VITA
Meghan M. Parkinson
Department of Human Development
College of Education
3304 Benjamin Building
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
Tel (301) 405-1304
Fax (301) 405-2891
mparkin2@umd.edu
EDUCATION
B.A., Psychology with Honors
Minor in English
Mount Holyoke College, 2003
Doctoral Program, Human Development
Specialization in Educational Psychology
University of Maryland, College Park
Anticipated graduation 2010
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in studying reading from a cognitive and motivational perspective.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Date
Institution
Responsibilities
Fall 2008-Present
University of
Maryland
Instructor
Language Development and Reading Acquisition
EDHD 425
Plan and deliver classes; create syllabus,
assignments, and exams.
Fall 2007-2008
Univeristy of
Maryland
Instructor
Lifespan Development—EDHD 320
Plan and deliver classes; create syllabus,
assignments, and exams.
Summer 2006—
2007
University of
Maryland
Graduate Assistant, Professional Development Schools
Assisted the director of the program in efforts to
facilitate the relationship between UMD and
county schools.
Fall 2005—2006
University of
Maryland
Graduate Assistant
Conducted data collection, analyzed data, and
wrote papers for several projects; assisted in
teaching 2 sections of EDHD 425.
Fall 2003—2005
University of
Maryland
Instructor
Advocates for Children Colloquium—CPSP 118C
Advocates for Children Colloquium—CPSP 259C
Planned and delivered class lectures, activities, and
discussions; created syllabus; created and graded
assignments; advised students; chaperoned field
trips (enrollment 75).
Fall 2001—2003
Mount Holyoke
College
Laboratory Instructor
Introduction to Psychology—PSYCH 100
Supervised lab activities; led lab discussions and
introduced new material; graded exams and assignments; conducted review sessions (enrollment 15).
Spring 2002
Mount Holyoke
College
Research Assistant
Psycholinguistics Laboratory
Assisted in research activities; coded digital data.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Date
Institution
Responsibilities
Spring 2009 Present
University of
Maryland
Research Project Coordinator – Deconstructing
Performance Judgments
Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab
Develop and organize research project on
performance judgments. Responsible for data
collection. Coordinate data analysis and writing
responsibilities associated with the project.
Spring 2009 Present
University of
Maryland
Research Project Coordinator – Pre-service
Teachers’ Developing Conceptions of Reading
Comprehension
Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab
Develop and organize research project on preservice teachers. Coordinate data collection at two
sites, data analysis, and writing responsibilities
associated with the project.
Fall 2008 Present
University of
Maryland
Research Project Coordinator – Calibrating
Calibration
Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab
Develop and organize review of existing literature
on calibration. Coordinate analysis and writing
responsibilities associated with the project.
Spring 2008 Present
University of
Maryland
Laboratory Team Member
Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab
Assist in ongoing research activities, including
conceptualization, data collection, data analysis,
and writing responsibilities.
Fall 2005 Summer 2006
University of
Maryland
Research Project Coordinator – First Year Project
Department of Human Development
Developed and organized a research project on
beginning readers’ phonemic awareness and reading
self-concept. Coordinated data collection in schools,
data analysis, and writing responsibilities.
HONORS, AWARDS, and RECOGNITIONS
Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, awarded by the University of Maryland Graduate
School, April 2009.
Human Development Graduate Student Travel Award, awarded by the University of Maryland
Department of Human Development, March 2009.
SPARC Graduate Student Research Award, awarded by the University of Maryland College of
Education, April, 2008.
Lily East Conference Grant, awarded by the University of Maryland Center for Teaching
Excellence, March, 2008.
AERA Division C Graduate Student Seminar, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
PUBLICATIONS
Alexander, P. A., Dinsmore, D. L., Fox, W. E., Grossnickle, E. M., Loughlin, S. M., Maggioni,
L., Parkinson, M. (2009). Higher-order thinking and knowledge: Domain-general and
domain-specific trends and future directions. Manuscript in preparation.
Dinsmore, D. L., Loughlin, S. M., Parkinson, M. M., & Alexander, P. A. (2008). The effects of
persuasive text on metacognitive monitoring and strategic processing. Manuscript in
preparation.
Maggioni, L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008). The role of teacher epistemic cognition, epistemic
beliefs, and calibration in instruction. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 445-461.
Parault, S. J., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008). Sound symbolic word learning in the middle grades.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 33, 647-671.
Parault, S. J., Parkinson, M. M., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2008). Creating a classification
system for the clues children encounter in narrative and expository text. Manuscript in
preparation.
Parkinson, M. M. (2009) "What did I learn?" and "How did I do?" The relation between
metacognition and word learning. Manuscript in preparation.
Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Alexander, P. A. (2008). Calibrating calibration.
Data collection.
Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2008). Deconstructing
performance ratings. Data analysis.
Parkinson, M. M., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2009). Preservice teachers' developing conceptions
of reading comprehension. Data collection.
Research in Progress
Alexander, P. A., Chae, S. E., Dinsmore, D. L., Fox, E., Grossnickle, E. M., Loughlin, S. M.,
Maggioni, L., Parkinson, M. M., Winters, F. I. (in progress). Knowledge, information,
and truth in an online world: Unraveling their relations in online contexts. Manuscript is
under preparation.
PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
Parkinson, M. M., Dinsmore, D. L., & Rogers Haverback, H. (2009, August) Deconstructing
performance ratings. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto.
Dinsmore, D. L., Loughlin, S. M., & Parkinson, M. M. (2009, April) Effects of reading
persuasive text and thinking aloud on metacognition. In P. A. Alexander (Chair), Metawhat? Measuring Monitoring and Control. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Parkinson, M. M. (2009, April) "What did I learn?" and "How did I do?" The relation between
metacognition and word learning. In P. A. Alexander (Chair), Meta-what? Measuring
Monitoring and Control. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Parault, S. J., Rogers Haverback, H., & Parkinson, M. M. (2007, April) Creating a classification
system for the clues children encounter in text. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Parkinson, M. M. (2006, July) Early reading self-concepts. Poster presented at the SELF
Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
Parkinson, M. M., & Parault, S. J. (2006, July) Reading motivation and phonemic awareness
in beginning readers. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Parault, S. J., Rogers Haverback, H., & Parkinson, M. M. (April, 2006) Context Clues and the
Learning of Unknown Words: An Analysis of Text. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Donnelly, J. A., & Parkinson, M. M. (2002, December) Do self-efficacy and goal behaviors differ
between female athletes and non-athletes? Paper presented at Mount Holyoke College
Psychology Department Senior Research Seminar, South Hadley, MA.
Donnelly, J. A., & Parkinson, M. M. (2002, April) What are the effects of mood and state on verbal
memory? Paper presented at Mount Holyoke College Undergradutate Psychology
Conference, South Hadley, MA.
Departmental Colloquia
Maggioni, L., & Parkinson, M. M. (2008, December) The Role of Teacher Epistemic Cognition,
Epistemic Beliefs, and Calibration in Instruction. Paper presented at the Educational
Psychology Colloquium, College Park, MD.
Parkinson, M. M. (2008, April) Adult Readers' Calibration of Word Learning. Project presented at
the Educational Psychology Colloquium, College Park, MD.
Parkinson, M. M. (2007, December) Factors Contributing to Readers' Calibration of Word
Learning. Paper presented at the Department of Human Development's Research
Team Colloquium, College Park, MD.
Guest Lectures
Perception and reading, 2008: Lecture to EDHD 460.
Reading First Policy, 2006: Lecture to EDHD 230S.
Intelligence and IQ Testing, 2006: Lecture to EDHD 460.
SERVICE
Service to Research Community
Student Editorial Board Advisory Member, Fifty-eighth Yearbook of the National Reading
Conference, 2009
Editorial Board, The New School Psychology Bulletin, 2008 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Educational Research Journal: TLHD, 2008
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007, 2008
Conference Reviewer, National Reading Conference, 2008, 2009
Conference Reviewer, American Educational Research Association, 2006 - present
Campus and Departmental Service
AERA Division C department liaison, 2009 – present
Presenter at the Great Expectations Campaign, 2008
Assistant Educational Psychology Colloquia Coordinator, 2006
College Park Scholars Service Day, 2003-2005
Community Service
Children’s Developmental Clinic at the University of Maryland, Spring 2005
Read Across America Day, 2004, 2008
Massachusetts Career Development Institute Adult Basic Education Tutor, Fall 2002
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Division 15, American Psychological Association
American Educational Research Association, Division C
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
National Reading Conference
HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology