Kevin M. Clark Education INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, IN) Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology (1995 2005; Ph.D. awarded April 30, 2005) Specializations in (a) human development and (b) learning, cognition, and instruction. Minor in the neural sciences; extra coursework in philosophy and philosophy of science. Dissertation: An Embodied Cognitive Analysis of Social Situativity. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, MI) Non-degree Student in Psychology (1993 1995) Psychology courses taken in preparation for application to doctoral programs. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, MI) Master of Business Administration (1990 1992; M.B.A. awarded May, 1992) Emphasis in organizational behavior and management. Cognate work in higher and adult continuing education. Bachelor of Science (1983 1988; B.S. awarded April, 1988) Double major in computer science and music. Academic Positions INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO (Kokomo, IN) Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor of Psychology (2005 present) Acting Assistant Professor of Psychology (2003 2005) INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST (Richmond, IN) Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences Visiting Lecturer of Psychology (2000 2003)
Kevin M. Clark 2 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, IN) Associate Instructor, Educational Psychology (1995 1999) Associate Instructor, Student Academic Center (1997 1999) WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ann Arbor, MI) Adjunct Instructor, Mathematics (1990 1995) LEWIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (Detroit, MI) Director of Assessment (1993 1994) Mathematics Specialist/Instructor (1992 1993) JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Adrian, MI) Part-time Instructor, Mathematics (1991) THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, MI) Assistant, Michigan Marching Band (1988 1991) Teaching Experience INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO (Kokomo, IN) Assistant Professor of Psychology (Fall 2005 present) Fall 2010 Summer 2011 General Psychology (PSY P103) Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 2 sections Special Topics in Psychology: Motivation to Learn (PSY P390) History and Systems of Psychology (PSY P459) Fall 2009 Spring 2010 General Psychology (PSY P103) Lifespan Development (PSY P216) Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY P326) History and Systems of Psychology (PSY P459; cross-listed as LBST D512, Social Science Elective for Master of Liberal Studies Program) Fall 2008 Spring 2009 General Psychology (PSY P103) Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216) History and Systems of Psychology (PSY P459)
Kevin M. Clark 3 Fall 2007 Summer 2008 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 2 sections Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY P326, cross-listed as LBST D512) Special Topics: Political Psychology (PSY P390, co-taught with Dr. Kathy Holcomb) Fall 2006 Summer 2007 General Psychology (PSY P103) Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 3 sections Special Topics: Psychology of Creativity, Imagination, & Insight (PSY P390, cross-listed as LBST D512, Social Science Elective for Master of Liberal Studies Program) Fall 2005 Summer 2006 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 3 sections Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY P326) Acting Assistant Professor of Psychology (2003 2005) Fall 2004 Summer 2005 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 3 sections Fall 2003 Summer 2004 General Psychology (PSY P103), 3 sections Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216) Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY P326) Other Supervised Research I & II (PSY P493/P494), supervised 5 students on independent research projects (Fall 2004 present) Independent Readings and Research (PSY P495), supervised 2 students in Spring 2009.
Kevin M. Clark 4 INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST (Richmond, IN) Visiting Lecturer of Psychology (Spring 2000 Spring 2003) Fall 2002 Spring 2003 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 2 sections Psychology Applied to Teaching (PSY P280) Statistical Techniques (PSY K300) Computerized Statistical Analysis (COLI S330, 1 credit lab), 2 sections Psychology of Motivation (PSY P327) Cognitive Psychology (PSY P335) Fall 2001 Summer 2002 General Psychology (PSY P103) Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216) Psychology Applied to Teaching (PSY P280) Statistical Techniques (PSY K300) Computerized Statistical Analysis (COLI S330, 1 credit lab), 2 sections Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence (PSY P316) History and Systems of Psychology (PSY P459) Fall 2000 Summer 2001 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections (1 section team taught) Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PSY P216), 2 sections Statistical Techniques (PSY K300) Computerized Statistical Analysis (COLI S330, 1 credit lab), 2 sections Cognitive Psychology (PSY 335) Special Topics: Seminar in Cognitive Development (PSY P390) Senior Seminar (BSS B490, co-taught) Spring 2000 General Psychology (PSY P103), 2 sections (team taught) Statistical Techniques (PSY K300) Computerized Statistical Analysis (COLI S330, 1 credit lab), 2 sections Other Independent Research (PSY P495), supervised 3 students in independent research (Fall 2001 Summer 2003)
Kevin M. Clark 5 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, IN) Associate Instructor (Fall 1995 Spring 1999) Fall 1999 Learning Strategies for Mathematics (EDUC X101, 2 credit course), 2 sections Fall 1998 Summer 1999 Reading and Learning Techniques (EDUC X152, 2 credit course), 2 sections Child Development (EDUC P515) Fall 1997 Summer 1998 Learning Strategies for Mathematics (EDUC X101, 2 credit course), 2 sections Managing Resources for Learning (EDUC X150, 2 credit course), 4 sections Child Development (EDUC P515) Fall 1996 Summer 1997 Educational Psychology for Middle/Secondary Teachers (EDUC P255), 3 sections Laboratory-Field Experience (EDUC M201, 1 credit lab), 3 sections Fall 1995 Summer 1996 Educational Psychology for Middle/Secondary Teachers (EDUC P255), 2 sections Laboratory-Field Experience (EDUC M201, 1 credit lab), 2 sections Student Academic Center Workshop Presentations (Fall 1997 Fall 1999) Becoming a Critical Thinker Becoming an Independent Self-Motivated Learner Study Skills for Courses in Statistics Improving Mathematics Learning Ways to Become a More Effective Finite Math Problem Solver Improving Objective Test Performance Using Memory in Mastering Course Content Using a Graphics Calculator WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ann Arbor, MI) Adjunct Instructor (Winter 1990 Winter 1995) Fall 1994 Winter 1995 Math Analysis I (Math 181 finite math), 2 sections Math Analysis II (Math 182 introductory calculus), 2 sections Fall 1993 Winter 1994 Math Analysis I (Math 181), 2 sections Math Analysis II (Math 182)
Kevin M. Clark 6 Fall 1992 Winter 1993 Math Analysis I (Math 181), 2 sections Math Analysis II (Math 182), 2 sections Fall 1991 Summer 1992 Basic Statistics (Math 160) Math Analysis I (Math 181), 2 sections Math Analysis II (Math 182), 2 sections Fall 1990 Winter 1991 Math Analysis I (Math 181), 2 sections Math Analysis II (Math 182), 2 sections Winter 1990 Summer 1990 Basic Math (Math 054) Precalculus (Math 179) Math Analysis II (Math 182) LEWIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Mathematics Instructor/Specialist* (Fall 1992 Summer 1993) Fall 1992 Summer 1993 Basic Mathematics (Math 099), 6 sections Elementary Algebra (Math 100), 3 sections Intermediate Algebra (Math 120) (*This role involved overseeing and coordinating the developmental math program.) JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE Part-time Instructor (Summer 1991) Summer 1991 Elementary Algebra (Math 100) THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Assistant*, Michigan Marching Band Summer 1988 Spring 1991 Michigan Marching Band (3 seasons) (*Assistant role involved helping in planning shows, trips, and events; conducting and teaching drills; overseeing student staff; and coordinating the reserve members.)
Kevin M. Clark 7 Research Publications and Presentations Publications Clark, K. M. (2010). Applied and transformed understanding in introductory psychology: Analysis of a final essay assignment. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(3), 41-57. Clark, K. M. (2008). Metaphors, frames, and embodied cognition: Tools for understanding our understanding. Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, 12, 125-138. Clark, K. M., & Cunningham, D. J. (2006). Metaphors we teach by: An embodied cognitive analysis of No Child Left Behind. Semiotica, 161(1/4), 265-289. Cunningham, D. J., & Clark, K. M. (1998). Wherever you go, there you are. Educational Researcher, 27, 26-28. Dissertation Clark, K. M. (2005). An Embodied Cognitive Analysis of Social Situativity. Bloomington, IN: Unpublished manuscript. Presentations Clark, K. M. (2009, October). Take away Understanding from Introductory Psychology: Analysis of a Final Essay Assignment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Greencastle, IN. Clark, K. M. (2008, October). Metaphors, frames, and embodied cognition: Tools for understanding our understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, New Albany, IN. Clark, K. M. (2005, November). Metaphors we teach by. Presentation as part of Indiana University Kokomo s School of Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Lunch Series. Clark, K. M., & Cunningham, D. J. (2005, October). An embodied cognitive analysis of No Child Left Behind. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Semiotic Society of America, Pensacola, FL. Clark, K. M. (2003, March). Embodied cognitive structuring. Presentation for students and faculty at Indiana University East. Clark, K. M. (2002, October). Learning to teach through teaching to learn: A course project for educational psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of the Teaching of Educational Psychology, Miami, OH.
Kevin M. Clark 8 Osborne, R., Shapiro, S., & Clark, K. M. (2001, May). How to keep the learning in distance learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Osborne, R., Clark, K. M., & Shapiro, S. (2000, October). From tag team to techno team: Team teaching Introductory Psychology via distance technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-America Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Evansville, IN. Clark, K. M. (2000, September). An experientialist view of learning transfer and situativity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of the Teaching of Educational Psychology, Miami, OH. Clark, K. M. (1999, November). Metaphors we teach and learn by: Educational psychology and the embodied mind. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of the Teaching of Educational Psychology, Miami, OH. Clark, K. M. (1998, April). A teacher interview simulation: Situated and socially mediated learning in an undergraduate educational psychology course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Clark, K. M. (1997, November). A first-year teaching simulation in an undergraduate educational psychology course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of the Teaching of Educational Psychology, Miami, OH. Other Research & Assessment Work Experience INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, IN) Research Assistant, Center on Aging and Aged (Summer 1996 Fall 1996) Entered and analyzed data for a longitudinal study on physical, cognitive, and life style changes in aging Down syndrome population. LEWIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (Detroit, MI) Director of Assessment (Fall 1993 Fall 1994) Coordinated a three person office responsible for placement and exit testing of basic skills, college-wide satisfaction surveys, the coordination of departmental curricular reviews, and the development of a College Assessment Plan (for accreditation requirements). Chaired an assessment planning committee, co-chaired departmental curriculum review committees, and led faculty in-service workshops on developing college outcomes and a College Assessment Plan. Primary author of the College Assessment Plan and departmental reports for computer information systems and business administration/accounting.
Kevin M. Clark 9 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, MI) Higher Education Research Team Member (Summer 1991 Spring 1992) Participated in research comparing freshman-level courses in community colleges and baccalaureate-granting institutions. Advising & Service INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO (Kokomo, IN) Academic Advising Academic Advisor for over 20-30 students each year (Fall 2004 Spring 2009) Campus Committees Foundations of Excellence (Fall 2009 Summer 2010) Member of Steering Committee Co-chair of the Roles and Purposes Dimension Committee Educational Policies Committee (Fall 2008 present) Institutional Review Board (Spring 2006 present) Calendar Committee (Fall 2004 Spring 2008) Honorary Degree Committee (Fall 2005 Spring 2007) Served as co-chair for 2005-06 and chair for 2006-07. Faculty Senate (Fall 2003 present) School of Arts and Sciences Committees Honors Council (Spring 2006 present) SOAS Good to Great Leadership Team (Spring 2007 Spring 2009) Led faculty sessions to identify school vision statement and hallmarks of excellence. Master of Liberal Studies Advisory Committee (Fall 2007 Fall 2008) General Education Committee (Fall 2007 Fall 2009) Promotion and Tenure Task Force (Spring 2007) Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences/Psychology Program Psychology Club, advisor (Fall 2004 present) Oversee club business and events. Accompanied students on trips to the Indianapolis Zoo and Logansport State Hospital. Took students to Midwest Psychological Association conference (2005-2008, 2010-11). Coordinated a new Psychology Discussion Group (Summers 2007 2009) Psychology Program Assessment, contributor (Fall 2003 present) Search and Screen Committees for Psychology Faculty (Summer 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2009) Tenure Review Committees, non-voting member (Spring 2005, Fall 2008)
Kevin M. Clark 10 INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST (Richmond, IN) Academic Advising Academic Advisor for over 20-30 students (Fall, 2000 Spring 2003) Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences/Psychology Program Student Affairs Committee, facilitator (Fall, 2002 Spring, 2003) Admission, Retention, & Graduation Committee (Fall, 2001 Spring, 2002) Divisional Review (Self-Study) Committee (Fall, 2000 Spring, 2001) INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, IN) Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology Search Committee for Educational Psychology Faculty (Spring, 1997) Teacher Education Reform Committee (Fall, 1996 Spring, 1997) Professional Development Teaching Workshops McGlynn, A. P. Motivating and Preparing Today s Students for College Success (June 2010) Thedwall, K. A., Wendeln, K. E. A., & Kremer, J. F. Promoting First-year Student Success (February 2010) Engaging the Disengaged with Experiential Learning, Online conference (April 2009) Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Online conference on The Millennial student (January 2009) Dunkle, J. Dealing with Students in Distress: A Team/Community Responsibility (September 2008) Ravierez, J. The Transformative Power of Undergraduate Research (April 2008) Plater, W. Faculty leadership presentation (April 2008) Workshop ( e-workshop ) on Teaching Introductory Psychology (February 2008) Hoyert, M. Learning goals workshop (September 2007) Michelson, Larry. Team-based Learning (August 2006) Wolcott, S. Developing Students Critical Thinking Skills: Strategies for the Classroom (January 2005) Hatfield, S. Assessment workshop (January 2004)
Kevin M. Clark 11 Conferences Attended Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences. Attended 2008, 2009. Midwest Psychological Association. Attended 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011. Mid-American Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Attended 2000, 2001. Midwestern Association of the Teachers of Educational Psychology. Attended 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000. American Educational Research Association. Attended April 1998. American Psychological Association. Attended 1997, 1998. Teaching Seminars/Programs Future Faculty Teaching Fellows Summer Institute (August, 1999) Sponsored by The Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Indiana University Preparing Future Faculty Program (Fall, 1996 Spring 1997) Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington Education P650, College Teaching Seminar (Fall, 1995; Fall, 1996) Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington Memberships American Educational Research Association (1998 present) Midwest Psychological Association (2000 present) Society for the Teaching of Psychology (2010 present) Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences (2008 2010) Awards & Recognition Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Trustees Teaching Award for 2009. Received an IU Kokomo Summer Faculty Fellowship for Summer 2009. Honorary mention (second place), Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology Outstanding Dissertation award, Indiana University Bloomington, 2005. Student Choice Outstanding Teaching Award (runner-up), Indiana University East, April, 2003. School of Education Outstanding Associate Instructor Award, Indiana University Bloomington, April, 1999. Creative Growth Award, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, April, 1997. Nominated for School of Education Outstanding Associate Instructor Award, Indiana University Bloomington, April, 1997. Indiana University Graduate School Fellowship, 1995-96, 1996-97. The University of Michigan, Class honors, 1985 1988.