Stephanie Johnson Rowley

 

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Department of Psychology

4223 Silverleaf Drive

University of Michigan

Ypsilanti, MI  48197

525 E. University

(734) 528-5211

Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1109

 

(734)763-4532

E-mail: srowley@umich.edu

 

                                                                                   

Education:

 

1997   Ph.D.    Developmental Psychology, University of Virginia (May, 1997). 

 

1995  M.A.      Developmental Psychology, University of Virginia.

 

1992  B.A.       Honors Psychology and African American Studies, with Distinguished Honors.  The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

2000-               Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

 

2000-               Research Assistant Scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

1998-2000       Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

1998-2000       Faculty Member, Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

1997-1998        Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Fall 1996         Instructor, University of Virginia, Psychology 487: The Minority Family

 

Honors and Awards:

 

2000-2005              National Science Foundation CAREER Award ($479,019)

2000       Outstanding Professor of the Year, Psi Chi of University of North Carolina

1999                                 Junior Faculty Development Award

1998                                 Stephenson Fund Research Award

1998                 National Center for Early Development and Learning Small Grant

1998                                 Outstanding Young Woman of America   

1995-1997        Carter G. Woodson Predoctoral Fellow. University of Virginia

1996                 Distinguished Teaching Fellow. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

1996                 APA Travel Award Recipient.  Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.  Toronto, Canada.

1992-1995        Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow.

1991                 Golden Key National Honors Society

 

Publications:

 

            Wong, C. & Rowley, S.J. (2001).  The Schooling of Ethnic Minority Children: Commentary.  Educational Psychologist, 36 (1) 57-66.

 

            Rowley, S.J. & Moore, J. (in press).  Racial identity in context for the gifted African American student.  Roeper Review.

 

            Rowley, S.J. (2000).  Profiles of African American college students’ educational utility and performance: A cluster analysis. Journal of Black Psychology,  26 (1), 3-26.

 

Rowley, S.J. & Sellers, R.M. (1998).  Nigrescence theory: Critical issues and recommendations for future revisions.  In R.L. Jones (Ed.) African American Identity Development: Theory, Research & Intervention.  Cobb & Henry.

 

            Rowley, S.J., Sellers, R.M., Smith, M.A, & Chavous, T.M. (1998).   The relationship between racial identity and self-esteem in African American high school and college students.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74 (3), 715-724.

 

            Sellers, R.M., Rowley, S.J., Shelton, J.N. Smith M.A. & ., Chavous, T.M.(1997). Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity: Preliminary investigation of reliability and construct validity.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73 (4), 805-815.

 

            Sellers, R.M., Shelton, J.N., Cooke, D.Y., Chavous, T.M., Rowley, S.J., & Smith, M.A. (1998). A multidimensional model of racial identity: Assumptions, findings, and future directions.  In R.L. Jones (Ed.) African American Identity Development: Theory, Research & Intervention. Cobb & Henry.

 

            Sellers, R.M., Smith, M.A., Shelton, J.N., Rowley, S.J., & Chavous, T.M. (1998).  Multidimensional model of racial identity: A reconceptualization of African American racial identity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 18-36.

 

 

Invited Talks:

 

          Rowley, S.J. (2001).  Studying racism in non-college populations.  Presentation to the Faculty Seminar on Behavioral Research with Minority Populations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

 

Presentations:

            Rowley, S.J. & Grace, N.C. (2000)  Reflecting upon racism:  School involvement as a function of remembered discrimination in African American mothers. Paper presentation at the Black Empirical Psychology Conference.  Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

Rowley, S.J., Moore, J., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Kinlaw, C.R. (2000).  Sex differences in the relationships among gender stereotypes, academic self-concept, and achievement motivation.  Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Conference on Human Development, Memphis, TN.

 

Rowley, S.J. (1999). Profiles of African American Students’ Educational Utility and Performance.  Paper presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association.  Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Rowley, S.J. & Taylor, L.T. (1999). Qualitative Results from the Parent-Child-School Transition Study. Paper presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association.  Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Graham, S., Okagaki, L., Rowley, S.J., Slaughter-DeFoe, D., Spencer, M.B., & Wong, C. (1999).  Ethnicity and Schooling.  Invited Panelist at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association.  Boston, Massachusetts.

 

            Rowley, S.J. (1999). Racial Identity, School Engagement, and Educational Utility in African American High School and College Students.  Paper presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.  Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

Rowley, S.J. (1998). Idealistic and context-specific educational utility: Does awareness of barriers help or hinder?  Paper presentations at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, California.

 

            Rowley, S.J. (1996).  Perceptions of discrimination and academic achievement in African American students.  Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association.  Toronto, Canada.

 

            Rowley, S.J. & Rowley, L.L. (1996).  A mediational model of educational attainment expectations in poor Black and White children.  Paper presentation at the Annual Black Graduate Conference in Psychology.  Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

            Johnson, S.A. (1995).  Perceptions of discrimination and achievement goal tendency in African American students.  Paper presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association of Black Psychologists.  Los Angeles, California.

 

            Johnson, S.A. (1995). Educational attitudes and achievement in African American children.  Poster presentation at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.  Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

            Johnson, S.A. (1995).  Educational attitudes, achievement goal orientation and academic self-esteem in African American children.  Paper presentation at the Annual Black Graduate Conference in Psychology.

 

Professional Memberships:

 

Society for Research in Child Development (member since 1994)

American Psychological Association (member since 1995)

American Educational Research Association (member since 1995)