Faculty Vita

Anne Stright

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Neitzel, C., & Stright, A. D. (in press). Relations between mothers' scaffolding and children's academic self-regulation: Establishing a foundation of self-regulatory competence. Journal of Family Psychology.

Stright, A. D., & Neitzel, C. (in press). Beyond parenting: Coparenting and children's classroom adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Stright, A. D., & Supplee, L. (in press). Children's self-regulatory behaviors during teacher-directed, seat-work, and small-group instructional contexts. Journal of Educational Research.

Stright, A. D. (2001). Stepfamilies. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Child development. NY: Macmillan Reference USA.

Stright, A. D., Neitzel, C., Sears, K. G., & Hoke-Sinex, L. (2001). Instruction begins in the home: Relations between parental instruction and children's self-regulation in the classroom. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 456 - 466.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (2000). Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 200 - 219.

Slavkin, M., & Stright, A. D. (2000). Gender-role differences in college students from one- and two-parent families. Sex Roles, 42, 23 - 37.

Stright, A. D. (1999). Child care. In C. A. Smith (Ed.), The encyclopedia of parenting theory and research. Westport, CT: Greenwood/Plenum.

Vandell, D. L., Pierce, K., & Stright, A. D. (1997). Child care. In G. Bear, K. Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs II: Development, problems and alternatives. Washington, DC: NASP.

Yussen, S. R., Stright, A. D., & Payne, B. (1993). Where is it? Searching for information in a college textbook. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 18, 240-257.

Yussen, S. R., Stright, A. D., Glysch, R. L., Bonk, C. E., Lu, I. C., & Al-Sabaty, I. (1991). Learning and forgetting of narratives following good and poor text organization. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 16, 346 - 374.

French, D. C., & Stright, A. D. (1991). Emergent leadership in children's small groups. Small Group Research, 22(2), 187 - 199.

Stright, A. L., & French, D. C. (1988). Leadership in mixed-age children's small groups. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 11(4), 507 - 515.

French, D. C., Waas, G. A., Stright, A. L., & Baker, J. A. (1986). Leadership asymmetries in mixed-age children's groups. Child Development, 57, 1277 - 1283.

Funded Projects

1998 Summer Faculty Research Fellowship ($6500) Research and the University Graduate School (RUGS) - Indiana University (approximately 25 awarded annually at Indiana University)

1998 Proffitt Summer Faculty Research Fellowship ($6500) School of Education, Indiana University (2 awarded annually in the School of Education)

1997 Principal Investigator Proffitt Internal Research Grant ($12,000) School of Education, Indiana University Family Processes and Children's School Functioning

1996 Instructional Consulting and Technology Summer Course Development Grant Indiana University

1990 - 1995 Project Coordinator NICHD Study of Early Child Care (Annual budget approximately $800,000) University of Wisconsin - Madison Principal Investigators: Deborah Vandell, Margaret Owen, & Deborah Johnson

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

Member - American Psychological Association

Member - Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) - American Psychological Association

Member - National Council on Family Relations

Member - Society for Research in Child Development

Conference Presentations

Stright, A. D., & Paul, K. (2001). Children's generalization of styles of behaving within the family to social relationships with teachers and peers in the classroom. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Yang, M. S., & Stright, A. D. (2001). An intergenerational comparison of Hmong mothers: Predictors of parental scaffolding. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Stright, A. D., & Neitzel, C. (2000). Relations between child responsivity during mother-child, teacher-child, and peer-child interactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Family Research Consortium, Keystone, CO.

Neitzel, C., & Stright, A. D. (1999). Parents' scaffolding of child problem-solving within the family and children's self-regulation in the classroom. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society For Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Stright, A. D., & Hoke-Sinex, L. (1999). Parent support of child problem solving as a predictor of child adjustment in the classroom. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society For Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Stright, A., & Neitzel, C. (1998). Relations between family processes and children's self-regulatory behaviors in third-grade classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Family Research Consortium.

Stright, A. D. (1997). Predictors of family functioning in families with toddlers. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Stright, A. D., & Bohlin, L. (1997). Family processes and children's adjustment to school. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Stright, A. D. (1995). Marital quality as a predictor of family interaction patterns during infancy. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis.

Yussen, S. R., & Stright, A. D. (1991). Simple searching to find information in a textbook. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Yussen, S., Stright, A., Al-Sabaty, I., Bonk, C., & Glysch, R. (1990). Learning and retention of narratives following good and poor text organization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

French, D. C., & Stright, A. (1985). Children's leadership behavior with older and younger peers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.

French, D. C., Waas, G., Stright, A. D., & Baker, J. (1985). Leadership asymmetries in mixed-age children's groups. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Toronto.

French, D. C., Waas, G., & Stright, A. D. (1984). Leadership in same- and mixed-age children's groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the annual American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Service/Outreach Projects

1995 - present Member then Chair, Recruitment, Admissions, & Financial Aid Committee 2001 - 2002 Member, Research, Development, and Equipment Committee

1999- 2000 Member, Special Education New Faculty Search and Screen Committee

1997 - 1999 Member, Diversity Committee (Received an award of excellence from Indiana University's Commission on Multicultural Understanding in recognition for the Diversity Committee's efforts).

1998 - 1999 Member, Task Force on Student Retention (Developed minority graduate student mentoring program)

Honors/Awards

2002 Award of Excellence in Mentoring Indiana University School of Education & the Graduate Women Educators Network (3 awarded annually in the School of Education)