Department of Psychology Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725-1715 jenniferweaver@boisestate.edu Office phone: 208-426-2410 EDUCATION University of California, Irvine Jennifer Miner Weaver Curriculum Vitae Ph.D., Psychology and Social Behavior (Developmental Psychology; Minor in Statistics and Research Methods) Dissertation: Setting the tone: Understanding how the family context transmits risk for children of parents with depressive symptoms and high levels of anger. Dissertation Committee: Dr. K. Alison Clarke-Stewart (chair), Dr. Wendy Goldberg, Dr. Deborah Vandell, and Dr. Ross Parke 2009 M.A. in Social Ecology 2005 Master s Thesis: Relations between parenting, temperament and children s externalizing trajectories from 24 months to 3rd Grade. University of Oregon, Clark Honors College B.A., Psychology 2003 Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Honors Honors Thesis: Parental attitudes toward pretend play and imaginary companions in preschoolers. Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Taylor FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS Social Ecology Dean s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Univ of California, Irvine 2009 Social Ecology Dean s Dissertation Data Analysis Fellowship, Univ of California, Irvine 2008 NIMH Training Grant recipient, University of California, Irvine 2004-2006 Social Ecology Dean s Fellowship, University of California, Irvine 2003 Presidential Scholar, University of Oregon 1999-2003 Psi Chi, National Honor Society for Psychology 2003 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Boise State University 2014 Children and Families: Multicultural Perspectives (Psyc 419). Discussion based course examining childhood and childrearing from a cross-cultural perspective. Enrollment: 40 students.
Weaver CV 2 Assistant Professor, Boise State University Research Methods (Psyc 321) Taught core research methods course for psychology students. Course includes designing a study, collecting data and writing an APA-style manuscript. Enrollment: 35 students. 2012-present Assistant Professor, Boise State University Child Development (Psyc 309) Taught large lecture-style class covering the psychological aspects of child development including cognitive development, social development, emotional development and physical development. Enrollment: 150-200 students. Instructor, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Issues in Parenting (HDFS 321; online course) Developed an online course in parenting for the department and taught semester-length course via Blackboard. Enrollment: 50 students. 2012-present Fall 2011 Instructor, California State University, Dominguez Hills Fall 2008 Stress, Risk and Resilience Developed syllabus, designed course lectures and activities, wrote exams, advised students and graded all course material. Course was an upper division class required for the Child Development major. Enrollment: 13 students. Instructor of Record, University of California, Irvine Winter 2008 Introduction to Human Behavior (w/ discussion sections) Developed syllabus, wrote course lectures and exams, designed discussion section activities, met with students, oversaw four teaching assistants and administered all grades. Course enrollment: 400 students. Instructor of Record, University of California, Irvine Summer 2007 Introduction to Human Behavior Developed syllabus, wrote course lectures and exams, met with students, oversaw teaching assistant, and administered all grades. Course enrollment: 80 students. Courses Prepared to Teach: Undergraduate: Infant and Child Development, Adolescence, Parenting, Research Methods, Family, School and Community Collaborations and special topics focused on risk and resilience in childhood, developmental psychopathology, or multicultural issues in development, transition to parenthood. Graduate: Child Development, Theories of Human Development, and Research in Human Development. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Boise State University Jan. 2012-present Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Fall 2009-Dec. 2011 Mentors: Dr. Marion O Brien, Dr. Esther Leerkes, Dr. Susan Calkins, Dr. Stuart Marcovitch Participant in an on-going longitudinal study looking at the cognitive, emotional, and physiological contributors to early school success. Data Collection Trainer for the National Children s Study, UC, Irvine March -June 2009 Led and conducted week-long, in-depth training sessions with field workers on data collection procedures for the enumeration and recruitment phase of this national study.
Weaver CV 3 National Children s Study Lister, UC, Irvine Aug -Sept 2008 Mapped study segments in Orange County, CA in preparation for participant recruitment. Assisted Dr. Haiou Yang in overseeing the work of eight other research assistants. Research Assistant, NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, UC, Irvine Participated in Phase IV of data collection for this national study. Involved in piloting instruments, writing protocol manuals, running laboratory visits with adolescents, and meeting weekly with study PIs (Dr. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman). July 2005- Dec 2006 Research Assistant, Mother-Infant Interaction Project, UC, Irvine 2003-2005 Developed protocol for mother-infant interaction, coded maternal sensitivity, trained undergraduate assistants in coding and oversaw their reliability. Research Assistant, NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, UC, Irvine Coded videotaped interactions of study child with his/her best friend. June -Aug 2003 Research Assistant, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR 2002-2003 Worked on the Understanding Personality project overseen by Dr. Lewis Goldberg and Dr. Gerard Saucier. Participated in data collection, cleaned and entered data and attended weekly research meetings. Research Assistant, University of Oregon 2002-2003 Imagination Lab, supervised by Dr. Marjorie Taylor. Learned assessment protocol for preschoolers, trained new RA s and attended weekly research seminar. Research Assistant, University of Oregon 2001-2002 Gene-Environment Process lab, supervised by Dr. Kirby Deater-Deckard. Coded parent-child interactions, trained new RA s, cleaned and entered data and attended lab meetings. Research Assistant, University of Oregon 2000-2001 Memory Lab, supervised by Dr. Michael Anderson. Administered laboratory experiments, trained new assistants; coded, entered and analyzed data for reports, recruited participants and assisted in the design of new experiments. Data Collector, University of Oregon 1999-2000 School Psychology research project. Visited area Head Start programs and elementary schools and administered assessment protocols, including cognitive and literacy tests; made observational assessments of children in school settings. PUBLICATIONS O Brien, M., Weaver, J.M., Burchinal, M., Clarke-Stewart, K.A., Vandell, D.L. (2014). Women s work and child care: Perspectives and prospects. In Gershogff, E.T., Mistry, R.S., & Crosby, D.A. (Eds.), Societal Contexts of Child Development (pp. 37-53). New York: Oxford.* *Book received the Social Policy Award for Best Edited Book from the Society for Research on Adolescence
Weaver CV 4 Clarke-Stewart, K.A., Lucas-Thompson, R., Weaver, J.M., & Karsh, A. (2013). Classroom level effects of children s prior experience in child care. Educational Research and Reviews, 8, 653-662. Doi: 10.5897/ERR07.006 Blankson, N., O Brien, M., Leerkes, E.M., Marcovitch, S., Calkins, S.D., & Weaver, J.M. (2013). Developmental dynamics of emotion and cognition processes in preschoolers. Child Development, 84, 346-360. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01841.x Leerkes, E.M., Weaver, J.M, & O Brien. (2012). Differentiating maternal sensitivity to infant distress and nondistress. Parenting: Science and Practice, 12, 175-184. O'Brien, M., Weaver, J.M, Nelson, J. A., Calkins, S. D., Leerkes, E. M. & Marcovitch, S. (2011). Longitudinal associations between children's understanding of emotions and theory of mind. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1074-1086. Clarke-Stewart, K. A. & Miner, J. L. (2008) Effects of child and day care. In M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of infant and early childhood development (pp. 268-278). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Miner, J. L. (2008). Adolescents in Orange County, CA: Family influences on the development of task motivation in adolescents. In J. B. Miner, Organizational behavior 5: From unconscious motivation to role-motivated leadership (pp. 304-320). Armonk, NY :M.E. Sharpe. Miner, J. L. (2008). Factor analysis of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales. In J. B. Miner, Organizational behavior 5: From unconscious motivation to role-motivated leadership (pp.421-435). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. Miner, J. L., & Clarke-Stewart, K. A. (2008). Trajectories of externalizing behavior from age 2 to age 8: Relations with gender, temperament, parenting and rater. Developmental Psychology, 44, 771-786. Allhusen, V. D, Clarke-Stewart, K. A., & Miner, J. L. (2006). Child care in the United States: Characteristics and consequences. In E. Melhuish & K. Petrogiannis (Eds.). Early childhood care & education: International perspectives (pp. 7-26). London: Routledge. Manuscripts Under Review Marcovitch, S., O Brien, M., Calkins, S.D. Leerkes, E.M., Weaver, J.M., & Levine, D. (under review). A Longitudinal Assessment of the Relation between Executive Function and Theory of Mind at 3, 4, and 5 Years. Weaver, J. M., Schofield, T., & Clarke-Stewart, K. A. (under review). A longitudinal examination of divorce effects on children s behavior problems. Manuscripts in Preparation Weaver, J.M. Breastfeeding knowledge and intentions among college students. Weaver, J. M. How parental depression leads to psychological problems in adolescence. Weaver, J.M. Longitudinal associations between infant feeding practices and maternal sensitivity to distress and non-distress at 6 months. Weaver, J.M. Psychosocial predictors of breastfeeding cessation during the first month post-partum. Weaver, J.M. Relations between breastfeeding status and maternal sensitivity at 6 and 15 months.
Weaver CV 5 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Weaver, J.M. (2013, April). Attitudes and knowledge about infant feeding practices in a college sample. Invited talk presented at the College of Education Brown Bag Colloquium. Grassley, J., & Weaver, J.M. (2013, April). Taking the Time: Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers. Invited talk presented at the Annual Family Studies Conference at Boise State University. Weaver, J.M. (2013, April). Preschool trajectories of cognitive and emotional development as predictors of a successful school transition. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, Seattle, WA. Weaver, J.M. (2010, April). Setting the tone: Longitudinal associations between parental anger and depressive symptoms and adolescent adjustment. Invited talk presented at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro Department of Human Development and Family Studies Colloquium Series. Weaver, J.M. & Schofield, T. (2009, April). Longitudinal effects of divorce: The role of parenting as a moderator. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, Denver, CO. Weaver, J.M. (2009, April). The depressed family: Parental depressive symptoms, the family environment, and adolescent outcomes. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, Denver, CO. Miner, J.L. (2007). Emerging entrepreneurs? Relations between adolescent task motivation, gender and parenting. Poster presented at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, Boston, MA. March 31, 2007. Miner, J.L. (2007, March). Externalizing trajectories from age 2 to age 8: Relations with gender, temperament, parenting, and rater. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, Boston, MA. Lucas-Thompson, R., Miner, J. L., Goldberg, W. A., Davis, E., & Sandman, C. A. (2006, July). Mothers and infants at play: Links between maternal sensitivity and infant behavior. Poster presented at the annual Conference for the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Paris, France. Miner, J.L. (2006, May). Predicting children's externalizing trajectories from early parental attitudes and behaviors. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, New York. GRANTS AND FUNDING NICHD R01 Evaluating the Supporting Adolescents Beginning Breastfeeding Nurse Intervention ($1,206,137). Collaborator with Jane Grassley, School of Nursing, Boise State University. (not funded). SSPA Dean s Grant, Boise State University. Breastfeeding and Maternal Sensitivity in First-Time Mothers. ($2,500, funded) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Course Design Institute, Boise State University May 2012
Weaver CV 6 Attendee, Course Design Workshop: University of California, Irvine. May 2007 Attendee, APA Advanced Training Institute: NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth June 2005 Development Attendee, Workshop on SAS statistical program: University of California, Irvine Dec 2004 SERVICE ACTIVITIES (PROFESSION, UNIVERSITY, OTHER) Director, Family Studies Academic Program (Graduate Certificate and Undergraduate minor) Aug 2012- May 2013 Family Studies Community Board Aug 2012- present Chair, Faculty Search Committee Aug 2012- May 2013 Ad hoc reviewer for Sex Roles, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, & Learning and Individual Differences, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Applied Developmental Science PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Psychological Association (Division 7 member) Society for Research in Child Development PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Marion O Brien, Professor Emeritus University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Human Development and Family Science Voicemail: 336-323-6908 Email: m_obrien@uncg.edu Dr. Jane Grassley, Associate Professor Boise State University School of Nursing Email: janegrassley@boisestate.edu Phone: 208-426-1670 Additional references available upon request.