e-mail: jallard0322@yahoo.com
Worcester, MA 01609-1296 (508) 791-0322
Ph.D. Psychology. Specialization: Social Psychology; cross-cultural and international research Minor: Statistics
M.A. Psychology. Specialization: Social Psychology Minor: Statistics
A.B. Divisional Social Science
Graduated with high honors
Sigma Xi
Psi Chi -- secretary
Alpha Kappa Delta
Pi Gamma Mu – vice president
Phi Kappa Phi
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Sigma Lambda
Phi Eta Sigma
Tau Gamma
Tau Sigma
International Educator of the Year 2005
International Who’s Who in Education 2nd ed.
International Woman of the Year, 1992-93
World Who’s Who of Women in Education, 11th ed.
Notable Americans of 1976-77
Personalities of America, 3rd ed.
The World Who’s Who of Women, 12th ed.
Who’s Who in America, 48th ed.
Who’s Who in the East, 19th, 20th, 24th ed.
Who’s Who of American Women, 13th, 14th, 17th, 18 th ed., 2007
Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-2005
Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
Who’s Who among Executive and Professional Women Psychologists 2007
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, 2005
Distinguished Service Award, 1986 Worcester State College
Distinguished Service Award, 1984 Worcester State College
Distinguished Service Award, 1981 Worcester State College
National Fellowship, Association of American Colleges, Council for Liberal Learning, 1985
Systems Development Corporation Associate (fellowship declined), 1965
National Science Foundation Summer Teaching Fellow, 1964
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1963-1964
National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellow, 1962-1963
National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellow, 1961-1962
National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellow, 1960-1961
National Science Foundation Summer Teaching Fellow, 1960
National Science Foundation Summer Teaching Fellow, 1959
Michigan State University Hinman Senior Award
Michigan State University Hinman Junior Award
Michigan State University Four Year Tuition Scholarship
Grosse Pointe Collegiate Scholarship
Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Prize, Michigan State University
Professor Emerita 2005 - present
Chair, Psychology Department 1998-2004
Chair, Social & Behavioral Science Dept. 1992-1998
Professor of Psychology 1973- 2005
Worcester State College
Worcester, MA
Teach statistics, including microcomputer analyses, psychological research methods, advanced experimental psychology, general psychology and independent study research projects.
Developed and managed experimental, computer and animal laboratories. Member of Presidential Search Committee and institutional self study committee for accreditation. Chaired Vice Presidential Searches. Master of Ceremonies for Presidential Inaugural. Founder and advisor to campus chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology. Academic advisor. Conducted research on student morale and attrition, biochemical memory transfer, glass ceiling, critical thinking and cultural diversity. Conducted workshops for gifted middle school children.
Project Director & Research Scientist
American University, Washington, D.C.
Development, Education & Training Research Institute.
Director of Exit-Interview Program for U.S. Agency for International Development.
Developed program evaluation: program interviewed and analyzed U.S.
experiences of all foreign nationals sponsored by U.S. government agencies.
Research Associate
Michigan State University
Psychology Department, Computer Institute for Social Science Research (CISSR),
& Engineering Dept.
Teaching. Taught general, social, statistical and research psychology.
Coordinated all general psychology courses and examinations. Trained
National Merit Scholars, Honors College students and Graduate Assistants
in computerized research and analysis.
General Research. Directed research projects for the Division of Inter-
national Programs, Psychology Department, Computer Institute for Social
Science Research and School for Labor and Industrial Relations.
International Research. Prepared UNESCO monograph review of inter-
national and cross-cultural social science literature. Statistically analyzed
UNESCO data from Japan.
Principal Scientist
Leasco Systems and Research Corporation
(formerly Operations Research (ORI), Inc.)
Management Systems Division
Bethesda and Silver Spring, MD
Designed and supervised psychological, statistical, social and educational research and federal program evaluations. Designed national longitudinal evaluation of five federal manpower development programs creating employability and environmental profiles from interviews of 20,000 clients, controls and dropouts and from data on program operations and environmental conditions.
Defined and projected U.S. National Highway Safety Bureau research, test programs and research facilities needs. Researched national teacher needs for handicapped child education for U.S. Office of Education.
Research Consultant 1970-present
Private Consulting practice
Design and analysis of research and evaluation studies for industry, government, educational institutions and private clients.
Developed sequenced behavioral scoring system for county mental retardation residential programs. Evaluated retreat center program. Designed national assessment of impact of social conflicts of ecology vs technology growth, impact of consumerism vs marketing practices and corporate social vs profit responsibility for Madison Avenue company. Developed research proposals for Massachusetts Research & Development company. Factor analyzed structure of complex motor skills data for Silver Spring, Md. company.
Business clients include Abt Associates; American Institutes for Research; Brooks-Cole Publishing Company; Leasco Systems and Research Company; Middlesex County, MA.; Town of Millbury, MA.; Xerox Corp.; Yankelovich Company.
Current academic projects include: evaluation of International education Program (worldwide program awarding masters degrees to teachers overseas.); senior examiner for International Baccalaureate Organization; assessment of graduate program at Assumption College.
Research U.S. Peace Corps (Michigan State University contract)
UNESCO data analysis (Michigan State University)
USAID foreign national visitor assessment (American University)
critical thinking: teaching project assessment (collegiate consortium - ongoing)
Teaching International teaching of research and evaluation courses in
graduate education program. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Sicily, Poland, Morocco, Turkey, South Korea, etc. - ongoing)
Evaluation International Baccalaureate Organization Senior Examiner
(IBO: Cardiff, Wales; Geneva, Switzerland – ongoing)
International Education Programs - ongoing
Graduate education program, - ongoing
Consulting Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster - ongoing
Assumption College - ongoing
Site American Psychological Association
Visitor Accreditation Visiting Committee (accreditation of
university doctoral programs in psychology - ongoing)
Consultant American Psychological Association
Undergraduate Consulting Service. Evaluator for
undergraduate psychology programs. (ongoing)
Specialist American Psychological Association
Panel of Experts, Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment,
Retention and Training. (ongoing)
Evaluator New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
(accreditation of New England colleges - ongoing)
Evaluator Wadsworth Thomson Learning Textbook reviewer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Textbook reviewer
Harcourt College Publishers Textbook reviewer
Prentice Hall Textbook reviewer
President Worcester State Hospital Board of Trustees
Director Girl’s Inc. Board Development Chair, Board of Directors
Member United Way of Worcester Information Gathering Committee
Member Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Regional Council
American Psychological Association
Psi Chi National Honor Society
Worcester State Hospital Board of Trustees
Worcester Country Horticultural Society
Current research involvement is on topics related to critical thinking; collegiate advising, sojourner adjustment, women in management; collaborative teaching and learning; cultural diversity.
Worcester State College All-college Student Poster Session, Spring 2000.
Massachusetts State College Graduate Research Symposium, Worcester State College, April 30, 1999.
The Elderly and Healthcare Services. The Society of Sociologists. Spring 1997 Lecture
Series. Worcester State College.
Instructor’s Manual. 3rd ed. (with Dr. Carol Harvey). Prentice Hall, August 2004.
Instructor’s Manual. 2nd ed. (with Dr. Carol Harvey). Prentice Hall, 2002.
Understanding Diversity: Readings, Cases and Exercises (with Dr. Carol Harvey). HarperCollins, 1995.
Instructor’s Manual (with Dr. Carol Harvey). HarperCollins, 1995.
“Algeria” (with Pamela McKay). World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. The Gale Group. 2002.
“Egypt” (with Pamela McKay). World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. The Gale Group. 2002.
(Partial List, Unclassified Reports Only)
The Spices of Diversity: Does the Race and/or Gender of the Instructor Impact the Dynamics of Diversity Courses and What Strategies for Success Can We Share? Caucus organized at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2005.
Making a Positive Difference by Exploring Respect, Attitude, and Pedagogy (with Dr. C. Harvey) paper presented at the 30th international conference on Improving University Teaching, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. July 2005
Seven scenarios in Fundamentals of management, essential concepts and applications. 5th ed. Robbins, S. & DeCenzo, D. (Eds) In press. Prentice Hall.
Achieving Excellence in the Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills (with Dr. C. Harvey) workshop conducted at the 29th International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching. Bern, Switzerland, July 2004.
Technology, Taxonomy and critical thinking (with Dr. C. Harvey) Paper presented at the 28th International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching, U. of Växjö, Växjö, Sweden, June 2003.
Building Effective Networks to Produce an Edited Book (with Dr. C. Harvey) presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, CO., August 2002.
Bloom’s Taxonomy as a teaching tool: An experiment. (with Drs. J. McNett, C. Harvey &
N. Athanassiou). Paper presented at 25th International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching. Frankfurt, Germany, July 2000.
Tips on Designing Your Career in Psychology. Psychology Department, Worcester State College, Worcester, MA, 1999.
“Changing times, changing policies, changing boards.” Nonprofit Management Case Collection. In press.
Biological rhythms and sleep: Neurophysiology of sleep” (with Dr. Latifeh Amini-Kormi) poster presented at 29th Annual meeting, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, FL, October, 1999.
“Sleep Patterns of International Teachers Who are Involved as Students in a Short-Term Educational Program. (with Dr. Latifah Amini-Kormi) 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1999.
Sleep Patterns of Caribbean Medical Students (with Dr. Latifeh Amini-Sereshki) Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1998.
“Weekday vs. weekend sleep patterns and daytime Sleepiness of college students“ (with Dr. Latifeh Amini-Sereshki). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23 (2) p. 1848. 1997.
“Sleep deprivation and state college students” (with Dr. Latifeh Amini-Sereshki) Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 22 (1), p. 686. 1996.
“Community-based residential care for the chronically mentally ill elderly” (with Dr. Pearl Mosher-Ashley and Sherry Kellaher) Adult Residential Care Journal, v8, no 2. Fall 1994.
Day Kimball work situation survey report presented to Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, Connecticut, March 1994.
Sleuthing for diversity cases, exercises and readings on a shoestring budget presented at Author’s Conference, American Academy, Atlanta, Georgia, September 8, 1993.
Community-based residential care for the chronically mentally ill elderly (with Dr. Pearl Mosher-Ashley and Sherry Kellaher) paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of the American Society on Aging in Chicago, March 29, 1993.
“Problems facing chronically mentally Ill elders receiving community-based psychiatric services: need for residential services.” (with Dr. Pearl Mosher-Ashley) Adult Residential Care Journal, v 7, no 1. Spring 1993.
Men and women managers: how different are they? (with Dr. Carol Harvey) paper delivered at the Massachusetts Association for Women in Education at Clark University, Worcester, MA. December 1, 1992.
Rx for success. Talk given to the Business and Professional Women of Trinity Church, Boston, MA. November 4, 1992.
Problems facing the chronically mentally Ill elderly receiving community-based psychiatric services. (with Dr. Pearl Mosher-Ashley) presentation at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC. November 21, 1992.
Community-based psychiatric services for the chronic mentally Ill elderly: Survey report for respondents.“ (coauthor) Chronic mental illness and aging. Worcester State College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1991.
Prescription for success: a total quality approach to cracking the glass ceiling. Paper delivered at the Eighth Annual Women & Workforce Conference, University of Texas at Arlington, May 7, 1992.
Using competition to foster collaboration or is it the other way around? Paper delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizational Behavior Conference, Philadelphia, PA. March 14, 1992.
“Institutional bonding” paper delivered at the Eighth Annual Conference of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia. February 7, 1985.
A psychologist looks at attrition: II. Worcester State College, 1984.
A psychologist looks at attrition. Worcester State College, 1984.
Orientation and the Bonding Process. Worcester State College, 1984.
Vocational preference Index Interpretation Manual (coauthor) A & W Counseling Center, Auburn, Massachusetts, 1976.
Vocational Preference Index. (coauthor) A & W Counseling Center, Auburn, Massachusetts, 1975.
Human Behavior and Leadership paper delivered at Naval Training Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 1, 1975.
Women in research, paper presented at Assumption College, Worcester. Massachusetts, 1974.
Let the machines process your research. Do’s and don’ts for beginners. Michigan State University, 1967.
Establishment of research and development objectives. ORI Technical Report 512. Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland 1968.
Languages, attitudes and their correlates. Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, 1968
Study of the need for educational manpower for handicapped children and youth, phase I report. (coauthor) ORI Technical Report TM 163-68. Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, 1968.
Facilities requirements study. (coauthor) ORI Technical Report 457. Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. 1967.
Fallout Shelter Fire Defense Manual. (coauthor) developed for the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, 1967.
Self-Help Emergency Firefighting Training: Instructor’s Guide and Lesson Plans. (coauthor), developed for the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, IG-10-1-1, 1967.
Self-Help emergency firefighting Training: Student Manual. (coauthor) developed for the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, SM-10-1, 1967.
Foreign language in overseas service: IV. CISSR Research Report 6. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, April 1966.
Foreign language in oversea service: III. CISSR Research Report 4. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, January 1966.
Foreign language in oversea service: II. CISSR Research Report 3. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, January 1966.
Foreign language in overseas service: I. CISSR Research Report 2.
Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research,
January 1966.
“Recent research on foreign language training in the United States Peace Corps”, paper presented at Language Coordinators’ Conference, Washington, DC, May 1966.
“Correlates of language attitudes of students from India”. Michigan State University, 1965.
Age, suitability rating and overseas performance. (coauthor) CISSR Research Memorandum 7. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, July 1965.
Geographic differences in type of Peace Corps assignment. (coauthor), CISSR Research Memorandum 6. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, July 1965.
Age differences in Volunteers’ reactions to overseas service. (coauthor), CISSR Research Memorandum 4. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, March 1964.
Dimensions of overseas performance of Peace Corps Volunteers. (coauthor), CISSR Research Report 1. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social science Research, October 1964.
Expressed reasons for joining Peace Corps. CISSR Research Memorandum 2. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, August 1964.
Problems reported by Peace Corps Volunteers returning from overseas service. CISSR Research Memorandum 1. Michigan State University Computer Institute for Social Science Research, August 1964.
“The generality of cognitive complexity” (coauthor) Journal of Social Psychology 59, 1963.
“Supplementary report: Delay of knowledge of results, knowledge of task, and intertrial
Interval.” (coauthor), Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 1960.
A study of the relation between orientation toward authority and susceptibility to influence, Michigan State University, 1960.