Selected Presentations & Appearances
An observational analysis of the process of co-rumination in girls.
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec
Differential patterns relating social and academic goal orientations to social and academic behaviors and self-perceptions.
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Facebook and women’s friendship: Correlates with 4th-grade peer relations
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec
High ability students’ time spent outside the classroom.
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
An examination of sex differences in the top 5% of cognitive abilities: 1981-2010.
· December 1, 2010
Lecture
International Society for Intelligence Research, Alexandria, VA.
A cross-cultural evaluation of a summer residential program for Indian and U.S. talented students.
· November 1, 2010
Lecture
National Association for Gifted Children, Atlanta, GA.
Summer academic programs and longitudinal educational-vocational outcomes among the exceptionally gifted.
· November 1, 2010
Lecture
National Association for Gifted Children, Atlanta, GA.
Gifted kids' time spent outside the classroom.
· November 1, 2010
Lecture
National Association for Gifted Children, Atlanta, GA.
A cross-cultural evaluation of a summer residential program for Indian and U.S. talented students
· May 1, 2010
Lecture
Wallace Symposium, Iowa City, IA
Gifted students’ time spent outside the classroom.
· May 1, 2010
Lecture
Wallace Symposium, Iowa City, IA
Academic disengagement and the underachievement of gifted students.
· April 1, 2010
Lecture
American Educational Research Association, New York, NY
Peer relations in the age of digital communication: Adjustment as a function of instant messenger and sociometric status.
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
Cross-sex relationships among preadolescents: Implications for romantic relationships in adolescence
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
International comparisons of student perceptions: U.S. and Indian gifted students’ perceptions of their academic and social worlds
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA
The peer world of gifted adolescents: Differences in popularity and rejection.
· November 1, 2009
Lecture
National Association for Gifted Children, St. Louis, MO..
Academic giftedness and alcohol use during early adolescence
· November 1, 2009
Lecture
National Association for Gifted Children, St. Louis, MO.
Overt and relational aggression and victimization: Short- and long-term adjustment of European American and African American girls
· April 1, 2009
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO
Why don’t all gifted students achieve academically? Profiles of underachievers.
· April 1, 2009
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO
Instant messaging: An alternative context for understanding social and behavioral adjustment among adolescents
· April 1, 2009
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO
The interplay between academic and social goal orientation and their relations to self-concept
· January 5, 2009
Lecture
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver CO.
The social world of the gifted adolescent.
· December 28, 2008
Lecture
Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Academic and social goal orientations and their importance.
· December 28, 2008
Lecture
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Educational Research, New York, NY
Self-concept revisited: Results from a collaborative study of gifted adolescents by two talent search centers.
· December 28, 2008
Lecture
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Educational Research, New York, NY.
A microanalysis of aggression among girls: Ethnicity, sociometric status, and familiarity
· January 5, 2008
Lecture
Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL
Outcomes for gifted students: Perceived leadership attributes, values, and substance use.
· January 5, 2008
Lecture
Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Bass Connections Faculty Team Member - Problem-based Learning to Improve Girls' Math Identity
· 2018
- 2019
Projects & Field Work
Primary Theme: Education & Human Development
Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields in the United States. The gender gap in STEM fields exists at all levels, from childhood through career selection, and there are many causes for female underrepresentation found in recent research on the topic. Two major causes are students’ math identity—their beliefs, attitudes and emotions about math—and societal views around gender as it relates to fields of study. Because many people see math as a “masculine” subject, women and girls tend to feel they must overachieve in the field to be competitive, or even comparable, with their male counterparts. Additionally, the pervasive stereotype that STEM fields are “for men” can have a negative impact even on those who actively reject the stereotype.