dissertation. Harrisburg, PA: Penn State University
  • Ross- Gordon, J. & Brown-Haywood, F. (1996). Ingredients for college success: Looking through the eyes of African American adults. Proceedings of the Adult Education Research Conference. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida.
Shanetia P. Clark, Ph.D.
  • Clark, S. P. (2003). Watch out for fool's gold!: Searching for internet treasures for teachers. The Clearing House, 76(6), 292-294.
  • Hinchey, P. H., and Clark, S.P. (2005, September 11). The National Technology Plan: Bush contradicts himself again (and again)? . Public Resistance. Retrieved September 23, 2005, from http://www.publicresistance.org/journals/1.2-2NatlTechPlan2.htm.
  • Clark , S.P. (2006). The revolution is not in the technology; It is in the teachers’ response to the technology. Paper published in the 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Education Proceedings , Honolulu, HI.
Jaelyn R. Farris, Ph.D.

Books

  • Borkowski, J. G., Farris, J. R., Whitman, T. L., Carothers, S.S., Weed, K., & Keogh, D. A. (Eds.). (2007). Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Articles and Chapters

  • Prosnick, K. P., Evans, W. J., & Farris, J. R. (2003). Development and psychometric properties of scores from the Short Index of Self-Directedness. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 36, 76-82.
  • Farris, J. R., Smith, L. E., & Weed, K. (2007). Resilience and vulnerability in the context of multiple risks. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Nicholson, J. S., & Farris, J. R. (2007). Children’s uncertain futures: Socioemotional delays and psychopathologies. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Borkowski, J. G., Whitman, T. L., & Farris, J. R. (2007). Adolescent mothers and their children: Risks, resilience, and development. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Carothers, S. S., Farris, J. R., & Maxwell, S. E. (2007). Design and analytic approaches to research on resilience. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Borkowski, J. G., Farris, J. R., & Weed, K. (2007). Toward resilience: Designing effective prevention programs. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Borkowski, J. G., Carothers, S. S., Howard, K., Schatz, J., & Farris, J. R. (2007). Intellectual assessment and intellectual disability. In J. W. Jacobson, J. A. Mulick, & J. Rojahn (Eds.), Handbook of intellectual and developmental disabilities. New York: Springer.
  • Bert, S. C., Farris, J. R., & Borkowski, J. G. (2008). Parent training: Implementation strategies for “Adventures in Parenting.” Journal of Primary Prevention, 29, 243-261.
  • Bert, S. C., & Farris, J. R. (2009). Addressing attrition rates: New directions in administering parent training. In P. H. Krause & T. M. Dailey (Eds.), Handbook of parenting: Styles, stresses, and strategies. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Farris, J. R., Nicholson, J. S., Borkowski, J. G., & Whitman, T. L. (2010). Onset and progression of disruptive behavior problems among community boys and girls: A prospective longitudinal analysis. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
  • Farris, J. R., & Borkowski, J. G. (2010). Resilience. In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini's encyclopedia of psychology (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Farris, J. R., Nicholson, J. S., & Borkowski, J. G. (2011). Intellectual Disability. Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
  • Nicholson, J. S., Deboeck, P., Farris, J. R., Boker, S. M., & Borkowski, J. G. (2011). Maternal depressive symptomatology and child behavior: Transactional relationship with simultaneous bidirectional coupling. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1312-1323.
  • Farris, J. R., Bert, S. C., Glass*, K., & Borkowski, J. G. (Under review). Reducing symptoms of maternal psychopathology through a parent intervention program.
  • Farris, J. R., Borkowski, J. G., Lefever, J. E. B., & Whitman, T. L. (Under review). Two is better than one: The joint influence of cognitive readiness and self-esteem on children’s school achievement and behaviors.

Works in progress

  • Farris, J. R., Borkowski, J. G., & Whitman, T. L. (In preparation). Trajectories of disruptive behavior problems among at-risk youth.
  • Farris, J. R., Greenberg, M. T., et al. (In preparation). Sex-specific moderators of treatment effectiveness.
  • Farris, J. R., Bert, S. C., & Cruger, E. (In preparation). Long-term effects of a parent training program.

Awards and honors

  • 2002 – 2007. Research supported by the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional Research Award, Predoctoral Training Program in Mental Retardation Research. NIH Training Grant #HD07184. Principal Investigators: John G. Borkowski, Ph.D. and Thomas L. Whitman, Ph.D.
  • 2003. Zeaman Travel Award, Gatlinburg Conference
  • 2005, 2006, & 2007. Gordon Conference Presentation Grant, Graduate Student Union

Research Funding

  • Co-Principal Investigator/Project Manager: Enhancing School Readiness through Early Home-Based Intervention. Pew Charitable Trusts. PI: John Borkowski. $49,000.
  • Co-Investigator: Preventing Child Neglect and Promoting School Readiness. Pilot Funds for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. PI: John Borkowski. $5,000
  • Co-Investigator: The Impact of Infant Attachment Status on Children’s Early Mental and Physical Development. Pilot Funds for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. PI: Jennifer Burke Lefever. Additional Co-Investigator: Jody Nicholson. $15,000
  • Mentor: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). Awarded by the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts to support undergraduate research, summer stipends, and conference travel. Approximately $7,800
Richard Fiene, Ph.D.
  • Fiene & Carl (2011). Child Care Quality Indicators Scale, in T Halle (Ed.), Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Tool Kit, Washington, D.C.: Child Trends.
  • Manlove, Benson, Strickland, & Fiene (2010). Who’s minding the children in rural Pennsylvania? A profile of regulated child care and the families using it.  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
  • Johnson, Fiene, McKinnon, & Babu (2010). A study of early childhood education pre-service teacher education at major universities in 38 pre-k states.  New York, New York: Foundation for Child Development.
  • Fiene (2009). Mentoring programs help caregivers “weigh” in on children’s eating behaviors, Penn State Policy Briefing, University Park, Pennsylvania: Center for Public Policy Research in Environment, Energy and Community.
  • Fiene (2008). Using Child Care Programs As A Portal to Changing the Eating Behaviors of Young Children, in L. Birch and W. Dietz (Eds.), Eating Behaviors of the Young Child: Prenatal and Postnatal Influences on Healthy Eating, Elk Grove Village, Illinois: American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Fiene (2007). Child Development Program Evaluation & Caregiver Observation Scale, in T Halle (Ed.), Early Care and Education Quality Measures Compendium, Washington, D.C.: Child Trends.
  • Fiene (2007). Using Child Care Programs As A Portal to Changing the Eating Behaviors of Young Children, in L. Birch and W. Dietz (Eds.), Eating Behaviors of the Young Child, Princeton, New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Fiene and Isler (2007). Home based and family child care: Characteristics and quality issues, In C. J. Groark, K. E., Mehaffie, R. B. McCall & M. T. Greenberg (Eds.),Evidence-Based Programs, Practices, and Policies for Early Childhood Care and Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press .
  • Weinraub, Shlay, Kochanoff & the Universities Children’s Policy Collaborative (Fiene, Greenberg, McCall, Groark, Mehaffie, Nelkin & Ethridge-Smith) (2006). Findings from the 2002 Pennsylvania Family Survey and their relevance for the future, Commonwealth, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (LORL).
  • Fiene (2006). Early Childhood Initiatives in Other States, in J.M. Perzel, Education in Pennsylvania: Early Childhood Education: Universal Pre-K and Other Alternatives, Volume 4, Spring, 2006, Harrisburg: Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  • Fiene (2003). Licensing related indicators of quality child care, Child Care Bulletin, Winter 2002-2003, pps 12-13.
  • Fiene, Greenberg, Bergsten, Carl, Fegley, & Gibbons (2002). The Pennsylvania early childhood quality settings study, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Governor’s Task Force on Early Care and Education.
  • Fiene (2002). Improving child care quality through an infant caregiver mentoring project, Child and Youth Care Forum, 31(2), 75-83.
  • Fiene (2002). Thirteen indicators of quality child care: Research update. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Johnson, Fiene, Keat, Darling, Pratt, Iutcovich (2001). Mastering course content and learner satisfaction: A comparison of regular classroom instruction with three variations of internet delivery. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp 267-274.
  • Iutcovich, Fiene, Johnson, Koppel, & Langan (2001). Professional development and the quality of child care: An assessment of Pennsylvania's child care training system. In Early education and care, and reconceptualizing play , Elsevier Science Ltd., Volume 11, 115-168.
  • Fiene, & Kroh (2000). Measurement tools and systems, in Licensing Curriculum, National Association for Regulatory Administration, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
JoVictoria Goodman, Ph.D.
  • Mapping an Autobiography of Post-9/11 America: A new paradigm for policy-making—constituencies for a curriculum of possibility (June, 2007), Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies [Online].
  • Mapping practitioner perspectives of “It’s research-based”: Scientific discourse, speech acts, and the use and abuse of research (2007) (first author), with N. B. Garman. International Journal of Educational Leadership: Theory & Practice, 10(3).
  • Autobiography of a democratic nation at risk: The currere of culture and citizenship in the post-9/11 American wilderness (2009). (Curriculum as Complicated Conversation Series, W. F. Pinar (Ed.), 26). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
  • Confronting Authority and Self: Social cartography and curriculum theorizing for uncertain times (2006). In N. Garman and M. Piantanida (Eds.), Authority to Imagine: The struggle toward representation in dissertation writing, 49-63. (Curriculum as Complicated Conversation Series, W. F. Pinar (Ed.), 11). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
  • A ludic approach to mapping environmental education discourse (1996). In R. G. Paulston (Ed.). Social cartography: Ways of seeing social and educational change, 307-326. New York: Garland Publishers.
  • Christina and Nicholson-Goodman (2005). Going to Scale with High-Quality Early Education: Choices and consequences in universal pre-kindergarten efforts. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. [Online]. Available: http://www.rand.org/publications/TR/TR237
  • Nicholson-Goodman (2000/1996). A ludic approach to mapping environmental discourse. In Paulston (Ed.), Social Cartography: Mapping ways of seeing social and educational change. New York: Garland.
  • Nicholson-Goodman (1996). Mapping/remapping discourse in educational policy studies. In Mapping Multiple Perspectives: Research reports of the University of Pittsburgh Social Cartography Project, 1993-1996. Pittsburgh, PA: Department of Administrative & Policy Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Marissa Harrison, Ph.D.
  • Harrison, M.A., Hughes, S.M., Burch, R.L., & Gallup, G.G., Jr. (2008). The impact of prior heterosexual experiences on homosexuality in women. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(2): 316-327.
  • Hughes, S.M., Harrison, M.A., & Gallup, G.G., Jr. (2007). Sex differences in kissing among college students. Evolutionary Psychology, 5(3), 612-631.
Ilhan Kucukaydin, D.Ed.
  • Kucukaydin, I., & Cranton, P. (in progress). Critically Questioning the Integration of Jungian Psychic Structures in Transformative Learning Theory. Journal of Transformative Education
  • Kucukaydin, I. (in press). Unbearable lightness of being too nice to question. The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.
  • Kucukaydin, I. (2010). Counter learning under oppression. Adult Education Quarterly. Revised resubmit decision received.
  • Kucukaydin, I. (2008). Book Review: Clover and Stalker’s “The Arts and Social Justice: Re-crafting Adult Education and Community Cultural Leadership”. Adult Education Quarterly (59)1.
  • Kucukaydin, I. (2008). Counter learning under oppression. (Doctoral dissertation, Penn State University Harrisburg, 2008)
  • Kucukaydin, I., & Tisdell, E. J. (2008). The discourse on the digital divide: Are we being co-opted? UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, vol. 4, Issue 1, Article 6 http://repositories.cdlib.org/gseis/interactions/vol4/iss1/art6
  • Kucukaydin, I. (Spring, 2008). Meeting Dr. Stephan Brookfield. Adult Education Times Newsletter, p. 5.
Rebecca M. LaFountain, Ed.D.
  • Editor of the Special Issue on Interprofessional Collaboration (2010). Journal of Individual Psychology 66(3)
  • LaFountain, R.B. & Bartos, R.B. (2001). Research and Statistics Made Meaningful in Counseling and Student Affairs. Wadsworth
Raffy Luquis, Ph.D.
  • Perez, M. & Luquis R. (Eds.) (in press). Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
  • Luquis, R. & Pérez, M. (2006). Cultural competency among school health educators. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 13(4), 218-222.
  • Luquis, R., Pérez, M., & Young K. (2006). Cultural competence development in health education professional preparation programs. American Journal of Health Education, 37(4), 233-241.
  • Luquis, R., & Villanueva, I. (2006). Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about breast cancer and breast cancer screening among Hispanic women residing in south central Pennsylvania. Journal of Community Health, 31(1), 25-42.
  • Luquis R. & Pérez, M. (2005). Health Educators and Cultural Competence: Implications for the Profession. American Journal of Health Studies, 20(3/4), 156-163.
  • Pérez, M., Luquis, R., & Allison, L. (2004). Instrument development for measuring teachers� attitude and comfort in teaching human sexuality. American Journal of Health Education, 35(1), 24-29.
Steven A. Melnick, Ph.D.
  • Melnick, S.A., & Witmer, J.T. (Submitted for review). Team-based professional development: A new model for professional growth. Action in Teacher Education.
  • Meister, D., Willard-Holt, C., Owens, C., Grant, R., Gustafson, D. & Melnick, S. (Submitted for review). Alternative Assessment Practices in Teacher Education Courses. Teacher Education.
  • Melnick, S.A., (1999). Quality Control of Home Schooling. A Publication of the Pennsylvania State Data Center.
  • Meister, D.G., Gustafson, D., Melnick, S.A., Owens, C.V., & Willard-Holt, C. (November 1, 2001). Alternative assessment practices in teacher education classes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (PAC-TE), Grantville, PA.
  • Meister, D., Willard-Holt, C., Owens, C., Grant, R., Gustafson, D., & Melnick, S. (February 20, 2001). Modeling best practices in assessment in teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Willard-Holt, C., Gustafson, D., Grant, R., Meister, D., Owens, C., & Melnick, S. (April 14, 2001). Modeling exemplary assessment techniques in higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.
  • Coyle, H. E. & Melnick, S. A. (November 20, 2000). Linking Social Skills-Based Instrumentation with Selection of School Violence Prevention Curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Educational Research Association, Hershey, PA, November 20, 2000.
  • Melnick, S. A. & Coyle, H. E. (April, 2000). Validation of a School Violence Prevention Instrument. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 25, 2000. (ERIC Document No. 441 023).
  • Hollich, G., Zaenglein, J., & Melnick, S.A. (March, 2000). Curriculum on Demand. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, New Orleans, LA, March 26, 2000.
  • Melnick, S. A. & Coyle, H. E. (February, 2000). School Violence: Matching Needs with Appropriate Curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL, February 17, 2000.
Mary Napoli, Ph.D.
  • Napoli, M. & Day, D. (2010). Honoring the Voices of Today’s Youth: Interview with Coe Booth. Voices of Youth Advocates (VOYA), 33(3), 204-207.
  • Napoli, M. (2009). How middle school teachers’ personal reading histories shape their literature selections. SIGNAL, 32(2), 11-15.
  • Napoli, M. & Ritholz, E. (2009). Using Jacqueline Woodson’s Locomotion with middle school readers. Voices from the Middle, 16(3), 31-39.
  • Wilburne, J. & Napoli, M. (2008). Connecting mathematics and literature: An analysis of preservice elementary teachers’ changing beliefs and knowledge. IUMPST: The Journal. 2 (Pedagogy), September. Available at www.k-12prep.math.ttu.edu. [Supplemental B-4.]
  • Napoli, M. (2010). A Dozen Great Books: Books that invite visual play, imagination, and response. Journal of Children’s Literature, 36(1), 82.
  • Ward, B., Dotlich, R.K., Magliaro, E., McNair, J.C., Napoli, M., Young, T. (2010). Poetry for children at its best: 2009 Notables. Language Arts, 87(6), 478-486.
  • Van Zile, S. & Napoli, M. (2009). Teaching Literary Elements With Picture Books: Engaging, Standards-Based Lessons and Strategies: Scholastic, NY.
  • Wilburne, J. & Napoli, M. (2008). Connecting Mathematics and Literature: An Analysis of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers’ Changing Beliefs and Knowledge. IUMPST: The Journal. Vol 2 (Pedagogy), September 2008. [www.k-12prep.math.ttu.edu]
  • Wilburne, J. M., & Napoli, M. (2007). Integrating literature and mathematics: A mysterious connection. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 13(3), 135-139.
  • Wilburne, J.M., Napoli, M. Keat, J. Dile, K., Trout, M. & Decker, S. (2007). Journeying into mathematics through storybooks: A kindergarten study. Teaching Children Mathematics, 14(4), 232-237
  • Napoli, M. (2007). Using poetry to explore social justice and global understanding. In N. Hadaway & M. McKenna (Eds.) Breaking boundaries with global literature:
    Celebrating diversity in K–12 classrooms, a peer reviewed book (pp. 151-164). Newark: International Reading Association.
  • Napoli, M. (2007). Preadolescent Girls Speak Out: Negotiating Marketed Messages. In Laurie Ousley (Ed.) The Politics and the Political in Books for Children and Young Adults. (pp. 238-254) Cambridge Scholars Press.
  • Napoli, M. (2007). Opening children’s eyes to the world in which they live: One book at a time -A conversation with Deborah Ellis. Journal of Children’s Literature.
  • Napoli, M. (2006). Promoting Cultural Understanding Through Children’s Literature. Pennsylvania Reads, 7(1), 18-24.
  • Napoli, M., Keat, J., Subramaniam, K., & Wilburne, J. (2006). Reconceptualizing Preservice Teachers’ Field Experiences Through a Structured Reflection Model. Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 5 (Fall), 1-8.
  • Napoli, M. (Fall 2004). I want to be just like Mary-Kate and Ashley. Women in Literacy and Leadership, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, 21, 9-16.
  • Napoli, M. (2002). Critical Literacy in the Elementary classroom: Notes from a Teacher Research Journal. In Transmediation in the classroom: A Semiotics-Based Media Literacy framework by Ladislaus M. Semali. Peter Lang, NY: New York.
  • Napoli, M. (2001). Promoting Social Justice through Children's Literature. Pennsylvania Reads, 2 (1), 33-36.
  • Napoli, M. (2000). Exploring Issues of Social Jutice: Professional books to begin your journey. Pennsylvania Reads, 1, (1), 39-40.

Articles In press

  • Yenika-Agbaw, V. & Napoli, M. (Accepted). Domestic and international multiculturalism: Children’s literature about Africans and African Americans. Write4Children, peer-reviewed journal, 16 pages.
  • Napoli, M. (Accepted). Children’s illustration as a healing process: Exploring the work of Shadra Strickland. Creative Process section, Journal of Children’s Literature, peer reviewed journal, 11 pages.
  • Napoli, M. (Accepted). Going green: Using children’s literature to increase awareness about the environment. Kappa Delta Pi Record.
Jason Petula, Ph.D.
  • Petula, J. (2010, June).  Systemic science education change inspired by field programs for teachers.  Poster session presented at the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, Norway.
  • Petula, J. (2010, June).  Arctic dinosaurs and educational outreach.  Poster session presented at the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, Norway.
  • Petula, J., & McDonald, S. (2010). Three-dimensional analysis of teachers’ professional development. Catalyst for Change, 36(1), 23-28.        
  • Petula, J. (2007).  Collaborations from the Cretaceous.  The Polar Times, 3(10), 30-31
  • Petula, J. (2006, August 2).  Cool times in the Cretaceous.  The Journal.
  • Petula, J. (2006, August 9).  Kikak-tegoseak dinosaur quarry.  The Journal.
  • Petula, J. (2006, August 16). Interpretations of the ancient Arctic.  The Journal.
  • Petula, J. (2006, August 23).  Making sense of mud and silt.  The Journal.
  • Petula, J. (2006, August 30).  Throwing caution into the wind.  The Journal. 
  • Petula, J. (2006).  Statistical analysis of foci data.  The Earth Scientist. 22(2), 23-25.
  • Petula, J. (2002). TEA mentoring methodology 101. Voices from the Community.
  • Petula, J. (2001, November 28).The elusive continent – Antarctica.  The New Age Examiner.
  • Petula, J. (2001, December 5).  McMurdo Station – The gateway to Antarctica.  The New Age Examiner.
  • Petula, J. (2001, December 12). The bottom of the world – Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.  The New Age Examiner.
  • Petula, J. (2001, December 26).  Where no man has been before – Reedy Glacier.  The New Age Examiner.
Senel Poyrazli, Ph.D.

Books

  • Poyrazli, S., & Thompson, C. E. (Eds). (in press). International case studies in mental health: An international perspective on counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Target publication date: May 2012.
  • Sommers-Flanagan, R., Elander, C., Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Poyrazli, S. (2009). Bizi bosamayin: Bosanma surecini yasayan cocuklarin anne-babalara onerileri [Don’t divorce us: Kids’ advice to divorcing parents]. Ankara, Turkey: Ani Publishing (A prominent academic publisher in Turkey).

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications

  • Shigemoto, Y., & Poyrazli, S. (in press). Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. and Japanese College Students. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.
  • Duru, E., & Poyrazli, S. (2011). The role of demographics, English language competency, perceived discrimination and social connectedness in predicting level of adjustment difficulties among Turkish international students in the U.S. The International Journal of Psychology, 46, 446-454.
  • Poyrazli, S., & Hand, D. B. (2011). Using drawings as a pedagogical method to facilitate multicultural competency development. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 38, 93-104. 
  • Poyrazli, S., Thukral, R. K., & Duru, E. (2010) International students’ race-ethnicity, personality, and acculturative stress. International Journal of Psychology and Counseling, 2(2), 25-32. http://www.academicjournals.org/ijpc/contents/2010cont/Aug.htm
  • Poyrazli, S., & Sahin, A. E. (2009). Suggestions regarding the process of writing and publishing manuscripts in English for international journals. Education & Science, 34, 117-131.
  • Grahame, K. M., Grahame, P. R., Ferrer-Wreder, L., Coatsworth, D., Meister, D., Poyrazli, S., & Forthun, L. (2008). Left behind?  Charter schooling in a low-income community.  Education and Society, 26, 25-45.
  • Gomleksiz, M., Poyrazli, S., & Vural, R. A. (2008). Discriminatory attitudes: A scale development in Turkish. Psychological Reports, 103, 921-930.
  • Poyrazli, S., Ferrer-Wreder, L., Meister, D. G., Forthun, L., Coatsworth, J.D., & Grahame, K. M. (2008). Academic achievement, employment, age, and gender and students’ experience of alternative school. Adolescence, 43, 547-556.
  • Sumer, S., Poyrazli, S., & Grahame, K. (2008). Predictors of depression and anxiety among international students. Journal of Counseling and Development, 86, 429 - 437.
  • Ferrer-Wreder, L., Palchuk, A., Poyrazli, S., Small, M. L., & Domitrovich, C. E. (2008). Identity and adolescent adjustment. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 8 (2), 95-105.
  • Poyrazli, S., & Lopez, M. D. (2007). An exploratory study on perceived discrimination and homesickness: A comparison of international students to the U.S. students. The Journal of Psychology, 141, 263-280.
  • Ferrer-Wreder, L., Poyrazli, S., Bedard, B., Coatsworth, J. D., Meister, D., Forthun, L., & Grahame, K. M. (2007). Alternative school students' normative beliefs about aggression. Journal of Educational Alternatives, 3 (2), 66-87.
  • Poyrazli, S. & Grahame, K. (2007).  Barriers to adjustment: Needs of international students within a semi-urban campus community. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 34, 28-45.
  • Duru, E., & Poyrazli, S. (2007). Personality dimensions, psychosocial-demographic variables, and English language competency in predicting level of acculturative stress among Turkish international students in the USA. International Journal of Stress Management, 14, 99-110.
  • Poyrazli, S., & Kavanaugh, P. (2006).  Marital Status, Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, and Adjustment Strains: The Case of Graduate International Students. College Student Journal, 40, 767-780.
  • Connor, J., Poyrazli, S., Ferrer-Wreder, L., Grahame, K. (2004). The relation of age, gender, ethnicity, and risk behaviors to self-esteem among students in nonmainstream schools. Adolescence, 39, 457-473.
  • Poyrazli, S., Kavanaugh, P., Baker, A., & Al-Timimi, N. (2004).  Social support and demographic correlates of acculturative stress in international students, Journal of College Counseling, 7, 73-82.
  • Poyrazli, S. (2003).  Ethnic identity and psychosocial adjustment among international students. Psychological Reports, 92, 512-514. 
  • Poyrazli, S. (2003). Validity of Rogerian therapy in Turkish culture: A cross- cultural perspective. Journal of Humanistic Counseling Education and Development, 42, 107-115. 
  • Poyrazli, S., Arbona, C., Nora, A., McPherson, B., & Pisecco, S. (2002).  Relation between assertiveness, academic self-efficacy, and psychosocial adjustment among international graduate students. Journal of College Student Development, 43, 632-642.
  • Poyrazli, S., Arbona, C., Bullington, R., & Pisecco, S. (2001).  Adjustment issues of Turkish college students in the United States. College Student Journal, 35(1), 52-62.

Contributions to Books – Book Chapters

  • Poyrazli, S., Dogan, S., & Eskin, M. (in press). Counseling and psychotherapy in Turkey: Influence of western theories, unique challenges, and the need to develop culturally-inclusive methods. In: R. Moodley, U. Gielen, & R. Wu. Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy in an international context. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Poyrazli, S., & Eskin, M. (in press). Bisexual identity in a traditional culture: A case study from Turkey. In S. Poyrazli & C. E. Thompson (Eds.). International case studies in mental health: An international perspective on counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Accepted September 2011.
  • Poyrazli, S., & Thompson, C. E. (in press). Towards an inclusive international psychology. In S. Poyrazli & C. E. Thompson (Eds.). International case studies in mental health: An international perspective on counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Accepted October 2011.
  • Thompson, C. E., & Poyrazli, S. (in press). What Can We Learn From Mental Health Practitioners Around the World? In S. Poyrazli & C. E. Thompson (Eds.). International case studies in mental health: An international perspective on counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Accepted October 2011.
  • Poyrazli, S. (2010). Only Rogers, everywhere and all the time? No. In: Trotter-Mathison, M., Koch, J. M., Sanger, S. & Skovholt, T. M. (Eds.) Voices from the field: Defining moments in counselor and therapist development. (pp.77-81). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Poyrazli, S. (2009).Considerations when interviewing immigrants. In John Sommers-Flanagan & Rita Sommers-Flanagan (Eds.), Clinical Interviewing (4th edition, pp. 418-419). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Editor-Reviewed Articles

  • Stevens, M. J., Poyrazli, S., &, Takooshian, H. (2009). Are you an international psychologist? Would you like to become one? The General Psychologist, 44 (2), 9-11.
  • Poyrazli, S. (2005). International students at US universities. Eye on Psi Chi, 9 (2),
    18-19.

Editorials

  • Poyrazli, S., Stevens, M. J. (2009). Bridging the research divide between counseling and related fields. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 9(36), 1-7.

Other Publications

  • Erskine, J., & Poyrazli, S. (2011). Family influences on the career choices of international undergraduate college students. International Psychology Bulletin, 15(2), 42-45.
  • Poyrazli, S. (2011). Yeni süreli yayınlar: Nasıl oluşturulur ve nasıl başarılı hale getirilir? [New academic journals: How to establish them and make sure of their success], TSE Standard: Ekonomik ve Teknik Dergi, 50, 80-81.
  • Poyrazli, S. (September, 2004). Immigrants: Mental health and resources. Our Voice, 2(2), 3.
  • Poyrazli, S. (June, 2004). Turkish culture and suggestions for immigrants. Our Voice, 2(3), 3.
Chiara Sabina, Ph.D.
  • Sabina, C. & Tindale, R.S. (2008).  Abuse characteristics and coping resources as predictors of problem-focused coping strategies among battered women.  Violence Against Women, 14, 437-456.
Kimberly A. Schreck, Ph.D.
  • Richdale, A. L. & Schreck, K. A. (2009).  Sleep problems in autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, nature, & possible biopsychological aetiologies. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 13, 403-411.
  • Richdale, A., & Schreck, K. (2008).  Assessment and Intervention in Autism: An Historical Perspective. In J. Matson (Ed).  Clinical assessment and intervention for autism spectrum disorders (pp. 3-32). New York: Elsevier.
  • Ivy, J. W. & Schreck, K. A. (2008).  A Behavioral Approach to Training Day Care Workers. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 4, 227-238.
  • Schreck, K. A. & Mazur, A. (2008).  Behavior analyst use of and beliefs in treatments for people with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 23, 201-212.
  • Schreck, K. A., & Williams, K. E. (2006).  Food preferences and factors influencing food selectivity for children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 27, 353-363. 
  • Schreck, K. A., Williams, K., & Smith, A.  (2004).   A comparison of eating behaviors between children with and without autism.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 433-438. 
  • Schreck, K. A., Mulick, J. A., & Smith, A. (2004).  Sleep problems as possible predictors of  intensified symptoms of autism.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 57-66. 
  • Schreck, K.A. (2001). Behavioral treatments for sleep problems in autism:  Empirically supported or just universally accepted?  Behavioral Interventions, 16 (4), 265-278.
  • Schreck, K.A. (2000).  It can be done: An example of a Behavioral Individualized Education Program (IEP) for a child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 15 (4), 279-300
  • Schreck, K.A. & Mulick, J.A. (2000). Parental report of sleep problems in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30 (2), 127-135.
Martha J. Strickland , Ed.D.
  • Melnick, S., Witmer, J., & Strickland, M. (2011).  Cognition and student learning through the arts.  Arts Education Policy Review. 112, 1-9.  Refereed.
  • Wilburne, J., Marinak, B., & Strickland, M. (2011).  Addressing cultural bias in mathematics problems.  Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.  16(8), 460-465. Refereed.
  • Hairston, K., & Strickland, M. (2011).  Growing…but constrained: An exploration of teachers’ and researchers’ interactions with culture and diversity through personal narratives.  The Qualitative Report.  16(2), 341-357. Refereed.
  • Strickland, M. (2010).  Are they getting it?  Exploring intersubjectivity between teachers and immigrant students in three culturally diverse classrooms. International Learning Journal. 17(6), 197-213.  Refereed.
  • Marinak, B., Strickland, M., & Keat, J. (2010).  A mosaic of words: Using photo narration to support all learners.  Young Children.  65(5), 32-38. Refereed.
  • Strickland, M. & Adera, B. (2010).  Reflecting on an urban field experience: Listening to pre-service teachers’ constructed storylines and silence.  Critical Issues in Teacher Education.  17, 51-61. Refereed.
  • Strickland, M., Keat, J., & Marinak, B. (2010, June/July).  Connecting worlds: Using photo narrations to connect immigrant children, preschool teachers, and immigrant families.  The School Community Journal, 20(1), 81-102.  Refereed.
  • Marinak, B., Strickland, M., & Keat, J. (2009).  Using cameras to stimulate conversation of native-born and immigrant preschoolers.  Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 1(3), 7-11.  Refereed.
  • Keat, J., Strickland, M., & Marinak, B. (2009).  Child Voice: How Immigrant Children Enlightened Their Teachers with a Camera.  Early Childhood Education Journal 37(1), 13-21.  Refereed.
  • Marinak, B., Strickland, M., & Keat, J. (2009). Using cameras to stimulate conversation of native-born and immigrant preschoolers. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 1(3), 7-11.
  • Keat, J., Strickland, M., & Marinak, B. (2009, August). Child Voice: How Immigrant Children Enlightened Their Teachers with a Camera. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(1), 13-25.
  • Melnick, S.A., Witmer, J.T., & Strickland, M.J. (2008, October). Cognition and student learning through the arts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/nera_2008/2
  • Strickland, M. & Shumow, L. (2008). Family Matters: Exploring the Complexities of Families of Immigrant Adolescents and Achievement in Four G8 Countries. The Open Family Studies Journal. 1, 39-48.
  • Strickland, M. (2007).Asking key questions of the Learning-Focused Schools model: An educational psychologist explores the research context. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership. 27(1). 24-31.
  • Strickland, M. (2007). Listening to Teach: The Effective Tool for Teaching in Diverse Classrooms. The School Community Journal.17 (2), 123-128.
  • Strickland, M. (2007). Harnessing the storm: Contextualizing ELL research in the teacher education arenas. In Center for Schools and Communities, Penn State Harrisburg, and Pennsylvania Department of Education (Eds.) Making the right investments: Strengthening the education of English Language and Bilingual Learners, 64-71. Harrisburg, PA: Center for Schools and Communities.

Current Research

  • Feasibility Study of using Auto-Photography to Enhance Teacher-Child Relationships in Diverse Classrooms (2010-present). This is a funded mixed method study exploring how auto-photography impacts kindergarten teachers’ relationships with children from cultural/ethnic backgrounds different from their own. Primary Investigator.
  • K-12 Mathematics & Pre-Service & In-Service Teachers’ Approach to Preparing to Teach Mathematics Word Problems to Multicultural Classes (2009-present). This is a qualitative study using a think aloud protocol that explores how pre-service and in-service teachers narrate how they construct teaching mathematics word problems when considering students from cultural backgrounds different from their own. Co-Primary Investigator.
  • Teaching and Learning Spanish in Second Life. (2009-present). This qualitative research study explores the value of using Second Life, a Virtual Online Community as a supplemental activity in Spanish 1 classes at Penn State Harrisburg. Co-Primary Investigator.
Heather Stuckey, D.Ed.
  • Stuckey, H.L., Boan, J, Kraschnewski, JL, Miller-Day, M, Lehman, EB, & Sciamanna, CN. Using positive deviance for determining successful weight-control practices. Qualitative Health Research, 2010, epub ahead of print.
  • Stuckey, H., Adelman, A., & Gabbay, R. (in press). Improving care by delivering the Chronic Care Model for diabetes. Diabetes Management.
  • Schubart, J., & Stuckey, H. Chronic Health Conditions and Internet Behavioral Interventions: A Review of Factors to Enhance User Engagement. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2010, epub ahead of print.
  • Stuckey, H. & Nobel, J. (2010). The connection between art, healing and public health: A review of current literature. American Journal of Public Health, 100(2), 254-263.
  • Stuckey, H., & Tisdell, E. (2010). The role of creative expression in diabetes: An exploration into the meaning- making process. Qualitative Health Research, 20(1), 42-56.
  • Stuckey, H., Dellasega, C., Graber, N., Mauger, D., Lendel, I, & Gabbay, R. (2009). Diabetes nurse case management and motivational interviewing for change (DYNAMIC): Study design and baseline characteristics in the chronic care model for Type 2 diabetes. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 30(4), 366-374.
  • Stuckey, H. (2009). Multiple ways of knowing in health education: The ongoing art of meaning (re)making in action research. Adult Education Quarterly, 60(1), 46-64.
  • Hoggan, C., Stuckey, H., & Simpson, S. (2009). Transformative learning and creative expression: Tools and techniques for educators of adults. Malabar, FL: Kreiger.
  • Stuckey, H., & Kring, K. (2007). Experiences of teaching and learning in a graduate critical media literacy course. New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 115, 25-34.
Edward W. Taylor, Ed.D.

Books

  • Taylor, E. W. & Cranton, P. (Eds.) (In-Press). Handbook of transformative learning: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Publication.
  • Taylor, E. W. & Parrish, M. (Eds.). (2010) Adult education in cultural institutions: Libraries, museums, parks, zoos. New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education, No 117, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Publication
  • Mezirow, J. & Taylor, E. W. (Eds.) (2009) Transformative learning in practice: Insights from community, workplace, and higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Articles

  • Friis-Hansen, E., Duveskog, D., & Taylor, E. W. (In-press). Less noise in the household: The impact of Farmer Field Schools on gender relations. Journal of Research in Peace, Gender and Development.
  • Duveskog, D., Friis-Hansen, E., & Taylor, E. W. (2011). Farmer Field Schools in Rural Kenya: A Transformative Learning Experience, Journal of Development Studies, 47(10), 1529-1544.
  • Thorndyke, E., L., Quillen, D. A., Milner, R., Taylor, E. W., Tisdell, E. J., Gusic, M. E. (2010). The Essential value of projects in faculty development Academic Medicine, 85(9), 1484-1491.
  • Taylor, E. W., Neill, A., & Banz, R. (2008). Teaching “In Situ:” Nonformal museum education. The Canadian Journal of the Study of Adult Education, 21(1), 19-36.
  • Taylor, E. W., & Neill, A. (2008). Museum education: Nonformal adult educator’s perspective. The Journal of Museum Education, 33(1), 23-32.
  • Taylor, E., Tisdell, E., and Gusic, M. (2007). Teaching beliefs of medical educators: Perspectives on clinical teaching in pediatrics. Medical Teacher, 29(4), 371-376.
  • Taylor, E. W. (2007). An update of transformative learning theory: A critical review of the empirical research (1999-2005). International Journal of Lifelong Education, 26, 173-191.
Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Ed.D.

Books and Monographs

  • Tisdell, E., & Thompson, P. (Eds.) (2007). Popular culture, entertainment media, and adult education. New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education. no 115. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Tisdell, E.J. (2003). Exploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education . San Francisco: Jossey Bass

Selected Journal Articles

  • Tisdell, E. (2008). Critical media literacy and transformative learning: Drawing on pop culture and entertainment media in teaching for diversity in adult higher education. Journal of Transformative Education, 6 (1), 48-67.
  • Taylor, E., Tisdell, E., & Gusic, M. (2007). Teaching beliefs of medical educators: Perspectives on clinical teaching in pediatrics. Medical Teacher, 29, 371-376.
  • Tisdell, E., & Thompson, P. (2007). Seeing “from a different angle”: The role of pop culture in teaching for diversity and critical media literacy in adult education. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 26, 651-673.
  • Tisdell, E. (2007). In the new millennium: The role of spirituality and the cultural imagination in dealing with diversity and equity in the higher education classroom. Teachers College Record, 109, 531-560.
  • Tisdell, E. (2006). Spirituality, cultural identity, and epistemology in culturally responsive teaching in higher education. Multicultural Perspectives, 8(3), 19-25.
  • Tisdell, E. (2006). Diversity, spirituality, and secular higher education: The teaching paradox. Journal of Religion and Education, 33, 49-68.
  • Tisdell, E. & Tolliver E. (2003). Claiming a sacred face: The role of spirituality and cultural identity in transformative adult higher education. Journal of Transformative Education, 1(4). 368-392.
  • Tisdell, E. (2002). Spiritual development and cultural context in the lives of women adult educators for social change. Journal of Adult Development, 9, 127-140. Tisdell, E (2000). Spirituality and emancipatory adult education in women adult educators for social change. Adult Education Quarterly, 50, 308-335.
  • Tisdell, E (1998). Poststructural feminist pedagogies: The possibilities and limitations of a feminist emancipatory adult learning theory and practice. Adult Education Quarterly, 48, 139-156.
  • Tisdell, E. J. (1993). Interlocking systems of power, privilege, and oppression in adult higher education classes. Adult Education Quarterly, 43, 203 226
Maria Turkson, Ph.D.
  • Most recently, she authored a book chapter for therapists on "restructuring cognitions" in the recently published book, Leaving it at the Office: A Guide to Psychotherapist Self-Care.
Jo A. Tyler, Ed.D.
  • Tyler, J.A. (In press). Can You Hear Me Now? Reclaiming Listening as a Means of Re-enchantment. Journal of Organizational Change Management.
  • Tyler, J.A. (In press). Bifurcation and Liberation: Deconstructing the story of a turn-of-the century lesbian (part two). New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2009). Charting the course: How storytelling fosters communicative learning in the workplace. In Mezirow, J. & Taylor, E. (Eds.) Transformative Learning in Action: A Practitioner Handbook. 136-147.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2009). Moving beyond the binaries: Exploring the liminal possibilities of the scholar-practitioner borderlands. Advances in Developing Human Resources. 11(4)523-535.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2009). Bifurcation and Liberation: Deconstructing the story of a turn-of-the century lesbian (part one). New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 23(3) 32-50.
  • Boje, D.M. & Tyler, J.A. (2009). Story and narrative noticing: Workaholism auto
    ethnographies, Journal of Business Ethics. 8(4). 173-194.
  • Tyler, J.A. & Boje, D.M. (2008). Sorting the relationship of tacit knowledge to story and narrative knowing. In Jemielniak, D., Kozminski, L., and Kociatkiewicz, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations. 81-97
  • Tyler, J.A. & Rosen, G. (2008). The story holds its heart: Living story expression in reflexive storytelling. Storytelling, Self, Society. 4(2). 102-121.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2007). Incorporating storytelling into practice: How HRD practitioners foster strategic storytelling. Human Resource Development Quarterly. 18(4), 559-587.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2007). Cats and turtles, grinches and pachyderms: Mythical inspirations for organizational realities in Dr. Seuss. In Kostera, M. (Ed.), Mythical inspirations for organizational realities. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. 53-62.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2006). Only the shadow knows:  Increasing organizational polyphony with liminal storytelling.  Tamara:  Journal of Critical Post-Modern Organizational Science - Sensemaking, Storytelling, and the Power of Relatedness. 5(4), 109-134.
  • Tyler, J.A. (2006). Re-searching research models:  What is emergent, elastic, and non-linear all over?  Human Resource Development Review. 5(4) 494-505. 
  • Tyler, J.A. (2006).  Introduction to the special issue:  Storytelling in organizations.  Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies.  2(2),1-4.
Jane M. Wilburne, Ed.D.

Wilburne, J., & Long, M. (2010). Secondary pre-Service teachers’ content knowledge for state assessments: Implications for mathematics education programs.Issues in the Undergraduate Preparation of Mathematics Teachers: The Journal. IUMPST: The Journal. Vol 2 (Content). January. [http://www.k-12prep.math.ttu.edu/journal/contentknowledge/wilburne01/article.pdf ] (15 pages).

Keat, J. B., & Wilburne, J. (2009). The impact of storybooks on kindergarten children’s mathematical achievement and approaches to learning. US-China Education Review, 6(7), 61-67.

Wilburne, J. (2009). Virtual mentoring in the secondary mathematics teacher education program. In G. Zimmermann (Ed.) Empowering the mentor of the preservice mathematics teacher (pp. 52-54). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Smith, N. & Wilburne, J. (2009). Transiency and retention: Impact on one urban elementary school’s benchmark assessments. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 28(2), 15-23.

 

Wilburne, J. & Napoli, M. (2008). Connecting mathematics and literature: An analysis of pre-service elementary school teachers’ changing beliefs and knowledge.Issues in the Undergraduate Preparation of Mathematics Teachers: The Journal. IUMPST: The Journal. Vol 2 (Pedagogy). September. [www.k-12prep.math.ttu.edu] (10 pages).

McGivney-Burelle, J., McGivney, K. & Wilburne, J. (2008). Resolving the tension between interdisciplinarity and assessment. In D. M. Moss, T. A.Osborn, & D. Kaufman (Eds.) (2008).Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment (pp. 71-85). New York: Routledge.

Wilburne, J., &  Bohan, J. (2008). Teacher candidates’ assessment competencies: What do Pennsylvania school districts value? Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 7(1), 32-40.

Wilburne, J., & Peterson, W. (2007).  Using a before-during-after (BDA) model to plan effective secondary mathematics’ lessons.  Mathematics Teacher, 101(3), 209-213. 

Wilburne, J., & Napoli, M. (2007).  Integrating literature and mathematics: A mysterious connection.  Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 13(3), 135-139. 

Wilburne, J., Napoli, M., Keat, J., Dile, K., Trout, M., & Decker, S. (2007).  Journeying into mathematics through storybooks: A kindergarten study.  Teaching Children Mathematics, 14(4), 232-237. 

Wilburne, J. (2007).  The misrepresentation of an egg timer.  New Jersey Mathematics Teacher, 65(2), 15-16.

Wilburne, J. (2006).  Preparing preservice teachers to teach problem solving.  Teaching Children Mathematics, 12(9), 454-464.

Wilburne, J. M. (2006).  Preparing proficient problem solvers by teaching habits of mind that are hard to break.  In M. S. Smith, M. K. Heid, & R. M. Zbiek (Eds.).  2005-2006 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (pp. 7-15).  University Park, PA.

Subramaniam, K., Keat, J., Wilburne, J., & Napoli, M. (2006).  Reconceptualizing preservice teachers’ field experiences through a structured reflection model. Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 5(Fall), 1-8. 

Wilburne, J., & Goldsworthy, C. (2006).  Response to intervention (RTI) in primary mathematics.  Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 26(1), 27-37. 

Wilburne, J. (2004).  Motivating every student through effective questioning.  In M. F. Chappell, & T. Pateracki (Eds.).  Empowering the beginning teacher of mathematics in elementary school (pp. 19-20).  Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Wilburne, J. (2004).  Motivating every student through effective questioning.  In M. F. Chappell, & T. Pateracki (Eds.).  Empowering the beginning teacher of mathematics in middle school (pp. 19-20).  Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Wilburne, J. (2004).  Motivating every student through effective questioning.  In M. F. Chappell, & T. Pateracki (Eds.).  Empowering the beginning teacher of mathematics in high school (pp. 19-20).  Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Wilburne, J., & Evitts, T. (2002).  Packing for the future: Best practice in secondary mathematics methods courses.  Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 1, 32-36. 

Judith T. Witmer, Ph.D.

Books

  • Witmer, J. T. Jebbie: Vamp to Victim), Yesteryear Publishing, December 2011.
  • Witmer, J. T.  All the Gentlemen Callers: Letters from a 1920s Steamer Trunk, a short companion sequel to Jebbie.Yesteryear Publishing, expected date of publication, April 2012.
  • Witmer, J. T. Growing Up Silent in the 1950s: Not All Tail Fins and Rock ’n’ Roll. Yesteryear Publishing, expected date of publication, June 2012.
  • Witmer, J. T. and Melnick. S. A. Team-Based Professional Development: A Process for School Reform.Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
  • Witmer, J. T.  Moving Up, A Guide for Women in Educational Administration. second edition, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2006.
  • Witmer, J. T. I Am From Haiti: The Story of Rodrigue Mortel, MD, A Biography, Mortel Foundation, December 2000.  (French edition, Je Suis D’Haiti, 2002.)
  • Witmer, J. T. The Keystone Integrated Framework: A Compendium. Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1997.
  • Witmer, J. T. and Melnick, S. A. The Keystone Integrated Framework, a Case Study in Curriculum Integration. Alexandria, VA: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997.
  • Witmer, J. W. Moving Up! A Guide for Women in Educational Administration, first edition, Lancaster, PA: Technomic Press, 1995. 
  • Witmer, J. T. A Style Manual for Publications. Bureau of Special Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1994.
  • Witmer, J. T. and Anderson, C. S. How to Establish a Service-Learning Program.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 1994.

 

Chapters in Books

  • Witmer, J. T. “Outcome-Based Education,” Educational Innovations: An Agenda to Frame the Future (Charles A. Greenawalt, Editor).  Harrisburg, PA: The Commonwealth Foundation, 1993.  Also reprinted by the PA Department of Education for national dissemination.
  • Witmer, J. T. and Anderson, C. S. “Voices from the Field: The Administrator,” in Community Service-Learning(Rahima C. Wade, Editor). State University of New York Press, 1997.

 

Articles

  • Melnick, S.A., Witmer, J.T. & Strickland, M.J. (May 2011). Cognition and student learning through the arts.  Arts Education Policy Review; 112: 1-9.
  • Melnick, S. A.; Witmer, J. T.; and Strickland, M. J., "Cognition and Student Learning Through the Arts" (2008).Conference Proceedings 2008. Paper 2. 
  • Witmer, J. T. “The Ethics Committee: Compassionate Rationality.” Vital Signs, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. V. 31, No. 11, May 2002.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Arts: The Essential Aspect of Human Knowing.” Impressions, Arts in Education Network, ASCD, April 2002.
  • Witmer, J. T. “New Directions in Health Ministry: A Retrospective of Pastoral Care Services.” Vital Signs, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. V. 31, No. 8, February 2002.
  • Houts, P. S., Witmer, J. T., Egeth, H. E. et al “Using Pictographs to Enhance Recall of Spoken Medical Instructions II,” Patient Education and Counseling, V. 43, pp. 231-242, 2001.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Paul Kettl: Responding to American’s Fear—Madness, Medicine, and the Media.”  Lead story, Vital Signs, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. V. 32, No. 4, October 2001.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby,” a Reminiscence of Baby Boomers. Reunions, Spring 2001.
  • Witmer, J. T.  “The Bellwether Consortium: Milton Hershey School’s Voice in AIE.” ARTS in Education. ASCD, Fall 1999.
  • Melnick, S. A. & Witmer, J. T. (April, 1999).  Team-based professional development: A new model for professional growth.  American Educational Research Association, April 22, 1999, Montreal, Canada. (ERIC Document No. ED439125).
  • Witmer, J. T. “The Measure of a Man.” Cover story in Penn State Medicine, November 1998.
  • Houts, P. S., Bachrach, R., Witmer, J. T. et al. “Using Pictographs to Enhance Recall of Spoken Medical Instructions.”  Patient Education and Counseling, V. 35, n. 2, 83-88, 1998.
  • Witmer, J. T. “What are These Keyboards Doing Here?”  PMEA News, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Fall 1997, pp. 26-27.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Change the Date of Band Camp?  You Must be Kidding!”  PMEA News, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, May 1996, pp. 20-21.
  • Witmer, J. T. and Anderson, C. S. “Addressing School Board and Administrative Concerns About Service Learning.” Democracy and Education, Fall 1994.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Start With the Arts.”  The Executive Educator, April 1993, p. 40.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Mentoring: One District’s Success Story.” NASSP Bulletin, V. 77, n. 550, February 1993, pp. 71-78.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Teachers as Advisors.”  Executive Educator, V. 14, n. 5, pp. 41-42, May 1992.
  • Witmer, J. T. “To Soothe the Savage Breast.”  PennsylvaniaMusic Educators Association Journal, March 1992, p. 21.
  • Witmer, J. T. “The Tenure Trap.”  Executive Educator, V. 14, n. 1, January 1992, p. 48.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Integrity: ‘He Who Steals My Purse’.” In Other Voices: Expanding the Educational Conversation. Proceedings of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, October 4-5, 1991.
  • Witmer, J. T. “Mentoring as a Full Time Program: It Works!” Diversity in Mentoring, Mentoring International, July 1991.
  • Witmer, J. T. “The Case for Training Educational Administrators in Making Ethical Decisions,” in Landers, Thomas J., Editor. Education Leadership: German and American Perspectives.Papers from the International Conference on Educational Leadership, Cologne, West Germany, June 27-30, 1989.  Washington, DC: The International Council on Educational Leadership, pp. 177-193.

 

Plays Written and Produced

  • “The Disappearing Falcon,” produced by TB Ent, January 2012

 

Playscripts Written and Produced

  • “Time for Reflection and Excellence,” 1987
  • “Sunrise, Sunset,” 1986
  • “What Really Happened to the Class of 1965,” 1985
  • “1984: George Orwell’s Prophecy and Reality,” 1984
  • “The World Is Yours; Build, Therefore, Your Own World,” 1983
  • “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Retrospective of the 1970s, 1979
  • “Moments to Remember,” 1978
  • “The Way We Were,” 1977
  • “The World Turned Upside Down,” an American Bicentennial Pageant, 1976
  • “The Past is Only the Beginning,” 1974
  • “To Everything There is a Season,” 1971
  • “Awake! Arise! Decide!” 1970
  • “You Can’t Go Home Again,” 1969
  • “The Answer is Blowing in the Wind, 1968
  • “Nils mortalibus arduum est,” 1967

 

Choralogue (Speaking Choruses) Scripts Written and Produced

  • “Celebrate: A Song of Oneself,” 1981
  • “An Echo of the Past; A Herald of the Future
  • “…but around in awareness,” 1975
  • “Let There be Peace on Earth,” 1973
  • “E Pluribus Unum, 1972
  • “Nils mortalibus arduum est,” 1967

 

Booklets, manuals, newsletters, programs, more than 100 book reviews, broadsheets, and speeches for clients such as the president of Milton Hershey School and the director of the Cancer Center at Penn State Medical Center abound.

Robin Redmon Wright, Ph.D.

Dissertation

  • Wright, R. R., (2007). Adult education, popular culture, and women’s identity development: Self-Directed Learning with The Avengers. Doctoral Dissertation. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.  Available on ProQuest.

Refereed Journal Articles     

  • Wright, R. R. (in press, 2011).  Ready for prime time: Exploring HRD and adult education through the lens of popular culture. New Horizons for Adult Education and Human Resource Development.
  • Durodoye, B. A. , Coryell, J. E. , Redmon Wright, R. , Pate, P. E. (2011). Assessing global perspectives at a Hispanic and minority serving institution: A university-wide effort. Journal of College and Character, 12(3), 1-6. doi: 10.2202/1940-1639.1776
  • Wright, R. R. (in press,2011). Zombies, cyborgs and other labor organizers: An introduction to representations of adult learning theories in popular culture. New Horizons for Adult Education and Human Resource Development.
  • Sandlin, J. A., Wright, R. R. and Clark, M. C. (in press, 2011) Re-examining Theories of Adult Learning, and Adult Development Through the Lenses of Public Pedagogy. Adult Education Quarterly. doi:10.1177/0741713611415836.
  • Coryell, J.E., Durodoye, B., Wright, R.R., Pate, E., & Nguyen, S. (in press). Case studies of internationalization in adult and higher education:  Inside the processes of four universities in the US and UK. Journal of Studies in International Education. doi:10.1177/1028315310388945.
  • Wright, R.R., Coryell, J.A., Martinez, Harmon, J., M., Henkin, R., and Keehn, S. (2010). Rhyme, Response and Reflection: An Investigation of the Possibilities for Critical Transformative Learning through Adult Poetry Reading. International Journal of Transformative Education, 8(2), 103-123 doi: 10.1177/1541344611406737.
  • Wright, R. R., & Sandlin, J. A. (2009). Popular culture, public pedagogy, and perspective transformation: The Avengers and adult learning in living rooms. International Journal of Lifelong Learning, 28(4), 533-551.
  • *Wright, R. R., & Sandlin, J. A. (2009). Cult TV, hip hop, shape-shifters, and vampire slayers: A review of the literature at the intersection of adult education and popular culture. Adult Education Quarterly 59(2), 118-141. [Consistently on Sage Journals’ “Most-Read AEQ Articles” list]
  • Wright, R. R. (2008). Research as quest: An autoethnographic exploration of embodied class, intellectual obsession, and the academy. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 5(2), Winter, 69-94.
  • Wright, R. R. (2003). Real men don’t ask for directions: Male student attitudes toward peer tutoring. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 34(1), 61-75.
  • Wright, G. L., Wright, R. R., & Lamb, C. (2002). Developmental mathematics education and supplemental instruction: Pondering the potential.  Journal of Developmental Education, 26(1), 30-35.
  • Wright, R. R., (2001) Coaching critical thinking: Tutoring athletes toward self-sufficiency.  Journal of College Reading and Learning, 31 (2), 157-170.

Peer Reviewed or Invited Book Chapters

  • Wright, R. R. (in press, 2011). What everyone needs to know about sex: Training peer tutors and mentors in gendered communication styles. In K. Agee & R. Hodges (Eds.) College Reading and Learning Association tutor and mentor training handbook, CRLA Press.
  • Wright, R. R. (2010). Narratives from Popular Culture: Critical Implications for Adult Education. In M. Rossiter and M. C. Clark (Eds.), New directions in adult and continuing education: No. 126.  Narrative perspectives on adult education (pp. 63-77). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Wright, R. R. (2010). Unmasking hegemony with The Avengers: Television Entertainment as Public Pedagogy. In J. Sandlin, B. Schultz & S. Burdick, (Eds.), Handbook of public pedagogy: Education and learning beyond schooling. 139-150, New York: Routledge.
  • Wright, R. R. (2009). The intersection of critical theory and interdisciplinary learning: The emergence of a pedagogical soul. In Burke, P. (Ed.), Women and pedagogy: Education through autobiographical  narrative, 119-125, Troy, New York:Educator's International Press, Inc.
  • Wright, R. R. (2007). The Avengers, public pedagogy, and the development of British women’s consciousness.  In E. J. Tisdell & P. M. Thompson (Eds.), New directions in adult and continuing education: Vol. 115. Popular culture and entertainment media, 63-72, San Francisco: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
  • Wright, R. R. (2007). Real men don’t ask for directions: Male student attitudes toward peer tutoring, in J. L. Higbee, et.al. (Eds.), 2007, Best practices in college reading and learning (pp. 47-62). Eldorado, KS:  College Reading and Learning Assoc. Press. (Reprinted from Journal of College Reading and Learning, 34(1),61-75.)

Contributing Editor 

  • Wright, R. R. (1998) Bensel-Meyers, L. & Webster, J. (Eds.) Literary Culture: Reading and Writing Literary Arguments. Needham Heights: Simon & Schuster.Refereed International Published

Conference Proceedings       

  • Wright, R. R. (2011). Vampires and Zombies as Critical Public Pedagogy: Using Horror for Critical Adult Education and HRD Instruction. Proceedings of the The 30th National Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education/Association Canadienne pour l'Étude de l'Éducation des Adultes (CASAE) and the 52nd Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) joint conference, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, June, 2011.
  • Sandlin, J. A., Wright, R.R., Clark, M.C. (2011). Critical Transformational Learning in the Post-Postmodern World.  Proceedings of the 30th National Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education/Association Canadienne pour l'Étude de l'Éducation des Adultes (CASAE) and the 52nd Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) joint conference, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, June, 2011.
  • Wright, R. R., Coryell, J. E., Pate, P. E., & Durodoye, B. (2009). The internationalization of an Hispanic-serving American university: Finding effective research strategiesfor policy, structure, and curricular change. In P. Coare & L. Cecil (Eds.) Really Useful Research: Critical Perspectives on Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Lifelong Learning. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research of the Education of Adults (SCUTREA), Cambridge University, United Kingdom, pp. 443-451.
  • Wright, R. R. (2008). “We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do” (The Animals, 1965): Exploring the roots of working-class scholars. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research on the Education of Adults (SCUTREA), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, pp. 551-557.
  • Wright, R. R. (2007). Learning empowerment, resistance and female identity development from popular television: Transwomen tell stories of trans-formation. Proceedings of the Joint International Conference of the Adult Education Research Conference 48th National Conference and the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education 26th National Conference Vol. 2, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada, pp. 517-522.
  • Wright, R. R. (2006). Popular culture, cult TV, and gender resistance:  Informal learning from prime-time feminism.  Proceedings of the Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA), Leeds, England, pp. 459-465.

Refereed National Published Conference Proceedings

  • Wright, R. R. (2010) Class, Popular Culture, and the Academy: Critical Comments of Scholars from the Working-Class. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Adult Education Research Conference, (AERC), California State University, Sacramento, June, 2010.
  • Coryell, J. E. & Wright, R. R. (2010). Exploring the Power of Poetry for Fostering Critical Reflection: Adult Poetry Readers and Self-Reflexivity. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC),California State University, Sacramento, June, 2010.
  • Wright, R. R. & Sandlin, J. A. (2009). You are what you eat!: Television cooking shows, consumption  and lifestyle practices as adult learning. Proceedings of the 50th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), National Louis University, Chicago, pp. 402-407, May, 2009.
  • Bracken, S.J., Sandlin, J.A., & Wright, R.R. (2009). Guerrilla Girls and Raging Grannies: Critical, Informal, and Performative Pedagogy. Proceedings of the 50th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), National Louis University, Chicago, pp. 42-47, May, 2009.
  • Wright, R. R., & Sandlin, J. A. (2008). Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and seductive vampire slayers: A literature review of adult education and popular culture.  Proceedings of the 49th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), St. Louis, Missouri, June 2008.
  • Tisdell, E. J., Thompson, P., Guy, T., Sandlin, J. A., & Wright, R. R. (2008). Symposium: The Role of Media and Popular Culture in the Mis/Education of Adults. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), St. Louis, Missouri.  May, 2008.
  • Wright, R. R. (2006). A different definition of ‘Boob-Tube’: What Dr. Catherine Gale of The Avengers taught women. Proceedings of the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), Minneapolis, MN. June, 2006. Paper received the AERC Graduate Student Research Award.

National & International Articles about My Research