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Curriculum Vitae: A. Nayena Blankson, Ph.D. [email protected] http://faculty.spelman.edu/anayenablankson/ www.blanksonstatisticalconsulting.weebly.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Psychology. 2007 Dissertation: Shyness, Attachment Security, and Cognitive Abilities: Measurement and Relationships. Advisors: The late Dr. John L. Horn; Dr. Rand Wilcox. M.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Psychology. 2003 Thesis: Studies of Invariance of Measurement. Advisor: The late Dr. John L. Horn. B.A., Loyola College in Maryland (now Loyola University Maryland), 2001 Baltimore. Major: Psychology, Minor: Mathematical Sciences Latin honors: summa cum laude University of Newcastle (now Newcastle University), Newcastle upon Tyne, 1999-2000 England. Loyola study abroad program.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Associate Professor, Spelman College, Atlanta. 2015-Present  Vice Chair- Spring 2016

Assistant Professor, Howard University, Washington, DC. 2016-2017

Assistant Professor, Spelman College, Atlanta. Tenure awarded. 2009-2015

Statistical Consultant 2007-Present  Provide statistical consultation to faculty, students, and other professionals.

Post-doctoral Research Associate, Family Research Center, The University of 2007-2009 North Carolina at Greensboro.  Collaborated with Drs. Marion O’Brien, Stuart Marcovitch, Susan Calkins, and Esther Leerkes on research project aimed at examining emotion and cognition precursors to early school success as well as on grant proposal development and pursued individual research projects examining the links between socio-emotional functioning and cognition.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Research Interests and Skills

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 The design of psychological research, particularly the design for research on infant and child development  The organization and development of cognitive abilities as related to individual factors such as personality, and contextual factors of parenting and schooling.  Measurement invariance, multivariate mathematical/statistical methods, structural equation modeling.  The development and validation of psychological scales.  Computer skills include LISREL, Mplus, SPSS, Minitab, R, NORM, Microsoft Office.

Publications Peer-Reviewed. (+ indicates student co-author)

Guillory, J. J., & Blankson, A. N. (in press). Using recently acquired knowledge to self-assess understanding in the classroom. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Blankson, A. N., Weaver, J. M., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M., Calkins, S. D., & Marcovitch, S., (2017). Cognitive and emotional processes as predictors of a successful transition into school. Early Education and Development, 28, (1-20). doi:10.1080/10409289.2016.1183434

Blankson, A. N., & Blair, C. (2016). Cognition and classroom quality as predictors of math achievement in the kindergarten year. Learning and Instruction, 41, 32-40. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.09.004

Blankson, A. N., Dipeolu, A. O., Storlie, C. A., Woo, H., & Hargrave, S. J. (2015). Moderated mediation in career development research. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, 6, 70-82. doi:10.1177/2150137815569299

Blankson, A. N., & McArdle, J. J. (2015). Measurement invariance of cognitive abilities across ethnicity, gender, and time among older Americans. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70, 386-397. PMID: 24170715. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt106

Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2015). Do hours spent viewing television at age 3 and 4 predict vocabulary and executive functioning at age 5? Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 61, 264-289.

Blankson, A. N., +Rochester, S. E., & Watkins, A. F. (2015). Service- learning and civic responsibility in a sample of African American college students. Journal of College Student Development, 56, 723-734. doi: 10.1353/csd.2015.007

*Negriff, S., *Blankson, A. N., & Trickett, P. K. (2015). Pubertal timing and tempo: Associations with childhood maltreatment. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 201-213. *Authors contributed equally and should be considered co-first authors. doi:10.1111/jora.12128

Blankson, A. N., & McArdle, J. J. (2014). A brief report on the factor structure of the cognitive measures in the HRS/AHEAD studies. Journal of Aging Research, 2014, Article ID 798514, 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/798514

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Parade, S. H., Blankson, A. N., Leerkes, E. M., Crockenberg, S. C., & Faldowski, R. (2014). Close relationships predict trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms over the transition to parenthood. Family Relations, 63, 206-218. doi:10.1111/fare.12065

Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M, Marcovitch, S., Calkins, S. D., & Weaver, J. M. (2013). Developmental dynamics of emotion and cognition processes in preschoolers. Child Development, 84, 346-360. PMID: 22925076. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01841.x

+Brown, A. L. & Blankson, A. N. (2013). Developing the College Student Stress Inventory for Black Women (CSSI-BW). Papers and Publications: Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2, Article 5.

Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2012). Differentiating processes of control and understanding in the early development of emotion and cognition. Social Development, 21, 1-20. PMID: 22328805. doi:10.1111/j.1467- 9507.2011.00593.x

Nelson, J. A., O’Brien, M., Calkins, S. D., Leerkes, E. M., Marcovitch, S., & Blankson, A. N. (2012). Maternal expressive style and children’s emotional development. Infant and Child Development, 21, 267-286. PMID: 24511279. doi:10.1002/icd.748

Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M, Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2011). Shyness and vocabulary: The roles of executive functioning and home environmental stimulation. Merrill- Palmer Quarterly, 57, 105-128. PMID: 22096267. doi:10.1353/mpq.2011.0007

Leerkes, E. M., Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Calkins, S. D., & Marcovitch, S. (2011). The relation of maternal emotional and cognitive support to pre-academic skills in preschoolers. Infant and Child Development, 20, 353-370. PMID: 22121336. doi:10.1002/icd.728

Marcovitch, S., Leigh, J., Calkins, S. D., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M., & Blankson, A. N. (2010). Moderate vagal withdrawal in 3.5-year-old children is associated with optimal performance on executive function tasks. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 603-608. PMID: 20806334. doi:10.1002/dev.20462

Parade, S. H., Leerkes, E. M., & Blankson, A. N. (2010). Attachment to parents, social anxiety, and close relationships of female students over the transition to college. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 127-137. PMID: 20084559. doi:10.10007/s10964-009-9396-x.

Leerkes, E. M., Blankson, A. N., & O’Brien, M. (2009). Differential effects of maternal sensitivity to infant distress and nondistress on social-emotional functioning. Child Development, 80, 762-775. PMID: 19489902. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01296.x

Nelson, J. A., O’Brien, M., Blankson, A. N., Calkins, S. D., & Keane, S. P. (2009). Family stress and parental responses to children’s negative emotions: Tests of the spillover, crossover, and compensatory hypotheses. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 671-679. PMID: 19803603. doi:10.1037/a0015977

Non Peer-Reviewed. (+ = indicates student co-author) Blankson Vitae, October 2017 4

Blankson, A. N. (in press). Reliability, issues of. In B. J. Carducci (Editor-in-Chief & Vol Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of personality and individual differences: Vol. II. Research methods and assessment techniques. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

+Phillips, K. A., +Brown, A. L., & Blankson, A. N. (in press). Validity, issues of. In B. J. Carducci (Editor-in-Chief & Vol Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of personality and individual differences: Vol. II. Research methods and assessment techniques. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Blankson, A. N., & +Rochester, S. E. (2013). Integrating service-learning into developmental science courses. Developments: Newsletter of the Society for Research in Child Development, 56, 8- 9.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2013). After the grade: A report on how to publish a scholarly paper in a peer reviewed journal. Eye on Psi Chi, 17, 16-19.

Horn, J. L., & Blankson, A. N. (2012). Foundations for better understanding of cognitive abilities. In D. P. Flanagan & P. L. Harrison (Eds.), Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues (3rd ed., chapter 3, pp. 73-98). New York: The Guilford Press.

Horn, J. L., & Blankson, N. (2005). Foundations for better understanding of cognitive abilities. In D.P. Flanagan & P.L. Harrison (Eds.), Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues (2nd ed., chapter 3, pp. 41-68). New York: The Guilford Press.

Under Review.

Blankson, A. N., & Blair, C. (invitation to revise and resubmit). Cognition and classroom quality as predictors of math achievement in the kindergarten year.

Presentations

Conferences and Workshop Presentations. (+ indicates student co-author)

Blankson, A. N., (2017, October). Using profiles of cognitive skills in preschool to predict achievement in kindergarten. Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.

Blankson, A. N., Gudmundson, J., & Blair, C. (2017, April). Profiles of cognitive skills as predictors of early achievement. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.

Blankson, A. N. (2017, March). Moderation, mediation and moderated mediation analyses using SPSS. Workshop presented at the 2017 Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

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Gudmundson, J., & Blankson, A. N. (2017, March). Confirmatory factor model of cognitive factors. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Early Career Research Award Finalist.

+Clark, S., & Blankson, A. N. (2017, March). Exploring the relationship between instructional support and fluid reasoning in prekindergarten African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

+Barksdale, J., & Blankson, A. N. (2017, March). Exploring the links between maternal education and behavior and academic achievement in children. Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Guillory, J. J., & Blankson, A. N. (October, 2016). Using recently acquired knowledge to self- assess understanding in the classroom. Paper presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N., & Gudmundson, J. (2016, March). Cognition and early achievement. Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Blankson, A. N., & McArdle, J. J. (2014, March). Factor structure of cognitive measures in the HRS/AHEAD studies. Presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Human Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.

Blankson, A. N., & Blair, C. (2014, March). Executive functioning mediates the association between fluid and crystallized intelligence. Presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Human Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.

Blankson, A. N., & Bradley, D. V. (February, 2014). Dynamic reading outlines: An effective approach for developing student engagement with required readings. Presented at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Harlow, L. L., Eber, H. W., & Blankson, A. N. (2013, October). Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups 10-year update. Presented at the 53rd meeting of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.

Blankson, A. N. (2013, September). Workshop on mediation and moderated mediation using SPSS. Invited presentation, University of Southern California Graduate Consultation and Computer Center Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA.

Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Integration of service-learning into a developmental psychology course. Poster presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development: Teaching Institute, Seattle, WA.

Blankson, A. N., McCormack, K., & Brakke, K. (2012, October). A practical approach to teaching psychometrics and advanced statistics. Symposium presented at the Best Practices in Teaching Statistics and Research Methods Conference, Atlanta, GA.

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Blankson, A. N., & +Darden, K. (2012, October). Attitudes towards statistics and psychometrics as predictors of performance in a psychometrics class. Poster presented at the Best Practices in Teaching Statistics and Research Methods Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2012, July). Workshop on mediation and moderation mediation using SPSS. Invited presentation, Annual Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Conference, Orlando, FL.

Negriff, S., Blankson, A. N., & Trickett, P. K. (2012, March). Examination of pubertal development: Modeling timing and tempo. Poster presented at the 2012 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Blankson, A. N., & Patterson, S. S. (2012, February). Incorporating service-learning into psychology courses. Poster presented at the 24th Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2011, August). Testing mediation and moderation mediation hypotheses. Invited presentation, Annual Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Conference, Washington, D.C.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2011, April). Effects of early academic and socioemotional factors on later academic achievement. Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

+Jones, M. S., & Blankson, A. N. (2011, April). Predictors of the trajectory of hyperactivity in middle and late childhood. Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Blankson, A. N. (2011, March). Career development in child development: Moving into an academic job. Invited Presentation, Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program, Montreal, Canada.

Harlow, L. L., Eber, H., Blankson, A. N., & Santiago, M. (2010, October). Quantitative training for underrepresented groups: Update and planning. Presented at the 50th meeting of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Leigh, J., Marcovitch, S., Calkins, S. D., Leerkes, E. M., O’Brien, M., & Blankson, A. N. (2009, October). Moderate vagal withdrawal is associated with optimal performance for 3.5-year-old children on executive function tasks. Poster presented at the 2009 meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, San Antonio, TX.

Blankson, A. N. (2009, August). Using SPSS to test mediation and moderation mediation hypotheses. Invited presentation, Annual Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Blankson, A. N. (2009, August). Development of a short measure of social dependency and autonomy. Poster presented at the 117th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Blankson, A. N. (2009, April). Causative influences of temperament on language acquisition. Symposium presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. (Chair).

Blankson, A. N., Leerkes, E. M., O’Brien, M., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2009, April). Emotion and cognition linkages: Generalizability across measurement approaches. Poster presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Blankson, A. N., Leerkes, E. M., O’Brien, M., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2009, April). The factor structure and correlates of mothers’ emotion-oriented and cognitive-oriented parenting during the preschool period. Poster presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M, Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2009, April). Shyness, executive functioning, vocabulary, and home environmental stimulation: A moderated mediation analysis. Paper presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Chiu, K., Blankson, A. N., O’Brien, M., Marcovitch, S., Leerkes, E. M., & Calkins, S. D. (2009, April). Psychometric properties of the Emotion Regulation Checklist in preschool children. Poster presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Leigh, J., Marcovitch, S., Calkins, S. D., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E. M., Blankson, A. N., & Chiu, K. (2009, February). Vagal tone predicts executive function in 3-year-old children. Poster presented at the 2009 Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Blankson, A. N. (2008, August). Mediation and moderation mediation using SPSS. Invited presentation, Annual Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Conference, Boston, MA.

Blankson, A. N., Trickett, P. K, & Horn, J. L. (2008, April). Correlations between shyness and crystallized intelligence in a sample of young adolescents. Paper presented at the Twentieth Biennial Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Blankson, A. N., Trickett, P. K, & Horn, J. L. (2008, March). Assessment of attachment in early adolescence: An examination of the psychometric properties of the Kerns Security Scale. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Feres, N., Trickett, P. K., Gordis, E. B., Negriff, S., & Blankson, A. N. (2008, March). The role of attachment security on physiological reactivity to conflict among maltreated & non- maltreated Adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Baylis, G. C., Raymond, J., Gore, C., Blankson, N., & Shisler, R. (1999, November). Detection of symmetry and repetition of illusory contours. Poster presented at the 40thAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA. Blankson Vitae, October 2017 8

Blankson, N. (1999, April). Achievement motivation: An analysis by gender and culture. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Maryland Psychology Student Conference, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore.

Other Presentations.

Blankson, A. N. (2017, October). Predicting kindergarten achievement from cognition at age 4. Presented at the Spelman College TRRC Faculty Colloquium, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2015, October). Early academic achievement. Presented at the Spelman College Psi Chi Meet the Department Series, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2014, February). Introduction to research, Guest lecture in Introduction to the Study of Religion course, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2013, September). Introduction to research, Guest lecture in Introduction to the Study of Religion course, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2013, August). Introduction to laboratory techniques. Invited presentation, MBRS- RISE Introduction to Research Workshop, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N., & Blair, C. (2013, May). Cognition and classroom quality as predictors of math achievement in the kindergarten year. Paper presented at weekly Blair-Raver lab meeting, New York, NY.

Blankson, A. N. (2013, February). Introduction to research, Guest lecture in Introduction to the Study of Religion course, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2010, March). Shyness and Vocabulary. Invited presentation, Georgia State University Developmental Seminar, Atlanta, GA.

Blankson, A. N. (2008, November). Shyness and vocabulary. Invited presentation, Developmental Psychology Brownbag, Greensboro, NC.

Blankson, A. N. (1999, July). Symmetry judgments in children and adults. Paper presented at the Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Research Funding Funded External Grants. Metacognitive Awareness and Academic Performance Among Female African- American Undergraduate Students • Agency: First in the World Grant; US Department of Education • Goal: Develop and test instructional techniques that guide students to greater awareness of their own thinking and learning. Through a series of cluster randomized controlled trials we will measure the impact of this increased (metacognitive) awareness on student learning, persistence, and degree attainment. Blankson Vitae, October 2017 9

• Role: Leadership Team- Statistical Adviser (Co-PIs: Jimmeka Guillory & Francesina Jackson) • Dates: 10/1/2015 - 2020 • Amount: $2,665,497

Exploring Cognition and Early Academic Achievement of African American Children • Agency: National Institutes of Health; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Academic Research Enhancement Award • Goal: This is a 2-wave longitudinal project examining early academic achievement among a sample of economically diverse African American children, studied within the context of the classroom environment • Role: Principal Investigator • Dates: 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2018 • Amount: $397,037

Shyness and Abilities: Invariance and Relationships  Agency: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development  Goal: To examine the link between shyness and intelligence  Role: Principal Investigator; Mentor: John L. Horn, PhD  Dates: 2003-2007  Amount: $148,818

Internal Grants.

• Spelman College Provost Faculty Development Grant, $2000 (2012) • Spelman College Provost Faculty Development Grant, $1000 (2011, 2010)

Professional Training/Development

 NSF MSI Life STEM Capacity Building Workshop June 2017  NIH Grant Writing Workshop: Write Winning Grant Proposals Oct 2016  Faculty Resource Network National Symposium: “Advancing Social Nov 2015 Justice from Classroom to Community”  Faculty Resource Network National Symposium: “The Global Nov 2014 Imperative for Higher Education”  Summer Workshop II: Conversations on Capstone Experiences in the August 2014 Major  Writing Intensive Faculty Workshop May 2014  Technological/Pedagogical Innovation Session Spring 2014  Summer Workshop I: Undergraduate Mentoring August 2013  Summer Workshop II: Capstone Experiences in the Major July 2013  Beloved: Documenting the Journey June 2013  Institute of Education Sciences Grant Writing Seminar June-July 2013  Course Audit at New York University: Advanced Topics in Quantitative March-May Methods: Multi-level Modeling of Nested Data 2013 Blankson Vitae, October 2017 10

 New York University Scholar in Residence (NYU SIR) Program, NY, Jan- May 2013, NY June 2012, June 2011  Best Practices in Teaching Statistics and Research Methods Conference, October, 2012 Atlanta, GA  Workshop on Multilevel Modeling August 2012  Wesleyan University Summer Workshop in Statistics June 2012  Society for Research in Child Development Themed Meeting: Feb 2012 Developmental Methodology  Turnitin User Event, Philadelphia, PA June 2011  Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence 2012, 2010  Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development 2011, 2009  Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology Annual Meeting 2010, 2007, 2005, 2004  Workshop on Service-Learning Nov 2010  Workshop on Turnitin, Spelman Comprehensive Writing Program, Aug 2010 Atlanta, GA  Workshop on developing writing intensive courses, Spelman Aug 2010 Comprehensive Writing Program, Atlanta, GA  Interlink Alliance Conference, Atlanta, GA March 2010  Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA Feb 2014, 2012, 2010  FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Aug 2009 Leadership Development and Grant Writing Seminar Program for Graduate Students and Postdocs, Virginia Beach, VA  Latent Change, Class, & Transition Analysis in Mplus. Greensboro, NC. May 2009  Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis with Mplus. Greensboro, June 2008 NC.  Growth Modeling Techniques in Mplus. Greensboro, NC. Nov 2007  Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology Quantitative Training Aug 2005 for Underrepresented Groups conference. Washington, DC.  American Psychological Association’s (APA) Advanced Training Aug 2004 Institute on Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research. Honolulu, Hawaii.  Research Assistant, The Impact of Neglect on Adolescent Development, Sept 2001- University of Southern California, Los Angeles. 2003

 Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology, University of May-July 1999 South Carolina, Columbia.

Professional Memberships

Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP): Elected Member April 2017- Present Society for Research in Child Development, Member 2007-Present Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology, Member 1999-Present

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Awards/ Honorary Societies

 Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship (Junior Level) 2014  Turnitin All-Star Award Program, Honorable Mention 2014  Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award 2012  NIA MERIT mentee. Mentor: Dr. John J. McArdle, $5000 2008  Selected participant, Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups Aug 2005  Selected participant, APA Advanced Training Institute Aug 2004  Psychology Achievement and Service Award, Loyola College in 1998, 1999 Maryland  Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology Inducted 1999 TEACHING

Courses Taught

Spelman College 2009-  Child Psychology (PSY 302; Undergraduate)  Developmental Psychology (PSY 306; Undergraduate)  Honors Seminar in Psychology (PSY 308; Undergraduate)  Statistics in Psychology (PSY 217; Undergraduate)  Theory of Psychometric Instruments (PSY 318/418; Undergraduate)  Behavioral Psychology 3-day Mini-Course, Minority Biomedical Research Support Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (MBRS-RISE) Summer Research Training Program (Undergraduate)  Statistics 1 (PSY 217; Undergraduate)

Howard University 2016-2017  Statistics 1 (PSYC 207; Graduate)  Statistics 2 (PSYC 20; Graduate)  Statistics 1 (PSYC 003; Undergraduate)

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2009  Infant and Child Development in the Family (HDF 302; Undergraduate)

California State University, Long Beach 2006-2007  Seminar in Educational Measurement and Assessment (EDP 541; Graduate)  Research Methods in Education (EDP 520; Graduate)

University of Southern California 2004-2005  Sociological Statistics (SOCI 314; teaching assistant; Undergraduate)  Research Methods (SOCI 313; teaching assistant; Undergraduate)  Sociology of Childhood (SOCI 305; teaching assistant; Undergraduate) Blankson Vitae, October 2017 12

Mentoring of Student Research

Selected Supervised Student Publications. (+ = undergraduate)

+Jones, M. S. (2011). The relationship between executive functioning, self-esteem, and academic achievement in hyperactive children. Spelman College MBRS-RISE Journal of Undergraduate Research, 6.

+Rochester, S. E. (2011). Service learning: Impacts on empathy, civic attitudes, and exam scores. Spelman College MBRS-RISE Journal of Undergraduate Research, 6.

+Jones, M. S. (2010, Spring). Predictors of the trajectory of hyperactivity in middle and late childhood. Spelman College MBRS-RISE Journal of Undergraduate Research, 5, 35-38.

Selected Supervised Student Presentations. (+ = indicates undergraduate student co-author)

+Akubuiro, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). An examination of the moderating effects of classroom emotional support on the association between attention and executive functioning in African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 1st place for best poster presentation.

+Akubuiro, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). An examination of the moderating effects of classroom emotional support on the association between attention and executive functioning in African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Barksdale, J. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). Exploring the links between maternal education and social/emotional development and academic achievement in children. Poster presented at the 2017 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Clark, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). Exploring the relationship between instructional support and cognitive skills in kindergarten African American children. Presented at the 2017 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 1st place for best oral presentation.

+Clark, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). Exploring the relationship between instructional support and cognitive skills in kindergarten African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Jones, M. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). Executive functioning and math achievement among African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Kondeh, M. & Blankson, A. N. (2017, April). Exploring links between classroom emotion support, organization, and executive functioning in African American children. Poster presented at the 2017 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Jones, A. & Blankson, A. N. (2016, April). School readiness and gender differences. Poster presented at the 2016 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Blankson Vitae, October 2017 13

+Clarke, N. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). Female College Anxiety Test (FCAT). Poster presented at the 2014 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Hughley, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). Life satisfaction: Does marriage make a difference? Poster presented at the 2014 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology Conference, Kennesaw, GA.

+Hughley, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). Life satisfaction: Does marriage make a difference? Poster presented at the 2014 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Hughley, S. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). Life satisfaction: Does marriage make a difference? Presented at the 2014 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 2nd place for best oral presentation.

+Preston, K. C. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). The effect of parental distress on interpersonal skills and externalizing problem behaviors in kindergarten students. Poster presented at the 2014 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 1st place for best poster presentation.

+Preston, K. C. & Blankson, A. N. (2014, April). The effect of parental distress on interpersonal skills and externalizing problem behaviors in kindergarten students. Poster presented at the 2014 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Brown, A. L., Blankson, A. N., & Butler, L. (2013, April). Developing the Stress Inventory for Black College Women (SI-BCW). Poster presented at the 2013 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Pettway, T. A. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). The Perceived Spirituality Scale for African American College Students. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology Conference, Kennesaw, GA.

+Pettway, T. A. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, March). The development of the perceived spirituality scale for African-American college students. Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Society, Morrow, GA.

+Preston, K. C. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Parental attachment and peer relations: The role of adolescent self-esteem. Poster presented at the 2013 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 2nd place for best poster presentation.

+Preston, K. C. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Parental attachment and peer relations: The role of adolescent self-esteem. Paper presented at the 2013 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Thomas, K. D. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Student involvement and academic performance: The role of sense of campus community. Paper presented at 2013 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 3rd place for best oral presentation.

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+Thomas, K. D. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Student involvement and academic performance: The role of sense of campus community. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology Conference, Kennesaw, GA.

+Thomas, K. D. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, April). Student involvement and academic performance: The role of sense of campus community. Poster presented at the 2013 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Thomas, K. D. & Blankson, A. N. (2013, March). Student involvement and academic performance: The role of sense of campus community. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Society, Morrow, GA.

+Darden, K., & Blankson, A. N. (2012, April). Attitudes towards statistics and psychometrics and the effect on achievement. Poster presented at the 2012 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Hawkins, B., Blankson, A. N., & Watkins, A. F. (2012, April). Black cultural learning styles, racial socialization, and African-American college students. Poster presented at the 2012 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Lowe, K., & Blankson, A. N., (2012, April). Attachment: A moderator in the relationship between jealousy and romantic satisfaction. Poster presented at the 2012 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2012, April). After the grade: A report on how to publish a scholarly paper in a peer reviewed journal. Paper presented at the 2012 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2012, April). After the grade: A report on how to publish a scholarly paper in a peer reviewed journal. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2012, April). Service-learning: Outcomes and implications for emerging adults in the college environment. Paper presented at the 2012 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 2nd place for best oral presentation.

+Thomas, K. D. & Blankson, A. N. (2012, April). The I’ll Do It Later Scale. Poster presented at the 2012 Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

+Rochester, S. E. & Blankson, A. N. (2011, November). The relationship between educational expectations and academic achievement. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), St. Louis, MO.

+Rochester, S. E., & Blankson, A. N. (2011, April). Service learning: Impacts on empathy, civic attitudes, and exam scores. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA.

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+Jones, M. S., & Blankson, A. N. (2010, April). Predictors of the trajectory of hyperactivity in middle and late childhood. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Atlanta University Center Psychology Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 2nd place for best oral presentation.

+Hall, N., Brakke, K., & Blankson, A. N. (2010, April). The relationship between prosocial behavior and friendship in preschool aged children. Poster presented at the 2010 Spelman College Research Day, Atlanta, GA. Awarded 3rd place for best psychology poster presentation.

Selected Honors Thesis and Independent Research Supervision.

Salima Clark 2017-2018  Thesis: The influence of classroom structure: Exploring executive function abilities among African American kindergarten students Sydnee Akubuiro 2016-2017  Thesis: An examination of the moderating effects of classroom emotional support on the association between attention and executive functioning in African American children Cellia Riley 2014-2015  Thesis: Social competence as a mediator in the link between parenting quality and romantic success Capricia Wigfall 2014-2015  Thesis: The impact of early childhood instructional approaches on children’s academic self-concept outcomes April Brown 2012-2013  Thesis: Development of a scale to measure stress in college students Taylor Pettway 2012-2013  Thesis: Religion and altruism: The importance of religious orientation on helping beliefs and behaviors (secondary advisor) Kelsei Thomas 2012-2013  Thesis: Student involvement and academic achievement: The role of sense of campus community Kelsey Darden 2012  Independent Research Project: Attitudes towards statistics and psychometrics as predictors of performance in a psychometrics class  Kelsey was a participant in the Mellon Undergraduate Research Pilot Program Brit’ny Hawkins 2011-2012  Thesis: Black cultural learning styles, racial socialization, and African-American college students. Keshia Lowe 2011-2012  Thesis: Attachment: A mediator of the relationship between jealousy and romantic relationship satisfaction. Shana Rochester 2011-2012  Thesis: Service-learning: Outcomes and implications for emerging adults in the college environment. Maria Jones 2010-2011  Thesis: Implicit gender stereotype as a predictor of eyewitness memory accuracy. (secondary advisor) Avante Smack 2010-2011  Thesis: The relationship between social support and perceived stress among African American female college students. (secondary advisor) Nakia Hall 2009-2010 Blankson Vitae, October 2017 16

 Thesis: The relationship between prosocial behavior and friendships in preschool aged children. (secondary advisor)

Selected Former Undergraduate Research Assistants/Thesis Students  Memuna Kondeh (2017): Completing Master's at Temple University  Shannon Hughley (2014): Completed Yale Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program  Keonda Preston (2014): Completed Master's in Education.  April Brown (2013; Phi Beta Kappa): Completing Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Emory University  Stephanie Deltor (2013): Completed Master’s at Boston University  Taylor Pettway (2013; Phi Beta Kappa): Completed Master's in Counseling Psychology  Kelsei Thomas (2013; Phi Beta Kappa): Senior Product Administrator at the Education Testing Service; Completed Master's at Temple; currently completing PhD at Temple  Shana Rochester (2012; Phi Beta Kappa): Completing Ph.D. in the joint Education and Psychology Program at the University of Michigan; Awarded a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2014  Brit’ny Hawkins (2012): Completed Master’s at Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment  Maria Jones, M.A. (2011; Phi Beta Kappa): Completing a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at Emory University; Awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, March 2012.  NeAsa Johnson (2011): Completed Master’s of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University; Licensed Social Worker

SERVICE

Professional Service

Senior Mentor, Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program March 2011- 2017 Consulting Editor/Ad-Hoc Reviewer 2009-Present  Cognition and Emotion  Infant and Child Development  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology  Merrill-Palmer Quarterly  Psychological Methods  Social Development  Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Other Reviewing  Review Panel 3: “Childhood: Neurodevelopmental, Cognitive, Motor, & 2009-Present Perceptual Processes” for the 2013 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development.  Review Panel 8: “Combining Intraindividual and Interindividual Longitudinal Analysis” for the 2011 Society for Research in Child Development Developmental Methodology Themed Meeting. Blankson Vitae, October 2017 17

 Review Panel 18: “Affect and Temperament” for the 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development.  Review Panel 1: “Biological Approaches and Health” for the 2010 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence.  Review Panel 17: “Affect and Temperament” for the 2009 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development.  Review of textbooks and book chapters, e.g., The Dynamic Child (Manis), Observing Children in their Natural Worlds (Pellegrini, Symons, & Hoch), and Human Development: A Cultural Approach (Arnett) College Service Committees/Boards

 Strategic Planning Steering Committee (co-chair of Faculty and Staff Jan-May 2016 Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee)  Faculty Welfare Committee Aug 2015-May 2016  Presidential Awards Committee Spring 2015  Writing Intensive Checklist Committee Fall 2015-Present  Office of Sponsored Programs Director Search Committee Spring 2014  Research Day Committee Spring 2014- Present  Spelman College Visiting Professor Committee 2013- 2015  Mellon Undergraduate Research Mentor Spring 2012  Mellon Undergraduate Research Workgroup Oct 2011- Dec 2012  Assessment Committee Feb 2011-May 2014  MBRS-RISE Advisory Board 2010-Present

Departmental Service

 Quantitative Minor Development Committee (Howard) 2016-2017  Committee on Graduate Studies (Howard) 2016-2017  Graduate Admissions Committee (Developmental Psychology Program 2016-2017 Subcommittee; Howard)  Vice Chair Spring 2016  Critical Reading, Writing, and Analysis Course Committee Sept 2013- Present  Co-advisor: Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology 2010-Present  Psychology Department Honors Program Committee 2009-Present  Faculty advisor 2009-Present  New faculty hire search committee 2009-Present  Departmental Meetings Secretary 2009-2010

Other College Service

 CIEE Spelman Intercultural Engagement Program to Ghana: Faculty Co- May 2016 Blankson Vitae, October 2017 18

Director  Ida B. Wells- Barnett Collaborative 2013-2015  First Year Writing Portfolio Jury 2013, 2014  APA Documentation Workshop Nov 2013  First Year Assessments Proctor Fall 2012, 2013  First Year Experience Instructor 2010-Present  Research Advisor MBRS-RISE Program 2009-Present  MBRS-RISE Applicant Interviewer 2010-Present  Pilot group for selecting a new Learning Management System 2010-2011  New Student Orientation Free Thinking Women Colloquia Aug 2009