Research
Indiana University School of Education, Bloomington, IN
Principal Investigator, Dissertation Research
July 2005
“Intervention Package to Increase Homework Success among Sixth Graders with Organizational Deficits.” Dissertation defended May 12, 2005. Director of Dissertation Research: Sam Odom, Ph.D, Dissertation Chair: Jack Cummings, Ph.D.
Indiana University Psychology Department, Bloomington, IN
Research Assistant
1997 – 1999
Assisted a clinical psychologist in the Social Development Lab with the Child Development Project. This ongoing, multi-site, longitudinal study investigated children’s social development and adjustment by following 585 children from two cohorts recruited in consecutive years, 1987 and 1988, from Nashville and Knoxville, TN, and Bloomington, IN. Data were collected from multiple informants, including children, parents, teachers, peers, observers, school records, and court records. Supervised undergraduate assistants and directed lab administration. Factor analyzed an extensive parent interview protocol. Designed a lab web site. Administered parent and child interviews in Bloomington and surrounding areas. Traveled to New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia to interview cohort member who had moved to these states. Principal Investigator: John. E. Bates, Ph.D.
Georgia State University Psychology Department, Atlanta, GA
Research Assistant
1996 – 1997
Assisted a Developmental Neuropsychologist in the Developmental Neuropsychology Lab with two projects: (1) Administered a series of standardized and experimental tasks at three local schools as part of a study of attention in preschoolers. Scored, compiled, and analyzed all data using Excel and SPSS. (2) Coded reproductions of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (a figure designed to assess spatial construction, planning, and memory) of typical children and children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder using the Boston Qualitative Scoring System. Principal Investigator: Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D.
Georgia State University Psychology Department, Atlanta, GA
Research Assistant1996
Assisted two Cognitive Psychology graduate students with their dissertation projects. Coded responses of brain-injured children and children in a control group to a social knowledge interview. Coded real and non-real words from the Turgeson battery as read by brain-injured adults and adults in a control group. Faculty Supervisor: Mary Morris, Ph.D.
Georgia State University Psychology Department, Atlanta, GA
Research Assistant
1995 – 1996
Assisted in the Developmental Lab with a study of coordinated and joint attention in toddlers with autism. Coded affect and engagement of approximately 56 mothers and their 20-month old children (half with a diagnosis of autism) in videotaped play scenes conducted in the lab. Each Communication Play contained 8 scenes designed to encourage interacting, requesting, commenting, and narrating. Of primary concern was how often symbols infused the child's states of engagement with people and objects and how this related to language acquisition. Principal Investigator: Lauren Adamson, Ph.D.