March 2008

Megan E. Baril

Curriculum Vitæ

Office Home ______

211 Beecher Dock House P.O. Box 259

State College, PA16801 Boalsburg, PA16827

Phone: (814) 865-0095 Phone: (814) 404-6534

Email:

Education

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Ph.D.The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies

(Expected August, 2008)

M.S.The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

Master of Science in Human Development and Family Studies

2003-2005

B.A.WakeForestUniversity

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Magna Cum Laude

1998-2002

Research Interests

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  • Associations between parental knowledge/monitoring, parent-adolescent relationship quality, and both positive and negative well-being indicators in adolescence
  • The development of parental knowledge over middle childhood and adolescence
  • Associations between religiosity and family processes, parenting, and parent-child relationship quality
  • Exploring family dynamics and processes within the context of the family system

Publications

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Baril, M.E., Crouter, A.C., & McHale, S.M. (2007). Processes linking adolescent well- being, marital love, and coparenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 645-654.

Crouter, A.C., Baril, M.E., Davis, K.D., & McHale, S.M. (under review). Processes linking social class and racial socialization in African American dual-earner families.Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Rogers, K.N., Buchanan, C.M. Winchell, M.E. (2003). Psychological control by mothers as related to adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Journal of Early Adolescence, 23, 349-383.

Winchell, M.E. (1994). How to reduce gender bias in the classroom. Communique:National Association of School Psychologists,23, 19-21

Thesis and Dissertation Research

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Baril, M. E.(2008). Psychosocial adjustment in adolescence: The importance of the family ecology. Doctoral Dissertation. The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity. Chair: Ann C. Crouter.

Winchell, M. E. (2005). A closer look at marital quality, coparenting and adolescent well-being. Master’s Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University. Chair: Ann C. Crouter.

Conference Presentations

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Baril, M. E., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2008, July). Sources of parents’ knowledge: Individual and family correlates.Paperpresented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Wűrzburg, Germany.

Baril, M. E., Wray-Lake, L., Soli, A., McHale, S. M. (2008, April). A person-oriented approach to examining youth's gender development in Mexican-American families.

Poster presented at the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Wray-Lake, L., Baril, M. E., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2008, March). A family centered approach to community involvement in African American two-parent families. Poster

presented in a Student Poster Symposium at the Society for Research on Adolescence

Biennial Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Baril, M. E., Abar, B. & McHale, S. M. (2008, March). A mixture model approach to positive

youth development. Poster presented in a Student Poster Symposium at the Society

for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Winchell, M.E. & Crouter, A.C. (2007, March). Comparing three approaches to measuring parental knowledge. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.

Kan, M. &Winchell, M.E. (2007, March). Romantic partner preferences in adolescence: Individual and family correlates. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.

Winchell, M.E.,Davis, K.D., & Crouter, A.C. (2006, November).The role of SES and self-direction in African American mothers’ racial socialization.Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.

Winchell, M.E.& Crouter, A. C.(2006, October). Methods for studying parental knowledge. Poster presented at the Family Methods Conference, Amherst, MA.

Winchell, M.E. (2006, March). Links between parents’ religiosity, time, and parent-child relationship quality in African-American families. Poster presented at the Society

for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Winchell, M.E., Marks, J., & Crouter, A. C. (2006, March). Comparing self report and daily diary measures of parental knowledge: Links to adolescent internalizing and externalizing outcomes. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, SanFrancisco, CA.

Winchell, M.E., Crouter, A.C., Kim, J. Y., & McHale, S.M. (2005, November). Routes into knowledge: Links with social class, coparenting, and child sex.Paper presentedat the National Council of Family Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Winchell, M.E. & Crouter, A.C. (2005, March). The coparental relationship: Links to adolescent outcomes. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rogers, K.N., Buchanan, C.M., & Winchell, M.E. (2002, March). Psychological control during early adolescence: Links to adjustment in different parent-child dyads. Poster presentedat the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting,New Orleans, LA.

Buchanan, C.M., Hughes, J.L. & Winchell M.E. (2001, April). Parents’ and young adolescents’ ideas about adolescence: Category-based beliefs and target based expectations. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Organized Symposium

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Organizer: Baril, M. E. Positive development in adolescence: Family influences and correlates. Student poster symposium presented at the Society for Adolescence Biennial Meeting (2008, March). Presenters: M. E. Baril, F.Villarruel, S. M. McHale

R. Ellingsen, Z. B. Mural, S. Persson, L. Wray-Lake.

Organizer and Chair: Winchell, M.E. Exploring parental knowledge from mothers’, fathers’, and offspring’s perspectives. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Child Development BiennialMeeting(2007, March). Presenters: M.E. Winchell, M. Bumpus, G. Masche, A.C. Crouter.

Manuscripts in Preparation

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Kan, M. &Winchell, M.E. (in preparation). Romantic partner preferences in adolescence: Individual and family correlates.

Wray-Lake, L., Baril, M. E., & Crouter, A. C. (in preparation). A family-centered approach to community involvement in African American two-parent families.

Baril, M. E., Wray-Lake, L., Soli, A. & McHale, S. M. (in preparation). A person-oriented approach to examining youth's gender development in Mexican-American families.

Baril, M. E., Abar, B.& McHale, S. M. (in preparation). Routes into positive youth development: A latent profile analysis.

Baril, M. E., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (in preparation). Sources of parents’ knowledge: Individual and family correlates.

Baril, M. E., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (in preparation). Parental knowledge and its links to adolescent well-being: Exploring three measurement approaches.

Research Experience

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2008 – presentData manager for an NIMH funded study examining sibling relationships in middle childhood

Supervisor: Dr. Shirley McGuire, University of San Francisco

  • Created data management programs in SAS for data involving two family members’ reports of daily activities collected through telephone interviews

2003-presentResearch assistant for a NICHD funded study examining gender development across middle childhood and adolescence

Supervisors:Drs. Ann C. Crouter and Susan M. McHale, Pennsylvania StateUniversity

  • Conductedand developed home interviews with parents and adolescents
  • Supervised and trained undergraduate students in data collection
  • Conducted data analysis and prepared manuscripts for publication

2005Research assistant for an NIMH funded study examining coparenting during the transition to parenthood.

Supervisor: Dr.Mark Feinberg, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

  • Developed and implemented a coding scheme of marital interactions

2003Research assistant for a Department of Education funded study examining the effectiveness of a mentorship program aimed at Hispanic youth

Supervisor:Dr. Christy Miller Buchanan, WakeForestUniversity

  • Developed and conducted home interviews of families in Spanish
  • Participated in data management and analysis

2000 – 2002Research assistant for a W.T. Grant funded study examining the implications of family members’ beliefs about adolescence for family functioning

Supervisor: Dr. Christy Miller Buchanan, WakeForestUniversity

  • Conductedtelephone interviews with parents and adolescents
  • Participated in data management
  • Conducted data analysis and prepared manuscripts for publication

Teaching activities

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Instructor

Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS)

The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park, PA

2008Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS 129)

2006Empirical Inquiry (HD FS 312W)

Instructor

World Campus: The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park, PA

2007Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS 129)

Teaching Assistant

Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS)

The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park, PA

2006Infant Child Development (HD FS 229; Erin Sharp)

2006Adolescent Development (HD FS 239; Erin Sharp)

2005Empirical Inquiry (HD FS 312W; Eric Loken)

2005Analysis of Family Problems (HD FS 477; Jim Kuterbach)

2004Marital Relationships (HD FS 418; Bob Burgess)

2004Parent-Child Relationships (HD FS 412; Bob Burgess)

2003Family Development (HD FS 315; Claire Dush)

Guest Lecturer

Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS)

The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park, PA

The Nature of the Coparenting RelationshipLecture given in HD FS 315: 2004

Religiosity in AdolescenceLecture given in HD FS 239: 2005

Religiosity and Family RelationshipsLecture given in HD FS 418: 2005

Battle of the Sexes: Evolutionary PerspectivesLecture given in HD FS 418: 2006

Effects of Early Deprivation on DevelopmentLecture given in HD FS 229: 2007

Relevant Course Work

Seminar in Teaching Methods: 12 week course

How to Instruct Online Courses: 3 week course

Reviewing Responsibilities

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2006-presentReviewer, Journal of Family Psychology

2006-presentReviewer,Journal of Research on Adolescence

Relevant Graduate-Level Course Work

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Statistics and Methodology

Introduction to Research Methods, Applied Statistics Lab, Regression, Measurement in Human Development, Developmental Research Methods, Multi-level Modeling, Multivariate Statistics, Latent Class Analysis, Structural Equations Modeling, Cluster Analysis

Substantive Course Work

Introduction to Human Development, Positive Youth Development,Introduction to Family Studies, Diversity in Families, Family Relationships Seminar, Work as a Context for HumanDevelopment, Sociology of Religion

professional memberships

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  • Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)
  • National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
  • Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Awards

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2007Society for Research on Child Development: Student Travel Award: $200

2002Graduated Magna Cum Laude, WakeForestUniversity

1998-2002Dean’s List, WakeForestUniversity, eight of eight semesters

2001 - 2002Psi Chi, Psychology Honor Society, WakeForestUniversity

Service Positions

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2004-presentHigh school student mentor, CalvaryBaptistChurch, State College, PA

2002 - 2003 Missionary and English Teacher, Shalom’s Children’s Orphanage, SantiagoTexacuangos, El Salvador

Computer Skills

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  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • MPLUS

Language Skills

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  • Proficient in Spanish and German

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