Birthdate/Birthplace: 11 February 1975; Lancaster Ohio

Dickinson College, Carlisle Pennsylvania, 1992-1996, B.A. with honors, Psychology, May 1996

University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.A., Developmental Psychology, March 2000

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1996-2001, Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, December, 2001

07/03-Present Principal Investigator, Social Development Research Group, University of Washington. Work involves collaborating with project staff to conduct analyses and write papers assessing the effects of classroom practices on children's social skills and problem behaviors.

01/03-Present Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Family, and Community, Seattle Pacific University. Job entails teaching an annual Psychometrics course assisting doctoral students in clinical psychology with analytical and measure development problems.

03/01-Present Data Analyst for the Diffusion Project, Social Development Research Group, University of Washington. Work entails conducting analyses, writing papers and preparing research grants for this longitudinal study involving 41 communities over five years and nearly 30,000 children per year.

10/00-04/01 Graduate Assistant, Center for Educational Accountability, School of Education, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Work involved conducting statistical analyses for the preparation of a state-wide alternative assessment for children with disabilities.

01/00-10/00 Graduate Assistant for the Child Care Consortium, Civitan International Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Responsibilities included developing assessments for the Research and Evaluation Initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of consortium activities.

01/98-07/01 Data Analyst for the Civitan Inclusion Project, Civitan International Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Work included creating a data base for a state wide survey of child care providers and analyzing data for grant renewals and professional papers.

04/97-01/00 Graduate Research Assistant in the National Head Start Transition Demonstration Project, Civitan International Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Work included psychometric evaluation of instruments used in this multi-site longitudinal study, and the writing of research reports.

05/96-04/97 Coordinator in the Child Care Management Agency Study, Civitan International Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Work included design of instruments for assessing Child Care Management Agencies in Alabama, management of the data base and data entry process, and data analysis.

05/95-08/95 Dana Internship, Dickinson College. Worked as the assistant in the summer child care program for school age children, planing and conducting activities and supervising children.

Research Support

07/03-07/05 Principal Investigator, Effects of Classroom Practices and School Context, NICHD Grant R01 HD043400-01A1 (Direct: $100,000).

Additional Statistical Training

11/03 Will participate in a three day workshop on Statistical Analysis with Latent Variables Using Mplus by Bengt and Linda Muthén in Alexandria VA.

04/03 Participated in the one day Randomized Field Trials Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago IL.

04/02 Participated in a one day pre-conference training session, Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies by Joe Schafer at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting in Seattle WA.

04/01-05/01 Participated in a 6 week workshop: Analysis of Missing Data: Multiple Imputation with NORM by John Graham at the University of Washington in Seattle WA.

05/00 Participated a two day pre-conference training session, Analysis of Longitudinal Data Using Mplus by Bengt and Linda Muthén at the 2000 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans LA.

06/99 Participated in the 1999 Spring Institute on Structural Equation Modeling Using LISREL by Les Hayduk at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing in Vancouver BC.

Statistical Software

Proficient in SPSS, SAS, HLM, and Mplus. Experienced in the use of Amos, LISREL, MLwin, Multilog, and NORM.

Seattle Pacific University

01/03 - Present CPY 7010. Instructor, Psychometric Theory and Test Construction. (4 hrs.) Designed and taught psychometrics class for the clinical psychology Ph.D. program.

University of Alabama at Birmingham

01/01 ED 609. Instructor, Statistical Methods and Research in Education--Intermediate. (3 hrs.)

06/00 PY 719. Lab instructor, Multivariate Statistics Lab. Designed and taught lab in consultation with course instructor.

04/00 PY 214. Instructor, Elementary Statistical Methods and Design. (3 hrs.)

 

01/00 - 03/01 PY 217. Instructor, Statistics Lab. (Three 1 hr. labs) This lab is independent of the statistics class.

04/99 PY 213. Instructor, Cross Cultural Perspectives in Child Development. (3 hrs.)

Publications

Hawkins, J. D., Van Horn, M. L., & Arthur, M. W. (In Press). Understanding community level variation of risk and protective factors and substance use outcomes. Prevention Science.

Van Horn, M. L. (In Press). Elementary school climate: Assessing the unit of theory of school climate with the School Climate Survey. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Van Horn, M. L. & Ramey, S. L. (In Press). A new measure for assessing developmentally appropriate practices, A Developmentally Appropriate Practice Template. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (2002). The effects of training and experience on child care providers’ perceptions of inclusion. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17, 197-215.

Van Horn, M. L. & Bellis, J. M., & Snyder, S. W. (2001). Family Resource Scale Revised: Psychometrics and validation of a measure of family resources in a sample of low-income families. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 19, 54-68.

Van Horn, M. L., Ramey, S. L., Mulvihill, B. A., & Newell, W. (2001). Child Care Choice and Appraisal Among Low-Income Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies. Child and Youth Care Forum, 30, 231-249.

Darling, N., Dowdy, B. B., & Van Horn, M. L. (1999). Mixed sex settings and the perception of competence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 4, 461-480.

Van Horn, M. L. & Washington, W. N. (1999). The cost and benefits of quality childcare. American Psychologist, 54, 142-144.

Washington, W. N., Ramey, S. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (1997). Alabama’s management system for subsidized child day care. The Department of Human Resources, Montgomery, AL.

Papers Under Review

Glaser, R. R., Van Horn, M. L., Arthur, M. W., & Hawkins, J. D. (Under Review). Validity and construction of the Communities that Care youth survey measure of risk and protection.

Van Horn, M. L., Karlin, E. D., Ramey, S. L, Aldridge, J., & Snyder, S. W. (Under Review). The effects of developmentally appropriate practices on children's development.

Van Horn, M. L., & Ramey, S. L. (Under Review). The effects of Developmentally Appropriate Practices on academic outcomes among former Head Start students and classmates from first through third grades.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Van Horn, M. L., Catalano, R., Hawkins, J. D., & Arthur, M. W. Community effects on adolescent problem behaviors.

Presentations

Van Horn, M. L., Smith, B. H., Arthur, M. W., & Hawkins, J. D. (April, 2003). Between school variation in risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use in 8th grade. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Chicago, IL.

Van Horn, D. J., Standley, L. J., Newbold, J. D., & Van Horn, M. L. (May, 2002). the effect of type and size on organic particle deposition velocity. Presented at the annual conference of the North American Benthological Society: Pittsburgh, PA.

Van Horn, M. L., Arthur, M. W., & Hawkins, J. D. (May, 2002). Community level variability in risk and protection. Paper presented at the 2002 annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research: Seattle, WA.

Van Horn, M. L. & Snyder, S. W. (April, 2001). Measuring school climate: Validation of the School Climate Survey and implications for the understanding of schools. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Seattle, WA.

Van Horn, M. L. & Snyder, S. W. (April, 2001). The effects of developmentally appropriate practices on elementary school child outcomes. Paper to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference: Minneapolis, MN.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (October, 2001). Building blocks for inclusion: Training child care providers in the field to provide inclusive child care. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting: Atlanta, GA.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (August, 2000). Perceptions of inclusion in child care: Parents, caregivers, and the impact of training. Paper presented at the IASSIS 11th World Congress: Seattle, WA.

Van Horn, D. J. & Van Horn, M. L. (April, 1999). The Effects of a Small Dam on the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Wiscoy Creek. Paper presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research: Rochester, NY.

Van Horn, M. L., Belis, J. M., & Snyder, S. W. (April, 1999). Assessing family resources: A refinement of the Family Resource Scale. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference: Albuquerque, NM.

Van Horn, M. L. (April, 1999). Low-income mothers as childcare consumers. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference: Albuquerque, NM.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (March, 1999). Inclusion for young children: A survey of child care providers and parents. The 32nd annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual Disabilities: Charleston, SC.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (November, 1999). Inclusion for young children with special health care needs: A survey of child care providers. Presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association: Washington. DC.

Van Horn, M. L. (November, 1999). Perceived adequacy of family resources: The relationship of ethnicity and child outcomes to a modification of the family resource scale. Paper presented at the 1999 National Conference on Family Relationships Annual Conference: Irvine, CA.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (October, 1999). Inclusion for young children: A survey of child care providers and parents. Paper presented at the National Conference on Disability and Health: Dallas, TX. Award Winning.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (November, 1998). Inclusion for children with special health care needs: A survey of child care providers. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting: Washington DC.

Mulvihill, B. A., Shearer, D. L., & Van Horn, M. L. (October, 1998). Inclusion for young children with special needs: A survey of childcare providers and parents. Paper presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Conference on Health and Disability: Dallas, TX.

Van Horn, D. J. & Van Horn, M. L. (October, 1998). The effects of a small dam on the temperature regime of Wiscoy Creek. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Scientific Paper Session of the Rochester Academic Society: Genesseo, NY.

Van Horn, M. L., Washington, W. N., & Ramey, S. L. (March, 1998). Choosing child care: A study of mothers receiving child care subsidies. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Human Development: Mobile AL.

Van Horn, M. L., Dowdy, B. B., & Embow, E. K. (April, 1997). Dating as a social activity: The importance of peers. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference: Washington DC. ERIC # ED 414 013.