Jennifer Mischel
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Education
BA| California Polytechnic State University, S.L.O.| 1990
MA| Pepperdine University| 1997
PhD| George Mason University| 2019
Courses Taught
Introduction to Psychology 111
Childhood Development 205
Lifespan Development
Social Psychology
Self-regulated Learning
Advanced Research Methods
Interpersonal Development
Cyberbullying
Accomplishments
Outstanding Dissertation Award; George Mason University (2019)
Third place award at George Mason’s annual 3MT competition (April 2019): $500
2019 Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award nomination
Awarded GMU Dissertation Research Fellowship (2018): $1800
Recipient of outstanding teaching in a core course as recognized by students (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
Claire Ellen Weinstein Mentorship Program Participants (August 2017). American Psychological Association
Golden Key Honor Society (2015-present)
Publications
Mischel, J., & Kitsantas, A. (2019). Middle school students’ perceptions of school climate, bullying prevalence, and social support and coping, Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s11218-019-09522-5
Whitehead, A., & Mischel, J. (2018, December). Using SRL strategies to create life-long learners: A review of teachers’ and students’ belief systems about the self-regulation of learning. AERA SSRL SIG Times, 1(8), 13.Berkeley, S., Whitehead, A., Mischel, J., Kurz, L. A., Larsen, A., & Annetta, L. (2020). Student engagement while creating serious educational games in collaborative learning environments: Implications for STEM interest. In Education Series. Gamification and Social Networks in Education. MacroWorld.
Mischel, J. (2019, August). Bullying and cyberbullying research findings for educators. International Bullying Prevention Association newsletter.
Presentations
Mischel, J., Berkeley, S., & Cones, I. (2019, Toronto). Impacts from goal setting strategy instruction for students with learning disabilities. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.
Mischel, J. (2019, June). Paper presented at the International Bullying Prevention Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Mischel, J., Anichini, A., & Elliot, J. (2019, November). Bridging the gap between research and application. Panel discussion presented at the International Bullying Prevention Conference, Chicago, Il.
Berkeley, S., Mischel, J., & Whitehead, A. (2019, August). Self-regulation of students with learning disabilities during a complex, science-based project. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Mischel, J. & Kitsantas, A. (2018, April). Pilot study using vignettes as vehicles for defining and assessing cyberbullying among middle school children. Poster presented at George Mason’s Graduate School Colloquium, Fairfax, VA.
Mischel, J., & Kitsantas, A. (2018, August). Vignettes as vehicles for defining and assessing cyberbullying among middle school children. Poster presented at American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Mischel, J. (2018, November). Conceptual framework of bullying victimization and resiliency. Ted-inspired Talk presented at the International Bullying Prevention Conference, San Diego.
Mischel, J. & Kitsantas, A. (2019, August). Middle school students’ use of coping strategies and self-efficacy in cyberbullying. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Research Interests
My research interests are focused on perceptions of bullying/cyberbullying in middle childhood to emerging adulthood and exploring effective coping strategies as well as self-efficacy beliefs in ability to use these coping strategies. Finally, my focus and ideology as an educator iis to teach and exhibit self-regulated learning strategies to promote academic success as well as emotional wellbeing.