Michael W. Pratt

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Michael W. Pratt

CURRICULUM VITAE

January 2007

MICHAEL W. PRATT

Position: Professor of Psychology

Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, Ontario

Canada N2L 3C5

Office Phone: 519-884-1970

FAX: 519-746-7605

E-MAIL:

PERSONAL DATA

Date of Birth: September 14, 1945

Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.

Citizenship: Canadian citizen

United States citizen

Family: Married; one child

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: University of Michigan, 19631967

Major in Social Psychology

Graduate: Harvard University, 19701975

Graduate School of Education

Human Development Program

Degrees: B.A., 1967 (magna cum laude; honors in Psychology)

Ed.D., 1975

Awards: Phi Beta Kappa nominee, 1967

Harvard University Fellowship, 19701972

NDEA Fellowship, 19721973

Finalist, Age Concern Book of the Year Award, Great Britain, 1995.

Research Award in Human Development, Human Development Division, American Educational Research Association, 1998.

University Research Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2001-2002.

MAJOR INTERESTS

Lifespan developmental psychology; narrative; parenting; moral and social reasoning; educational and clinical applications.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2002- 2005 Chair, Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University,

Waterloo, Ontario.

1990- Professor, Psychology Department,

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

1985-90 Associate Professor, Psychology Department,

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

198384 Postdoctoral Intern, Children's Health Council,

Stanford University.

198283 Visiting Scholar, Psychology Department and Clinic,

University of California, Berkeley.

1981-85 Associate Professor, Psychology Department,

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

197681 Assistant Professor, Psychology Department,

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

197576 Research Associate, Laboratory of Human Cognition,

The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.

197375 Research Associate, Center for Public Policy,

Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1972-74 Research Associate, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Research in Mental Retardation, Waltham, Massachusetts.

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to Psychology (WLU)

Introduction to Educational Psychology

History of Psychology (WLU)

Cognitive Development

Memory Development

Origins of Social Behaviour

Undergraduate Developmental Seminar (WLU)

Seminar in Abnormal and Personality (WLU)

Infancy and Child Development (WLU)

Adolescent and Youth Development (WLU)

Graduate Research Seminar (WLU)

Graduate Seminar in Developmental Psychology (WLU)

SUPERVISION (since 1985, at Wilfrid Laurier University)

24 MA Theses completed

31 BA Honours Theses completed

PUBLICATIONS

(i) Books and Book Chapters:

Norris, J. E., Pratt, M. W., & Hebblethwaite, S. (in press, 2006). Aging and social cognition. In J. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology (2nd Ed.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd.

Arnold, M. L., Pratt, M. W., & Hicks, C. (2004). Adolescents' representations of parents' voices in family stories: Value lessons, personal adjustment and identity development. In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. (pp. 163-186). Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Fiese, B. H., & Pratt, M. W. (2004). Metaphors and meanings of family stories: Integrating life course and system perspectives. In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. (pp. 401-418). Mahwah, N. J.: Erlbaum.

Norris, J. E., Kuiack, S., & Pratt, M. W. (2004). As long as they go back down the driveway at the end of the day: Stories of the satisfactions and challenges of grandparenthood. In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. (pp. 353-374). Mahwah, N. J.: Erlbaum.

Pratt, M. W., & Fiese, B. H. (2004). Family stories and the life course: An ecological context. In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. (pp. 1-24). Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Pratt, M. W., & Fiese, B. H. (Eds.) (2004). Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Norris, J. E., Pratt, M. W., & Kuiack, S. (2003). Parent-child relations in adulthood: An intergenerational family systems perspective. In L. Kuczynski (Ed.), The handbook of parent-child relations. (pp. 325-344). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Pratt, M. W., Arnold, M. L., & Mackey, K. (2001). Adolescents' representations of the parent voice in stories of personal turning points. In D. P. McAdams, R. Josselson, & A. Leiblich (Eds.), Turns in the road: Narrative studies of lives in transition. (pp. 227-252). Washington: American Psychological Association Press.

Pancer, S. M., & Pratt, M. W. (1999). Social and family determinants of community service involvement in Canadian youth. In M. Yates & J. Youniss (Eds.), Community service and civic engagement in youth: International perspectives. (pp. 32-55). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Pratt, M. W., & Norris, J. (1999). Moral development in maturity: Lifespan perspectives on the processes of successful aging. In T. Hess & F. Blanchard-Fields (Eds.), Social cognition and aging. (pp. 291-317). New York: Academic Press.

Pratt, M. W., Arnold, M., & Hilbers, S. (1998). A narrative approach to the study of moral orientation in the family: Tales of kindness and care. In E.E. Skoe & A. L. von der Lippe (Eds.), Personality development in adolescence: A cross-national and life span perspective. (pp. 61-78). London: Routledge.

Pratt, M. W., & Norris, J. (1994). The social psychology of aging: A cognitive perspective. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (Dutch Edition, Uitgeverij INTRO, 1996).

Bountrogianni, M., & Pratt, M. W. (1990). Working within a dynamic model of learning potential: Assessment, peer tutoring, and parent training. In E. Cole & J. Siegel (Eds.), Effective consultation in school psychology. Toronto: Hogrefe.

Raynes, N., Pratt, M. W., & Roses, S. (1979). Organizational structure and the care of the mentally retarded. London: Croom-Helm.

Lein, L., Durham, M., Howrigan, G., Pratt, M. W., Thomas, R., & Weiss, H., and the Working Family Project. (1978). Parenting. In R. & R. Rapaport (Eds.), Working couples. London: Harper.

Pratt, M. W., Raynes, N., & Roses, S. (1977). Organizational characteristics and their relationship to the quality of care. In P. Mittler (Ed.), Research to practice in mental retardation, Vol. 1, Baltimore: University Park Press.

(ii) Journal Articles:

Allard, E., & Pratt, M. W. (in preparation). Relations between loneliness, intimacy and generativity in emerging adulthood: Two studies.

Pratt, M. W., Allard, E., Norris, J. E., & Arnold, M. L. (in preparation). Relations between parental optimism in family stories, late adolescent optimism, and the quality of family parenting: Accentuating the positive?

Pratt, M. W., Cressman, K., Lawford, H., Norris, J. E., & Hebblethwaite, S. (submitted ms). Parental generativity and forgiveness in three generations: How can I get mad when Bubba takes care of the kids?

Cameron, S., & Pratt, M. W. (submitted ms.). The meaning of engagement: An exploration of gender and generativity in the domain of politics.

Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B., Alisat, S., & Berkeley, N. (submitted ms.). Long-term impacts of a support group intervention for the transition to university.

Pratt, M. W., Allard, E. E., Arnold, M. L., & Tardif, C. (under revision for Merrill-Palmer Quarterly). Narrating a moral self: Morality and generativity in emerging adulthood.

Pratt, M. W., Norris, J. E., Hebblethwaite, S., & Arnold, M. L. (under revision for Journal of Personality). Generativity and adolescents’ narratives of parent and grandparent value teaching.

Frensch, K. M., Pratt, M. W., & Norris, J. E. (in press). Foundations of generativity: Personal and family correlates of adolescents’ generative life story themes. Journal of Research in Personality.

Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M.W., Hunsberger, B., & Alisat, S. (in press). Community and political involvement in adolescence: What distinguishes the activists from the uninvolved? Journal of Community Psychology.

McLean, K., & Pratt, M. W. (2006). Life’s little (and big) lessons: Identity development and the construction of meaning in the turning point narratives of emerging adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 42, 714-722.

Jackson, L., Pratt, M.W., Hunsberger, B., & Pancer, S.M. (2005). Optimism as a mediator of relations between perceived parental authoritativeness and adjustment among adolescents: Finding the sunny side of the street. Social Development, 14, 273-304.

Lawford, H., Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B., & Pancer, S. M. (2005). Adolescent generativity: A longitudinal study of two possible contexts for learning concern for future generations. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15, 261-273.

Mattanah, J., Pratt, M. W., Cowan, P. A., & Cowan, C. P. (2005). Authoritative parenting, parental scaffolding of long-division mathematics, and children’s academic competence in fourth grade. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 85-106.

Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B.E., & Alisat, S. (2005). Bridging troubled waters: Helping students make the transition from high school to university. Guidance and Counselling, 19, 184-190.

Pratt, M. W., Skoe, E.E., & Arnold, M. L. (2004). The development of care reasoning in later adolescence: A longitudinal analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 139-147.

Beaton, J., Norris, J. E., & Pratt, M. W. (2003). Relationships between adult children and their parents: Unresolved issues in adult children's marital relationships involving intergenerational problems. Family Relations, 52, 143-153.

Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B., Pancer, S. M., & Alisat, S. (2003). A longitudinal analysis of personal value socialization: Correlates of a moral self-ideal in adolescence. Social Development, 12, 563-585.

Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Pancer, S. M. (2002). A longitudinal study of religious doubts in high school and beyond: Relationships, stability and searching for answers. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41, 255-266.

Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Pancer, S. M. (2001). Adolescent identity formation: Religious exploration and commitment. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 1, 365-387.

Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Pancer, S. M. (2001). Religious versus nonreligious socialization: Does religious background have implications for adjustment? International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 11, 105-128.

Mackey, K., Arnold, M. L., & Pratt, M. W. (2001). Adolescents' stories of decision-making in more or less authoritative families: Representing the voices of parents in narrative. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16, 243-268.

Pratt, M. W., Danso, H., Arnold, M. L., Norris, J., & Filyer, R. (2001). Adult generativity and the socialization of adolescents: Relations to mothers' and fathers' parenting beliefs, styles and practices. Journal of Personality,69, 89-120.

Pratt, M. W., Norris, J., van de Hoef, S., & Arnold, M. L. (2001). Stories of hope: Parent optimism in narratives about adolescents. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 18, 603-623.

Delmore-Ko, P., Pancer, S. M., Hunsberger, B., & Pratt, M. W. (2000). The process of becoming a parent: How expectations influence the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 625-640.

Jackson, L., Pancer, S. M., Pratt, M. W., & Hunsberger, B. (2000). Great expectations: The relation between expectancies and adjustment during the transition to university. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 2100-2125.

Pancer, S. M., Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Alisat, S. (2000). Cognitive complexity of expectations and adjustment to university in the first year. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 38-57.

Pancer, S.M., Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Gallant, M. (2000). Thinking ahead: Complexity of expectations and the transition to parenthood. Journal of Personality, 68, 253-280.

Pratt, M. W. (2000). The transition to university: Contexts, connections and consequences. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 5-8.

Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B., Pancer, S. M., Alisat, S., Bowers, C., Mackey, K., Ostaniewicz, A., Rog, E., Terzian, B., & Thomas, N. (2000). Facilitating the transition to university: Evaluation of a social support intervention program. Journal of College Student Development, 41, 427-441.

Ryan, E. B., Kennaley, D., Pratt, M. W., & Shumovich, M. (2000). Evaluations by staff, residents, and community seniors of patronizing speech: Impact of passive, assertive or humorous responses. Psychology and Aging, 15, 272-285.

Tao, S., Dong, Q., Pratt, M. W., Hunsberger, B., & Pancer, S.M. (2000). Social support: Relations to coping and adjustment during the transition to university in China. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 123-144.

Pratt, M. W., Norris, J., Arnold, M. L., & Filyer, R. (1999). Generativity and moral development as predictors of value socialization narratives for young persons across the adult lifespan: From lessons learned to stories shared. Psychology and Aging, 14, 414-426.

Pratt, M. W., Arnold, M., Pratt, A., & Diessner, R. (1999). Predicting adolescent moral reasoning from family climate: A longitudinal study. Journal of Early Adolescence, 19, 148-175.

Pratt, M. W., & Savoy-Levine, K. (1998). Contingent tutoring of long-division skills in fourth and fifth graders: Experimental tests of some hypotheses about scaffolding. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 19, 287-304.

Danso, H., Hunsberger, B., & Pratt, M. W. (1997). The role of parental religious fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism in child-rearing goals and practices. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36, 496-511.

Duncan, R., & Pratt, M. W. (1997). Microgenetic change in preschoolers' private speech: Effects of task difficulty, task novelty, and task repetition. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 367-383.

Connolly, D., Hockley, W., & Pratt, M. W. (1996). A developmental evaluation of frequency memory for actions presented in lists, scripts, and stories. Memory, 4, 243-263.

Hunsberger, B., Alisat, S., Pancer, S. M., & Pratt, M. W. (1996). Religious fundamentalism and religious doubts: Content, connections, and complexity of thinking. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 6, 201-220.

Hunsberger, B., Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M. W., & Alisat, S. (1996). The transition to university: Is religion related to adjustment? Research in Social Scientific Study of Religion, 7, 181-199.

Pratt, M. W., Diessner, R., Pratt, A., Hunsberger, B., & Pancer, S.M. (1996). Moral and social reasoning and perspective-taking in later life: A longitudinal study. Psychology and Aging, 11, 66-73.

Skoe, E. E., Pratt, M. W., Matthews, M., & Curror, S. (1996). The ethic of care: Stability over time, gender differences and correlates in mid to late adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 11, 280-292.

Lamothe, D., Currie, F., Alisat, S., Sullivan, T., Pratt, M. W., Pancer, S.M., & Hunsberger, B. (1995). Impact of a social support intervention on the transition to university. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 14, 167-180.

Pancer, S. M., Jackson, L., Hunsberger, B., Pratt, M. W., & Lea, J. (1995). Religious orthodoxy and the complexity of thought about religious and non-religious issues. Journal of Personality, 63, 213-232.

Pratt, M. W., & Arnold, M.L. (1995). Narrative approaches to moral socialization across the lifespan. Moral Education Forum, 20, 13-22.

Pratt, M. W., Filipovich, T., & Bountrogianni, M. (1995). Teachers' views of parents: Parental decision-making and the congruence of teachers and parents regarding homework practices and values. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, XLI, 175-187.