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Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Honors Program Mailing Address: Campus Box 2337, Elon University, Elon, NC, 27244-2010 Office: Long 204 E Contact Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler Education: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Intervention, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, North Carolina State University M.S. Developmental Psychology, North Carolina State University B.A. Psychology (honors) and French (cum laude), Wake Forest University Courses Taught: Lifespan Development Childhood in Cultural Context Senior Seminar and Honors seminar: Cultural context of human development General Studies Seminar: Lifespan and literature Mentoring and supervision of undergraduate research projects Professional interests and service: Director of Honors Program, 2008-present Undergraduate Research Coordinator for Psychology Department, 2004-present National Councilor for the Council for Undergraduate Research, Psychology Division, 2007-2010 Consulting editor, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1997-present Research interests and selected publications: Early child development in sociocultural context. Specific topics include: Parental guidance of children’s learning; play, literacy and numeracy with preschoolers; early intervention and education; guided participation and mentoring Study abroad and students’ academic, cultural and personal growth; Study abroad and risk behaviors Manuscripts in press
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Nelson, J., Bumpass, C. & Sassine, B. (in press 2009). Social contexts of development: Parent-child interactions during reading and play. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 9 (3).
Publications
Smith, G.E., & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2009). Taking Psychology Abroad: Resources for Designing Your Study Abroad Course. Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (http://teachpsych.org/otrp), Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2) of the American Psychological Association. Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Nelson, J., Bumpass, C. & Sassine, B. (2009). Numeracy-related exchanges in joint storybook reading and play. International Journal of Early Years Education, 17 (1), 67-84.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Nelson, J., von der Heide, M., & Kelly, E. (2009). Parental
guidance with four-year-olds in literacy and play activities at home. In D. Kuschner (Ed.), From children to Red Hatters®: Diverse images and issues of Play. Play & Culture Studies, Volume 8. (pp. 93-112). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2008). Parental guidance of numeracy development in early
childhood. In Saracho, O. & Spodak, B. (Eds.). Contemporary Perspectives on Mathematics in Early Childhood Education, 277-290. Information Age Publishing: Charlotte, NC.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Nelson, J. & Bumpass, C. (2007). “Quarters are what
you put into the bubble gum machine.” Numeracy interactions during parent-child play.
Early childhood research and practice, 9, http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/vandermaas.html.
Fair, C., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Beaudry, R. & Dew, J. (2005). “I learned how little kids think”: Third-graders’ scaffolding of craft activities with preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 175 (3), 229-241.
Fair, C., King, C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2004). A cognitive apprenticeship model of
undergraduate research in human services. Human Services Education, 24 (1), 61-68.
Flouhouse, K., Schorsch, J. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2004). Influence of teacher-child attachment on complexity of play and social competence. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 9 (1), 39-44.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Way, E., & Umpleby, J. (2003). Parental guidance in a cooking activity with preschoolers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24 (1), 75-89.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Way, E., & Umpleby, J. (2002). Guided participation in a cooking activity over time. Early Child Care and Development, 172 (6), 547-554.
Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2002). Cultural variations in parental support of children’s play. In W.J. Lonner, D. L. Dinnel, S. A. Hayes, & D. N. Sattler (Eds.), OnLine Readings in Psychology and Culture, Western Washington University, Department of Psychology, Center for Cross-Cultural Research Web site: http://www.wwu.edu/~culture.
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