Patricia Anne Jarvis, Ph.D.

Vita

1.  CURRENT POSITION:

Professor of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4620. E-Mail: pajarvis@ilstu.edu  Voice Mail: (309) 438-8425   Fax: (309) 438-5789

2. EDUCATION:

          1986 Virginia Commonwealth University Ph.D.

               Experimental Program: Developmental Track

           1983 Old Dominion University M.S.

          Major: Experimental Psychology (Minor: Developmental Psychology)

          1981 Old Dominion University B.S.

           Major: Psychology (Cum Laude)

3. AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: Developmental Psychology

4. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Society for Research in Child Development (Member)

The Society for Research on Adolescents (Member)

Journal of Youth and Adolescence (Editorial Board Member)

5. HONORS AND AWARDS:

-University Outstanding Service Award from Illinois State University – 2003-2004.

-Awarded a Sabbatical Leave for spring, 2002 to complete a CD-ROM project of class demonstrations and activities for lifespan development courses.

-Received a College of Arts and Sciences Service Award – fall, 2001.

-Received a Distinguished Teacher Award from College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University, 1992.

-Certificate of Recognition for cooperative participation in the Faculty Mentorship Program, 1991 and 1992.

-Recognized at the Faculty Recognition Reception for the Red Tassel Chapter of the Mortar Board, Illinois State University, April, 1991, November, 1991, October, 1996.

-Phi Eta Sigma Distinguished Faculty Award - SUNY, Plattsburgh, spring, 1989.

6. GRANTS: Small grants (internal and external totaling over $15,000) received since 1998 for research and teaching efforts and professional travel.

7. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Jarvis, P., Creasey, G., & Brooks, L. (In revision). Epistemological development in college students: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of College Student Development.

Creasey, G. L., & Jarvis, P. A. (2007) Attachment in the preschool years: Implications for social learning. In O. Saracho and B. Spodek's Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education series (Seventh volume).   Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers. Note: This chapter represents our third invited chapter to this series.

Creasey, G.L., & Jarvis, P. A. (Under Review). Relationship initiation across the lifespan: An attachment perspective. To be tentatively included in J. Harvey, A. Wentzel, and S. Sprecher's co-edited book tentatively entitled The Handbook on Relationship Beginnings.

Creasey, G. L., & Jarvis, P. A. (In preparation). Attachment, affiliation, and romantic relationships across adulthood. To be tentatively included in M. Smith & T. Reio's   Handbook of research on adult development and learning. Lawerence Erlbaum Pub.

Nordstrom, C. R., Williams, K. B., & Jarvis, P. A. (2003). The job characteristics model: A model for classroom enrichment. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 14(1), 37-60.

Creasey, G.,   & Jarvis, P. (2003). Social play in children: An attachment perspective. Invited Chapter t published in O. Saracho & B. Spodek (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education.   Information Age Publishing.  

Hansen, D., & Jarvis, P. (2000). Psychosocial adjustment in adolescents across two employment contexts. Youth and Society, 31(4), 417 - 436.

Lohman, B., & Jarvis, P. (2000). Adolescent stressors, coping strategies, and psychological health studied in the family context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29(1), 15 - 43.

Isakson, K., & Jarvis, P. (1999). The adjustment of adolescents during the transition into high school: A short-term longitudinal study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 28(1), 1 - 26.

Creasey, G., Jarvis, P., & Berk, L. (1998). Play and social competence. In O. Saracho & B. Spodek (Eds.), Play in early childhood education.   New York: SUNY Press.  

Van Houtte, B., & Jarvis, P. (1995). The role of pets in preadolescent psychosocial development. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 16, 463 - 479.

Creasey, G., & Jarvis, P. (1994). Relationships between parenting stress and developmental functioning among 2-year-olds. Infant Behavior and Development, 17, 423 - 429.

Phelps, S., & Jarvis, P. (1994). Coping in adolescence: Empirical evidence for a theoretically based approach to assessing coping. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 23(3), 359 - 371.

Creasey, G. L., Jarvis, P. A., Myers, B. J., Markowitz, P., & Kerkering, K. (1993).   Mental and motor development for three groups of premature infants: The moderating influence of mother-infant interactions. Infant Behavior and Development, 16, 365 - 372.

Myers, B. J., Jarvis, P. A., Creasey, G. L., Kerkering, K., Markowitz, P., & Best, A. (1992).   Prematurity and respiratory illness: Brazelton Scale (NBAS) performance of pre-term infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), or no respiratory illness .   Infant Behavior and Development, 15(1), 27 - 41.

Jarvis, P. A., & Creasey, G. L. (1991).   Parental stress, coping and attachment in families with an eighteen-month-old infant .   Infant Behavior and Development, 14(4), 383-395.

Zandi,T., Mirle, J., & Jarvis, P. (1990).   Children's attitudes toward the elderly: A comparison of two ethnic groups. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 30(3), 161-174.

Jarvis, P. A., Myers, B. J., & Creasey, G. L. (1989).   The effects of infants' illness on mothers' interactions with prematures at 4 and 8 months.   Infant Behavior and Development, 12, 25-35.

Myers, B., Jarvis, P., & Creasey, G. (1987). Infants' behavior with their mothers and grandmothers. Infant Behavior and Development, 10 , 245-259.

8. OTHER:

-Six Published Teaching/Learning Supplemental Materials.

-Over 40 professional presentations related to developmental psychology and teaching and learning   given internationally, nationally, regionally, and locally.

-Numerous invited addresses/symposia including one from NICHD.