Biography
Professor of Teaching, HDFS and Psychology at Penn State Mont Alto. Her research focuses on pedagogical issues such as student persistence, exam preparation, social justice and the Covid-19 pandemic, infant sleep, and translational research. She is coordinator of the Penn State HDFS in Florence summer study abroad program and of the Penn State Mont Alto HDFS and Psychology baccalaureate programs. She is also coordinator of the Civic and Community Engagement minor and the campus Honors program and internship supervisor for Psychology and HDFS students.
Publications
Gaining a sense of control of academic performance: Increasing self-efficacy and reflective judgement, Family Science Review - 2025
Collaborator: Elise Murowchick, Co-Author
How women can flourish in post-pandemic higher education - November, 2024
Collaborators: Elaine Berrena, Co-Author; Laura Cruz, Co-Author; Marly Doty, Co-Author; Eileen Grodziak, Co-Author; Maureen Ittig, Co-Author; Jacqueline Schwab, Co-Author
Interdisciplinary approaches to culminating student experiences - August, 2024
Collaborator: Michael Strawser
Staying the Life Course: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward after the Covid-19 Pandemic, Family Science Review - 2022
Collaborator: Elise Murowchick, Co-Author
Observation, practice, and purpose: Recalibrating curriculum to enhance professional development. - 2021
Collaborators: Jacqueline Schwab, Co-Author; Elise Murowchick, Co-Author; Laura Cruz, Co-Author
How grit and resilience predict successful academic performance, . Journal of Access, Retention, and Inclusion in Higher Education - October, 2020
Collaborators: Elise Murowchick, Co-Author; Jacqueline Schwab, Co-Author; Lauren Jacobson-McConnell, Co-Author; Renee Borromeo, Co-Author; Ana Aguilera Hermida, Co-Author
The Role of Parents' Relationship Quality in Children's Behavior Problems, Journal of Child and Family Studies - 2019
Collaborator: Jennifer Reilly, Co-Author
The Role of Parents’ Relationship Quality in Children’s Behavior Problems, Journal of Child and Family Studies - May, 2019
Collaborator: Jennifer Reilly, Co-Author
Understanding the Student Experience in Online and Hybrid Courses to Improve Instruction, Family Science Review - December, 2018
Collaborator: Jacqueline Schwab
Designing and Implementing 21st Century Pedagogy and Andragogy Through Redesign and Technology-Issue 1 of 2, Family Science Review - 2018
Designing and Implementing 21st Century Pedagogy and Andragogy Through Redesign and Technology-Issue 2 of 2, Family Science Review - December, 2018
Lessons learned from using the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) to support student growth and success, Journal of Access, Retention & Inclusion in Higher Education, - 2018
Collaborators: Suzanne Shaffer, Co-Author; Sukhdeep Gill, Co-Author; Amber Seidel, Co-Author; Jacqueline Schwab, Co-Author; Lauren Jacobson-McConnell, Co-Author
Understanding the Student Experience in Online and Hybrid Courses to Improve Instruction , Family Science Review - 2018
Collaborator: Jacqueline Schwab
Take advantage of opportunities - 2017
Understanding evidence-based vs. Evidence-informed practice. , Network newsletter for Certified Family Life Educators of the National Council on Family Relations - January, 2015
Collaborator: Wendy Middlemiss, Co-Author
Education
Ph D, Education Policy, Planning, and Administration, University of Maryland
MS, Developmental and Cognitive Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
BA, Psychology, Temple University