Each year the Division of School Psychology presents an Outstanding Dissertation in School Psychology Award to a school psychology student who has completed a dissertation which merits special recognition and which has the potential to contribute to the science and practice of school psychology. The Outstanding Dissertation Award is to be given for a dissertation on a topic that has the potential to contribute to school psychology as a discipline and profession. The outstanding dissertation is on a topic that has the potential to impact the science or practice of school psychology, such as research on underrepresented topics and/or populations in the school psychology literature or an original contribution to a traditional area. The research should clearly address and test hypotheses based on important theoretical and empirical questions; the methodology should be sound and sufficient to test the questions posed; and the writing quality addressing these issues as well as implications for practice and future research should be excellent.
Nominees must have successfully completed their dissertation defense by December 31 of the previous calendar year. Nominees must be (a) have been a student member of Division 16 at the time they completed the dissertation; and (b) be a Fellow, Member, Associate, or Student Affiliate of Division 16 .
| Year |
Author |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Chair |
| 1993 |
Daniel E. Olympia - University of Utah |
"Homework Completion and Accuracy: Using Student
Management Interventions." |
William R. Jenson |
| Honorable Mention |
Ruth Kaminski - University of Oregon |
"Assessment for the Primary Prevention of Early Academic
Problems: Utility of Curriculum-Based Measurement Pre-Reading
Tasks" |
Roland H. Good III |
| 1994 |
Jacqueline Lemme Cunningham - University of Texas |
"A Contextual Investigation of the International
Development of Psychology in the Schools" |
Thomas D. Oakland |
| Honorable Mention |
Pamela Burri Grossman - Texas A & M University |
"Attachment Style and History of Parents of Aggressive
Children: Effects on Response to Intervention" |
Jan N. Hughes |
| Honorable Mention |
William David Carlyon - University of South Florida |
"The Development and Testing of a Model to Explain
Elementary School Staff Motivation and Preference for
Consultation with School Psychologists to Remediate Specific
Student Behavioral Problems" |
Howard M. Knoff |
| 1995 |
Mary M. Chittooran - Mississippi State University |
"ADHDEXPERT: The Development of a Prototype Expert
for the Identification of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder" |
David T. Morse |
| 1996 |
Jennifer M. Asmus - University of Iowa |
"Use of tasks, persons, and settings to identify
the stimulus control of aberrant behavior in young children" |
David Wacker and Gregg Macmann |
| 1996 |
Janet M. Drew - University of Iowa |
"Stimulus control of clinician instructions on parent
behavior via a component analysis statement" |
Randy Kamphaus |
| 1997 |
Robin Weiner - University of Utah |
"Efficacy of conjoint behavioral conservation with
a combined homework model to increase math homework completion
and accuracy in junior high students" |
Susan Sheridan |
| 1998 |
Kimberly Ray |
| 1999 |
Clynita Jefferson - Texas A & M University |
"Factors that Impact Parents Engagement and Treatment
outcome in a School-Linked Parent Consultation Intervention
for Aggressive Children" |
Jan N. Hughes |
| 2000 |
Heather Sterling-Turner - Mississippi State University |
"The effects of direct training, treatment acceptability,
and treatment integrity on treatment outcomes in school
consultation" |
T. Steuart Watson |
| 2001 |
Aleta Ann Gilbertson Schulte, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
"Effects of testing accommodations on standardized
mathematics test scores: An experimental analysis of performance
of students with and without disabilities." |
Steve Elliot |
|
Honorable Mention 2001
|
Carrie Watkins-Emonet, Ph.D., Mississippi State University |
"Direct Behavioral Consultation: Direct Skill Training
and Skill Generalization in Head Start Classrooms." |
Steuart Watson |
| Honorable Mention 2001 |
Mary R. Levinsohn, Ph.D., University of Maryland |
"Evaluating Instructional Consultation Teams for
Student Reading Achievement and Special Education Outcomes." |
Sylvia Rosenfield |
| 2002 |
Kevin Fenstermacher, University of Utah |
An Interactive, Computer-based Social Skills Training
Program: Development and Use with Children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
Susan Sheridan |
| 2003 |
Amanda Heidgerken |
An exploration of the relations between parenting,
children's social cognitions, and aggressive behavior. |
Jan Hughes |
| 2004 |
Marsha Luginbuehl, University of South Florida |
The initial development and validation of the sleep
disorders inventory for students. |
Kathy Bradley-Klug & George Batche |
| 2005 |
Elisa Steele Shernoff, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Transporting an Evidence-Based Classroom Management
Program for Preschoolers with Disruptive Behavior Problems
to a School: An Analysis of Implementation, Outcomes,
and Contextual Variables |
Thomas Kratochwill |
| 2006 |
Brian C. Poncy, University of Tennessee- Knoxville |
An Investigation of the Dependability and Standard Error
of Measurement of Words Read Correctly Per Minute Using
Curriculum-Based Measurement |
Christopher Skinner |
| Honorable Mention 2006 |
Alex Beaujean, University of Missouri |
Using Item Response Theory to Assess the Lynn-Flynn Effect |
Craig Frisby and Rick Short |
| 2007 |
Kara Giron Wisniewski, Duqesne University |
Delinquency, Academic Underachievement, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Longitudinal Investigation of Developmental Sequencing and Interrelated Risk Factors |
Tammy Hughes |
| 2008 |
Brandy Clarke,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
Parental Self-Efficacy: Examination of a Protective Factor for Parents of Low-Income with Young Children |
Susan Sheridan |
| 2008 |
Milena Keller-Margulis,
Lehigh University |
General Outcome Measures and Performance on High Stakes Tests: A Further Examination of Long-Term Predictive Validity in Pennsylvania |
Ed Shapiro |