Vita
Adena Beth Meyers
Illinois State University
Department of
Psychology
435 DeGarmo
Campus Box 4620
Normal, IL, 61790-4620
(309) 438-8069
abmeyer@ilstu.edu
Education
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1993-1997 |
Ph.D.
Clinical-Community Psychology |
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1990-1993 |
M.A.
Psychology |
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1986-1990 |
B.A.
Women's Studies, magna cum laude |
Professional Positions
|
2005-Present |
Associate
Professor |
|
1998-2005 |
Assistant
Professor |
|
1997-1998 |
Visiting
Assistant Professor |
|
1997-1998 |
Affiliated
Faculty Member |
|
1996-1997 |
Clinical
Psychology Intern |
|
1990-1996 |
Research
Assistant |
|
Spring,
1995 |
Teaching
Assistant |
Honors and Awards
1995-1996 University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994 Herman Eisen Award for outstanding commitment and contribution to the practice of psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993 Student Award Recipient, Fourth Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action: Primary Prevention and Health Promotion; Health and Community Psychology, Williamsburg, VA
1989 Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University
Scholarship
Publications
Meyers, A.B., Sylvester, B.A., Landau, S. (2010). Pregnancy in Adolescence. In Canter, A., Paige, L. & Shaw, S. (Eds.) Helping children at home and school: Handouts from your School Psychologist (third edition). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Sylvester, B.A. & Meyers, A.B. (2010). Sexual Development and Education in Young Children. In Canter, A., Paige, L. & Shaw, S. (Eds.) Helping children at home and school: Handouts from your School Psychologist (third edition). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Meyers, J., Meyers, A.B., Proctor, S.L., & Graybill, E.C. (2009). Organizational consultation and systems intervention. In Gutkin, T.B. & Reynolds, C. (Eds.). Handbook of School Psychology (4th Ed.) (Chapter 43, pp. 921-940). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Meyers,
A.B., Landau, S., & Sylvester, B.A. (2008). Best practices in school-based sexuality education
and pregnancy prevention. In A. Thomas, & J. Grimes, (Eds.). Best Practices in School Psychology-V (Chapter
85, pp. 1361-1376). Bethesda, MD:
National Association of School Psychologists.
Walcott, C.M., Meyers, A.B., & Landau, S. (2008). Adolescent sexual risk behaviors and school-based STI/HIV prevention. Psychology in the Schools, 45, 39-51.
Meyers, J., Truscott, S.D., Meyers, A.B., Varjas, K., & Collins, A.S. (2008). Qualitative and mixed methods designs in consultation research. In W.P. Erchul, & S.M. Sheridan (Eds.) Handbook of research in school consultation: Empirical foundations for the field (pp. 89-114). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Sprecher, S., Harris, G. & Meyers, A.B. (2008). Perceptions of sex education and targets of sex communication: Socio-demographic and cohort effects. Journal of Sex Research, 45 17-26.
Meyers,
A.B. & Sylvester, B.A. (2006). The role
of qualitative research methods in evidence-based practice. NASP Communiqu_(c),
34(5), 26-28.
Landau, S., Meyers, A.B., &
Pryor, J.B. (2005). HIV/AIDS. In Bear, G. G., & Minke, K. M. (Eds.). Children's Needs III: Development,
Prevention, and Intervention (Chapter 65, pp.719-729). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Meyers, J., Meyers, A.B., & Grogg, K. (2004). Prevention through consultation: A model to guide future developments in the field of School Psychology. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 15, 257-276.
Meyers, A.B. & Swerdlik, M.E. (2004). Full service schools. In Spielberger, C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 43-49). Oxford: Elsevier.
Meyers, A. B. & Coleman, A. R. (2004). Book review of School consultation: Conceptual and empirical bases of practice by W. P. Erchul & B. K. Martens. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 15, 111-115.
Meyers, A.B. & Landau, S. (2004). Adolescent Pregnancy. In Canter, A., Carroll, S., Paige, L. & Romero, I. (Eds.) Helping children at home and school: Handouts from your School Psychologist (second edition). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists (section 6, pp. 55-58).
Swerdlik, M.E. & Meyers, A.B. (2004). Full service schools. In Canter, A., Carroll, S., Paige, L. & Romero, I. (Eds.) Helping children at home and school: Handouts from your School Psychologist (second edition). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists (section 6, pp. 35-37).
Meyers, A.B. & Swerdlik, M.E. (2003). School-based health centers: Opportunities and challenges for school psychologists. Psychology in the Schools, 40(3), 253-264.
Meyers, A.B. (2002). Developing nonthreatening expertise: Thoughts on consultation training from the perspective of a new faculty member. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 13, 55-67.
Meyers, A.B. & Landau. S. (2002). Best practices in school-based sexuality education and pregnancy prevention. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in School Psychology -IV (pp. 1523-1536). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Bucy, J.E., Meyers, A.B., & Swerdlik, M.E. (2002). Best practices working in full service schools. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes, (Eds.), Best practices in School Psychology, IV (pp. 281-292). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Pryor, J.B. & Meyers, A.B. (2000). Men who sexually harass women. In L.B. Schlesinger (Ed.), Serial offenders: Current thought, recent findings, unusual syndromes (pp. 201-228). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press LLC.
Meyers, A.B. & Landau, S. (2000). Preventing early sexual behavior: Sociopolitical issues and the design of empirically-supportable school-based interventions. In K. Minke & G. Bear (Eds.), Preventing school problems - promoting school success: Strategies and programs that work (pp. 299-336). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Meyers, A.B. & Rhodes, J.E. (1995). Oral contraceptive use among African American adolescents: Individual and community influences. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 99-115.
Rhodes, J.E., Ebert, L., & Meyers, A.B. (1994). Social support, relationship problems, and the psychological functioning of young African American mothers. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 11, 587-99.
Rhodes, J.E., Ebert, L., & Meyers, A.B. (1993). Sexual victimization in pregnant and parenting adolescents: Psychological and social outcomes. Violence and Victims, 8, 153-63.
Rhodes, J.E., Fischer, K., Ebert, L., & Meyers, A.B. (1993). Barriers to service utilization among pregnant and parenting African American women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17, 257-74.
Conference Presentations
Booth, B., Lederer, S., Meyers, A.B., Swerdlik, M.E., Linnell, J., Dick, S., & Schneider, W.J. (2009, October). Reintegrating after deployment: Developing effective programs for Guard and Reserve soldiers and families—Evaluation findings from Minnesota’s and Illinois’ Yellow Ribbon programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL.
Booth, B., Lederer, S., Dick, S., Linnell, J., Meyers, A.B., Schneider, W.J., & Swerdlik, M. (2009, August). Reintegration experiences of returning National Guard war veterans and implications for reintegration programming: Results from two states. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.
Dick, S.F., Levine, R., Linnell, J., Meyers, A.B., & Swerdlik, M. (2009, February). Deployment-related stress and comping experienced by families of National Guard Soldiers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.
Ekdale, L., Casper, E.A., Preston, J.R., Dick, S.F., Lyons, M.A., & Meyers, A.B. (2008, February). Mothering in the context of domestic violence. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
Sprecher, S., Harris, G., & Meyers, A.B. (2006, November). Sources of sex education and targets of sex communication: Socio-demographic variation. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
Ekdale, L.W. & Meyers, A.B. (2006, March). A case study analysis of a home visitation program for incoming high school freshmen. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Anaheim, CA.
Casper, E.A., Padgham, M.E., & Meyers, A.B. (2005, March). PCIT with mothers and children exposed to domestic violence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.
Mitchell, C., Meyers, A.B., & Horton, C.B. (2004, July). Increasing batterers' readiness to change via child-focused educational sessions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Meyers, A.B. & Sylvester, B. (2004, April). Increasing the validity of qualitative data as applied in action research. Mini-skills workshop. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.
Casper, E., Krause, L., Meyers, A., Padilla, M., Wallis, J., &apm; Watson, A. (2003, February). Domestic violence in our schools: School Psychologists' role in service provision and tools for promoting healthy outcomes. Workshop presentation at the annual meeting of the Illinois School Psychologists Association, Springfield, IL.
Casper, E. & Meyers, A.B. (2002, February). The prevention of child sexual abuse: An evaluation of the Safe Child Program. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
Poppenhager, G., Cabalfin, C., Harris, C., & Meyers, A.B. (2002, January). Parent and teacher opinions about school-based sexuality education. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Illinois School Psychologists Association, Springfield, IL.
Casper, E., Watson, A., Meyers, A.B, & Steinkamp, S. (2002, January). Serving children exposed to domestic violence: An interagency collaboration between For Childrens Sake and the Neville House. Session presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois School Psychologists Association, Springfield, IL.
Stoner, G., Cummings, J., Gutkin, T., Meyers, A. & Powell-Smith, K. (2001, February). Encouraging students to choose academia. Session presented at the 4th Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs, Deerfield Beach, FL.
Meyers, A.B. (2000, September). Future directions in training and research on child victims and witnesses. In Horton, C. (Chair). A comprehensive university model for training graduate students on child maltreatment issues. Symposium presented at the 5th International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
Meyers, A.B. (2000, August). Teaching consultation for the first time: Reflections from a clinical-community psychology perspective. In Alpert, J. (Chair). Teaching consultation for over 80 years---collectively, that is. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Meyers, A.B. & Landau, S. (2000, March). Preventing early sexual behavior. In Bear, G. & Minke, K. (Chairs). Preventing school problems - promoting school success: Strategies and programs that work. Special session conducted at the annual meeting of the National Association for School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
Pickrel, S.G., Meyers, A., Brondino, M., & Faldowski, R. (1998, July). Level one qualitative coding of adoelscent and young adult mothers perceptions of transition to motherhood: A window on risk and resilience factors associated with adolescent pregnancy. Poster presentation at the annual Head Start Conference, Washington, D.C.
Lennhoff, C., Meyers, A., & Rhodes, J. (1997, May). The margins of care: Barriers to prenatal health services among young, low-income women. In Rhodes, J.E. (Chair). Young, minority womens reproductive health: Current issues, future directions. Symposium conducted at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Columbia, SC.
Meyers, A.B. & Rhodes, J.E. (1995, June). Family planning and prenatal service use among African American adolescents: Individual and community influences. In Revenson, T.A. (Chair). Women's health issues: New answers, new questions. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL.
Meyers, A.B., Michaelis, R., & Elcan, T. (1994, May). Medicaid clinics, family planning, and birth control side effects: Implications for public health policy. In Rhodes, J.E. (Chair). Pregnant and parenting African American adolescents: Developmental, social, and health issues. Panel discussion conducted at the Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Rhodes, J.E., Contreras, J., & Meyers, A.B. (1994, February). Natural mentor relationships and the adjustment of minority adolescent mothers. In Leadbeater, B. (Chair). Reconceptualizing social supports for adolescent mothers: Grandmothers, babies' fathers and beyond. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
Meyers, A.B., Rhodes, J.E., & Michaelis, R. (1993, June). Medicaid clinics and birth control side effects: Implications for public health policy. Poster at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Williamsburg, VA.
Meyers, A.B., Lennhoff, C., & Davis, A.A. (1993, May). From research to intervention: Creation and development of a clinical-community psychology practicum. Poster at the Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Meyers, A.B. (1993, May). Medicaid clinics, family planning, and birth control side effects. Poster at the Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Davis, A.A., Lennhoff, C., & Meyers, A.B. (1992, October). From research to intervention: A clinical community practicum with pregnant adolescents. Presentation at the Midwest Eco-Community Psychology Conference, Sawyer, MI.
Meyers, A.B. & Carpenter, S. (1991, October). Pregnant and parenting adolescents, oral contraceptives, and Chicago's low-income health care options. Presentation at the Midwest Eco-Community Psychology Conference, Dowagiac, MI.
Rhodes, J., Ebert, L., Englund, S., Davis, A.A., & Meyers, A. (1991, June). Mentoring and resilience among innercity pregnant teenagers. Poster at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Tempe, Arizona.
Meyers, A. (1991, May). The pill: myths and realities. In J.E. Rhodes (Chair). Prevention research with inner-city women. Symposium conducted at the Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Grant Activity
2009 National Guard Association of Illinois. Impact of Deployment Cycles on War Veterans and their Families and Impact of Deployment on Children’s School Adjustment. Total Request: $10,000.00. Submitted with Mark Swerdlik and colleagues. Funded for $10,000.00.
2008 Office of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. National Guard Reintegration Research Project: A Focus on Families. Total Request: $57,730.00. Submitted August 20, 2008. Not funded.
2008 National Guard Association of Illinois. Evaluation of National Guard of Illinois Reintegration Program. Total Request: $55,000.00. Submitted with Mark Swerdlik, Joel Schneider, and Margie Nauta. Funded for $55,000.00.
2007 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children’s Sake. Total Request: $27,500.00. Submitted February 9, 2007. Funded for $25,000.00.
2006 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children’s Sake. Total Request: $27,506.00. Submitted February 24, 2006. Funded for $25,000.00.
2005 Illinois State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching: Teaching-Learning Development Team Grant. Interdisciplinary collaborative problem solving among pre-service educational professionals. Total Request: $1,600. Submitted (with Donna Brouillette, Joyce Morlan, and Barbara Fulk) April 2005. Funded for $1,600.
2005 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children's Sake. Total Request: $31,770. Submitted February 24, 2005. Funded for $25,000.00.
2004 Livingston County Special Services. Graduate Assistantship at Pontiac Township High School Student Health Center. Total request: $4,499. Submitted September 2004. Funded for 4,499.
2004 Office of the Illinois Attorney General:
Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For
Children's Sake. Total Request: $28,616. Submitted February
2004. Funded for $25,000.00.
2003 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children's Sake: A Research, Teaching, and Service Grant Regarding Children Affected by Domestic Violence. Total Request: $28,616. Submitted February 7, 2003. Funded for $24,897.00.
2002 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children's Sake: A Research, Teaching, and Service Grant Regarding Children Affected by Domestic Violence. Total Request: $32,774. Submitted February 1, 2002. Funded for $24,897.00.
2001 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Preventing of the Co-occurrence of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Proposal submitted in collaboration with The Baby Fold & CDV/Neville House to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Total Request: $50,000 ($10,000 for ISU subcontract). Submitted November 12, 2001. Not Funded.
2001 Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program. For Children's Sake: A Research, Teaching, and Service Grant Regarding Children Affected by Domestic Violence. Total Request: $29,347. Submitted, January 26, 2001. Funded for $24,897.00.
2000 U.S. Department of Justice. Illinois State University Institute for Professional Training on Mental Health Treatment for Child Victims and Witnesses. Total Request: $174,680; Submitted June, 28, 2000. Not Funded.
1999 State of Illinois Department of Human
Services. For Children's Sake.
Total Request: $139,462; Submitted 9/28/99.
Not Funded.
Teaching and Supervision Experience
Courses
|
Fall
2008 - Present |
Statistics
for the Social Sciences Illinois
State University Department
of Psychology |
|
Summer
2008 |
Statistics:
Data Analysis and Methodology Illinois
State University Department
of Psychology |
|
Fall,
2007 – Present |
Professional
Practice Seminar Illinois
State University Department
of Psychology |
|
Fall,
2000 – Present |
Theory
and Practice of Mental Health Consultation in the Schools |
|
Spring,
1999 - Present |
Practicum
in Psychotherapeutic Interventions with Children and Families |
|
Spring,
2000 – 2002 |
Senior
Seminar |
|
Spring,
2000 – 2006 |
Advanced
Seminar in Child and Adolescent Therapeutic Interventions |
|
Fall,
1998 - Fall 1999 |
Human
Sexuality |
|
Fall,
1998 - Present |
Advanced
Practicum in Child & Adolescent Therapeutic Interventions |
|
Fall,
1998 |
Community
Mental Health |
|
Spring,
1998 |
Adolescent
Pregnancy in the U.S. |
|
Fall,
1997-Spring, 1998 |
Introduction
to Psychology |
|
Fall,
1997 |
Survey
of Developmental Psychology |
|
Spring,
1995 |
Introduction
to Women's Studies |
Workshops & Professional Presentations
May 2007 Children exposed to domestic violence: Mental
health consequences and treatment strategies. Staff development presentation to
school psychologists and school social workers at Livingston County Special
Services Unit, Pontiac, IL.
March 2006 Children exposed to domestic
violence: Mental health consequences and treatment strategies. Continuing
education seminar presented at Twin Cities Behavioral Health, Normal, IL.
October 2005
Effects of domestic violence exposure on children. Workshop
presented to the family therapy staff at Catholic Charities, Bloomington, IL.
November, 2001 Dealing
with tragedy at school: Talking to children about war and terrorism. Session
presented at the Illinois Education Association Student Conference
"Discover the Magic," Bloomington, IL.
October, 2001
Presenter: El Paso High School Prevention Day. Presented to four groups of high
school students on the topic of dating violence.
April, 2000 Discussant:
Heartland Community Theatre. Served as a discussant following the play,
"How I Learned to Drive" about intra-familial sexual abuse.
March, 2000 Partner
violence and public health. Presented in Family Violence Coordinating Council's
Dating Violence Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
January, 2000
Rethinking goals and attitudes: Getting what YOU want out of school (and life).
Workshop presentation at Pontiac Township
High School Healthy Choices Day. Pontiac, IL.
Professional Service
2009-present
2009-present NASP Research
Committee 2009-present Ad
Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied School
Psychology
2009-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, School Psychology Quarterly
2006-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, NASP Communiqu_(c)
2005-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, School Psychology Review
2004-present “Peaceful School” Volunteers Project Subcommittee of the McLean County Community Compact
2001-2008 Director, For Children's Sake, Illinois State University
1998-present Pontiac Township High School Student Health Center Advisory Board
2001-2005 McLean County Domestic Violence Task Force Youth and Children Work Group
2001-2004 Program Evaluation Consultant & Advisory Board Member, Safe Child Program, The Baby Fold, Normal, IL
2001-2002 Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers Mental Health Task Force
1999-2002 Family Violence Coordinating Council, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court, IL
1999-2000 Dating Violence Workshop Planning Committee, Family Violence Coordinating Council, 11th Judicial Circuit Court, IL.
1996 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Preventive Medicine
1995-1996 Volunteer mentor for an undergraduate residential unit, Faculty Friends Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994-1995 Special Events Committee, Women's Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994-1995 Graduate Student Organization, Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994-1995 Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993-1995 Graduate Student Advisory Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993-1994 Student Editor, American Journal of Community Psychology
Professional Memberships and Certifications
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
(Illinois)
Member, American Psychological
Association
Member, National Association of School
Psychologists