Teaching Awards University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow, University of Connecticut (2007)

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1 Education Ph.D. M.A. B.A. Ralph B. McNeal Jr. Department of Sociology, U-2068 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of Connecticut Storrs, CT , The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1991, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1990, The University of Miami Academic Positions Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of Connecticut Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut 1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Research Associate, Department of Public Health Sciences Wake Forest University Teaching Awards University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow, University of Connecticut (2007) Nominee, Faculty Excellence in Teaching, University of Connecticut Alumni Association (2007) Teacher of the Year, National Society of Collegiate Scholars University of Connecticut Chapter (2005) Nominee for National Teacher of the Year Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars University of Connecticut Chapter (2005) American Association of University Professors/University of Connecticut Excellence in Teaching Promise Award (1999) State of Connecticut Citation for Teaching Excellence (1999) Non-Teaching Publications -1-

2 McNeal, Ralph B Online versus Traditional Instruction: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a College-Level Introduction to Sociology Course. Indian Journal of Open Learning, forthcoming. McNeal, Ralph B Checking In or Checking Out: Investigating the Parent Involvement Reactive Hypothesis. Journal of Educational Research 105(2): McNeal, Ralph B Labor Market Effects on Dropping Out of High School: Variation by Gender, Race, and Employment Status. Youth and Society 43(3): McNeal, Jr. Ralph B Dropping Out of School. Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell Publishing. McNeal Jr., Ralph B., William B. Hansen, Nancy G. Harrington, and Steven M. Giles How All Stars Works: An Examination of Program Effects on Mediating Variables Health Education and Behavior 31(2): * Recipient of the Lawrence W. Green Best Paper of the Year Award. Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie, William B. Hansen, and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Comparison of Psychosocial Influences on Substance Use in Adolescents: Implications for Prevention Programming. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Use 11(4): Hansen, William B. and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Self-Initiated Cessation from Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Between Postulated Mediators and Quitting. Journal of Drug Issues 31(4): McNeal Jr., Ralph B Differential Effects of Parent Involvement on Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status. Journal of Socioeconomics 30(2): Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie, William B. Hansen and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Mediators and Drug Prevention. Pp in William B. Hansen, Steven M. Giles and Melodie Fearnow- Kenney (Editors), Improving Prevention Effectiveness. Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Parent Involvement as Social Capital: Differential Effectiveness on Science Achievement, Truancy and Dropping Out. Social Forces 78(1): McNeal Jr., Ralph B Participating in High School Extracurricular Activities: Investigating School Effects. Social Science Quarterly 80(2): McNeal Jr., Ralph B. and William B. Hansen Developmental Patterns Associated with the Onset of Drug Use: Changes in Postulated Mediators During Adolescence. Journal of Drug Issues 29(2): Hansen, William B. and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Drug Education Practice: Results of an Observational Study. Health Education Research 14(1):

3 McNeal Jr., Ralph B High School Extracurricular Activities: Closed Structures and Stratifying Patterns of Participation. Journal of Educational Research 91(3): McNeal Jr., Ralph B Are Students Being Pulled Out of High School? The Effect of Adolescent Employment on Dropping Out. Sociology of Education 70(3): McNeal Jr., Ralph B High School Dropouts: A Closer Examination of School Effects. Social Science Quarterly 78(1): Hansen, William B. and Ralph B. McNeal, Jr How D.A.R.E. Works: An Examination of Program Effects on Mediating Variables. Health Education and Behavior 24(2): * Reprinted in Wright, B. and R. McNeal (Eds.), Boundaries: Readings in Deviance, Crime, and Criminal Justice. Pearson Publishing: Boston, MA. Hansen, William B. and Ralph B. McNeal, Jr Law of Maximum Expected Potential Effect: Constraints Placed on Program Effectiveness by Mediator Relationships. Health Education Research 11(4): McNeal Jr., Ralph B. and William B. Hansen An Examination of Strategies for Gaining Convergent Validity in Natural Experiments: D.A.R.E. as an Illustrative Case Study. Evaluation Review 19(2): McNeal Jr., Ralph B Extracurricular Activities and High School Dropouts. Sociology of Education 68(1): Langer, Lilly M., Rick S. Zimmerman and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Explaining the Association of Race and Ethnicity with the HIV/AIDS-Related Attitudes, Skills, and Behaviors of High School Students. Population Research and Policy Review 11: Bachmann, Edward, Andrea Bohlig, John D. Kasarda, Ralph B. McNeal Jr. and Kwok-Fai Ting Machine Readable File Documentation. Pp in John D. Kasarda (Editor), Urban Underclass Database: An Overview and Machine-Readable File Documentation. New York, NY: Social Science Research Council. Longino Jr., Charles F. and Ralph B. McNeal Jr The Elderly Population of South Florida. Pp in Tom Boswell (Editor), South Florida: The Winds of Change. Miami, FL: Association of American Geographers. Teaching Materials Published Tiemann, Kathleen A., Ralph McNeal, Jr., Betsy Lucal and Morten Ender (Editors) The Intersections Collection, 1st edition. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing. -3-

4 McNeal Jr., Ralph B. and Kathleen Tiemann (Editors) Intersections: Readings in Sociology, 6 th edition. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing. (1 st edition, 2000; 2 nd edition, 2002; 3 rd edition, 2004; 4 th edition, 2006; 5 th edition, 2008). Wright, Bradley and McNeal, Jr. Ralph B. (Editor) Boundaries: Readings in Deviance, Crime and Criminal Justice, 3 rd edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing. (1 st edition, 2002; 2 nd edition, 2004; 3 rd edition, 2006). Grant(s) & Consulting Developing Introduction to Sociology as an Online Course. Office of the Provost, University of Connecticut, $7,500. Principal Investigator. (2012) Introduction to Sociology, First-Generation College Students, Service Learning Community. First Year Experience Program, University of Connecticut, $500 (2008) Teaching Fellow Award. University of Connecticut, $3,000. (2007) Prejudice & Discrimination, Provost s General Education Course Development Competition, University of Connecticut, $10,000. Principal Investigator. ( ) Effectiveness of the Online Learning Environment. Research Foundation Grant, University of Connecticut, $1,000. Principal Investigator. (2007) Interdisciplinary Research and Training for Education Sciences, Institute for Education Sciences. (5 years, $5,000,000). Co-Principal Investigator, with Ann O Connell (Neag School of Education); Antonius Cillessen (Psychology). Invited re-submission, withdrawn. Proposal was withdrawn when Dr. Ann O-Connell left the University of Connecticut in Teaching Introduction to Sociology On-Line. College of Continuing Studies, University of Connecticut, $3,600. Principal Investigator. (2003) Investigating the Reactive Hypothesis. American Educational Research Association, National Science Foundation, National Center for Education Statistics, $24,758. Principal Investigator. ( ) Automated Social Network Data Collection. National Institute of Drug Abuse, Co-Principal Investigator, William B. Hansen, $546,538. (Reduced position to consultant; unable to negotiate indirect costs with the University of Connecticut on sub-contract portion) ( ) Understanding and Preventing Grade Repetition and School Failure: Needs Assessment and Prevention Program Development. University of Connecticut/Hartford School Partnership, $9,876. Principal Investigator. ( ) -4-

5 Improving Drug Education Through Concept Training for Teachers. Funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, , $512,277. Co-Principal Investigator, William B. Hansen. (Reduced position to consultant; unable to negotiate indirect costs with the University of Connecticut on sub-contract portion) ( ) Automated Social Analysis in Drug Abuse Prevention. Funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Co-Principal Investigator, William B. Hansen, $62,572. ( ) Parent Involvement and Student Outcomes. American Educational Research Association, National Science Foundation, National Center for Education Statistics, $23,853. Principal Investigator. ( ) Commercially Viable and Effective Drug Prevention Program. Funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Principal Investigator, William B. Hansen, $558,542. Consultant. ( ) Preparing to Teach in the Hi-Tech World: Curriculum Upgrade for Pedagogical Improvement. Teaching Institute, University of Connecticut. $1,000. Principal Investigator. (1997) Involvement in and Access to High School Extracurricular Activities. Research Foundation Grant, University of Connecticut, $7,000. Principal Investigator. ( ) "Student Disengagement and Dropping Out of High School. Research Foundation Grant, University of Connecticut, $1,000. Principal Investigator. (1995) Presentations William Stuart and Ralph B. McNeal Jr., The Use of Quasi- and Natural Experiments in Program Assessment and Evaluation. Invited presentation for the Teaching American History Conference. Washington, DC. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Parent Involvement and Student Performance: The Influence of Social Context. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Does Work Orientation Account for the Work-Dropout Relationship? Presented at the School-to-Work Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Investigating How Adolescent Employment, Socioeconomic Status, and Labor Markets Affect Educational Attainment: The Case of High School Dropouts. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago. -5-

6 Hansen, William B. and Ralph B. McNeal, Jr Self-Initiated Cessation from Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between Mediators and Quitting. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Parent Involvement as Social Capital: Differential Effects of Parental Involvement on Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes by Race, Household Structure, and Socioeconomic Status. Social Capital Conference: Bridging Disciplines, Policies, and Communities, Michigan State University. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Parent Involvement, Process Outcomes, and Science Achievement: Explaining the Parent Involvement Effect? Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Parent Involvement and Dropping Out of High School. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Student Involvement and School Context: An Exploratory Investigation. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York City. McNeal Jr., Ralph B The Pulling Out Effect of Adolescent Employment: The Effect of Job Type and Intensity on Dropping Out of High School. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Equitable Participation in Extracurricular Activities? Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. McNeal Jr., Ralph B High School Structure, Environment, and Dropping Out: A Multilevel Analysis. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. McNeal Jr., Ralph B Youth Employment and Dropping Out of High School: Do Different Jobs Have Different Effects? Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina. McNeal Jr., Ralph B. and Barbara Entwisle Analysis of Multilevel Data: A Review of Statistical Concerns. Keynote address at the CDC Symposium on Statistical Methods, Atlanta. McNeal Jr., Ralph B School Determinants of Dropout Rates: A Latent Variable Causal Model. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Miami. Langer, Lilly M., Rick S. Zimmerman and Ralph B. McNeal Jr Explaining the Effects of Race and Ethnicity on AIDS-Related Attitudes, Skills, and Behaviors. Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh. -6-

7 Professional Service Member, Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly, Member, Editorial Board, Sociology of Education, Member, Editorial Board, Teaching Sociology, Contributing / Guest Editor, Social Science Quarterly, Social Science Examines Education, 2004 Chair, Informal Roundtables, American Sociological Association, Chair, Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Education Section Discussant: Session on School to Work Lifecourse Transition, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C Member, Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section, Presider/Discussant: Session on Institutional Intersections between Economy, Religion, and Education. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Discussant: Session on the Academic Labor Market. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Major University & College Service Member, Institute for Teaching and Learning Scholar Award Committee (2012) CLAS Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010) University Graduate Faculty Council (Member ) University Institutional Review Board ( ; Vice-Chairperson) University Visiting Faculty Fellowship Committee (Member ) Courses & Curriculum Committee ( ) Advisory Board, Center for Population Research (Member ) Member, Teachers for a New Era (interdisciplinary curriculum development committee) University of Connecticut Research Foundation Social Science Review Panel (Member ; Chair ) University Retention Committee (Member ) Freshmen Orientation (1997-8) Major Departmental Service Undergraduate Program Committee ( ) Teaching Committee ( ) Tenure, Promotion, and Re-Appointment Committee (various) Director of Graduate Studies (1997-9, ) Graduate Program Committee (Chair , ) Graduate Admissions Committee (Chair , ; Member ) Graduate Financial Aid Committee (Chair , , ) Executive Committee (Member ) Merit Committee (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) Departmental Hearing Officer ( ) -7-

8 Faculty Recruitment Committee (Member , ; Chair ) Coordinator, High School Cooperative Program ( ) Awards Committee, Chair (2005) Relevant Community Service The Hartford Public Schools Safe Schools/Healthy Students Project. SAMHSA, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Education, Project Evaluator, William Stuart (Integral Evaluation, LLC). Consultant. ( ) The Connecticut Urban Consortium for Teaching United States Constitutional History. U.S. Department of Education, Project Evaluator, William Stuart (Integral Evaluation, LLC). Consultant. ( ) Preparing Tomorrow s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3). U.S. Department of Education, Project Evaluator, William Stuart (Integral Evaluation, LLC). Consultant. ( ) Adolescent Employment: Benefits and Detriments. Testimony presented to the Connecticut State Legislature, Labor Committee. (1997) Elected Member, Region 19 Board of Education ( ) (Vice Chairperson ) Board of Directors, EASTCONN (member). ( ) EASTCONN is a regional agency responsible for delivering educational services to its 36 member towns and school districts in Northeast Connecticut. Programs include providing special education services, transportation services, and technological assistance to school personnel. (References Provided Upon Request) -8-