Harsha N. Perera Harsha N. Perera, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology Phone: (702) 895-1110 and Higher Education E-mail: [email protected] College of Education University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154-3003 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154-3003, United States (August 2016-present). Job duties: Research and teaching in the areas of advanced statistical methods; service to the profession, department, college, university, and community. Assistant Professor, (SPF03 Strategic Appointment), University of New South Wales Australia, High Street, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia (January 2016 – August 2016) Job duties: Research and teaching in the areas of advanced statistical methods and motivation and engagement; service to the profession, department, college, university, and community. Adjunct Honorary Professor, School of Linguistics, Adult, and Specialist Education, University of Southern Queensland (January 2016 – Present) Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Darling Heights, QLD 4350, Australia (November 2014 – December 2015). Tenured. Job duties: Research and teaching in the areas of statistical methods, motivation and engagement, and human development; service to the profession, department, college, university, and community. Associate Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Darling Heights, QLD 4350, Australia (June 2012 – October 2014) Job duties: Research and teaching in the areas of statistical methods, human development, motivation and engagement; service to the profession, department, college, university, and community. Sessional academic, Quantitative Methods, University of Technology, Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia (July 2011 – June 2012) Job duties: teaching intermediate and advanced statistical methods. EDUCATION 1 Harsha N. Perera Ph.D., University of Technology Sydney (2015). Specialization(s): Educational Psychology and Advanced Quantitative Methods B. Ed (Honors Class I)., University of Sydney (2010). HONORS and AWARDS 2018 External Research Mentor – University of Southern Queensland Research Mentoring Program (ReM). Research mentors are chosen from among leading researchers in disciplinary fields to provide research mentorship to faculty. 2018 Publons Top Reviewer Award – Top 1% of peer reviewers in psychology/psychiatry 2017 Publons Top Reviewer Award – Top 1% of peer reviewers in psychology 2017 College of Education Dean’s candidate for Faculty Recognition Reception on account of outstanding scholarly performance. 2016 College of Education, University of Las Vegas Nevada, Dean’s Policy Fellow. The competitive fellowship is intended to support the development of a policy briefing to the Nevada State legislature on the current status of STEM workforce capacity and what can be done to encourage people to pursue STEM pathways. 2016 Nominee, UNSW Dean’s Research Award for achievements by an early career researcher 2016 American Educational Research Association Division E Outstanding Dissertation Award 2016 UTS Chancellor’s List Award for outstanding doctoral research 2016 UNSW SPF03 Strategic Appointment to School of Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW). The SPF03 is a strategic priority fund designed to recruit the most promising talent across the world to the UNSW. 2015 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Ray Debus Award for best doctoral dissertation in education in Australia. 2015 USQ Publication Excellence Award awarded on account of meritorious research productivity 2011 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA; 2011) – 23,500.00 p/a AUD. APA scholarships are awarded by the Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to research students of exceptional research potential undertaking a Higher Degree by Research in Australia. 2 Harsha N. Perera First Class Honors (2009) awarded in the Bachelor of Education program, University of Sydney. Walter Reid Memorial Prize (2008). Awarded annually, without application, to on the basis of exceptional academic performance. Inductee, International Honor Society (2006). GRANT ACTIVITY Coordinating curricula and user preferences to maximize the participation of women and students of color in Engineering. National Science Foundation (2018). ($300,000.00 USD). Funded Personalizing mathematics to maximize relevance and skill for tomorrow’s STEM workforce. National Science Foundation (2018). ($315,988.00 USD). Funded. Towards a typology of motivational beliefs in math and science. American Educational Research Association Research Grant Scheme (2017). ($34,915.00) USD. Not funded. A personalized learning authoring environment for math education: Effects on self- beliefs, interests, and achievement. Institute of Educational Sciences. ($1,397,788.00 USD). Not Funded. From university to jobs: Trends in labor market outcomes of Australian university graduates from diverse equity groups. National Center for Students Outcomes in Higher Education (2017). $65,351.00 AUD. Not funded. Argumentation and learning in secondary science. Nevada Department of Education (2017). (127,857.00 USD). Funded. Development of the Australian Graduate Employability Scale (A-Grades). Graduate Career Australia research grant program (2017) ($81,456.00 AUD). Funded. Coordinating curricula and user preferences to maximize the participation of women and students of color in Engineering. National Science Foundation (2016). ($298,190.00 USD). Unsuccessful (Competitive). Critical questions model of argumentation (CQMA). UNLV TTDGRA Award (2016). ($47,250.00). Funded. Modeling Educational and Career Interests, Choices, and Achievement in STEM. UNSW Research Grant Scheme (2016). ($5997.00 AUD). Funded. 3 Harsha N. Perera Quantitative Research Methodologist, (w/ Principal investigator R. Ganguly), Resilience/thriving in post-secondary students with disabilities. National Center for Students Outcomes in Higher Education (2017). ($65,000.00 AUD). Funded. Measuring career interests in university students USQ Marketing and Student Attraction (2015). ($7,500.00). Funded Pathways to Completion and Retention: Individual and Contextual Factors. National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (2015). ($139,286.00 AUD). Unfunded. Development of a short-form of the Career Interest Test. Education Services Australia (2014). ($15,000.00 AUD). Funded Agricultural career pathways among Secondary School Student. Grains Development Research Corporation (2014). ($349,200.00 AUD). Unfunded. Investigating the mediational mechanisms underlying the influence of affective personality on academic performance during a major life transition. USQ Research Grant Scheme (2013) ($4,644.30). Funded. 2012 UTS Research Students’ Travel Grant – $800.00 AUD awarded to support the conduct and presentation of research 2011 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA; 2011) – 23,500.00 p/a AUD (3 years). APA scholarships are awarded by the Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to students of exceptional research potential undertaking a Higher Degree by Research in Australia. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, American Educational Research Association (Division E) Member, American Educational Research Association (Division D) Member, American Educational Research Association (Division C) Member (Invited), Australian Association for Research in Education Member (Invited), Society for Personality Assessment PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED *Alchin, C., McIlveen, P., & Perera, H. N. (2018). Negative career thoughts and the working alliance in career counseling. The Career Development Quarterly (Advance online publication). doi: 10.1002/cdq.12149 Athanasou, J. A., & Perera, H. N. (2018; in press). International Handbook of Career Guidance (2nd Ed). Springer. 4 Harsha N. Perera *Bartlett, C., Perera, H. N., & McIlveen, P. (2016). A short-form of the Career Interest Test: 21-CIT. Journal of Career Assessment, 24(2), 397-409. doi: 10.1177/1069072715580579 Fogarty, G. J., Murphy, P. J., & Perera, H. N. (2017). Safety climate in defense explosive ordnance: Survey development and model testing. Safety Science, 93, 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2016.11.010. Fogarty, G. J., & Perera, H. N. (2016). Resilience: Distinct construct or conglomerate of existing traits? Industrial and Organization Psychology, 9, 422-429. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/iop.2016.33 Fogarty, G. J., Perera, H. N., Furst, A., & Thomas, P. (2016). Evaluating measures of optimism and sport confidence. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science (online first). doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2015.1111220 Ganguly, R., & Perera, H. N. (2018). Profiles of Psychological Resilience in College Students With Disabilities (Advance online publication). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282918783604 *Grigg, S+., Perera, H. N+., McIlveen, P., & *Svetleff, Z. (2018). Relations among math self-efficacy, interest, intentions, and achievement: A social cognitive perspective. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 53, 73- 86. McIlveen, P., & Perera, H. N. (2016). Career optimism mediates the effect of personality on teachers’ career engagement. Journal of Career Assessment, 24(4), 623-636. doi: 10.1177/1069072715616059 McIlveen, P., & Perera, H. N. (2016). Career practitioners should advocate