Dr. Jennifer Samson has a background in Developmental Psychology, specifically children\u2019s relationships, as well as in experimental design and quantitative methods (statistics). She teaches the Psychology research methods sequence and in addition, courses in Introductory Statistics within the Gen Ed program, Regression in Social Sciences (an advanced Statistics course that is also part of the Data Analytics initiative), and Developmental Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Samson enjoys teaching these methods and statistics courses in particular because she is able to see first-hand students\u2019 tremendous growth in these sometimes \u201cscary\u201d subjects over the course of the semester or the year. She also loves the seemingly endless ideas for new research questions her students propose! In her Developmental courses, she is most proud when she\u2019s able to introduce students to the idea of seeing human development through a scientific lens and then applying what they learn to their own experiences. Dr. Samson\u2019s Developmental course is usually online, and she has invested significant time and energy into Quality Matters training and course revision to take full advantage of the online modality for supporting student learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Samson\u2019s primary research interests include children\u2019s relationships and correlates of aggressive behavior, but her primary methodology these days is meta-analysis \u2013 which she has applied to such diverse areas as bullying, brief interventions for alcohol use, young children\u2019s learning from video, and motivation and belongingness in first-generation college students. She regularly includes students on her meta-analysis projects as well as supporting them in pursuing their own research interests; her students are regular contributors to the Marking Excellence showcase at Queens as well as to larger conferences such as the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA)\u2019s annual meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Samson lives with her husband and their three cats, who occasionally provide examples (and, of course, cute pictures) for class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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