Vita Lori McKinney Page 6
Lori McKinney, Ph.D.
PO Box 9505
Denver, CO 80209
720-891-7944
Education:
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D. Social Psychology (1999).
Governors State University, M. A. Psychology (1994).
Governors State University, B. A. Liberal Arts (1992).
Professional experience:
Administrative professional
Service Learning Specialist, Applied Learning Center, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2015 – present
Interim Undergraduate Research Conference Coordinator, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2014
Interim Internship Coordinator, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Fall 2013
Teaching/research
Associate Professor, Simpson University, Redding CA, 2014-2015
Affiliate Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2006 - 2017
Affiliate Faculty, Colorado Christian University, 2006-2011
University Professor (tenured), Governors State University, 2000- 2005
University Lecturer, Governors State University, 1997-2000
Adjunct Faculty, Governors State University, 1994-1997
Professional affiliations:
Campus Compact of the Mountain West
Center for Undergraduate Research
Civic Canopy
Colorado Civic Learning & Engagement Network
Colorado Civic Health Network
Colorado Service Learning Council
Previous affiliations:
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Midwestern Psychological Association
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Teaching
Courses developed/taught:
Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology (MA Psychology)
Master’s Thesis Preparation (MA Psychology)
Research and Evaluation (MA Counseling)
Cognitive Development through the Life Cycle (Undergraduate Psychology, telecourse)
Foundations in Psychology (Undergraduate Psychology)
History and Systems in Psychology (Undergraduate Psychology)
Introduction to Psychology (Undergraduate Psychology, in-class and online versions)
Introduction to Statistics (Undergraduate Psychology, in-class and telecourse versions)
Inferential Statistics (Undergraduate Psychology, in-class and telecourse versions)
Learning Cognition (Undergraduate Psychology)
Research Methodology (Undergraduate Psychology, in-class and hybrid versions)
Social Psychology (Undergraduate Psychology)
Marketing Research (Undergraduate Marketing)
Service
University/department service (MSU Denver):
University
Service learning curriculum committee (chair)
University Civic Engagement Committee (co-chair)
American Democracy Project
Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry (D-Phi)
MetroLeads 2016-2017
Department
Service Learning Advisory Council
Community-based Research Fellows Advisory Council
Search Committee
University/department service (Governors State University):
University
Institutional Review Board (co-chair)
University Research Grant Committee
Alumni Association Professional Development Grant Committee
Library Advisory Board
College
Psychology & Counseling Student Ethics Committee (chair)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Standard 4 committee member
Psychology Department Outcome Assessment (co-coordinator)
Teaching, Learning, & Technology Roundtable member
Faculty Workshops
Statistics task force
College of Education technology days (presenter)
Department
Faculty Personnel Committee
Faculty search committees
Development of online (e-companion) research methods course
Faculty teaching internship supervision
Student advising – M.A. - Thesis Track students
Student research supervision
Student thesis/ dissertation committee member
Guest speaker for Applied Psychology Club
Undergraduate Psychology orientation coordinator
Faculty advisor for Chi Alpha (GSU student organization)
Outside service
Current/ recent
Campus Compact of the Mountain West (advisory committee)
Civic Canopy (P20 Civic Learning action committee)
Colorado Service Learning Council (coordinating & communications constellations)
Colorado Civic Health Network (Civic learning and engagement work group)
Engaged Faculty Institute 2016 – Denver Metro Collaboration (convener)
Community Engaged Scholars Summit 2016 (advisory committee)
Continuums of Service 2017 (advisory committee)
Campus/ Community Partner Summit planning group
Past
W.I.N.N. (Working in Neighborhoods Now – Denver Metro community collaboration)
Seminars on Relationships and Networks (applied psychology for adult education classes)
Good Sense Financial Counseling (through Park Community Church, Chicago, IL)
Class facilitator for the Leadership Training Center, Glenwood, IL
Mentor for the Leadership Training Center, Glenwood, IL
Moderator at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting – May 2001
Scholarship
Recent presentations and workshops:
Fleck, B., Mincer, G., Preuhs, R., & McKinney, L. (2017, June). MSU Denver Latino Student Civic Engagement: Outcomes from the MSL. Poster presented at the annual Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting.
McKinney, L. (2017, March). Service learning at MSU Denver: Academic advisor information. Information session presented for Advising pre-registration meeting, MSU Denver.
McKinney, L. (2017, February). Writing abstracts. Workshop presented for Undergraduate Research Program, MSU Denver.
McKinney, L. & Ignizio, G. (2016, November). Service Learning in Higher education: Getting Started. Invited workshop at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton CO.
Sakotas, T., & McKinney, L. (2016, October). Service Learning. Workshop presented at PeaceJam Rocky Mountain Slam 2016, Denver CO.
Bird, W., Felletter, C., Frewaldt, M., Friedemann, M., Ignizio, G., McKinney, L., Nicholas, T., & Sobel, D. (2016, October). City-wide Collaborative Engaged Faculty Institute, Poster session presented at Mountain West Community Engaged Scholars Summit, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.
Eaker, R., Thompson, M., Campbell, R., McKinney, L., Blea, S., & Provizer, J. (2016, October). Engaging adult Learners in Experiential Learning. Panel discussion at Colorado Adult Learning Symposium, Denver CO.
Bird, W., Felletter, C., Frewaldt, M., Friedemann, M., Ignizio, G., McKinney, L., Nicholas, T., & Sobel, D. (2016, September). (Facilitators). Engaged Faculty Institute. Two-day workshop presented at Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood, CO) and Auraria Campus, (Denver, CO).
Bharwami, A., Caston, M., Chavez, L. Ignizio, G., Jones, M., McKinney, L. Rey-Lopez, M., & Watson, M.A. (August 2016) Experiential Learning for the MSU Denver Community; Workshop presented at Teaching Effectiveness Institute, MSU Denver, Denver CO.
Publications:
Sori, C. F., & McKinney, L. (2006). Free at last! Using scriptural affirmations to replace self-defeating thoughts. In K. B. Helmeke and C. F. Sori (eds.) The therapist’s notebook for integrating spirituality in counseling: Homework, handouts, and activities for use in psychotherapy. New York: Haworth Press.
McKinney, L. C., & Woodward, A. E. (2004). Remembering what one intended to forget: The lack of directed forgetting effects in implicit memory. American Journal of Psychology, 117, 169-190.
Ruiz, E., McKinney, L., Tuskenis, A., Wright, D., & Reid, V. (2002). YWCA Children’s Center: Program Evaluation Report. Chicago, IL: YWCA.
McKinney, L. C., & Newman, L. S. (2002). Anticipating responses to one’s own misdeeds: Repressive coping and the prediction of others’ reactions to inconsiderate behavior. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21(4), 427-440.
Newman, L. S., & McKinney, L. C. (2002). Repressive coping and threat-avoidance: A Stroop study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 409-422.
McKinney, L. (2001). Study guide to accompany Children’s Thinking: Developmental Function and Individual Differences – 3rd edition (Bjorklund, 1999). Governors State University.
McKinney, L. (1999). Study guide to accompany Children’s Thinking: Developmental Function and Individual Differences – 2nd edition (Bjorklund, 1995). Governors State University.
McKinney, L. C. (1998). CD-Rom version of Social Psychology telecourse. Prepared in conjunction with the Center for Extended Learning, Governors State University and Middlesex Research Corporation.
McKinney, L. C. & Wilson, B. E. (1996). Assessing understanding in school-aged children. The Midwestern Researcher, 9 (2), 12-15.
Additional presentations and workshops:
Holwerda, J., Naylor, N., Burgess, J., & McKinney, L. (2007, April). Art therapy reduces stress in resident advisors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
Davis, L. (L. McKinney, Sponsor) (2003, May). Psychological abuse in the workplace: A validation study. Paper presented at the Governors State University Annual Student Research Conference, University Park, IL.
Davis, L. & McKinney, L. (2003, May). Psychological abuse in the workplace: A validation study. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL.
McKinney, L., Ruiz, E. & Tuskenis, A. (2002, August). Varieties of nontraditional students. Poster session at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago IL.
McKinney, L. C. & Newman, L. S. (2000, May). Predicting others’ responses to one’s own misdeeds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL.
Torres, N. (advisor - L. McKinney). (May, 1999). Christian beliefs and mental health: Do they go together? Paper presented at the annual Student Research Conference, Governors State University, University Park, IL.
McKinney, L. C. (1999). Repressing the future: Relationships between reconstructions of the past and construction of the future. Unpublished dissertation. University of Illinois at Chicago.
McKinney, L. C. & Newman, L. S. (1999, April). Recalling the past versus envisioning the future. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL
McKinney, L. C. & Woodward, A. E. (1997, May). Retrieval competition between remember and forget words in indirect and direct tasks. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hedberg, D. A., Newman, L. S., & McKinney, L. C. (1996, May). Repressors and avoidant information processing: A Stroop study. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
McKinney, L. C. & Woodward, A. E. (1995, May). Unforgettable: Do we really forget what we’re told to forget? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
McKinney, L. C. (1994). Unforgettable: Do we really forget what we’re told to forget? Unpublished master’s thesis. Governors State University, University Park, IL.
McKinney, L. C. & Wilson, B. E. (1992, October). Assessing understanding in school-aged children. Paper presented at the Midwestern Educational Research Association meeting, Chicago, IL.
Supervision of Student Research
Carolyn Wong, Adam Wilson, & Alexiz Valdez (2015). Gender differences in safe driving. Poster presented at Simpson University Annual Student Symposium.
Moriah DeLeon, & Amanda Jones (2015). Student study habits. Poster presented at Simpson University Annual Student Symposium.
Lori Davis (2003). Psychological abuse in the workplace: A validation study. Unpublished master’s thesis. Governors State University.
Erick Guerrero (2002). Supervision and sensation-seeking in adolescents from single parent families. Unpublished master’s thesis. Governors State University.
Karen Bornstein (independent study). Topic area: Community attitudes toward group homes for persons with developmental disabilities
Michael Blakeman (2001). The impact of the Rapport Building Inventory on bonding between juvenile sex offenders and staff. Unpublished master’s thesis. Governors State University.
Nilda A. Torres (1999). Christian beliefs and mental health: Do they go together? Unpublished master’s thesis. Governors State University.
Consultant/ committee member on Student Research
Starla Quinn (dissertation) Single parenting and faith: Does it have an influence on their college-aged children’s life outcomes
Kathleen Albert (dissertation) The knowledge and application of a cognitive and trauma memory scale (KAMS): The development of a reliable and valid scale.
Tim White (thesis). Topic area: Assessment instruments for use with young adult sexual offenders.
Amy Green (thesis). Topic area: Awareness of stigma and anxiety in persons with mental retardation.
Melissa Stokes (thesis) Topic area: Burnout among employees who work with clients with mental retardation