August, 2011 Curriculum Vitae Erin K. Shoulberg CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Psychology University of Vermont 2 Colchester Avenue Burlington, Vermont 05405 (518) 796-1198 Email: erin.shoulberg@uvm.edu EDUCATION 2008 Present Doctoral Candidate, University of Vermont Advisor: Dianna Annie Murray-Close, Ph.D. Dissertation title: The Contextual Nature of Perceived Popularity Goals: Associations with Math Engagement and Achievement During the Transition to Adolescence 2008 M.A., University of Vermont Advisor: Heather A. Bouchey, Ph.D. Thesis title: Reflected Appraisals and Self-Perceptions: Processes Underlying Achievement and Educational Expectancies in Late Adolescence 1997 B.A., Grinnell College (with honors) Major: Psychology; Concentration: Gender and Women s Studies GRANTS AND AWARDS James M. Jeffords Center Graduate Fellowship, September 2009 May 2010 ($21,720) Principal Investigator (Annie Murray-Close, Co-PI): Research Grant: Child and Adolescent Psychology Training & Research Inc., Spring 2010. Title: Popularity Goals, Popularity Norms, and Actual Popularity: Associations with Trajectories of Academic Adjustment across Early Adolescence. ($6400) Ronald Suiter Travel Award, University of Vermont, Fall 2009 ($1000) Principal Investigator: Research Grant: Child and Adolescent Psychology Training & Research Inc., Spring 2008. Title: Relations between the Importance of Social Skills and Interpersonal Behavior with Friends: Do Conflict Resolution Skills Matter? ($3977) Erin K. Shoulberg, Page 1
Co-Principal Investigator (Heather Bouchey, PI): McNeil Prevention and Community Psychology Research Grant, Spring 2008. Title: Adolescents Beliefs about School Study. ($5420) Co-Principal Investigator (Heather Bouchey, PI): Research Grant: Child and Adolescent Psychology Training & Research Inc., Spring 2008. Title: Adolescents Beliefs about School Study. ($3940) Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year Nominee, University of Vermont, 2007 2008 Graduate College Travel Grant, University of Vermont, Fall 2007 ($200) Graduate College Travel Grant, University of Vermont, Spring 2007 ($400) Department of Psychology Research Grant, University of Vermont, 2006 ($500) Graduate College Travel Grant, University of Vermont, Spring 2006 ($400) PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Smith, A. L., Hoza, B., Linnea, K., McQuade, J. D., Tomb, M., Vaughn, A. J., Shoulberg, E. K., & Pierce, H. (in press). Pilot physical activity intervention improves ADHD symptoms in young children. Journal of Attention Disorders. Shoulberg, E. K., Sijtsema, J. J., Murray-Close, D. (2011). The association between valuing popularity and relational aggression: The moderating effects of actual popularity and physiological reactivity to exclusion. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 20 37. Sijtsema, J. J., Shoulberg, E. K., Murray-Close, D. (2011). Physiological reactivity and different forms of aggression in girls: Moderating roles of peer rejection and rejection sensitivity. Biological Psychology, 86, 181 192. Bouchey, H. A., Shoulberg, E. K, Jodl, K. M., & Eccles, J. S. (2010). Longitudinal links between older sibling features and younger siblings' academic adjustment during early adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102, 197 211. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Shoulberg, E. K., Murray-Close, D., Luckner, A. E., Cullteron-Sen, C., & Crick, N. R. (invited revision). Gender differences in the short-term longitudinal processes linking forms of aggression and academic effort in middle childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Development. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Shoulberg, E. K. Childhood relational aggression and trajectories of depression from late childhood to middle adolescence: Moderating effects of popularity and gender. Erin K. Shoulberg, Page 2
Moore, C. C., Shoulberg, E. K., Brady, A.E., & Murray-Close, D. The protective role of teacher preference for at-risk children s social status. PROFESSIONAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS Shoulberg, E. K., Luckner, A. E., Murray-Close, D., Cullteron-Sen, C., & Crick, N. R. (2011). Gender differences in the short-term longitudinal processes linking forms of aggression and academic effort in middle childhood. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Bouchey, H. A. & Shoulberg, E. K. (2009). Reflected appraisals, self-perceptions, and academic performance in late adolescence. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver. Shoulberg, E. K., & Bouchey, H. A. (2007). Gender differences in reflected appraisals of competence, importance, and support. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston. Sinnett, L. M., Shoulberg, E. K., & Sugrue, E. (1998). Meta-analytic evidence that laboratory "mood" manipulations induce discrete emotions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago. PROFESSIONAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS Shoulberg, E. K., Sijtsema, J. J., & Murray-Close, D. (2011). Is valuing popularity risky?: Social and physiological moderators of the association between the importance of popularity and relational aggression. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Shoulberg, E. K., McQuade, J. D., & Murray-Close, D. (2010). Do you really want to hurt me?": The links between valuing social status and behavior in peer relationships. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia. Donovan, E., McQuade, J. D., Shoulberg, E. K., & Murray-Close, D. (2010). The relation between self-perceptions of social competence and behavior in peer relationships: Does social status matter? Poster presented to the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia. Shoulberg, E. K., & Bouchey, H. A. (2009). Links between reflected appraisals and selfperceptions: Do gender and beliefs about socializers abilities matter? Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver. Shoulberg, E. K., Shackett, S. L., & Bouchey, H. A. (2008). Gender role beliefs in the 21 st century: Links to achievement socialization. Poster presented at the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco. Erin K. Shoulberg, Page 3
Shoulberg, E. K., & Bouchey, H. A. (2008). Reflected appraisals of academic competence: Factor structure across social agents and differential links with academic adjustment. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, Chicago. Shoulberg, E. K., & Bouchey, H. A. (2006). Sibling differentiation of perceived gender importance: Longitudinal links to academic adjustment. Poster presented at the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall, 2011 Fall, 2008 Spring 2007 2009 Fall 2006 2008 Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Instructor, Advanced Statistics I (Graduate) Instructor, Developmental Psychology: Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Undergraduate) Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Advanced Statistics II (Graduate) Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Advanced Statistics I (Graduate) Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Research Methods II (Undergraduate) Teaching Assistant, Research Methods I (Undergraduate) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Fall 2010 Present Fall 2009 Present Summers 2008 2010 A Translational Approach to Evaluating the Effects of Physical Activity on ADHD (National Institute of Mental Health R01 Grant) Position: Graduate Research Assistant PI: Betsy Hoza, Ph.D. Peer Relationships and Academic Achievement Project Position: Project Co-Coordinator Project Director: Annie Murray-Close, Ph.D. Child and Adolescent Friendship Project Position: Project Coordinator Project Director: Annie Murray-Close, Ph.D. Erin K. Shoulberg, Page 4
Fall 2005 Spring 2009 Fall 1996 Spring 1997 Relationships and Achievement Center Position: Graduate Research Assistant Advisor: Heather A. Bouchey, Ph.D. Social/Personality Psychology Lab Department of Psychology, Grinnell College Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant Advisor: Laura M. Sinnett, Ph.D. SERVICE 2009 2010 Developmental Search Committee Member 2009 Robert B. Lawson Green and Gold Professorship Search Committee Member University of Vermont 2006 2007 Developmental Search Committee Member PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Society for Research on Adolescence Society for Research in Child Development American Psychological Association Erin K. Shoulberg, Page 5