Baker, Mel
Research website:www.plealab.com

Psychology

• Eyewitness memory

• Public attitudes toward police

• Research methodologies and quantitative methods used in forensic psychological research

• Experimental design

• Survey research

• Mixed methods

• Instrument development

Brake, Nicholas

Education Leadership Doctoral Program

• Education policy focusing on high school to college transitions, the history, structure and reform of high schools, and community college- high school collaborations

• Role of educational institutions in the economic and civic development of small cities

• Community leadership, power structures and social capital

• Quantitative research

• Historical research methods

• Sociological research methods such as social network analysis

Derryberry, Pitt

Psychology

• Socio-cognitive development during adolescence and the college years

• Development of moral judgment and self-understanding

• Experimental design

• Survey research

Duffin, Lisa
Research webpage:wku.edu/psychology/research/taq

Psychology

• Factors that impact academic quality at the K-16 levels, especially within STEM education

• The power of beliefs within teaching and learning, with an emphasis on impacting change through intervention

• Case studies

• Experimental design

• Field studies

• Mixed methods

• Qualitative studies

• Survey research

Dye, Lacretia

Counseling & Student Affairs

• Multicultural studies/diversity issues

• Impact of mindfulness on students (K-12, college)

• Usefulness of yoga/meditation/mindfulness with varied disorders

• Grounded theory

• Mixed methods

• Phenomenology

• Qualitative studies

Evans, Sam

Teacher Education

• Affective characteristics of effective teachers

• Transformative educator preparation

• Student success

• Leadership

• Teacher candidate impact on P-12 student learning

• Quasi-experimental designs

• Survey research

• Document analysis

Everson, Kimberlee

Education Administration, Leadership, & Research

• Teacher evaluation and accountability

• Belief change process

• Statistical methods

• Scale development

• Latent variable designs

• Quasi-experimental design

• Q sorting methodology

Galloway Burke, Monica

Counseling & Student Affairs

• Diversity in higher education

• Career preparation for graduate students

• Impact of social issues on society

• Helping skills for working with college students

• Experimental design

• Focus groups

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Grieve, Rick

Psychology

• Male body image

• Sport fan behavior

• Experimental design

• Field studies

• Focus groups

• Qualitative studies

Houchens, Gary
Research webpages:schoolleader.typepad.com works.bepress.com/gary-houchens

Educational Administration, Leadership, & Research

• School leadership

• School improvement

• Education policy

• How teacher perceptions of academic conditions in their schools can be used to predict student achievement outcomes and help shape school improvement efforts

• Case studies

• Qualitative studies

• Survey research

Huang, Xiaoxia

Teacher Education

• Instructional design and technology

• Designing and evaluating technology-supported learning environments in various settings to facilitate cognitive, affective, and motivational processes in learning.

• Experimental studies

• Survey research

• Case studies

• Focus groups

• Mixed methods

Im, Sungjin
Research website:www.tnllaboratory.com

Psychology

• Mechanisms of change that underlie post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and severe mental illness

• Efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions on cognitive function

• Transdiagnostic processes that cut across multiple psychological disorders

• Integration of multi-method approaches to improving understanding of diagnostic categories and nature of psychopathology

• Neurophysiology:  electroencephalography (EEG)

• Physiology: electrocardiography (ECG), impedance cardiography, skin conductance, and electromyography (EMG)

• Behavior: computerized cognitive tasks

• Survey and clinical interview

Keesey, Sue

Teacher Education

• Literacy instruction for struggling/diverse learners

• Culturally relevant pedagogy/instruction

• Behavioral strategies for promoting student learning

• Phonemic awareness

• Single case design

Kirby, Gail

Teacher Education

• Response to Intervention

• English learners with disabilities

• Online learning & instruction

• Single case design

• Mixed methods

Logsdon, Jeremy

Teacher Education

• Educational Technology

• College Readiness

• Retention efforts

• Qualitative studies

• Focus groups

• Survey research

Myers, Carl

Psychology

• Assessment of autism

• Validity of behavior rating scale assessments

• Experimental design

• Single case design

• Survey research

Noel, Christina

Teacher Education

• Positive behavior supports

• Students with autism spectrum disorders

• International education experiences

• Single case design

Ochs, Sarah

Psychology

• Identifying youth at risk for academic, behavioral, and mental health concerns

• Using technology to improve screening and assessment systems for youth

• Exploring how assessment systems function differently across diverse populations

• Crisis intervention and suicide risk assessment

• Case Studies

• Experimental Design

• Mixed Methods

• Survey Research

Paganelli, Andrea
Research website:andreapaganelli.com

Teacher Education

• Innovative Library Practices

• Technology in the Teacher Education

• Technology in the Classroom

• Digital Storytelling

• eBooks

• Makerspaces

• Coding for Kids

• Case studies

• Discourse analysis

• Qualitative studies

Papadimitriou, Antigoni

Educational Administration, Leadership, & Research

• Higher education leadership

• Diversity and inclusion

• University-community engagement

• International higher education

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

• Content analysis

Paquin, Tony

Psychology

• Cross-cultural issues related to improving effectiveness in organizations

• Inter-rater agreement

• Experimental design

• Field studies

• Focus groups

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Peters, Christopher

Psychology

• Forensic Psychology

• Using of Support Dogs in the Courtroom

• Jury Decision Making

• Criminal Profiling

• Trial transcripts

• Experimental Designs

• Survey research

• Live action mock simulations

Redifer, Jenni
Research webpage:wku.edu/psychology/research/aml

Psychology

• Cognitive strategy instruction

• Working memory capacity and strategy use

• Impact of cognitive load on performance

• Impact of beliefs about ability (mindsets) on performance

• Experimental design

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Roberts, Julia

Teacher Education

• Policy

• Twice-exceptional students

• Instructional strategies

• Attitudes toward gifted students

• Survey research

• Case studies

• Qualitative research

Sauerheber, Jill

Counseling & Student Affairs

• Self-efficacy of counseling trainees

• Marital satisfaction

• Relationships among marital satisfaction, political ideology and religious strength

• Survey research

Smith, Kandy

Teacher Education

• Response to Intervention (K-12)

• Adolescent literacy

• Case studies

• Focus groups

• Qualitative studies

Stobaugh, Rebecca

Teacher Education

• Integration of technology into P-12 education

• Critical thinking in P-12 classrooms

• Teaching strategies

• High-impact teaching strategies

• Assessment of learning in P-12 classrooms

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Szymanski, Antonia

Teacher Education

• Teacher professional development

• Gifted education

• K-12 student motivation

• Differentiation

• Mathematics

• Mindfulness

• Case studies

• Focus groups

• Mixed methods

• Phenomenology

• Qualitative studies

• Survey research

Tassell, Janet
Research webpage:researchgate.net/profile/Janet_Tassell

Teacher Education

• Math Mindfulness

• Math Anxiety

• Productive Struggle

• Gifted Math Children and Strategies

• Real World Learning Framework

• Video Gaming Impact on Math Achievement

• Math Comic books

• Case studies

• Experimental design

Thornberry, Tim

Psychology

• Evidence-based practice of psychology with children and families

• Analog behavior observations of children and families in clinical settings

• Factors influencing public health, rural health, and behavioral health initiatives (e.g., smoking cessation, pediatric obesity, substance misuse)

• Case studies

• Experimental design

• Focus groups

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Torelli, Jessica

School of Teacher Education

• Assessment and intervention for students with persistent challenging behavior

• Training practitioners on behavioral strategies

• Reliability and validity of direct measures of behavior

• Positive behavioral supports

• Single case experimental design

• Group experimental design

Wininger, Steve
Research webpage:wku.edu/psychology/research/motivation

Psychology

• Motivation and performance psychology within the contexts of exercise, sport, and performance (e.g., music or teaching).

• Attention/mindfulness (esp. technology, music, physiological symptomology, silence, and multi-tasking)

• Arousal/stress/anxiety

• Goal setting (esp. within the larger process of self-regulation)

• Common myths in psychology, specifically relating to cognition (e.g., learning styles or multi-tasking), motivation (e.g., praise or rewards), and stress.

• Experimental design

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

•  Instrument development

Wolf, Cheryl

Counseling & Student Affairs

• Career development

• College & career readiness

• Wellness and self-care

• Diversity and multicultural spirituality

• Applied research with community members, schools, business leaders, to improve processes and training

• Focus groups

• Grounded theory

• Mixed methods

• Survey research

Zhao, Qin

Psychology

• Impact of metacognitive and motivational processes on performance and psychological well-being

• Cultural differences in metacognitive beliefs and performance outcomes of such differences

• Experimental design

• Survey research

• Field studies