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Meghan M. Parkinson Department of Human Development College of Education 3304 Benjamin Building University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742

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EDUCATION B.A., Psychology with Honors Minor in English Mount Holyoke College, 2003 Doctoral Program, Human Development Specialization in Educational Psychology University of Maryland, College Park Dissertation title: Undergraduate readers’ calibration of word learning Advisor: Patricia A. Alexander Anticipated graduation 2011 RESEARCH INTERESTS Word Learning Processes Metacognitive Monitoring Calibration of Learning Epistemological Beliefs EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE Date

Institution

Responsibilities

Fall 2009— Present

University of Maryland

Instructor Educational Psychology EDHD 460 Sole course responsibility.

Fall 2008-Present

University of Maryland

Instructor Language Development and Reading Acquisition EDHD 425 Sole course responsibility.

Summer 2010 -Present

University of Maryland

Participant Sloan-C workshop series for online learning. Completed certificates for designing hybrid courses

January 2010

University of Maryland

Participant ERP Bootcamp: Three- day introduction to ERP technique by Dr. Steven Luck sponsored by the UMD Center for the Advanced Study of Language

Fall 2007-Summer 2009

University of Maryland

Instructor Lifespan Development—EDHD 320 Sole course responsibility.

Summer 2006— 2007

University of Maryland

Graduate Assistant, Professional Development Schools Assisted the director of the program in efforts to facilitate the relationship between UMD and county schools.

Fall 2005—2006

University of Maryland

Graduate Assistant Conducted data collection, analyzed data, and wrote papers for several projects; assisted in teaching 2 sections of EDHD 425.

Summer 2005

The Parault Reading Center

Reading Tutor Created lesson plans and tutored first and second grade struggling readers in a one-on-one setting.

Fall 2003—2005

University of Maryland

Assistant Director, Advocates for Children Program Developed and taught colloquium series for CPSP 118C and CPSP 259C; advised students; organized guest speakers and field trips; assisted with admissions applications; redesigned program goals and curriculum.

Fall 2001—2003

Mount Holyoke College

Laboratory Instructor Introduction to Psychology—PSYCH 100 Supervised lab activities; led lab discussions and introduced new material; graded exams and assignments; conducted review sessions (enrollment 15).

Spring 2002

Mount Holyoke College

Research Assistant Psycholinguistics Laboratory Assisted in research activities; coded digital data.

HONORS, AWARDS, and RECOGNITIONS Distinguished Teaching Award, awarded by the University of Maryland Center for Teaching Excellence, May, 2010.

Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, awarded by the University of Maryland Graduate School, March, 2010. Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, awarded by the University of Maryland Graduate School, April 2009. Human Development Graduate Student Travel Award, awarded by the University of Maryland Department of Human Development, March 2009 and March, 2010. SPARC Graduate Student Research Award, awarded by the University of Maryland College of Education, April, 2008. Lilly East Conference Grant, awarded by the University of Maryland Center for Teaching Excellence, March, 2008 and May, 2010. AERA Division C Graduate Student Seminar, April 2007, Chicago, IL. Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, inducted in 2002. PUBLICATIONS Chapters in Edited Volumes Alexander, P. A., Dinsmore, D. L., Fox, E. W., Grossnickle, E. M., Loughlin, S. M., Maggioni, L., Parkinson, M. M., & Winters, F. I. (in press). Higher-order thinking and knowledge: Domain-general and domain-specific trends and future directions. In G. Schraw (Ed), Assessment of higher order thinking skills. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers. Alexander, P. A., Dinsmore, D. L., Parkinson, M. M., & Winters, F. I. (2011). Self-regulated learning in academic domains. In B. Zimmerman & D. Schunk (Eds.), Handbook of selfregulation of learning and performance. New York: Routledge. Commissioned Reports Alexander, P. A., & The Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Laboratory (2010). The challenges of developing competent literacy in the 21st century. Washington, DC: The National Academy of Sciences. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/Research_on_21st_Century_Competencies_%20P apers_and_Presentations.html Refereed Journal Articles Maggioni, L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008). The role of teacher epistemic cognition, epistemic beliefs, and calibration in instruction. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 445-461. Parault, S. J., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008). Sound symbolic word learning in the middle grades. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 33, 647-671. Manuscripts under Review Parkinson, M. M., & Alexander, P. A. (under review). "What did I learn?" and "How did I do?" The relation between metacognition and word learning. Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Alexander, P. A. (under review). Calibrating calibration.

Parkinson, M. M., Rogers Haverback, H., & Dinsmore, D. L. (under review). Charting the course of conceptual change: The influence of self-efficacy, knowledge, interest, and epistemic beliefs. Research in Progress Dinsmore, D. L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2010). What are confidence judgments made of? Students’ explanations for their confidence ratings and what that means for calibration. Data collection. Dinsmore, D. L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2010). Investigating response patterns with magnitude scaling over a semester long research methods course. Data analysis. Parkinson, M. M. (2010). Exploring the relation between reading comprehension and word learning from context using a case study approach. Data analysis. Parkinson, M. M., Fox, E. W., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2010). Do undergraduates’ reflections on their recreational reading improve learning of concepts about reading? Data collection. Alexander, P. A., Chae, S. E., Dinsmore, D. L., Fox, E., Grossnickle, E. M., Loughlin, S. M., Maggioni, L., Parkinson, M. M., Winters, F. I. (2009). Knowledge, information, and truth in an online world: Unraveling their relations in online contexts. Data analysis. Parkinson, M. M., & Alexander, P. A. (2009). Adult readers’ calibration of word learning. Data analysis. Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2009). Deconstructing performance ratings. Manuscript in preparation. Dinsmore, D. L., Loughlin, S. M., Parkinson, M. M., & Alexander, P. A. (2008). The effects of persuasive text on metacognitive monitoring and strategic processing. Manuscript in preparation. Parault, S. J., Parkinson, M. M., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2008). Creating a classification system for the clues children encounter in narrative and expository text. Manuscript in preparation. PRESENTATIONS International and National Conferences Dinsmore, D. L., Fox, E., Parkinson, M. M., & Rahman, T. (2010, May). A deeper look at why readers succeed or fail. In D. McNamara (Chair), Integration, depth, and complexity: Characterizing reader types through multidimensional profiling. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.

Parkinon, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Alexander, P. A. (2010, May). Calibrating calibration: Towards conceptual clarity and agreement in calculation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver. Parkinson, M. M., Rogers Haverback, H., & Dinsmore, D. L. (2010, May). Charting the course of conceptual change and its influence on self-efficacy. In S. Broughton (Chair), Exploring the interrelationships of knowledge change: Testing the cognitive reconstruction of knowledge model. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver. Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2009, August) Deconstructing performance ratings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. Dinsmore, D. L., Loughlin, S. M., & Parkinson, M. M. (2009, April) Effects of reading persuasive text and thinking aloud on metacognition. In P. A. Alexander (Chair), Metawhat? Measuring monitoring and control. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Parkinson, M. M. (2009, April) "What did I learn?" and "How did I do?" The relation between metacognition and word learning. In P. A. Alexander (Chair), Meta-what? Measuring monitoring and control. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Parault, S. J., Rogers Haverback, H., & Parkinson, M. M. (2007, April) Creating a classification system for the clues children encounter in text. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Parkinson, M. M. (2006, July) Early reading self-concepts. Poster presented at the SELF Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. Parkinson, M. M., & Parault, S. J. (2006, July) Reading motivation and phonemic awareness in beginning readers. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Parault, S. J., Rogers Haverback, H., & Parkinson, M. M. (April, 2006) Context clues and the learning of unknown words: An analysis of text. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA . Regional and University Rogers Haverback, H., & Parkinson, M. M. (2010, June) Why do they not read? Understanding how undergraduate students navigate a multimedia world. Paper to be presented at the Annual Lilly East Conference on College and University Teaching, Washington D.C.

Maggioni, L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008, December) The role of teacher epistemic cognition, epistemic beliefs, and calibration in instruction. Paper presented at the Educational Psychology Colloquium, College Park, MD. Parkinson, M. M. (2008, April) Adult readers' calibration of word learning. Project presented at the Educational Psychology Colloquium, College Park, MD. Parkinson, M. M. (2007, December) Factors contributing to readers' calibration of word learning. Paper presented at the Department of Human Development's Research Team Colloquium, College Park, MD. Donnelly, J. A., & Parkinson, M. M. (2002, December) Do self-efficacy and goal behaviors differ between female athletes and non-athletes? Paper presented at Mount Holyoke College Psychology Department Senior Research Seminar, South Hadley, MA. Donnelly, J. A., & Parkinson, M. M. (2002, April) What are the effects of mood and state on verbal memory? Paper presented at Mount Holyoke College Undergradutate Psychology Conference, South Hadley, MA. Invited Talks and Lectures Teaching with undergraduate teaching assistants, 2010, Invited discussion with EDHD 718. Using reader profiles to explain undergraduates’ success and failure learning word meanings from text, 2010: Invited talk given at the plenary session of Graduate Research Interaction Day. Perception and reading, 2008: Lecture to EDHD 460. Reading First policy, 2006: Lecture to EDHD 230S. Intelligence and IQ testing, 2006: Lecture to EDHD 460. SERVICE Service to Research Community Student Editorial Board Advisory Member, Fifty-eighth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 2009 Editorial Board, The New School Psychology Bulletin, 2008 - 2009 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Perception, 2010 Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Educational Research Journal: TLHD, 2008 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Conference Reviewer, National Reading Conference, 2008 - present Conference Reviewer, American Educational Research Association, 2006 - 2009 Campus and Departmental Service AERA Division C department liaison, 2009 – present Presenter at the Great Expectations Campaign, 2008 Assistant Educational Psychology Colloquia Coordinator, 2006

College Park Scholars Service Day, 2003-2005 Mentoring Jeremiah Prempeh, undergraduate research assistant, 2010 Kara Dixon, undergraduate research assistant, 2010 Lysha Fuentes, undergraduate research assistant, 2010 Temika Holland, research assistant, 2009 - present Catrina Larocca, undergraduate teaching assistant, 2009 Sarah Smigielski, undergraduate teaching assistant, 2009 Community Service Children’s Developmental Clinic at the University of Maryland, Spring 2005 Read Across America Day, 2004, 2008 Massachusetts Career Development Institute Adult Basic Education Tutor, Fall 2002 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Division 15, American Psychological Association American Educational Research Association, Division C Society for the Scientific Study of Reading National Reading Conference COURSES TAUGHT EDHD 425: Language Development and Reading Acquisition EDHD 460: Educational Psychology EDHD 320: Lifespan Development CPSP 118C: College Park Scholars Colloquium I: Advocates for Children CPSP 259C: Discovery Projects Research: Advocacy and Child Policy CPSP 318C: Advocates for Children Capstone: Advocacy in Action* PSYCH 100: Introduction to Psychology* *Teaching assistant

REFERENCES Dr. Patricia Alexander Department of Human Development 3304 Benjamin Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (301)405-2821 Dr. Allan Wigfield Department of Human Development 3304 Benjamin Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (301)405-2809 Dr. Ann Battle Department of Human Development 3304 Benjamin Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (301)405-8714 Dr. Kathy Wentzel Department of Human Development 3304 Benjamin Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (301)405-2810 Dr. Heather Rogers Haverback College of Education Towson University 8000 York Road Towson, MD 21252 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (410)704-3540