Educational Background

Ph.D. 1979:  University of Arkansas

        Experimental Psychology  (Life-span Developmental emphasis)

Dissertation Title:  An examination of problem solving strategies

among groups of old and young elderly and young adults.

        (Advisor:  Kenneth L. Witte)

M.A. 1977:  University of Arkansas

        Experimental Psychology (Developmental emphasis),

        Thesis Title:  The effect of amount and sequence of reward,

        age, and amount of acquisition training on

        children's resistance to extinction.

        (Advisor:  Kenneth L. Witte)

B.A. 1974:  University of Arkansas

        Double Major:  Psychology; Political Science

Academic Honors

        Phi Beta Kappa, University of Arkansas, 1974

        Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society), 1971

        Academic Scholarship, University of Arkansas, 1970

Educational Experience

Southeast Missouri State University

          1995-present                Professor of Psychology

          1994-1987                    Associate Professor of Psychology

                                                       Southeast Missouri State University

                                                       Cape Girardeau, MO

          1988                             Tenured, Southeast Missouri State University

          1986-83                         Assistant Professor of Psychology

                                                       Southeast Missouri State University

                                                       Cape Girardeau, MO

University of Nebraska-Kearney

          1983                              Tenured, University of Nebraska-Kearney

          1983-1979                     Assistant Professor of Psychology

                                                       University of Nebraska-Kearney

                                                       Kearney, NE

          1980                              National Science Foundation Selected Participant

                                                       Chautauqua Short Course on Aging, Family, and

                                                        Bureaucracy, Salt Lake City, UT

University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

          1979-1978         Practicum in Gerontology:  City Hospital, Fayetteville, AR

          1979-1978         Teaching Associate:  University of Arkansas;

                                               Developmental & Introductory Psychology

          1978-1977         Teaching Assistant:  University of Arkansas;

                                               Introductory Psychology

          1977-1976         Research Assistant:  Data collection and analysis,

   Program evaluation of the Arkansas State Rehabilitation
       Institute, Hot Springs, AR.

          1976-1975         Research Assistant/Teaching:  Experimental Psychology

                                                   Laboratory class; University of Arkansas.

Degree Programs Developed

Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Minor Degree Program in Gerontology:   

        University of Nebraska-Kearney, 1982.

Courses Developed

            UI 430             Aging Successfully:  Critical Issues in the 21st Century

                                               Southeast Missouri State University

                                              (Senior Level University Studies Course-)

            PY 220             Psychological Development Across the Life Span

                                               Southeast Missouri State University

                       University Studies Course (Behavioral Systems)

            PY 222             Psychological Development of the Adolescent

                                               Southeast Missouri State University

                       University Studies Course  (Behavioral Systems)

            PY 101             Psychological Perspectives on Human Behavior

                                              Southeast Missouri State University,

                                              (Member of a team responsible for development)

                                              University Studies Course  (Behavioral Systems)

            PY 495             Internship in Psychology

                                               Southeast Missouri State University

            PY 493/494     Directed Research in Psychology

                                               Southeast Missouri State University

                       (Elective Course for Psychology Majors)

   IDC 206           Life-span Development,

                      University of Nebraska-Kearney

                      (Team taught multidisciplinary course)

             PY 315             Experimental Life-span Developmental Psychology

                                              and Laboratory,

                      University of Nebraska-Kearney