Howard University School of Education Faculty Vitae NAME: Kimberley E. Freeman RANK: Assistant Professor DEPARTMENT: HDPES PROGRAM AREA: Educational Psychology COURSES TAUGHT (List Course Number and Title and Undergraduate or Graduate Designation) FALL 2006 HUDE 331: Seminar in Black Child Development SPRING 2007 FALL 2007 SPRING 2008 HUDE 323: Studies in Child Development: Motivation in the Classroom EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND (IN DESCENDING ORDER: DOCTORATE, MASTERS, UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES) 1
DEGREE MAJOR INSTITUTION DATE AWARDED Ph.D. Education and Psychology University of Michigan 1998 M.A. B.A. Psychology University of Michigan 1995 Psychology Spelman College 1992 2
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (LIST IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) YEARS POSITION EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES 2005 present Assistant Professor Howard University Teach Research Methods to Master s and Doctoral students in School of Education; teach Black child development and achievement motivation courses; utilize Blackboard e- learning system for instruction, communication, and course management; deliver interactive lectures using instructional technology; supervise and direct graduate assistants; developed and manage interdisciplinary research team, conducting ongoing research on African American students achievement motivation and success; engage in service work as program coordinator and department, school and university committees. 2003 2005 Visiting Assistant Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology The George Washington University Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in I/O psychology, social psychology, and research methods; deliver interactive lectures using instructional technology; create assessment tools; supervise and direct teaching assistants; utilize Blackboard e-learning system for course management, communication, and instruction. 3
2002-2003 Advanced Studies Postdoctoral Fellow 1999 2002 Executive Director Research Scientist Brown University Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Selected as one of ten postdoctoral fellows to participate in 3 years of research and collaborative exchange related to related to examining federal and national strategies of reform in the nation s schools; Served as Chief Research Scientist and primary spokesperson for the Patterson Research Institute; responsible for administrative and financial operations, designing research studies, writing research proposals, and grantsmanship; hired and managed staff; supervised and carried out every aspect of research project, including dissemination and technical support to UNCF development efforts, and member colleges. PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES (LIST LAST 5 YEARS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) BOOKS/ARTICLES/CHAPTERS/MONOGRAPHS: Freeman, K.E., Alston, S., & Winborne, D.G. (2008). Do learning communities enhance the quality of students motivation and learning in STEM? Journal of Negro Education, 77, 227-240. Freeman, K.E. (2007) Policies and programs in the nation s African American high schools: Are they evidence-based? In C. Kaestle & A. Lodewick (Eds.), To educate a nation: Federal and national strategies of school reform, 225-251. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. Freeman, K. E. (2004). The significance of motivational culture in schools serving African American adolescents: A goal theory approach. In M. Maehr & P. Pintrich (Eds.), Advances in motivation and achievement: Vol 13. Motivating students, improving schools (pp. 65-95). Stamford, CT: JAI Press. PRESENTATIONS: Anderson, A., Freeman, K.E., & Winston, C. (2009). The relationship between race-related factors and academic self-efficacy in science for African-American middle school students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009. 4
Presentations cont Ricks, E., & Freeman, K.E. (2009). Motivation in high and low achieving African-American middle school students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009. Freeman, K.E., & Winfield, S. (2008). Do learning communities enhance students learning and motivation in science and mathematics?. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 2008. CREATIVE PROJECTS N/A FUNDED PROPOSALS (LIST LAST 5 YEARS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) DATE OF AWARD PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT OF AWARD September 2007 August 2010 What Works in Producing African-American Science and Math Teachers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities? National Science Foundation $1, 036, 636 October 2007 September 2008 The Mathematics/Science Success and Adolescent Development Project Walter and Theodora Daniel Education Research Grant, School of Education, Howard University $5,000 September 2007 August 2008 What Works in Producing African-American Science and Math Teachers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Howard University- Sponsored Faculty Research Program in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Education $9,900 May 2007 June 2008 The Mathematics/Science Success and Adolescent Development Project Howard University New Faculty Start-Up Grant $23,000 5
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS (CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSURE, ENDORSEMENTS, ENHANCED TRAINING AND/OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ETC. PERTINENT TO THE TEACHING ASSIGNMENT) NA YEAR CREDENTIAL/ACTIVITY DISSERTATION/THESIS ADVISEMENT (LAST 5 YEARS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) YEAR STUDENT NAME DEGREE AWARDED PROGRAM/MAJOR 2009 Nazeh Natur Ph.D. School Psychology 2009 Rodney Terry Ph.D. Personality Psychology 2009 Sharon Winfield Ph.D. Social Work 2008 Diana Edwards M.A. Educational Psychology 2007 Elizabeth Ricks M.A. Educational Psychology PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES (LIST ONLY MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS) 2006 - present 2006 2009 2008 present 2007 2008 2006 - present YEAR SERVICE/ACTIVITY Program Coordinator, Educational Psychology Program, HDPES Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Educational Psychology Program, HDPES Executive Committee, School of Education Howard University Faculty Performance Evaluation System Development Committee Advisor, Quality Expert Advisory Panel, DC Public Charter School Association, Washington, DC YEAR OTHER ACTIVITY 6