- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Education and Communication Studies
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Community Health and Development
Seattle University
2018-2020
Loyola University Chicago
2012-2014
University of Illinois Chicago
2010
Issues of equity, access, and social justice in educational settings have received increased attention the psychological literature over past several years, though there is s...
Second Step is a universal social-emotional learning program designed to decrease antisocial behaviors, increase prosocial and knowledge about content curriculum. Given the international focus of using improve skills, it especially important provide an updated synthesis on effect intervention. A single-program meta-analysis was completed in order determine effects participating explore moderators effectiveness behavior outcomes as well emotions. Five were explored, including (a) saturation,...
This paper describes a study focused on promoting culturally responsive collaboration practices at an urban preK-8 Catholic school. Using participatory action research (PAR) as its framework, team of school stakeholders and university faculty students from the psychology department partnered to create participant-driven data collection analysis procedure that culminated in implementation new communication protocol judged by educators parents have led significant improvements family-school...
The purpose of this statement is to reflect upon progress made during the past year in promoting anti-racism, social justice, and equity as committed by leaders from Journal Educational Psychological Consultation School Psychology International. Action steps 2021 are reviewed, priorities for 2022 identified.
Multi-level factors affecting immediate and delayed concept recall in mapping were examined across 716 concepts nested within 57 maps from adult learners. At the level, we a concept's serial positioning, autobiographical elaboration (AE), elaborative encoding. map compositional effects of AE encoding while controlling for number map. For concepts, found curvilinear effect positioning on recall, linear recall. No was found. Concept level did not accumulate at level. The map, however, affect...
This article describes the process of ecological school consultation within a university’s place-based community engagement initiative. Within higher education, initiatives are geographically specific partnerships between organizations and university. First, this explains collaboration middle university-based consultant. Conceptual practical contexts for partnership, mentoring program, provided. Next, steps in process, highlighting consultant’s role facilitating problem-solving advancing...