CURRICULUM VITAE

 

William M. McGuigan, Ph.D.

 

PERSONAL DATA

 

                        Home address:                                     Office address:                                   

                        5634 Virginia Road                             Penn State Shenango   

                        Hermitage, PA 16148                          147 Shenango Ave.

Office: 724-983-2914                         309D Sharon Hall

                        E-mail: wmm11@psu.edu                   Sharon, PA 16146

 

EDUCATION

Oregon State University (GPA = 3.93)

                        Ph.D.    June 2001

                        Major:   Family Studies                        Minor:   Sociology

Dissertation Title: Engagement and retention in a home visiting family support

                 program

             

                        M.S.     December 1998

                        Major:   Human Development and Family Studies

                        Thesis Title: Domestic violence, parents’ view of their infant, and risk of child abuse

 

                        B.A.     June 1996 (Summa Cum Laude)

                        Major:   Sociology                   Minor:   Psychology

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

7/08 to present             Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

7/02 to 7/08                 Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus

 

I  teach HDFS 312W Empirical Enquiry; HDFS 315Y Family Development; HDFS 433 Transition to Adulthood; HDFS 431 Family Disorganization; SOC 406 Deviance; and the HDFS research internships

 

9/01 to 6/02                 Adjunct Faculty, Human Development and Family Studies

                                    Oregon State University

 

Co-taught HDFS 341 Family Development and was the sole instructor of HDFS 361 Research Methods. Primary responsibilities included giving lectures, facilitating discussions, administering and grading assignments and exams, and keeping office hours.

 

7/01 to 7/02                 Faculty Research Associate

                                    Family Policy Program, Oregon State University

 

Position responsibilities included developing and managing two multi-site databases to monitor and evaluate a statewide child abuse/family support program and a multi-site parent education program based in diverse rural communities. This position required the ability to develop and implement programs in collaboration with public and private community agencies; design a performance measurement evaluation system and a cluster evaluation; devise and test survey instruments; use professional communication and social skills to provide training for front line community service agency staff; present complex data findings using graphs, charts, and Power Point in a way that could be understood by a lay audience; competency in data analysis programs (i.e. EXCEL, SAS, SPSS, HLM); ability to conduct advanced measurement and analysis strategies, including longitudinal analyses (i.e. growth curves, hazard models); give presentations at professional conferences; prepare technical reports for government and private funding agencies; write articles for peer reviewed journals; develop contracts with community agencies, and write grants for continued funding.

 

9/00 to 7/02                 Data Coordinator

                                    Public Policy Research, Portland, Oregon

 

Evaluation consultant to an independent evaluation company. Primary duties included coordinating data collection in Oregon for a multi-state study examining engagement and retention in home visiting programs, headed by the University of Chicago and Prevent Child Abuse America. Helped design and test interview protocols and survey instruments. Oversaw data collection in Oregon for the University of Chicago.

 

6/00 to 6/02                 Private Consultant

 

Contracted by Commission on Children and Families & Department of Corrections, Deschutes County, OR.:

Analyzed data collected by an existing family support program for parents on parole or probation. Prepared two technical reports each year showing the status of the parole/probation families and their progress toward meeting established program goals.

 

Contracted by Commission on Children and Families, Lane County, OR.: Worked with 10 Lane County Family Resource Centers to construct a performance measurement system that provided the family centers a uniform method of documenting program activities (outputs) and achievements (outcomes). Developed measurement tools and specialized EXCEL spreadsheets that facilitated easy data collection and analysis.

 

Contracted by United Way of Lane County, OR: Conducted an evaluation of a pilot project that addressed the utility of home visitation for subsequent birth families. Prepared a technical report showing the status of the families served and the efficiency of the program in meeting established goals.

 

9/96 to 6/01                 Graduate Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant

                                    Family Policy Program, Oregon State University

 

Data manager, evaluating Oregon Healthy Start: a home visiting primary prevention program. Responsibilities included developing and managing a multi-site database; designing and testing survey instruments; providing training for data collection; merging large data files using mainframe SAS, PC SAS, SPSS, and EXCEL; compiling and entering data, analyzing data using advanced multivariate techniques (i.e. Hierarchical Linear Modeling, growth curves, hazard models); conducting workshops with community agency staff, giving presentations at professional conferences; preparing technical reports and narratives; writing articles for publication in peer reviewed journals.

 

Teaching Assistant, Department of Human Development & Family Sciences Oregon State University.

Sole instructor for two undergraduate and three graduate level research methods courses. Designed the courses and lab sections; selected the textbook; conducted lectures and labs; graded assignments and exams, provided office hours for student consultation.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

I am interested in the effects of family violence and child maltreatment on individual family members and family relationships, and the effectiveness of home visiting prevention programs. My recent research focuses on the Amish lifestyle and culture; and issues related to prejudice. I enjoy applied research and quantitative research methods, including longitudinal and multi-level analyses.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1999-2000     Eric Englund Post-Graduate Memorial Scholarship

1998-1999  Betty Hawthorne Fellowship, College Home Economics

1994-1998     Ford Family Scholarship, Ford Family Foundation

1995-1996     Agsten Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts

                                                        Drucilla S. Smith Scholastic Award, College of Liberal Arts

                                                        Order of the Oak Award, College of Liberal Arts

1994-1995  Rita Norris Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts

1994-1996  Oregon State University Honor Role (four terms)

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2011 to present American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

2005 to present International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

2004 to present American Sociological Association

2003 to present National Council on Family Relations

1999 to 2006 American Psychological Association (APA)

1998 to present Ford Family Scholars Alumni Association

                                    1996 to 2010 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

                                          2011 Invited grant reviewer for the Federal Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC

                                      2010 Invited grant reviewer for the Federal Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC

                                      2009 Shenango campus Awards Committee

2008, Invited judge, 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Erie, PA

2006, Invited grant reviewer, Federal Office of Family Assistance, Washington, DC

                                                2005 & 2006, Invited grant reviewer for Federal Children’s Bureau, Washington DC

                                    2005/2006, Secretary of the Penn State Shenango Faculty Senate

2005 to present, Editorial Board, Child Abuse & Neglect, the International Journal

                                    2004, Social Science Judge, International Science/Engineering Fair-Portland OR

                                    2003, Social Science Judge, International Science/Engineering Fair-Cincinnati OH

                                    2003 to present, reviewer Family Relations, The Applied Journal of Family Studies

                                                2003 to 2006, Shenango Grade Adjudication Committee, appointed chair in 2004

                                    2003 to 2005, Shenango Academic Integrity Committee, appointed chair in 2004

                                    2003 to present, Shenango Research Committee, served as chair 2006 -2008

                                    2003 to 2005, Senator on the Commonwealth College Faculty Senate

                                    2002 to 2004, reviewer for Child Abuse & Neglect, the International Journal

2002, Invited researcher, National Data Archive on Child Abuse, Cornell University

                                    2002, Judge of the Oregon State University Graduate Student Research Conference

                                    2001, Invited reviewer for Contemporary Psychology

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

June 21 -23, 2012        Co-author and co-presenter of a poster presentation at the 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Charlotte, NC: “A Cross-Sectional Examination of Racial Prejudice in College Students:”

 

March 22-24, 2012      Co-author and co-presenter of a poster presentation at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Human Development, New Orleans, LA: “Racial Bias in Freshman and Senior College Students: A Cross-Sectional  Study”

 

Nov. 16 – 19, 2011     Co-author and co-presenter of a poster presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations  in Orlando, FL: “A Single Case Study of Resiliency after Extreme Incest in an Old Order Amish Family”

 

July, 13 – 16, 2011      Co-author and co-presenter of a poster presentation at the 19th Annual Colloquium of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Philadelphia, PA: “A Case Study of Childhood Incest in an Old Order Amish Family”

 

May 9 – 10, 2011        Invited research presentation at the International Seminar on Home Visitation Programs: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Early Child Development, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil: “Strategies for Increasing the Effectiveness of Home Visitations Programs”

 

Nov. 8 – 11, 2009       Co-author and sole presenter of a poster presentation at the 71st  Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations  in San Francisco, CA:

                        “An Instrument to Measure Prejudice toward Old Order Amish”

 

Aug. 8 – 11, 2009        Co-author and sole presenter of a poster presentation at the 104th Annual Conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA:

                        “Reliability and Validity of a Scale to Measure Prejudice toward Old Order Amish”

 

Nov. 7-10, 2007          Co-author and co-presenter of a poster presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations in Pittsburgh, PA: “The impact of domestic violence on mothers’ view of their infant.”

 

August 17-20, 2007     Sole presenter of poster presentation at the 2007 American Psychological Association conference in San Francisco, CA: “Negative behavior during family problem solving: A multilevel growth curve analysis”.

 

April 17-22, 2007        Sole presenter of two poster presentations at the 16th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect in Portland, OR: “How domestic violence impacts infant health and subsequent child abuse” and “Childhood maltreatment, substance abuse, and delinquency in incarcerated adolescent males.”

 

September 3-6, 2006   Sole presenter of two poster presentations at the 16th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, York, United Kingdom: “Investigating the impact of domestic violence on infant health and child abuse rates” and “Childhood maltreatment and illicit chemical substance use among delinquent adolescent males.”

 

March 23-26, 2006                  Sole presenter of poster presentation at the 11th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA: “Adolescent mothers and domestic violence: Effects on infant health and child maltreatment.”

 

April 18-23, 2005        Co-author and sole presenter of two poster presentations at the 15th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect in Boston, MA: “The effects of domestic violence on infant health factors and child abuse rates” and “A university and child protective services collaboration to provide effective parent education.”

  

Nov. 17-20, 2004        Co-author and co-presenter of two poster presentations at the 66th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations in Orlando, FL: “Understanding parental engagement in home visiting programs” and “Linking university and child protective resources to provide parent education.”

 

August 14-17, 2004     Research roundtable discussant at the 99th meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA: “Effect of contact on attitudes towards Old Order Amish: A pilot study.”

 

March 11-14, 2004      Co-author and co-presenter of poster presentation at the 10th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD: “Ethnic differences in the benefits of home visiting programs for adolescent mothers.”

 

Nov. 17-22, 2003        Poster presentation at the 65th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations in Vancouver, British Columbia: “Sexual abuse in childhood and interpersonal violence in adulthood: A cumulative impact on maternal depression.”

 

June 26-29, 2002         Poster presentation at Head Start’s 6th National Research Conference in Washington, DC: “Factors contributing to engagement and retention in early home visiting family support services.”

 

March 2-5, 2002          Sole author and presenter of the largest workshop (250+ attendees) at the Healthy Families America conference, Dallas, TX: “Retention in home visiting programs”

 

April 23-28, 2001        Poster presentation at the 13th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, Albuquerque, NM: “Effect of domestic violence on 3 types of child maltreatment.”

 

Sept. 7-12, 2000          Poster presentation at the Healthy Families America conference in Atlanta, Georgia: “Measuring program outcomes: Using retrospective pretest methodology.”

 

Nov. 11-15, 1999        Sole presenter of a roundtable discussion at the 61st Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations in Irvine, CA: “Accountability for results –  Showing outcomes in programs for children and families” and a poster presentation “Ethnic differences in the effect of domestic violence on child abuse risk.”

 

June 2-4, 1999             Sole presenter of a workshop at the Northwest Family Resource Conference, Seattle, WA: “Outcomes of Oregon’s Healthy Start Effort.”

 

April 6-7, 1998            Co-presenter of a workshop at the Western Regional Conference of Home Visitors, San Francisco, CA: “Measuring outcomes for multi-site home visiting programs.”

 PUBLICATIONS: PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS (works cited in over 400 published studies) 

                                           

Gassner, B., & McGuigan, W. M. (in progress). A cross-sectional study of racial prejudice in college students.

 

Stephenson, S., & McGuigan, W. M. (in progress). A single case study of resiliency after familial sexual abuse in an Amish family.

 

McGuigan, W. M., Vuchinich, S., & Tang, C. (in review). Negative communication during family problem solving: Cohesion as a moderator in a growth curve analysis.

 

McGuigan, W. M., & Pacsi, M. (2011). Ethnic differences in how domestic violence impacts mother’s view of their infant. APSAC Advisor, 23 (1/2), 15 - 19.

 

McGuigan, W. M., & Scholl, C. (2007). The effect of contact on attitudes toward Old Order Amish. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, (11), 2642 – 2659.

 

Daro, D., McCurdy, K., Falconnier, L., Winje, C., Anisfeld, E., Katzev, A., Keim, A., LeCroy, C., McGuigan, W. M., & Nelson, C. (2007). The role of community in facilitating service utilization. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 34 (1/2), 181 – 204.

 

McGuigan, W. M. (2007). The predictive impact of domestic violence on infant health and maltreatment. APSAC Advisor, 19 (1/2), 12-16.

 

McCurdy, K., Daro, D., Anisfeld, E., Katzev, A., Keim, A., LeCroy, C., McAfee, C., Nelson, C., Falconnier, L., McGuigan, W. M., Park, J. K., Sandy, J., & Winje, C. (2006). Understanding maternal intentions to engage in home visiting programs. Children & Youth Services Review, 28, 1195-1212.

 

McGuigan, W. M., & Middlemiss, W. (2005). Sexual abuse in childhood and interpersonal violence in adulthood: A cumulative impact on depressive symptoms in women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, (10), 1271 - 1287.

 

Middlemiss, W., & McGuigan, W. M. (2005). Ethnicity and adolescent mothers’ benefit from participation in home visitation services. Family Relations, 54, (2), 212-224.

 

McGuigan, W. M., Katzev, A. R., & Pratt, C. C. (2003). Multi-level determinants of mother’s engagement in home visitation services. Family Relations, 52 (3), 271 – 278.

 

                                    McGuigan, W. M., Katzev, A. R., & Pratt, C. C. (2003). Multi-level determinants of retention in a

                                    home visiting child abuse prevention program. Child Abuse & Neglect, 27 (4), 363 – 380.

 

McGuigan, W. M., & Pratt, C. C. (2001). The predictive impact of domestic violence on three typesof child maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 25 (7), 869 – 883.

                     

Pratt, C. C., McGuigan, W. M., & Katzev, A. R. (2001). Measuring program outcomes using retrospective pretest methodology. American Journal of Evaluation, 21 (3), 341 – 349.

 

McGuigan, W. M., Vuchinich, S., & Pratt, C. (2000). Domestic violence, parent’s view of their newborn, and child abuse risk. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, (4), 613 – 624.

 

PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS

 

McGuigan, W. M. & Gassner, B. (in press). Engagement and retention in home visiting child abuse

prevention programs. In R. Astolfi & N. Cardia (Eds), Home Visitation Programs: Preventing Violence and

Promoting Healthy Early Child Development (pp. not yet assigned), Sao Paulo, Brazil: University Press.

 

McGuigan, W. M. & Stephenson, S. (2012). What works in primary prevention of child maltreatment. In P. Curtis & G. Alexander (Eds.), What Works in Child Welfare (pp. 13 - 26), Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press.

 

McGuigan, W. M. (2004). The effects of intimate partner violence on children. (Review of the book The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children). Family Relations, 53, (4), 417-418.

 

McGuigan, W. M. (2002). Looking beyond the immediate consequences of child abuse. (Review of the book Child Abuse: Implications for Child Development and Psychopathology). Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 47 (4), 467.

 

McGuigan, W. M. (2002). Review of the book Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (6th ed). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

 

PUBLICATIONS: RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS

 

Daro, D., McCurdy, K., Nelson, C., Anisfeld, E., Katzev, A., Keim, A., LeCroy, C., McAffee, C., McGuigan, W. M., Falconnier, L., & Winje, C. (2004). Engagement and Retention in Voluntary New Parent Support Programs: Final Report. Research report for the W. T. Grant Foundation and the Annie Casey Foundation. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

 

McGuigan, W. M. & Katzev, A. R., & Pratt, C. C. (2001). Documenting Activities and Achievements in Family Resource Centers. Research monograph prepared for the Lane County Commission on Children and Families. Portland, OR: Public Policy Research.

 

McGuigan, W. M. (2001). The Status of Families Participating in the Community Youth Investment Program. Research monograph prepared for the Deschutes County Commission on Children and Families. Corvallis, OR: author.

 

McGuigan, W. M., & Katzev, A. R. (2001). Success by 6: A Lane County Healthy Start Pilot Project. Research monograph prepared for Lane County United Way. Corvallis, OR: author.

 

Katzev, A., Pratt, C., & McGuigan, W. M. (2001). Oregon’s Healthy Start 2000 Status Report.

Research monograph prepared for the Oregon Commission on Children and Families. Corvallis, OR:

Oregon State University.

 

Katzev, A., Pratt, C., Groebe, D., & McGuigan, W. M. (2000). Oregon’s Healthy Start 1999 Status

Report. Research monograph prepared for the Oregon Commission on Children and Families.            Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University.

 

Pratt, C., Katzev, A., Ozretich, R., Henderson, T., & McGuigan, W. M. (1998). Building Results III:

Measuring Outcomes for Oregon’s Children, Youth, and Families. Salem, OR: Oregon Commission

on Children and Families.

 

GRANT HISTORY

 

2012                            Received a total of $1,375 from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to attend the Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching, Washington, DC.

 

2010                            Received a total of $35,000 from the Northwest Institute of Research as the principal investigator of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Key to Quality Professional Development program, a program to increase the quality of day-care services.

 

2009                            Received a total of $25,000 from the Northwest Institute of Research as the principal investigator of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Key to Quality Professional Development program, a program to increase the quality of day-care services.

 

2006                            Received a $400 Teaching Enrichment Travel Grant from the Schreyer Institute, University Park, PA, to enrich my teaching by attending the 11th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, in San Francisco, CA.

 

2005                            Received $995 Research Development Grant from Pennsylvania State University to complete research on family problem solving.

 

2005                            Received $1,150 from the Perkins Foundation to assemble a collection of instructional videos for teaching HDFS 431, Family Disorganization.

 

2004                            Received a $300 Research Development Grant and a $250 undergraduate research stipend from Pennsylvania State University to study the effect of family violence and child maltreatment on incarcerated adolescent males.

 

2004 (Fall)                   Received a $490 Teaching Enrichment Travel Grant from the Schreyer Institute, University Park, PA, to enrich my teaching by attending the 66th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations in Orlando, FL.

 

2004 (Spring)               Received a $328 Teaching Enrichment Travel Grant from the Schreyer Institute, University Park, PA, to enrich my teaching by attending the 10th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, in Baltimore, MD.

 

2003                            Received a $1,750 Research Development Grant and a $250 undergraduate research stipend from Pennsylvania State University to evaluate a parent education program.

 

2003                            Received a $1,650 Research Development Grant to continue research on home visiting child abuse prevention programs

 

2003                            Received a $1000 grant from the Perkins Foundation to assemble a collection of instructional videos for HDFS courses.

 

2002                            Received a $500 Teaching Enrichment Travel Grant from the Schreyer Institute, University Park, PA, to attend the 58th Annual Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, in San Francisco, CA.

 

2001                            Co-authored and received a $475,000 grant from the Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, Oregon to conduct a three year cluster evaluation of a multi-site parent education program, the "Enhancing the Skills of Parents Program”. The program sought to increase parenting skills and community capacity in rural areas of Oregon.

 

2001                            Received a $500 travel grant from the Northwest Health Foundation of Portland, Oregon, to present the results of a scientific study at the 13th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

1995                            Received a $6,000 grant from the Oregon State University Extension (Lottery Funds for Education) and a $3,000 grant from the Lincoln County Partnership Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse to conduct a year long after school activity and tutoring program for middle school students living in public housing.