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Todd Hall 321 thompsk@wou.edu

Kathryn L. (Wise) Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychology Division
Western Oregon University
2006

ACADEMIC DEGREES

            B.A.; Linfield College; McMinnville, OR; 1968; Major in Psychology with Secondary Teaching             Degree in Science and Mathematics.

            M.A.; University of Montana; Missoula, MT; 1973; Psychology.

            Ph.D.; University of Montana; Missoula, MT; 1978; Developmental Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

            Instructor (adjunct); Texas Wesleyan College; Ft. Worth, TX; 1974-1976.

            Instructor (adjunct); Linfield College; McMinnville, OR; Fall, 1979; Fall, 1980; Winter, 1981.

            Instructor (adjunct); Chemeketa Community College; Salem Campus; Salem, OR;                                 McMinnville Center; McMinnville, OR; Summer and Fall, 1979; Spring, 1985.

            Assistant Professor of Psychology; Western Oregon State College; Monmouth, OR;                             1980-1989.

            Associate Professor of Psychology; Western Oregon State College; Monmouth, OR;                             1989-1996.

            Professor of Psychology; Western Oregon University; Monmouth, OR; 1996-present.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENT

Chair; Psychology Department; 1994-1995; 1995-1996; The Psychology Department consisted of seven full-time people and several part-time folks. There were approximately 350 psychology majors. The Chair was responsible for organizing and monitoring the activities of the department, which included hiring and supervising part-time faculty, planning retreats and weekly meetings, scheduling, observing department members in the classroom, and handling all departmental business.

Advising; Serve as advisor to psychology majors, psychology minors, students with a psychology component in an interdisciplinary program, and education students with a focus in psychology. Serve as advisor to new students and transfer students every year in summer advisement programs. Lead group advising sessions for psychology students.

Advising Coordinator; Psychology Department; 1988-1989; 1989-1990; Developed new materials and methods for psychology advising. In 1989, I  produced a series of advising videotapes featuring the psychogy faculty, which were available to psychology students.

Committee Member for Master’s Degree Students; I have served on numerous committees for master’s degree students, including students in education, counseling, interdisciplinary studies, correctional administration, and clinical child and youth work. My duties include writing and evaluating questions for students' comprehensive examinations, as well as guiding thesis projects.

Program Promotion; Every year I serve as a representative of the Psychology program at

various Preview Days, Early Bird Registrations, and SOAR (summer registration).

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENT

I have taught the following courses:

Core 140 Human Behavior
Psy 201 General Psychology
Psy 202 General Psychology
Psy 217 Introduction to Research Methods
Psy 225 Introduction to Child Development
Psy 226 Introduction to Group Processes
Psy 240 Social Psychology
Psy 311 Developmental Psychology
Psy 328 Mental Health
Psy 349 Introduction to Behavior Modification
Psy 390 Learning and Memory
Psy 480/580 Infancy and Childhood
Psy 482/582 Adolescence
Psy 483/583 Adulthood and Aging
Psy 487/587 Cross-Cultural Development
Psy 488/588 Theories of Development
Psy 489/589 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology: Antisocial Behavior in Children and                               Adolescents
Psy 489/589 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology: Cross Cultural Psychology (Course                               Conducted in Spanish)
Psy 520M Learning and Memory for Instruction
Psy 521M Developmental Psychology: Concepts and Applications
Psy 522M Adolescent Development for Educators
Psy 532M Advanced Behavior Modification

Courses in Western’s program at the Oregon State Penitentiary

Special Individual Studies

I have offered credit to students every quarter since I began at WOU in 1980 for special individual study (such as PSY 406). Often these students are research assistants or teaching assistants who work with me on various instructional or scholarly tasks.

Program Development; I designed a focus in developmental psychology within the psychology major. This included changing titles and course contents of some courses, as well as the development of new courses. This sequence of courses includes:

Psy 311 Developmental Psychology
Psy 480/580 Infancy and Childhood
Psy 481/581 Middle and Late Childhood
Psy 482/582 Adolescence
Psy 483/583 Adulthood and Aging
Psy 484/584 Death, Dying and Grief
Psy 487D/587 Cross-Cultural Development
Psy 488/588 Theories of Develoment
Psy 489/589 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology

OTHER COLLEGIATE ASSIGNMENTS

Member; Financial Aid Committee; 1982-1983; 1983-1984.

Advisor; Big Brother Big Sister Program; 1983-1999.

Member; Student Concerns Committee; 1985-1986.

Chair; Student Concerns Committee; 1986-1987; 1987-1988.

Member; Selection Committee for OSSHE Minority Tuition and Fees Award Program; 1987; 1988.

Member; Accreditation Review Committee on Student Orientation; 1987.

Member; Admissions Committee; 1987-1992.

Advisor; Psychology Club; 1987-2003.

Member; Social Science Division Budget and Resources Committee; 1987-1988; 1988-1989; 1991-1992; 1992-1993.

Member; Professional Concerns Committee; 1988-1989.

Member; Search Committe; Anthropology; 1988-1989.

Chair; Professional Concerns Committee; 1989-1990.

Member; Clinical Child and Youth Work/Psychology Search Committee;1989-1990.

Member; Admissions’ Panel for Parents; 1990.

Member; American Family Study Group; 1990-1991.

Senator from Social Science Division; Faculty Senate; 1990-1991; 1991-1992.

Member; Faculty Senate Personnel Committee; 1990-1991; 1991-1992.

Member; Human Relations Committee; 1991-1992.

Moderator; Residence Hall Programs; 1991-1992.

Faculty Sponsor; Campus Estates Recreational Activity; 1991-1992.

Member; Union Child Care Study Committee; 1991-1992; 1992-1993.

Member; Search Committee; Psychology Department; 1993-1994; 1997; 1997-1998; 1998-1999; 1999-2000.

Member; Search Committee; Counseling Center; 1993-1994.

Member; Faculty Senate Budget Committee; 1993-1994; 1994-1995; 1995-1996.

Chair; Psychology Department; 1994-1995; 1995-1996.

Member; Social Science Division Planning Committee; 1995-1997.

Member; Social Science Accreditation Committee; 1995-1996.

Participant; Strategic Planing Conference; 1996.

Recorder; Social Science Division Planning Committee; 1996-1997.

Forum Chair; Psychology Division; 1996-present.

Member; Faculty Development Committee; 1997-1998; 1998-1999; 1999-2000.

Member; Social Science Division Personnel Review Committee; 1997-1998.

Chair; Social Science Division Personnel Review Committee; 1998-1999.

Member; Social Science Division Curriculum Committee; 1999-2000.

Instructor; Psychology Division's Mentor Program at Talmadge Middle School; 1999-2000; 2000-2001; 2001-2002; 2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Advisor; Psi Chi; 1999-2000; 2000-2001.

Co-Chair; Curriculum and Scheduling Committee; Psychology Division; 2001-2002; 2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Member; Spanish Club of Western Oregon University; 2001-2002.

Member; Personnel Review Committee; Psychology Division; 2002-2003; 2003-2004, 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Member; International Education and Service Committee; 2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Advisor; Wester Oregon University Psychology Student Association (Psi Chi and Psychology Club); 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Member; Search Committee for Clinical-Counseling Position; Psychology Division; 2003-2004

Participant; Western Oregon University’s Strategic Planning Conference; Monmouth, OR; 5/20/04; 9/20/04.

Member; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Personnel Review Committee; 2004-2005. Participant; New Faculty Orientation Promotion and Tenure Panel; Western Oregon University; 9/16/04.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Oregon Academy of Science

Oregon Academy of Science Executive Council--Section Chair for Psychology; 1989-1990; 1991-1992.

Charter Member American Psychological Society (Association for Psychological Science)

Western Psychological Association

Association of Oregon Faculties

WOU Federation of Teachers

Past Member; Oregon Psychological Association; Academic Division Oregon Psychological Association; Social Issues Committee of the Oregon Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

        Participant; Annual Meeting; American Psychological Association; Washington, D.C.; August, 1986.

        Participant; American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop; Preparing a Successful Research Grant Proposal; Washington, D.C.; August, 1986.

        Presenter; Coos County Education Service District Early Childhood Symposium; Coos Bay, OR; October, 1986; Title--Child Development.

        Sponsor; Panel on Aids and its Implication for Psychologists; Oregon Psychological Association Spring Conference; Newport, OR; May, 1987.

         Presenter; Child Abuse and Neglect Assessment Course for Children’s Services Division; Salem, OR; November, 1987; December, 1987; Title--Child Development.

        Presenter; Clinical Education Course for Protective Service Workers; Children’s Services Division; OR; 1988; 1989; 1990; Title--Risk Assessment and Child Development.

        Presenter; Developmental Psychology in Oregon Conference; Eugene, OR; 2/27/88; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Monmouth Independence Community Arts Association Spring Seminar; Independence, OR; 4/24/88; Title--Assertiveness and Women.

        Presenter; Spring Conference; Oregon Psychological Association; Welches, OR; 5/21/88; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Oregon Psychological Association Fall Conference; Tigard, OR; 10/1/88; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2/25/89; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Linfield College; McMinnville, OR; 3/12/91; Title--Socialization of the Individual.

        Liaison; Polk County Mental Health Training Services; OR; 1992-1993; 1993-1994.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Willamette University; Salem, OR; 2/22/92; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Western Psychological Association Annual Convention; Portland, OR; 5/92; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; International Congress of Psychology; Brussels, Belgium; 7/20/92; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; McMinnville, OR; 2/27/93; Title--A Report on the 25th International Congress.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Corvallis, OR; 2/26/94; Title--Sexual Knowledge versus Practices in Nonmonogamous Heterosexual Adults over Thirty.

        Presenter; 23rd Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Aplicada; Madrid, Spain; 7/22/94; Title--Social Skills Training for Adolescents: Cognitive and Performance Components.

        Consultant; Teen Connection Program; Marion County, OR; 1994-1995.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2/5/95; Title--Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Heterosexual Adults.

        Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2/5/95; Title--Social Skills Training for Young Adolescents: Cognitive and Performance Components.

        Presenter; Western Psychological Association Annual Convention; Los Angeles, CA; 4/1/95; Title--Social Skills Training for  Adolescents: Cognitive and Performance Components.

        Presenter; Christ Church; Human Sexuality Across the Lifespan Course; Monmouth, OR; 10/15/95; Title--Adolescent Sexuality.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science; Eugene, OR; 3/2/96; Title--Safe Sex and AIDS: Attitudes, Knowledge, and Practices in College Students.

Presenter; Providers Resource Organization; Dallas, OR; 5/28/96; Title--Child Development

Consultant; Providers Resource Organization; 1996-1999.                                                     
     
Referee; Psychological Reports; April, 1996.

Presenter; International Congress of Psychology; Montreal, Canada; 8/17/96; Title--Parenting Behaviors: A Content Analysis of TV Family Situation Comedies.

Participant; Mexico Faculty Development Seminar; Cholula, Mexico; August, 1996

Presenter; Providers Resource Organization; Dallas, OR; 11/26/96; Title--Assertiveness.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science; Portland, OR; 2/22/97; Title--Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Risk for HIV Transmission in College Students.

Participant; Voices of the Dream Multicultural Conference; Salem, OR; 3/6-3/8/97.

Participant; World Wide Web: Gateway to Effective Learning--Reassigning and Restructuring Courses for Higher Education Video Conference; Monmouth, OR; 4/17/97

Participant; Teaching on the Web Faculty Workshop; Monmouth, OR; 4/17/97
Participant; Lewis M. Terman Western Regional Teacher’s Conference; Seattle, WA; 4/23/97.

Chair; Paper Session; Western Psychological Association; Seattle, WA; 4/24/97.

            Presenter; Western Psychological Association; Seattle, WA; 4/24/97; Title--Patterns of Safe-Sex Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in College Students.

Presenter for Panel Sponsored by the Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP); Western Psychological Association; Seattle, WA; 4/26/97; Title--Multiple Perspectives for Psychology.

Presenter; Philosophy Lecture Series: Ethics and Public Life; Monmouth, OR; 5/23/97; Title--Psychological Theories of Moral Functioning.

Participant; The Origins and Prevention of Aggression Conference; Eugene, OR; 8/2-8/3/97.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Salem, OR; 2/28/98; Title--Knowledge, Perception of Risk, Communication Skills, Demographics and Safe-Sex in Ghanaian University Students.

Faculty Sponsor; George Fox University Social Sciences Conference; Newberg, OR; 3/7/98.

Reviewer; Journal of Marriage and the Family: Quarterly Journal of the National Council on Family Relations; 1997; 1998; 1999.

Presenter; 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology; San Francisco, CA; 8/13/98; Title--Associations Between Gender, Age, Marital Status, and Safe-Sex Functioning in College Students.

Participant; Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; San Francisco, CA; 8/14-8/18/98.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 57th Annual Meeting; Salem, OR; 2/27/99; Title--Prevention of HIV Transmission in Ghana.

Presenter; Western Psychological Association 79th Annual Convention; Irvine, CA; 4/29/99; Title--Knowledge, Attitudes, Communication, and Safe-Sex in Ghanaian University Students.

Presenter; Providers Resource Organization (PRO); Dallas, OR--Academy Building; 5/25/99; Title--Cognitive Development: Its Role in Healthy Development in Infants and Children.

Presenter; Psi Chi 1999 Research Conference; Monmouth, OR; 5/28/99; Title--Predictors of Safe-Sex in Ghanaian University Students: Applications for AIDS Prevention.

Presenter; Santiam Correctional Institution; Salem, OR; 6/15/99; Title--Child Development and Adult Mental Health.

Presenter; Mill Creek Correctional Facility; Salem, OR; 6/15/99; Title--Child Development and Adult Mental Health.

Presenter; Psychology Club; Monmouth, OR; 2/24/00; Title--Collaborative Research Opportunities in Psychology.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 58th Annual Meeting; Newberg, OR; 2/26/00; Title--Current Trends in Developmental Psychology.

Presenter; Western Psychological Association 80th Annual Convention; Portland, OR;
4 /13/00; Title--Safe-Sex and College Students in the US and Ghana.

Presenter; Relationship University at Polk Teen Parent Program; Independence, OR; 5/18/00, 5/29/01; Title of workshop--How to Have Better Teamwork in Parenting.

Participant; Inside the Mind of a Woman: Neuropyschiatric Disorders and the Impact of Hormones Throughout the Female Lifecycle; The Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine; Portland, OR; 6/23/00.

Presenter; Santiam Correctional Institution; Salem, OR; 8/1/00; Title--Mental Health and Developmental Tasks in Adolescence and Early Adulthood.

Presenter; Mill Creek Correctional Facility; Salem, OR; 8/1/00; Title--Mental Health and Developmental Tasks in Adolescence and Early Adulthood.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 59^th Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2/24/01; Title—Attachment Processes in College Students.

Presenter; 81st Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association; Maui, Hawaii; 5/4/01; Title—Attachment Processes in College Students.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 60th Annual Meeting; Forest Grove, OR; 2/23/02; Title—Measuring Perceptions of Relationships in University Students.

Presenter; 82nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association; Irvine, CA; 4/12/02; Title—Attachment: Measuring Perceptions of Relationships in University Students.

Participant; Repeated Measures in the 21st Century Workshop; Irvine, CA; 4/11/02.

Participant; Multiple Regression with Modern Statistical Graphics Workshop; Irvine CA; 4/12/02.

Participant; Structural Equation Modeling: The Basics and More Workshop; Irvine, CA; 4/13/02.

Presenter; Psychology Club; Monmouth, OR; 1/22/03; Title—Research and Scholarship Opportunities.

Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 61st Annual Meeting; McMinnville, OR; 2/22/03; Title—The Adult Attachment Scale and Memories and Perceptions of Biological and Stepparents.

Presenter; 83rd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association; Vancouver, BC; 5/1/03; Title—The Adult Attachment Scale and Perceptions of Biological and Stepparents.

Participant; Visual-Conceptual Methods for Teaching Statistics: Simple Approaches to Advanced Concepts Workshop; Vancouver, BC; 5/1/03.

Participant; Preparing Data for Analysis Workshop; Vancouver, BC; 5/2/03.

Participant; Multiple Regression with Funny Dependent Variables: Categories, Ordered Categories, Counts Workshop; Vancouver, BC; 5/3/03.

Participant; Analysis of Multilevel Models with SPSS Workshop; Vancouver, BC; 5/4/03.

            Presenter; Psi Chi Research Conference; Monmouth, OR; 6/6/03; Title--Culture and Spanish Speakers in the US.

            Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 62nd Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2/28/04; Title—National Identity and Nonnative Spanish Speakers in the United States.

Presenter; Get to Know Your Professor Series; Western Oregon University Psychology Students Association; Monmouth, OR; 4/14/04.

Presenter; 84th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association; Phoenix, AZ; 4/23/04; Title—Culture and Nonnative Spanish Speakers in the United States.

Chair; Paper Session; Convention of the Western Psychological Association;

Phoenix, AZ; 4/23/04; Title—Social Psychology.

Participant; Multilevel Modeling in SPSS and SAS Workshop; Phoenix, AZ; 4/23/04.

Participant; Structural Equation Modeling: Demystified and Applied Workshop; Phoenix, AZ; 4/24/04.

Participant; Statistical Mediation Analysis Workshop; Phoenix, AZ; 4/25/04.

            Faculty Panel; Learning Seminar Class; Academic Advising and Learning Center; Western Oregon University; Monmouth, OR; 5/6/04.

Presenter; Western Oregon University Psychology Student Association Research Conference; Monmouth, OR; 6/4/04; Title—Identidad Nacional y Cultura

            Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 63rd Annual Meeting; Corvallis, OR; 2/26/05; Title—National Identity: Attachment, Pride, and Priorities of Spanish Speakers from Mexico in the United States.

            Participant; Introduction to Logistic Regression Workshop; Portland, OR;

4/14/05.

            Presenter; 85th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association; Portland, OR; 4/15/05; Title—National Identity: Spanish Speakers From Mexico in the United States.

            Participant; Structural Equation Modeling Workshop; Portland, OR; 4/15/05.

            Presenter; American Psychological Society 17^th Annual Convention; Los Angeles, CA; 5/27/05; Title—Cultural Awareness in United States Spanish Speakers Born in Mexico.

            Presenter; Oregon Academy of Science 64th Annual Meeting; Eugene, OR; 2/25/06; Title—Dear Dad or ‘Daddy Dearest’ and Children of Divorce.

PUBLICATIONS

Wise, K. L., Wise, L. A., & Zimmermann, R. R. (1974). Piagetian object permanence in           the infant rhesus monkey. Developmental Psychology, 10, 429-437.

Wise, L. A., & Wise, K. L. (1987). Instructor’s manual to accompany Psychology third      edition Spencer A. Rathus. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Wise, L. A., & Wise, K. L. (1987). Test bank to accompany Psychology third edition          Spencer A. Rathus. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Wise, L. A., & Wise, K. L. (1987). Whole psychology catalog. New York: Holt, Rinehart,     and Winston.

Wise, K. L., Bundy, K. A., Bundy, E. A., & Wise, L. A. (1991). Social skills training for          young adolescents. Adolescence, 26, 233-241.

Thompson, K. L., Bundy, K. A., & Broncheau, C. (1995). Social skills training for young         adolescents: Symbolic and behavioral components. Adolescence, 30, 723-734.

Thompson, K. L., Bundy, K. A., & Wolfe, W. R. (1996). Social skills training for young           adolescents: Cognitive and performance components. Adolescence, 31, 505-521.

Bundy, K. A., Thompson, K. L., & Strapp, C. M. (1997). Parenting behaviors: A content        analysis of situational comedies based on TV fictional families. Psychological            Reports, 80, 1123-1137.

Thompson, K. L. (1999). Trends in developmental psychology. Psychology Teacher   Network, 9(5), 2-3, 13.

Thompson, K. L., Geher, G., Stevens, K. F., Stem, S. T., & Lintz, M. K. (2001).        Psychological predictors of sexual behaviors related to AIDS transmission.            Psychological Reports, 88, 51-67.

COLLABORATION WITH STUDENT RESEARCHERS

Since coming to Western in 1980, I have collaborated with student researchers on 35 scholarly presentations. Three of my students and I are traveling to Palm Springs, CA in April to present a paper at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association.

I also have Western Oregon Students as coauthors on  five publications.

CURRENT RESEARCH

I am at various stages of submission of manuscripts on safe-sex functioning and national identity. I am leading a team of WOU students in a research project on attachment processes in blended families. We collected data on 333 participants, analyzed some of the data, and presented our results at conferences. We are continuing to collect data and analyze results for presentations and publications.