Publications:
Kackar, H. (in press, expected May 15, 2008). Life as a psychology graduate student. In A. C. Kracen and I. J. Wallace (Eds.), You Can get into a Psychology Graduate Program: Advice from Successful Students and Prominent Psychologists (pp. XX-XX). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Shumow, L., Schmidt, J. A., & Kackar, H. (in press). Reading in class and out: An ESM study. Manuscript accepted for publication in the Middle Grades Research Journal.
Shumow, L., Schmidt, J. A., & Kackar, H. (in press). Adolescents' experience doing homework: Associations among context, quality of experience and social-emotional outcomes. Manuscript accepted for publication in the School Community Journal.
Conference Presentations:
Diaz, Amy (2008). Assessing Your FYE Program at the Community College. Presentation at First Year Students in Transition Conference, San Francisco.
Haack-Kelly, S.M. (July 2008). Correlates of Assistive Technology Use by Students Who Are Visually Impaired in the U.S.: Multilevel Modeling of the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study. The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Kackar, H. (2008, March). Engagement with K-12 community service from the perspective of self-determination theory. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association’s Conference, New York, NY.
Shumow, L., Kackar, H., Smith, MC., & Schmidt, J. A. (2008, March) Adolescents' perspectives on their leisure reading practices: Evidence from two studies. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association’s Conference, New York, NY.
Schmidt, J. A., Shumow, L., & Kackar, H. (2008, March). Participation in service activities and its impact on academic and behavioral outcomes among adolescents at-large and at-risk populations. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association’s Conference, New York, NY.
Shumow, L., Kackar, H, & Schmidt, J. A. (2008, March). Media in adolescents' daily experience: An ESM study. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Shumow, L., Schmidt, J. A., & Kackar, H. (2008, March). Is doing service "rarely" participation or not? Exploring evidence from two national datasets. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Kim, T.-J. (2008, March). The Effect of Bilingualism on Cognitive Development: A Critical Synthesis of Theories and Research. Education and the Public Good: Interdisciplinary Trends in Emerging Scholarship, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Leadership roles:
Nicole Allgood is completing a term as Past President. Great Lakes Region American Music Therapy,and served as Conference Chair in 2008
Scott Hollenbeck was recently elected the Vice-president of the Midwestern Region for Psi Beta; National Honor Society in Psychology for Community and Junior Colleges.
Ellen Weinstein-Blackman is serving as Budget/Finance Chair of Illinois School Psychologists Assn.
Awards:
Martha Barnes was recognized by the Harold Washington College Career Program for her work on a curriculum project, "Teaching, Leadership and Support Professionals" that was approved by the Illinois Community