Jennifer A. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Ph.D., 1998, Psychology: Human Development
The University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Jennifer Schmidt is a psychologist with general
interest in human development and education. Her research focuses on the
nexus of subjective experience, context, and individual development by
examining the ways in which social, cultural, and situational circumstances
mold experience, which in turn affects development. Much of her work to
date has examined the role that daily challenges play in fostering positive
developmental outcomes. She earned her PhD. in Psychology: Human Development
from the University of Chicago in 1998, where she studied how adolescents’
daily experiences with challenge fosters resilience among adolescents
facing adversity. As a graduate student she oversaw data collection and
data management for the Sloan Study of Youth and Social Development. Following
the completion of her doctoral studies she was appointed Research Director
for the University of Chicago’s Sloan Center on Parents, Children
and Work, housed within the National Opinion Research Center the 500 Family
Study. In 2001 she joined the faculty at NIU, where she teaches courses
in Educational Psychology and Child Development, Research Design, and
Motivation.
Contact Information:
Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
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E-Mail: jaschmidt@niu.edu
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