Karen Watkins-Lewis 1

CURRICULUM VITAE

KAREN M. WATKINS-LEWIS, PhD

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6821 Tammy CT 301-365-5875 (tel)

BethesdaMD20817 301-365-5680 (fax)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Socio-cultural Psychology; Parenting and achievement among children of color.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Psychology, HowardUniversity, Washington, D.C., May 2007

Concentration: Developmental Psychology (Minor: Neuro-Psychology)

M.S., Psychology, HowardUniversity, 1998

Concentration: Developmental Psychology

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, HowardUniversity, 1986

RESEARCH & POST DOCTORALAPPOINTMENTS

Fellow

NationalCenter for Research on Early Childhood Education (June, 2008-June, 2009)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Post Doctoral Training

Institute for Child Study/University of MarylandCollege Park (11/06-7/07)

Department of Human Development

Research Assistantship (9/96-3/02)

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR; currently known as CAPSTONE)

HowardUniversity, WashingtonD.C.

STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS TRAINING

Longitudinal Data Sets

  • Department of Education/National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Birth Cohort Data Base Training Seminar (January 2010)
  • The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Study of Early Childcare and Youth Development Data Base Training (July 2008)

Statistics & Research Methods Training

  • Structural Equation Modeling (January 2010)
  • Multi-Level Modeling (March 2009)
  • Multiple Regression Analysis (January 2009)

RESEARCH/PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS

  • Research Affiliate (8/09-8/2010)

Forum for Family Involvement

MarylandPopulationCenter

University of MarylandCollege Park, MD.

Director, Natasha Cabrera, Ph.D.

  • Research Affiliate (5/2007-2008)

Center for Research of Children Placed at Risk

(Currently named CAPSTONE Institute)

HowardUniversity

Director, A. Wade Boykin, Ph.D.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Positions

  • Lecturer 8/2011-Present

Department of Psychology

University of MarylandBaltimoreCounty (UMBC)

  • Lecturer (8/07-5/2011)

Department of Psychology

BowieStateUniversity (BSU)

Bowie, MD

  • Lecturerand research affiliate

(8/08-8/2010)

Department of Human Development

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

  • Guest & co-lecturer (10/06-5/07)

College Park Scholars program

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

Courses taught

  • Experimental Psychology, UMBC
  • Child Development & Socialization, UMBC (Special topics)
  • Child Development & Culture, UMBC
  • Psychology of Aggression and Anti-social Behavior, UMBC
  • Adolescent Aggression, UMCP
  • Human Development Societal Institutions, UMCP
  • Life Span/Human Development, UMCP
  • Community Mobilization, UMCP
  • General Psychology, BSU
  • Child Development, BSU
  • Seminar in Psychology, BSU (Capstone course)

PUBLICATIONS & SUBMISSIONS

Watkins-Lewis, K. Hamre, B. K. African-American parenting characteristics and their association with children’s cognitive and academic school readiness.

Journal of African American Studies. In press (available online first, 25 November 2011).

Watkins-Lewis, K., Jones-Harden, B., & Boykin. A. W. A study of the parenting characteristics of African American families and their relationship to child emotional adjustment and academic achievement. Urban Education. Accepted with request for minor revisions (January 26, 2012).

Cabrera, N., Kondelis, B., Aldoney, D., Kennedy, T., & Watkins-Lewis, K(2011).Social adaptation and positive adjustment of young Latino children. In Cabrera, N. (Ed.) Acculturation, parenting, and young children’s behavioral problems. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishers.

Boykin, A.W., Watkins-Lewis, K, Tyler, K.M., & Kizzie, K. (2006). Culture in the classroom practices of elementary school teachers serving low-income African American students. Journal of Education of Students Placed At-Risk, 11(2), 161-173.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Karen Watkins-Lewis (2009, June). African-American Parenting Characteristics

and their Relationship to ChildSchool Readiness. Presented at the Fourth annual Institute for Educational Statistics Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Karen Watkins-Lewis (2009, April). A study of the parenting characteristics of African American families and their relationship to child emotional adjustment and academic achievement. Poster session presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.

Karen Watkins-Lewis (1998, April). The cultural bases for teachers’ perceptions of their classroom practices: Implications for Black students who display differing cultural orientations. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

MEMBERSHIPS (Past and Present)

American Psychological Association

Society for Research in Child Development

References

Provided upon request