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Dr. Burke Johnson          Dr. Burke Johnson

Dr. Burke Johnson’s work in the area of mixed methods research is receiving considerable attention nationally and internationally. Dr. Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Professional Studies and an expert on research methods particularly mixed methods research and program evaluation. He recently helped start a new international organization – Mixed Methods International Research Association of which he serves currently as Executive Director. Dr. Johnson received the College of Education 2013 Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, and was recognized as a Distinguished Mentor by the American Educational Research Association in 2013. During the last year Dr. Johnson has also conducted several invited and international presentations on his work. These include:

  • Keynote and mixed methods workshop presenter for American Association for Agricultural Education National Conference (May 22, 2014).
  • Workshop with Kathy Collins, “An Introduction to Mixed Methods Research” at Mixed Methods International Research Association Conference, Boston, MA (June 27, 2014).
  • Invited speaker at American Educational Research Association (AERA) (April 2014)
  • Invited mixed methods workshop, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (including doctoral students from a number of universities in Switzerland), March 21, 2014.
  • Mixed methods workshop, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, Germany, March 19, 2014.
  • Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador.  Workshops on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, December 10-12, 2014.
  • Invited mixed methods research mini-course teacher for the National Graduate School of Educational Research, University of Oslo, March 19-20, 2013.

 

One of Dr. Johnson’s most frequent collaborators is Dr. Tony Onwuegbuzie from Cambridge University. Their collaborations have lead to a series of high impact journal articles, which are highlighted below:

 

R. Burke Johnson, R. B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2004). Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come. Educational Researcher, 33, 14-26.

  • Most read from June 2014-June 2015
  • 8th most cited article of all time from this journal (cited more than 17,000 times by 2020)

 

Johnson, R. B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Turner, L. A. (2007). Toward a definition of mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1, 112-133.

  • Most cited article of all time from this journal

 

Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Johnson, R. B., & Mt Collins, K. (2014). Call for mixed analysis. A philosophical framework for combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 3(2), 114-139.

  • 2nd most read article of all time from this journal
  • Most cited article of all time from this journal

 

Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Johnson, R. B. (2006). The validity issue in mixed research. Research in Schools, 13(1), 48-63.

  • Most cited article of all time from this journal (477 citations) Care, which is a systemic intervention intended to improve an agency’s ability to work with and provide a therapeutic environment for youth who have experienced abuse and trauma. This work has been spearheaded by Erynne Shatto a member of the MJCC team and a doctoral student in the Clinical & Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at USA. Her work will be used to produce a dissertation focused on organizational factors that predict willingness to adopt evidence-based practices in general and trauma informed care practices in particular.

 

Dr. Ryon McDermott     

Dr. McDermott

Dr. Ryon McDermott has won the "Researcher of the Year Award" from the Division on Men and Masculinity of the American Psychological Association (http://division51.net/). The award recognizes the publishing of outstanding research concerning males and masculinity.

During the past 6 years Dr. McDermott has published 36 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on the following topics: men's help-seeking behaviors, self-stigma in men, male attitudes towards college sexual assault, and the negative effects of gender role strain and stress upon men's health and relationships. 

One of Dr. McDermott's research programs examines the intersections of cultural variables (e.g. race, gender, sexual orientation) and individual psychological differences (e.g. adult attachment, personality factors, self-esteem) to understand and address real-world problems. Currently, Dr. McDermott and his research team are focused on three interrelated problems impacting most college campuses: academic retention, sexual assault, and delivery of mental health services to underrepresented groups. Upcoming publications from the research team include an investigation of college students’ adult attachment in relation to their trait hope and academic/psychological well-being, a meta-analytic review of masculinity and college sexual assault perpetration, an examination of the socio-cultural predictors of Asian men's body image concerns, and a study of college students’ help-seeking behaviors in relation to adult attachment, levels of psychological distress, and self-stigma of seeking psychological help. In addition, the research team has just submitted IRB paperwork to begin developing a measure of prosocial masculinity. Research team members include Daniel McKelvey, Matthew Kridel, Paige Naylor, Lacy Kantra, and Zacharay Jones from the Combined Clinical and Counseling Psychology doctoral program.

Dr. CarrDr. McDermott is collaborating with Dr. Nicole Carr, Director of Student Academic Success, to address cultural and psychological factors related to academic retention. Specifically, Dr. McDermott revised the First-Year Experience Survey (FYES) to include social, cultural, and psychological factors related to academic retention in addition to the established college and academic predictors. The new FYES has also been broken into two administrations so that data can be examined over time. This process will help determine which variables in the beginning of the semester predict academic retention at the end of the semester and will provide a more complete picture of college students’ experiences. Dr. McDermott plans to fine tune the survey to develop targeted interventions for the first-year experience classes in the future. Dr. McDermott is also collaborating with Dr. Krista Harrell (Associate Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator) and Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Criminal Justice) to examine factors related to college student sexual assault perpetration and victimization by developing a college-wide survey of dating attitudes and behaviors.

 

Recent Publications of Professional Studies Faculty

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 

  • Dr. Laurean Fregeau

    • Fregeau, L. A., Leier, R. (2016). Language Policy and the Preparedness of Mainstream Teachers for Serving ELs in K-12 Classrooms. The Tapestry Journal: An International Multidisciplinary Journal on English Language Learner Education, 7(1), 1-13. 

    • Fregeau, L. A., Leier, R. (2016). Two Latina Teachers: Culture and Success in Higher Education. Taboo:The Journal of Culture and Education, 15(1), 31 typed/10 journal pages.

  • Dr. Yvette Getch

    • Schilling, E. J., Neuharth-Pritchett, S. M., Getch, Y. Q. (2017). Managing asthma in  elementary and middle schools: Adherence to federal laws and national guidelines. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals. 

  • Dr. Burke Johnson 

    • Shim, M., Johnson, R. B., Gasson, S., Goodill, S., Jermyn, R., Bradt, J. (2017). A Model of Dance/Movement Therapy for Resilience-Building in People Living with Chronic Pain. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 9, 27-40.

    • Johnson, R. B., deWaal, C., Stefurak, J. R., Hildebrand, D. (2017). Understanding the philosophical positions of classical and neo pragmatists for mixed methods  research. Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology. http://kzfss.uni-koeln.de/

    • Johnson, R. Burke (2017). Causation in mixed methods research: The meeting of philosophy, science, and practice. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 0

    • Johnson, R. B. (2017). Dialectical pluralism: A metaparadigm whose time has come. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 11(2), 156-173.

    • Schoonenboom, J., Johnson, R. B. (2017). How to construct a mixed methods research design. Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology, 25.

    • Johnson, R. B., Schoonenboom, J. (2016). Adding qualitative and mixed methods research to health intervention studies: Interacting with differences. Qualitative Health Research, 26(5), 587-602.

    • Johnson, R. B. (2017). Constructing a realistic and inclusive science. Aoyama Journal of International Studies, 8, 28-38.

    • Johnson, R. B. (2017). Constructing a realistic and inclusive science. Aoyama Journal of International Studies, 8, 28-38.

    • Foster, J. D., McCain, J.L., Hibberts, M.F., Brunell, A.B., Johnson, R. B. (2015). The Grandiose Narcissism Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 12-16.

    • Foster, J. D., McCain, J. L., Hibberts, M. F., Brunell, A. B., Johnson, R. B. (2015). The Grandiose Narcissism Scale: A global and facet-level measure of grandiose narcissism. Personality and individual differences, 73, 12–16.

  • Dr. Ryon McDermott

    • McDermott, R., Currier, J., Naylor, P., Kuhlman, S. (2017). Student veterans’ self-stigma of seeking help: Contributions of painful self-conscious emotions, traditional masculine norms, and war-zone service. Psychology of men and masculinity.

    • Currier, J., Diess, J., McDermott, R. (2017). From Whom do Student Veterans Seek Help? Understanding the Roles of Professional, Informal, and Religious Sources. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

    • McDermott, R., Naylor, P., McKelvey, D., Kantra, L. (2017). College men’s and women’s masculine gender role strain and dating violence acceptance attitudes: Testing sex as a moderator. Psychology of men and masculinity.

    • McDermott, R., Cheng, H.-L., Wong, J., Booth, N., Jones, Z., Sevig, T. (2017). Hope for Help-Seeking: A Positive Psychology Perspective of Psychological Help-Seeking Intentions. The Counseling Psychologist.

    • Currier, J., McDermott, R., Sims, B. (2016). Patterns of help-seeking in a national sample of veterans: A matched control group investigation. General Hospital Psychiatry.

    • Ronald, L., McDermott, R., Amber, H., Alto, K., Harris, K. (2016). Confirmatory Factor Analytic Investigation of Variance Composition, Gender Invariance, and Validity of the Male Role Norms Inventory-Adolescent-revised (MRNI-A-r). Journal of Counseling Psychology.

    • McDermott, R., Naylor, P., McKelvey, D., Lacy, K. (2016). College Men’s and Women’s Masculine Gender Role Strain and Dating Violence Acceptance Attitudes: Testing Sex as a Moderator. Psychology of men and masculinity.

    • McDermott, R., Hsiu-Lan, C., Frederick, L., Daniel, M., Schnieder-Bateman, E. (2016). Dominance Orientations and Psychological Aggression in College Student Relationships:  A Test of an Attachment Theory-Guided Model. Psychology of Violence.

    • Cheng, H.-L., McDermott, R., Wong, J., La, S. (2016). Drive for Muscularity in Asian American Men:  Sociocultural and Racial/Ethnic Factors as Correlates. Psychology of men and masculinity.

    • McDermott, R., Kilmartin, C., McKelvey, D., Kridel, M. (2015). College Male Sexual Assault of Women and the Psychology of Men: Past, Present, and Future Directions for Research. Psychology of men and masculinity.

    • McDermott, R., Cheng, H.-L., Wright, C., Browning, B. R., Upton, A. W., Sevig, T. D. (2015). Attachment and College Student Distress: The mediating role of Hope. The Counseling Psychologist.

    • Cheng, H.-L., McDermott, R., Lopez, F. G. (2015). Mental Health, Self-Stigma, and Help-Seeking Intentions Among Emerging Adults an Attachment Perspective. The Counseling Psychologist.

    • McDermott, R., Kilmartin, C., McKelvey, D., Kridel, M. (2015). Rejoinder: Toward Advancing Research on College Male Sexual Assault of Women and the Psychology of Men. Psychology of men and masculinity.

  • Dr. Tres Stefurak

    • Johnson, R. B., deWaal, C., Stefurak, J. R., Hildebrand, D. (2017). Understanding the philosophical positions of classical and neo pragmatists for mixed methods  research. Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology. http://kzfss.uni-koeln.de/

    • Currier, J., Stefurak, J. R., Carroll, T., Shatto, E. (2017). Applying trauma-informed care to community-based mental health services for military veterans. Best Practices in Mental Health.

  • Dr. Amy Upton

    • Millner, V., Upton, A. W. (2016). Sexually Active and Sexually Questioning Students: The Role of School Counselors. VISTAS(Article 23). www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/vistas

    • McDermott, R., Cheng, H.-L., Wright, C., Browning, B. R., Upton, A. W., Sevig, T. D. (2015). Attachment and College Student Distress: The mediating role of Hope. The Counseling Psychologist.

  • Dr. James Van Haneghan

    • Chow, A., Van Haneghan, J. P. (2016). Transfer of solutions to conditional probability problems: effects of example problem format, solution format, and problem context. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 93(1), 67-85. link.springer.com/journal/10649

    • Chow, A., Van Haneghan, J. P. (2016). Transfer of solutions to conditional probability problems: effects of example problem format, solution format, and problem context. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 93(1), 67-85. link.springer.com/journal/10649

    • Book Chapters

    • Lamey, T. W., & Davidson-Shivers, G. V. (2017). Instructional strategies and sequencing. In J. E. Stefaniak (Ed.) Advancing medical education through strategic instructional design. New York, NY: (pp. 30-52). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2098-6.ch002

    • Davidson-Shivers, G. V. (2015). Universal design. In J. M. Spector (Ed.). The SAGE encyclopedia of educational technology. (pp. 799-802.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.

    • Davidson-Shivers, G. V., & Reese, R. M. (2014). Are online assessments measuring student learning or something else? In P. Lowenthal, C. York, & J. Richardson (Eds.) Online learning: Common misconceptions, benefits, and challenges. (pp. 137-152). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

    • Lewis, J. P. & Surry, D. W. (2013). Diversity leadership: A necessity for the future. In J. P. Lewis, A. M. Green, & D. W. Surry (Eds.), Technology as a Tool for Diversity Leadership: Implementation and future implications (pp. 1-10). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

    • McDermott, R., Schwartz, J., Lindley, L., Proietti, J. (2014). Exploring men’s homophobia: Associations with religious fundamentalism and gender role conflict domains. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 15(2), 191-200.

    • McDermott, R., Schwartz, J. P., Jamey, R. (2015). Men's mental health: a biopsychosocial critique. APA Handbook of Men and Masculinity's. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

    • Stefurak, J. R., Johnson, R. B., Shatto, E. (2016). Mixed methods and dialectical pluralism in action: Evaluation of a community-based intervention program for juvenile offenders. Handbook Of Methodological Approaches To Community-Based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative, And Mixed Methods. New York: Oxford University Press.

    • Upton, A. W. (2015). Delivery, evaluation, analysis, and reporting. In J. Daigle (Ed.), Classroom Guidance for Prevention, Accountability, and Outcomes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.

    • Upton, A. W., Dagley, J. C. Leadership principles for classroom guidance from the perspective of a task group. In J. DeLucia-Waack, M. Mercurio, S. Korta, K. Maertin, F. Colvin, E. Martin, L. Zawadzki, & C. Giambrone (Eds.), School Counselors Share Their Favorite Classroom Guidance Lessons: A guide to choosing, planning, conducting, and processing. Alexandria, VA: Association for Specialists in Group Work.

    • Van Haneghan, J. P. The impact of technology on assessment and evaluation in higher education. In D. W. Surry, R. M. Gray, & T. Stefurak (Eds.), Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects (pp. 222-235). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Books

  • Davidson-Shivers, G. V., Rasmussen, K. L., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2018). Web-based learning: Design, implementation and evaluation (2nd ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

  • Hesse-Biber, S., Johnson, R. B. (Ed.). (2015) The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (1st Ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

  • Johnson, R. B., Christensen, L. B. (Ed.). (2014). Educational research methods: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (5th Edition ed., pp. 744). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

  • Lewis, J. P., A. M. Green, & D. W. Surry (Eds.). (2012). Technology as a Tool for Diversity Leadership: Implementation and future implications. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 

  • Voigt, W. P., & Johnson, R. B. (2016). Dictionary of statistics and methodology: A nontechnical guide for the social sciences (5th Ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.