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ERIC H. DURBROW

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2009, Adjunct Instructor, Child Development, California State University Sacramento.

2008 Dec-Current. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education. Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA, USA.
Teaching onsite child development courses.

2003 Sept 29-Current: Core Adjunct Instructor in Psychology.
Psychology, National University, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Teaching psychology courses at graduate and undergraduate levels, online, offline.

1997 July 1-2002 June 30: Assistant Professor.
Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.
Taught child development courses and seminars, published papers, received grants.

1994 July 1-1996 June 30: NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Psychology.
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Taught child development courses and seminars, wrote papers, received grants.

RELATED POSITIONS

2008-Current: SAT Essay Reader, Pearson.

2002-Current: ETS Scoring Leader for TOEIC, Reader for CSU-EAP, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL-iBT, CAHSEE.

1986-1994: Academic Computing Support at U Michigan, U Washington, U Missouri.

EDUCATION

1993 May 16: Ph.D. Anthropology.
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Thesis: School performance & behavior problems of Caribbean children: Associations with pediatric risk, growth, home conditions, & temperament. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences 54(9-A): 3489.

1991 May 11: M.A. Anthropology.
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Thesis: Effects of caretakers on child growth and failure-to-thrive.

1986 May 26: B.A. Anthropology-Sociology.
Oberlin College, Ohio.
Thesis: Testing theories of gender roles.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2001: Minority Summer Research Opportunity Program (Recognition), Penn State.

1994: Johann Jacobs Young Investigator Award, Johann Jacobs Foundation.

1990: Fulbright Fellowship Award.

1989: Graduate Student of the Year (Recognition), University of Missouri.

1988-90: Quadrangle Fellow Award, University of Missouri.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Child & Adolescent Development, Sacramento State University, January 2009
• Introduction to Psychology, National University, December 2008
• Child and Adolescent Development, Folsom Lake College, Jan-May, 2008
• Biopsychology, undergraduate course, National University, Aug 2007.
• Introduction to Psychology, undergraduate course, National University, Oct 2006, April 2007, June 2007, Oct 2007.
• Child & Adolescent Development, undergraduate course, National University, June 2004, 2006, July 2007, Sept 2007.
• Developmental Psychology (Theories), undergraduate course, National University, Nov 2003, Feb 2007.
• Child and Adolescent Development (Trauma), graduate, National University, March 2004.
• Adult development & Aging, graduate course, National University, October 2003.
• Introduction to Child Development, undergraduate, Penn State, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Advanced Topics in Child development, undergraduate and graduate, Penn State, 1999, 2001.
• Biocultural Studies in Families and Children, undergraduate, Penn State, 1998, 1999.
• Communities, Families & Children, undergraduate, Penn State, 1998.
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Penn State, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Graduate Research Opportunities, Penn State, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Cross-cultural Child Development, undergraduate, U Minnesota, 1995, 1996.
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities,  U Minnesota, 1994, 1995, 1996.
• Graduate Research Opportunities, U Minnesota, 1995, 1996.

COURSES DEVELOPED

• Revision of Psy301 Child and Adolescent Development, National University, December 2008
• Risk & Resilience in Human Development, graduate seminar, Penn State, 1998, 2000.

COURSES ASSISTED

• General Anthropology, undergraduate, Missouri, 1988-89
• Primatology, undergraduate, Missouri, 1989
• Comparative Ethnology (writing-intensive), undergraduate, Missouri, 1989

WORKSHOPS ON TEACHING

2008, Jan-Feb: Faculty Development in Teaching and Mentoring, Capella University [online].
2008, Jan 25: Teaching Introductory Psychology in the 21st Century, Society for the Teaching of Psychology Inaugural Online e-Workshop.
2006: iLinc Orientation, National University.
2005: Best practices [in teaching], National University.
2004: Best practices [in teaching], National University.
2002: Cyber Plagiarism: Temptations for students, tactics for teachers, Penn State.
2001: ANGEL: A new system for online teaching, Penn State.
2001: New methods in teaching [active and team learning], Penn State.
2001: Technology and teaching conference [online assessments], Penn State.
2000: Helping students in distress [counseling], Penn State.
1999: Teaching by readiness assessment teams [active learning], Penn State.
1998: The Penn State course in college teaching [semester-long], Penn State.
1998: Penn State conference on teaching [graduate education], Penn State.
1997: Professional development workshop [academia], American Psychological Assoc.

GRANTS

Penn State Research Grants (competitive), 1997-2003.
Spencer Foundation, Small Grants Program, 1994, 1997.

ARTICLES SUBMITTED

Jimerson, S, Durbrow, E., Wagstaff, D. (Under Review) Academic and behavior associates of peer status for children in a Caribbean community: Findings from the St. Vincent Child Study. Under review for School Psychology International.

ARTICLES PEER-REVIEWED

Jimerson, S. R., Durbrow, E. H., & Wagstaff, D. A. (in press). Academic and behavior associates of peer status for children in a caribbean community: Findings from the St. Vincent Child Study. School Psychology International

Jimerson, S. R., Durbrow, E. H., Gunnar, M., Adams, E., and Bozoky, I. (2007). Unwillingly to school: The contribution of attention problems and adrenocortical reactivity to the academic problems of Caribbean village children. Canadian Journal of School Psychology.

Durbrow, E. H., Turk, N., Wagstaff, D., and Wang, Y (2003). â"Well-rounded" children? Peer, academic, and conduct competence in Caribbean children. <em>Psychology in Developing Societies.

Durbrow, E. H., Schaefer, B. A., and Jimerson, S. R. (2002). Diverging academic paths in rural Caribbean village children: Predicting secondary school entrance from the St Vincent Child Study. School Psychology International, 23 (2), 155-168.

Durbrow, E. H., Schaefer, B. A., and Jimerson, S. R. (2001). Learning-related behaviours versus cognitive ability in the academic performance in Vincentian children. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 471-483.

Durbrow, E.H., Pena, L., Masten, A., Sesma, A., and Williamson, I. (2001). Mothers’ perceptions of child competence in three contexts of poverty: The Philippines, St. Vincent, and the United States. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25 (5), 438-443.

Durbrow, E. H., Schaefer, B. A., and Jimerson, S. R. (2000). Learning behaviors, attention, and anxiety in Caribbean children: Beyond the Usual Suspects in explaining academic performance.School Psychology International. 21(3): 242-251.

CHAPTER

Durbrow, E. H. (1999). Child competence in developing communities: How rural Caribbean parents evaluate children. In A. Masten and C. Nelson (Ed.) Cultural processes in child development, Minnesota Symposia in child psychology, Vol. 29, (pp 97-121). New York: Erlbaum.

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS PEER-REVIEWED

Durbrow, E. H. (2000, July). Risk and resilience in Caribbean village children. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Beijing, China.

Durbrow, E. H. and Bozoky, I. (1998, August). Ranging and caregiver proximity patterns of Caribbean children from high and low scoring HOME families. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland.

Bozoky, I. and Durbrow, E. H. (1998, August). Middle childhood HOME scores and health status in Caribbean village children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland.

Durbrow, E. H. and Bozoky, I. (1998, August). What is an okay kid in the Caribbean? Parental evaluations of child competence. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland.

Durbrow, E. H., Masten, A., and Sesma, A. (1998, August). Parental evaluations of child competence during crisis: American homeless mothers. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland.

Durbrow, E. H., Bozoky, I., Jimerson, S. R., and Gunnar, M. (1998, February). Competence in Caribbean village adolescents: Managing despite the odds. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

Durbrow, E. H., Masten, A., Sesma, A., and Williamson, I. (1998, February). Parental perceptions of adolescent competence in two contexts: American homeless and Caribbean village mothers. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

Durbrow, E. H. and Bozoky, I. (1997, October). Fathers on the periphery: Psychological and biological correlates of Caribbean children in matrifocal families. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, San Diego, CA.

Durbrow, E. H., Gunnar, M., Bozoky, I., Adam, E., and Jimerson, S. (1996, July). Salivary cortisol variation in rural Caribbean children: Correlates with personality, behavior, home conditions, and early childhood adversity. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec City, Canada.

Durbrow, E. H., Masten, A., and Williamson, I. (1996, November). How Caribbean village and American homeless parents evaluate child competence: A preliminary study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Durbrow, E. H. and Panter-Brick, C. (1996, July). Child stress in natural settings: Psychobiological studies of children in diverse cultures. Symposium convened at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec City, Canada.

Durbrow, E. H., Bozoky, I., Jones, E., Adam, E., and Jimerson, S. R. (1996, July). The Middle Childhood HOME and village Caribbean children: How well does it predict their academic performance? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec City, Canada.

Durbrow, E. H., and Bozoky, I. (1994, November). Paternal care and infant health in the Caribbean: Father residency and support and breastfeeding duration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Durbrow, E. H. and Bozoky, I. (1995, April). Poor homes, poor growth, poor scholars: Caribbean children’s academic performance. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Durbrow, E. H. (1993, April). Effects of infancy malnutrition on school performance among rural Caribbean children. Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Research and Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO.

Durbrow, E. H. (1992, April). Consequences of peer status among Caribbean children. Paper presented at Ninth Annual Research and Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO.

Durbrow, E. H. (1989, November). An expert system for multi-dimensional stress assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Washington, DC.

Flinn, M., and Durbrow, E. H. (1990, April). Factors associated with childhood stress as measured by radioimmunoassay of cortisol levels in saliva. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 81:222 [abstract].

Schaefer, B. A., Durbrow, E. H., & Jimerson, S. (2003, August). A fatherless-disadvantage conundrum: Child outcomes and fathering in Saint Vincent. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Schaefer, B. A., Durbrow, E. H., Jimerson, S. R., and McDermott, P. A., (1999, August). Caribbean village children achievement: Behavioral and cognitive explanations. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Schaefer, B. A., Durbrow, E. H., and McDermott, P. A. (1999, April). The Learning Behaviors Scale in the Caribbean: Going beyond the usual suspects in explaining children’s academic performance. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

2008, Dec: Revised Psy301 Child and Adolescent Development, National University.
2007, Nov: Helped write Psychology Curriculum Program Report, National University.
2000-2001: Child Development Laboratory Advisory Board, Faculty Rep, Penn State.
1999-2001: HDFS Awards Committee, Member, Penn State.
1997-99: HDFS Graduate Admissions Committee, Member, Penn State.
1995-96: Institute of Child Development Computer Committee, Member, Minnesota. 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

2004-Current: American Psychological Society, Member.
2003-Current: Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Member.
1994-2003: Society for Research in Child Development, Member.
1994-2003: International Society for Behavioral Development, Ad hoc reviewer.
1999-2002: Textbook reviewer for Worth Publishers and others.
1998-2001: International Journal of Behavioral Development, ad hoc reviewer.
1999-2000: Society for Research in Child Development Meetings, ad hoc reviewer.
1999: Sociobiology and Ethology, ad hoc reviewer.
1998: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, ad hoc reviewer.
1998-99: Society for Research in Adolescence, ad hoc reviewer.
1997-98: American Psychologist, ad hoc reviewer.
1996, 1998, 2000: ISSBD Biennial Meetings in Quebec, Berne, & Beijing.
1996: Spencer Foundation, ad hoc reviewer. 

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY & BEYOND

2006-Current: Sacramento Metro Community Emergency Response Team, CA.
2004-2006: Sacramento Search and Rescue, CA, Trained Volunteer.
2003-2004: Opening Doors, Sacramento, CA, Volunteer.
2001 Nov 16: TAKE NOTE  TV segment WPBX, PA, Interviewee on Child Rights.
2001 Oct 28: Centre Daily Times, PA, Editorial for Child Rights.
2001 April 12: U.N. Association Centre County, PA, Invited speaker.
2001-2002: U.N. Association Centre County, PA, Board of Directors.
1998-99: Fancy Village Corp St Vincent, W.I., consultant on Kellogg grant.
1996 July: Achilles Track Club Minneapolis, MN, Help people with disabilities.
1994-95: YWCA Minneapolis, MN, After-school volunteer.
1990-91: SPAT & Dev. Alternatives Dominica, West Indies, computer trainer. 

OTHER SKILLS

Competent in French. Proficient in Angel, Blackboard, eCollege, Windows, OS X, Office, SPSS, HTML.