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Assessment Coordinator
Department of Education
College of Staten Island
The City University of New York
Staten Island, New York
Jan., 2007 – present
President
People, Animals, Nature, Inc.
Naperville, Illinois.
Jan., 2006 – Jan., 2008 and again Jan., 2008 – Jan., 2010
Senior Director of Research and Evaluation
The Bach Center for Research and Evaluation
New York, New York
Feb., 2006 – Dec. 2007
Director of Research and Evaluation
People, Animals, Nature, Inc.
Naperville, Illinois
Sept., 2006 – present
Director of Humane Education
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
New York, New York
Oct., 2002 – Jan., 2006
Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
Arlington, Texas
Aug., 1996 – Aug., 2002
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
Arlington, Texas
Aug., 1995 – Aug., 2002
2004, Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, the University of Texas at Arlington.
Dissertation: Development of a non-intellective measure of academic success: Toward the quantification of resilience.
2000, MS in Experimental Psychology, the University of Texas at Arlington.
Thesis: Influences on conditioned taste aversions tested at different retention intervals: Does latent inhibition develop during long inter-stimulus intervals?
1992, BS in Biopsychology, Juniata College.
Moons, C., Meers, L., Stefanini, C., Normando, S., Van de Leest, L., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. O. (2009). Review: Relevance of stimuli used in canine behavioural testing with regards to proximal causality of dog bites. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5 (1), 61.
Meers, L., Stefanini, C., D’hanens, S., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., Kalmar, I., & Ödberg, F. O. (2009). Is it wise to involve animals in prisons and rehabilitation programs? A study conducted in Flanders, Belgium. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5 (1), 50.
Pira, T., Stefanini, C., Meers, L., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. O. (2009). A conceptual study about animal-assisted interventions (AAI) in Antwerp, Belgium. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5 (1), 49 – 50.
Normando, S., Meers, L., Salvadorettie, M., Trevisan, C., Samuels, W. E. & Ödberg, F. O. (2009). Equine-assisted intervention programs in Veneto (Italy). Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5 (1), 47 – 48. .
Nicoll, K., Trifone, C., & Samuels, W. E. (2008). An in-class, humane education program can improve young students’ attitudes towards animals. Society and Animals, 16, 45 – 60.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (2001). Mining Texas style: A seamless transition—or is it? Forum of the Association for Arid Lands Studies, 17 (1), 28 – 35.
Samuels, W. E. & Reinhartz, J. (2000). Teen voices: Insight for fostering prosocial behaviors in school. Teacher Educators Journal, 10 (1), 11 – 27.
Samuels, W. E. (2006). Living science: Humane, student-inquiry science projects for middle and high schools. New York: The ASPCA.
Samuels, W. E. , Meers, L., Coultis, D., & Normando, S. (2009). Blood sports and animals. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals, 2nd Ed, M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Meers, L., Samuels, W. E., Normando, S., Degeest, S., & Ödberg, F. O. (2007). Dolphin-assisted interventions & animal-assisted interventions: Possibilities and caveats. Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University Press. Booklet created in conjunction with the Mundomar Conference on Ethology and Animal Behaviour, Benidorm, Spain, May 18, 2007.
Samuels, W. E., Meers, L., & Coultis, D. (2007). Animals in Space. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals , M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Samuels, W. E., Coultis, D., & Meers, L. (2007). Biophilia. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals (pp. 121 – 123), M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Meers, L., Coultis, D., & Samuels, W. E. (2007). History of animal-assisted therapy. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals (pp. 1 – 3), M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Samuels, W. E. (2007). Humane education: How to nurture empathy in children. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals (pp. 680 – 683), M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Samuels, W. E. , Meers, L., & Coultis, D. (2007). Blood sports and animals. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals (pp. 1317 – 1322), M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Samuels, W. E. & Frey, S. (2007). Animal conservationists. Encyclopædia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals (pp. 263 – 266), M. Bekoff and J. Nystrom (Eds.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Lambrecht, L., Meers, L., & Samuels, W. E. (2010). Researchers and practitioners work together to assess the welfare of horses involved in wheelchair-buggy driving in Belgium. The Latham Letter, 31 (1), 8 – 11.
Meers, L., Thierens, M., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. O. (2008). Practitioners, researchers, and educators in Flanders, Belgium, cooperate to establish new developments in animal-assisted interventions (AAIs). The Latham Letter, 29 (2), 14 – 17.
Meers, L., Samuels, W. E., & Coultis, D. (2006). PAN encourages international cooperation between practitioners and researchers in applied investigations of the human animal bond. People, Animals, Nature Newsletter, 2, 1 – 3.
Samuels, W. E. (2006).Teaching older people new tricks: Thoughts on effective dog bite prevention. International Society of Anthrozoölogy, 8 (31), 11 – 14.
Samuels, W. E. (2006). Some ways to help prevent dog bites. People, Animals, Nature Newsletter, 2, 5 – 7.
Samuels, W. E. (2005). Dog bite prevention: A pediatrician’s role. New York: The ASPCA.
United Federation of Teachers Humane Education Committee, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (2006). Humane education resource guide. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from United Federation of Teachers Web site: http://www.uft.org/member/committees/humane/services/resources/
Samuels, W. E. (2005). Effective dog bite prevention programs. The Packrat, 75, 1 – 2.
Samuels, W. E. (2004). Learning to care, love and learn. The Latham Letter, 3, 1 – 2. First published as Samuels, W. E. (2004). Learning to care: Why we need humane education. Animal Watch, 24 (2), 45.
Samuels, W. E. (2004). ASPCA share drive: One big teaching machine. Animal Watch, 24 (3), 38.
Samuels, W. E. (2004). Hooked on books: Fostering a lifelong love of books. Animal Watch, 24 (1), 40.
Samuels, W. E. (2003). Curiosity breeds kindness: Teaching techniques for a humane science class. Animal Watch, 23 (4), 19.
Samuels, W. E. (2003). Dangerous games: When “entertainment” teaches the wrong message. Animal Watch, 23 (3), 47.
Samuels, W. E. (2003). Walking the walk: How to model compassion to the children in your care. Animal Watch, 23 (2), 47.
Samuels, W. E. (2003). The inquisitive mind: Teaching children to question their world. Animal Watch, 23 (1) 47.
Various articles, activities, and lessons for www.animaland.org, www.animalessons.org, www.aspca.org, and www.petfinder.com (2002 – 2006).
Sobsey, D., Montgomery, C., Wilkins, D., & Hingsburger, D. (2001). Four sight: The disability community contemplates fate, future, and fear. (W. E. Samuels, Illustrator; S. Chambers, Cartoonist). Eastman, Quebec: Diverse City Press.
Hingsburger, D. (1998). Four feet tall (W. E. Samuels, Illustrator). Eastman, Quebec: Diverse City Press.
Samuels, W. E. (Sept. 26, 2010). Support for a Wernerian model of resilience is found in the relationship between academic resilience and life barriers. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Education Research of the Centre for Policy and Practice, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Colman, I., Stefanini, C., Meers, L., Haverbeke, A., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. (July 25, 2010). Dog regulation in East-Flanders, a Belgian province. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Canine Science Forum, Vienna, Austria.
Meers, L., Van Landuyt, H., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., Dekeyrel, C., & Ödberg, F. (Oct. 2, 2010). Techniques to improve animal welfare during human-animal contact. Presentation made to the 1st International Conference on Animal Welfare Education of the European Commission’s Dictorate of General Health and Consumers, Brussels, Belgium.
Meers, L., Van Landuyt, H., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., Dekeyrel, C., & Ödberg, F. (Oct. 2, 2010). Astral, the home-made-horse: A technique to improve animal welfare during human-animal contact. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE), Hamburg, Germany.
Samuels, W. E. & Carolan, B. V. (May 19, 2010). A smooth(er) NCATE visit. Invited presentation to the School of Education, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York.
Pira, T., Stefanini, C., Meers, L., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. O. (October 29, 2009). A conceptual study about animal-assisted interventions (AAI) in Antwerp, Belgium. Poster presented at the 7th Annual International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, Edinburgh, UK.
Moons, C., Meers, L., Stefanini, C., Normando, S., Van de Leest, L., Samuels, W. E., & Ödberg, F. O. (October 29, 2009). Review: Relevance of stimuli used in canine behavioural testing with regards to proximal causality of dog bites. Poster presented at the 7th Annual International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting (IVBM) of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, Edinburgh, UK.
Meers, L., Stefanini, C., D’hanens, S., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., Kalmar, I., & Ödberg, F. O. (October 29, 2009). Is it wise to involve animals in prisons and rehabilitation programs? A study conducted in Flanders, Belgium. Poster presented at the 7th Annual International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, Edinburgh, UK.
Normando, S., Meers, L., Salvadorettie, M., Trevisan, C., Samuels, W. E. & Ödberg, F. O. (October 29, 2009). Equine-assisted intervention programs in Veneto, Italy. Poster presented at the 7th Annual International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, Edinburgh, UK.
Samuels, W. E., Yamamoto, N., & Coultis, D. (August 2, 2009). Nurturing empathy throughout childhood. Featured guest at 8th Annual Animal-Assisted Education Conference, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan.
Samuels, W. E., Matoba, M., Izawa, M., Arai, S., & Yamamoto, N. (August 2, 2009). Humane education lesson module demonstration and discussion. The feature event of the 8th Annual Animal-Assisted Education Conference, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan.
Samuels, W. E., Yamamoto, N., Meers L., Normando S., & Ödberg F. O. (July 29, 2009). The history and current status of animal welfare in the West. Featured guest speaker at Shujitsu Women’s University, Sendai, Japan.
Samuels, W. E., Yamamoto, N., & Coultis, D. (July 27, 2009). Loyal companions, troubled families: Animal-assisted therapy in family contexts. Invited speaker at the Idear Human Support Service Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Samuels, W. E., Ogawa, N., & Coultis, D. (July 26, 2009). Pet solves international dispute: Humane education across cultures. Featured guest speaker at the 8th Annual Symposium on the Human-Animal Bond, Anabuki College, Takamatsu, Japan.
Samuels, W. E. & Carolan, B. V. (April 24, 2009). Streamlining data collection within and across departments for SPA reports. Presentation made to the third annual CSI/CUNY Day of Assessment, Staten Island, New York.
Samuels, W. E. & Woo, A. (April 13, 2009). Validation studies of a measure of academic resilience and the Big Five Personality Inventory. Paper discussion (formerly known as Roundtables) held for the Test Validity Research & Evaluation SIG at the 2009 AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego.
Samuels, W. E. (May, 2009). A non-intellective measure of academic success among college students. Presentation made to the 41st annual conference of the New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Nicoll, K. & Samuels, W. E. (December 7, 2007). The impact of animal visitation in an in-class humane education program. Presentation made to the Humane Society of the United States’ National Technology Assessment Workshop on Animal Assisted Programs for Youth at Risk, Baltimore, Maryland.
Meers, L., Normando, S., & Samuels, W. E. (October 15 – 17, 2007). Equine-assisted interventions. Professional development course given at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Maurer, M., Meers, L., Normando, S., Samuels, W. E., Delfour, F., & Ödberg, F. O. (October 2, 2007). Dolphin-assisted interventions: A scientific point of view. Presentation given to the European Parliament, Luxembourg.
Meers, L., Samuels, W. E., Normando, S., Degeest, S., & Ödberg, F. O. (May 18, 2007). Dolphin-assisted interventions: Possibilities and caveats. Paper presented at the Mundomar Conference on Ethology and Animal Behaviour, Benidorm, Spain.
Samuels, W. E. (September 29, 2006). All children great and small: Helping foster kindness in schools and communities. Invited speaker at the American Humane Association’s Annual Conference, Schaumburg, Illinois.
Samuels, W. E., Coultis, D., Meers, L., Ödberg, F. O., & Normando, S. (September 23, 2006). Can an AAI educational programme improve animal welfare? Poster presented at Vlaamse Diergeneeskundige Werkgroep Ethologie’s Animal Welfare and Behaviour Conference, Ghent, Belgium.
Meers, L., Samuels, W. E., Coultis, D., Moons, C., & Ödberg, F. O. (April 16, 2006). Attitudes about death in children, students, and elderly. Presentation made at the Second Annual Human-Animal Conference, Naperville, Illinois. (This is at a conference series I helped create.)
Samuels, W. E. (2005 – 2006). Dog bite prevention: A pediatrician’s role. A series of presentations/workshops for New York City pediatricians.
Samuels, W. E. (July 16, 2005). Community partnerships that work. Presentation made at the First Annual Human-Animal Conference at the Animal Medical Center, New York, New York. (This is at a conference series I helped create.)
Samuels, W. E. (April 18, 2005). Teaching kindness in schools and the community: What works and what doesn’t. Guest lecture made at Saint John’s University, Staten Island, New York.
Samuels, W. E. (March 5, 2005). How we learn to care. Keynote presentation made at the Seventh Annual Humane Education Seminar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne.
Samuels, W. E. (February 7, 2005). Animals in violent homes: What they experience and what it means. Presentation made at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York.
Nicoll, K, Trifone, C., & Samuels, W. E. (September 25, 2004). Relative efficacies of components of the We Love Animals! in-class humane education curriculum. Presentation made at the Michigan State University’s Fourth Annual Human-Animal Bond Initiative Conference, Lansing, MI.
Samuels, W. E. (June 20, 2004). Measuring kindness. Presentation made at the First Annual Youth Pet Conference, Tallahassee, Florida.
Samuels, W. E. and Robertson, K (June 11, 2004). Integrating humane education into K – 3 elementary science curricula. Professional development workshop presented in partnership with the Dallas Animal Control to Dallas Independent School District teachers.
Samuels, W. E. (July 19, 2003). Assessing, monitoring, and evaluating humane education programs. Presentation made to the first annual humane education conference at Green Chimneys, Brewster, New York. (This is at a conference I helped create.)
Samuels, W. E. (April 30, 2003). Studying humane education. Presentation made at the first quarterly meeting of the Greater DelMarPa Society in Bensalem, Penn.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (April 22, 2003). Teachers as leaders: The success of the physical science institute. Paper presented to the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago.
Samuels, W. E. (April 5, 2003). Implementing humane education. Presentation made at the SUNY Delhi Animal Shelter and Humane Society Workshops.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (February 15, 2003). The Teacher Researcher Academy: Promoting instructional effectiveness through action research inquiry training. Paper presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida.
Bernstein, I. H. & Samuels, W. E., (April, 2002) Cross-national differences in SPQ self-presentation bias of salespeople. Paper presented to the Annual Convention of the Society for Applied Multivariate Research.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (April 20, 2001). Land reclamation: Texas style. Paper presented to the Western Social Science Association and the Association of Arid Lands Studies, 43rd Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada.
Samuels, W. E. & Reinhartz, J. (April 13, 2001). Advocating teen safety: New perspectives on best practice. Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association, 82nd Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Samuels, W. E. & Reinhartz, J. (March 2, 2001). Listening to teens’ voices for fostering prosocial behaviors. Paper presented to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2001 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas.
Samuels, W. E. & Reinhartz, J. (February 20, 2001). Advocating teen safety: New perspectives on best practices. Paper presented to the Association of Teacher Educators, 81st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (January 29, 2001). Perceived safety and exposure to violence are related to academic success. Poster presented at the Administrator’s Midwinter Conference on Education, Austin, Texas.
Reinhartz, J. & Samuels, W. E. (November 20, 1999). Predictors of violence and anti-social behaviors in after-school programs in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex: An empirical study. Paper presented to the School of Education, The University of Texas at Arlington.
Jackson, R. L., Samuels, W. E., & Rutledge, M. (1998). Expression of conditioned taste aversion depends on the retention interval. Paper presented to the Southwestern Psychological Association, 44th Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Samuels, W. E. (2005). Inside an Animal Shelter education program, awarded $50,000 grant from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, teaches animal care through interactive visits to the ASPCA’s shelter facility
$60,000 in 2002 from the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust for the creation of Living science: Humane, student-inquiry science projects for middle and high schools (see Books, above).
Bernstein, I. H., Samuels, W. E., & Woo, A. (in review). Use of separate calibration t to assess DIF in the Rasch model.
Current Research Projects
N.B., current projects are detailed in the Research section of my web site.
Co-investigator, revision of the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (2010 – present).
Co-investigator, modern and traditional psychometric properties of instruments and efficiency of psychometric statistics (2008 – present).
Co-investigator, effects of animal-assisted interventions on the stress of animals (2005 – present).
Co-investigator, best practices in animal-assisted interventions (2004 – present).
Lead investigator, measurement and development of academic resilience (2002 – present).
Co-designed, supervised, and evaluated all aspects of school-based technology program in all sixth grades classes in 22 New York City middle schools; assessed program for scalability to all grades in all New York City middle schools; project included integrating data from online, self-report surveys and naturalistic observations (Jan – Sept, 2006).
Lead investigator, longitudinal study of development of morals, attitudes, compassion, and pro-social behavior in elementary and middle school children (2003 – 2007).
Evaluated the efficacy of the New York City Pet Care Outreach Program in eight classes at PS 102 in New York City (Jan 8 and 16, 2003).
Consultation and evaluation of violence prevention programs at Dallas-Fort Worth-area YMCAs, YWCAs, and Boys & Girls Clubs (2000 – 2002).
Case studies of resilient teachers in collaboration with Prof. Judy Reinhartz (1999 – 2001).
Graduate Research Assistant, the University of Texas at Arlington, the laboratory of Prof. Ira Bernstein (2001 – 2002). Assisted with advanced psychometric analyses, such as item response theory and differential item functioning.
Investigated effectiveness and best practices of in-service professional development course which taught environmental science through project-based activities.
Assistant, the University of Texas at Arlington. Assisted Judith Reinhartz in the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of funded course research (June to August, 2001). Course engaged in-service teachers in learner-centered course which taught action research and the basic tenets of constructivism.
Graduate Research Assistant, the University of Texas at Arlington, the laboratory of Prof. Raymond Jackson (August 1995 – 2000). Through various procedures, investigated mechanisms of learning and memory established over long CS-UCS intervals in an animal model.
College of Staten Island, CUNY, Instructor of EDD 630 and EDD 631, Educational Research. Course prepares graduate education students (both those seeking initial and professional teaching certification) the basics of conducting, understanding, and applying research to classroom and education-related practice (2008 – 2009 and 2010 – 2011 academic years).
People, Animals, and Nature, Co-designer and co-teacher of animal-assisted intervention course conducted in affiliation with DePaul University; course is conducted in part online. Students include occupational and physical therapists, counselors, nurses, doctors, social workers, educators, and other service practitioners. Topics include implementing community-based programs, scientific evaluation of programs, best practices, development of empathy and compassion, professional ethics, safety, and animal behavior (2005 – present).
ASPCA, Designer and teacher of dog bite prevention workshop for pediatricians in New York City. Companion text is the highly-acclaimed Dog bite prevention: A pediatrician’s role (2005).
ASPCA, Co-designer of ASPCA Kids series of national workshop modules and companion materials to teacher parents, educators, and community-based leaders to nurture compassion and pro-social behavior in children and young adults (2005).
ASPCA, Designer and co-teacher of 15-unit, in-service, professional development module to integrate humane education into elementary science curricula. Presented for entire Dallas Independent School District (2004).
ASPCA, Co-designer of project-based curriculum for humane education summer camp conducted in partnership with the Staten Island Children’s Museum (2004 – 2005).
ASPCA, Designer and teacher of in-service, professional development workshop for New York City School District about 30 elementary teachers per workshop (2004 and 2005).
ASPCA, Co-designer of project-based series of lessons and activities for Girl Scout Scholars program in New York City (2003 – 2005).
ASPCA, Co-designer of approximately 120 lessons and activities (and teacher of about 40 of these) integrating animals and nature into social studies, math, science, language arts, and arts instruction for students aged 5 – 16 in public schools in Chicago, Dallas, New York City, and Philadelphia; several subsequently published and/or made available online (2002 – 2006).
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Psychology Instructor: Designed lectures and course and taught undergraduate Behavior and Motivation (PSYC 3320) class (2001).
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Psychology Instructor: Co-taught the Summer Science Institute: Experimental Psychology, a program to expose exceptional middle and high school students to psychology in general and at UTA in particular. The program focused on hands-on learning (2001).
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Psychology Instructor: Co-designed lectures and content for lecture and laboratory sections, oversaw laboratory sections, and taught lecture section for undergraduate Experimental Design (PSYC 2442) course (2001).
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Psychology Instructor: Designed lectures and taught undergraduate Introductory Psychology (PSYC 13215) course (1998 – 2001).
The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant: Helped to organize and taught Experimental Design (PSYC 2442) lecture and laboratory (1997 – 1998); taught and tended animals for Experimental Analysis of Behavior (PSYC 2310) laboratory (1996 – 1997).
YMCA, Arlington, Texas: Prepared young adults for the General Equivalency Degree; my students obtained the center’s highest pass rates (2000 – 2002).
The Teaching Company, Arlington, Texas: Taught SAT and PSAT preparation in various high schools to 9th to 12th grade classes (2000 – 2001, between 5 and 44 students per class); tutored pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry to various high school students (in 2000 – 2001, between 1 and 4 per group).
Harrisburg, Penn.: Tutored literacy one-on-one (May, 1993 – August 1993).
Harrisburg, Penn.: Tutored preparation for the General Equivalency Degree (June 1992 – November 1994).
Catholic Charities, Harrisburg, Penn., Assistant teacher of English as a Second Language: Instructed classes of beginner to intermediate levels (June 1991 – November 1991).
Interim NCATE Coordinator for the College of Staten Island (2010).
Methodology Reviewer, Nurse Aide Knowledge Survey for the National Council for State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2010).
Standard 7 (Institutional Assessment) Advocate, campus-wide Middle States Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Committee for the College of Staten Island (Appointed by the President, 2010 – 2011).
Member, Standard 7 Sub-Committee of the Middle States Accreditation Committee for the College of Staten Island (2010 – 2011).
Reviewer, New England Education Research Organization’s 42nd Annual Conference, held May 7 – 9, 2010.
Member, Search Committee for Director of Institutional Research for the College of Staten Island (2009 – 2010).
Consultant, the Society for the Study of Human-Animals Relations (2009 – present).
Reviewer, second edition of Research Methods: Learning to Become a Critical Research Consumer by Martella, Nelson, & Marchand-Martella and published by SAGE Publications (2009).
Reviewer, New England Education Research Organization’s 41st Annual Conference, held May 6 – 8, 2009.
Member, Search Committee for Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness for the College of Staten Island (2008 – 2009).
Appointed Title II Coordinator for the College of Staten Island (2007 – present).
Reviewer, Health Education Research (2007 – present).
Reviewer, Journal of School Health (2007 – present).
Reviewer, Health Promotion Practice (2007 – present).
Reviewer, The Canadian Journal of Sociology (2007).
Chair, Assessment Committee, College of Staten Island (2007 – present).
Member, Teacher Education Advisory Committee, College of Staten Island (2007 – present).
Member, Partnership Advisory Committee, College of Staten Island (2007 – present).
Member, Doctoral Committee for Lieve Meers, Department of Animal Nutrition, Genetics, Production and Ethology; University of Ghent, Belgium (2005 – 2009).
Elected to the Board of Directors of People, Animals, and Nature (December, 2005 – present); appointed as Director of Research and Evaluation (January, 2006 – present); elected President (January, 2006 – January, 2008, again January, 2008 – January 2010).
Elected to the Harmony Institute Campus Advisory Board (2005 – 2007).
Consultant, Japan SPCA (2004 – 2006).
Judge, New York City Science Expo (2004 and 2005).
Consultant for Meow Mix for the creation of Mr. Meow Visits an Animal Shelter (2004 – 2006).
Elected to the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Friends of New York Humane Education Academy (April 15, 2004 – present).
Elected to the Academic Review Board of the Harmony Neighborhood School (June, 2003 – August, 2006).
Session Chair, University of Texas at Arlington. Sixth Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (April 5, 2000).
Class President, Juniata College, 1988 – 1989 academic year.
With Prof. Brian Carolan, prepared for and oversaw 2010 NCATE continuing accreditation visit of the College of Staten Island’s Department of Education. As a result of this visit, all previously-sited areas for improvement for all standards were removed and only two very minor new areas for improvement (integrating a piece of diversity information from fieldwork into larger assessment system and providing a private space for adjunct faculty to consult with students) were added.
Co-promoter (with Drs. Meers and Normando) of thesis completed at Ghent University by Femke Lambrecht entitled “Training en begeleiding van dieren in de zorgverlening.” This research investigated the well-being of horses used in aniaml-assisted activities.
Co-coordinator, annual Celebration of Research graduate student conference at the College of Staten Island (2008 and 2009).
With Prof. Eleni Tournaki, prepared for and oversaw 2007 NCATE focused accreditation visit of the College of Staten Island’s Department of Education. (Visit was focused on Standard 2: Assessment.) As a result of this visit, all previously-sited areas for improvement were removed and no new areas for improvement were sited.
Science advisor for Animal Handlers in Animal Assisted Intervention Programmes, a graduate class at the University of Gent, Belgium.
Project leader for partnership with Scholastic on Clifford the Big Red Dog DVD, poster, and lessons (2005 – 2006).
Project leader for The Compassionate Curriculum which integrates humane education into grades K – 8 through learner-centered classroom, out-of-class, and service learning projects.
Co-creator with People, Animals, and Nature, Inc. and the Animal Medical Center of the first (July 16, 2005, Animal Medical Center, New York City) and second (April 25, 2006, Oakbrook Hilton Gardens, Illinois) annual People, Animals, and Nature Conference.
Lead designer for Strawberry Shortcake pet care PSA, poster, and online games (previously available online at http://www.animaland.org/asp/games/shortcake/index.asp) (2005).
Testimony presented to Connecticut Environment Committee on bill proposing integration of humane education into school curricula (February 25, 2005).
Led design of Animalessons website (www.animalessons.org) (2004 – 2005).
Led major revisions and redesign of Animaland website (http://animaland.org) (2003 – 2005); having garnered no acclaim before revisions, it subsequently won the following:
Co-creator with Green Chimneys of first Humane Education Conference at Green Chimneys Main Campus, Brewster, New York (July 17, 2003).
Animal Caretaker, the University of Texas at Arlington. Supervised and assisted in the complete, continual maintenance and husbandry of up to 400 rats in the UTA rat vivarium (1995 – 2000).
Current
Past
SPSS v17.0 for Windows; SAS v9.1; Statistica v5.1; Multilog, IRTLRDIF, and Goodfit (used to conduct item response theory and differential item functioning analyses); Linux Ubuntu (current); Microsoft Windows (up to Vista); Mac OS X; OpenOffice.org (current); Microsoft Office 2007; html/xhtml and the rudiments of PHP; Atari 7800.
News 12, Connecticut (August 26, 2005).
Focus 580, Urbana, Illinois (Feb 25, 2005)
Women’s World (Sept 24, 2004).
Record-Journal, Wallingford, Connecticut (June, 2004).
The Tallahassee Democrat (June 15, 2004).
Parents Express (May 28, 2004).
Rare Breeds International (April, 2004).
The Chapin School, Doylestown, Penn (Dec 22, 2003).
The Arizona Daily Star (Nov 20, 2003).
The Knoxville News Sentinel (Oct 23, 2003).
The Family Education Network (Oct 20, 2003).
The Tessessian (Sept. 15, 2003).
The Daily News (Sept. 4, 2003).
Education Week (May 21, 2003).
Dog Fancy (Jan 24, 2003).
Academic Excellence Award (April 3, 2000).
University Scholar of Excellence (April 14, 1997).
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