STEPHANIE SUESAN SMITH, PH.D.
EDUCATION
Degree Institution Major Year
Ph.D. Texas A&M University Psychology 1995
M.S. Texas A&M University Psychology 1989
B.S. Texas Christian University Psychology 1986
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
June 15, 2001-March 31, 2006. Grant Writer – Write grants to provide operating funds for the battered women’s shelter in Greenville. Contact Person: Glenda Adams, Executive Director, Women in Need, P.O. Box 349, Greenville, TX 75403-0349, (903) 455-4612.
July 31-December 29, 2000. Marketing Statistician – Applied regression models to files of customer leads to determine who was solicited for what product, did ad hoc analyses of customer profiles for different products. Contact Person: Minghong Huang, JC Penney Direct Marketing Services, 2700 West Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75075-8200, (972) 881-6693.
October 25, 1998-July 15, 2000. Research Scientist-Project lead on consumer satisfaction studies from 1/1/99 and all surveys from 12/1/99. Working with client agencies (Texas Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Health and Human Services Commission, and Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation) to design studies, conduct study, supervise vendor in collecting data, analyzing data, and producing professional reports. Other studies and duties as assigned. Key words: marketing research Contact Person: Ron Jemelka, Ph.D., Director of Research, Texas Health Quality Alliance, 6210 E. Hwy 290, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78723, (512) 459-5662.
July 15, 1998-September 10, 1998. CONSULTANT-Working with NuStats International to revise, edit, and expand a report being done on Austin for the Community Action Network. Duties include locating sources of data, rewriting and editing a document in process and preparing the document for dissemination. Reason for leaving: Contract successfully completed. Contact Person: Carlos Arce, President, NuStats International, 3006 Bee Caves Road, Suite A-300, Austin, TX 78746, (512) 637-6700 ext 4049.
August 3-6, 1998. GRANT REVIEWER-Reviewed grants for the Region VI Office of Family Planning in Dallas. Reason for leaving: Contract successfully completed. Contact Person: Evelyn Glass, Office of Family Planning, 1301 Young St., Suite 766, Dallas, TX 75202, (214) 767-3088.
September 1, 1997-July 31, 1998. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III-Process and outcome evaluation of CASA of Travis County. Project Coordinator, Duties include: Supervision of two graduate students and an undergraduate student in interviewing stakeholders, developing an outcome evaluation instrument, and presenting findings to CASA of Travis County. Also in charge of second project, funded by Hogg Foundation, a national follow-up of the pilot study on mental health treatment for female adolescent and child sex offenders. Duties include: supervision of three graduate students and ensuring that all project activities occur in a timely manner, as well as participation in the dissemination of research findings. Reason for leaving: Grants successfully completed. Contact Person: Ruth McRoy, Ph.D., Director, Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, (512) 471-0551.
February, 1997-September, 1997. RESEARCH CONSULTANT- Collaborative study between Center for Social Work Research and the Settlement Home (a residential treatment facility for girls) on mental health treatment for female adolescent and child perpetrators of sexual abuse. Grant funded by the Hogg Foundation for the Year of the Child. Project Director. Supervised three graduate and one undergraduate students, coordinated data analyses and dissemination of findings. Reason for leaving: Became fulltime employee. Contact Person: Ruth McRoy, Ph.D., Director, Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (512) 471-0551.
January 1993-August 1995. RESEARCH SPECIALIST--Special evaluation and research projects requested by executive and program staff. Included development of plans, designs, and procedures for data collection, data analyses, and preparation of reports. Utilized SPSS (for windows and mainframe), dbase IV, Wordperfect, Microsoft Word, Harvard Graphics. Reason for leaving: Grant funds ended. Contact Person: Judith Evans, Ph.D. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Mail Code Y-941, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030, (512) 834-3770.
September 1989-December 1992. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE-- Duties included: Supervision of statistical analyses for admissions and testing programs, including Credit by Examination, at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Program evaluations using Wylbur operating system on MVS computer, along with SAS and SPSS statistical packages, to analyze data from 40,000 students for various studies. Used IBM and MacIntosh personal computers for word processing and statistics. Acted as teaching assistant to classes taught by Associate Director. Room supervisor for national administrations of GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT, SAT, ACT, and for statewide administration of the TASP. Reason for leaving: Obtained better job. Contact Person: Tom Matthews, Ph.D., Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (409) 845-0532.
May 1989-August 1989. SCREENING SPECIALIST--crisis intervention, emergency commitments, referrals, counseling to individuals in a sliding fee scale community mental health center. MHMR Brazos Valley, Brazos County, TX.
July 1986-May 1989. RESEARCH ASSISTANT--management of two studies dealing with psychopathology and drug use in Mexican-American inhalant users. Contact Person: D. Dwayne Simpson, Ph.D., Behavioral Research Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. (Can be reached at Institute for Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, (817) 921-7226).
August 1983-June 1986. RESEARCH ASSISTANT--designed and conducted studies, collected and analyzed data as an undergraduate. These data were presented to the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April 1986. Contact Person: Steven G. Cole, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX, (817) 926-4544.
NON-PROFIT GRANTS
Women in Need, Inc. (2004). Hunt County Hospital District Tobacco Grant.. Funded for ___.
Women in Need, Inc. (2003). Hunt County Hospital District Tobacco Grant. Funded for ___.
Women in Need, Inc. (2004). Target Community Giving Grant. Funded for ___.
Women in Need, Inc. (2003). Target Community Giving Grant. Funded for ___.
Women in Need, Inc. (2003). Office of the Attorney General (Texas). Funded for $97,000 over two years.
SCHOLARLY WORK
Grants:
Weeks, B.R., Smith R., Read, W.K., Martin, D., and Smith, S.S. (1990). Implementing and evaluation of computer-assisted instruction in veterinary pathology. Funded by the College of Veterinary Medicine Enhancement Fund in the Area of Teaching Excellence.
Publications:
Smith, S.S. (1996). Relationship satisfaction in lesbian couples. DAI-B, 57(1), 766.
Smith, S.S. & Matthews, T. (1991). How do students choose a particular college? A survey of admitted students-1990. College Student Journal, 25, 482-488.
Smith, S.S., Joe, G.W., & Simpson, D.D. (1991). Parental influence on inhalant use. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 13, 267-275.
Conference Presentations:
Smith, S., Lukenbill, J., & Jemelka, R. (October, 1999). Consumer Satisfaction in a Medicaid Managed Care Population in Texas. Poster presented at the Fifth National CAHPS User Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Muehlenhard, C., Allgeier, E., Highby, B., Lee, R., Parks, C., & Smith, S. (1996, April). The preparation of graduate students for sex research. Presented at the annual proceedings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality-Western Region, San Diego, California.
Weeks, B. Smith, R., Smith, S., & Martin, D. (1992, November). Student perceptions of computer-assisted instruction in veterinary pathology. Presented at the proceedings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, San Diego, California.
Matthews, T., Smith, S. & Pope, P. (1992, April). The use of lower level grades from transfer and native students to predict upper level grades. Presented to the proceedings of the National Council on Measurement and Education, San Francisco, California.
Smith, S.S. (1991, March). Student perceptions of credit by examination at Texas A&M University. Presented at the Fifth Annual Texas Testing Conference, Austin, Texas
Smith, S.S. & Matthews, T. (1991, January). Why do students come to Texas A&M: Factors affecting student choice of college. Presented at the proceedings of the Southwest Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Parks, C.W., Jr., Carter, M., Smith, S., Quiggle, N., Shetton, M., Najavits, L., & Hollon, S.D. (1990), August). The determination of emotional states based on personally relevant information. Presented at the annual proceedings of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
Smith, S.S., Simpson, D.D., & Woods, D. (1989, August). Depression and drug use in Mexican-American youth. Presented at the annual proceedings of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Smith, S.S., & Simpson, D.D. (1988, April). The determination of client motivation and suitability for drug abuse treatment. Paper presented at the annual proceedings of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.
Smith, S.S., Michas, L., & Rholes, W.S. (1987, April). Action control, coping, and depression. Paper presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Harris, P., O'Donnell, A., & Smith, S. (1986, April). Perceptual unitization, behavior analysis, and affective evaluation. Paper presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association. Fort Worth, Texas.
Smith, S., & Cole, S.G. (1986, April). The effects of information feedback on intrinsic motivation. Paper presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association. Fort Worth, Texas.
Technical Reports:
McRoy, R., Smith, S., Henney, S., Welch, C., Holland, P., & Amis, A. (1998). CASA of Travis County evaluation. CASA of Travis County, 6330 HWY 290 East, Suite 350, Austin, TX 78723.
McRoy, R., Smith, S., & Matthews, B. (1997). Mental health treatment of female children and adolescent perpetrators of sexual abuse: An exploratory study. Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712.
Smith, S. (1994). Project MPPACT: Annual evaluation report. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030.
Smith, S. (1994). Project ENABLE: Final report. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030.
Smith, S. (1993). Project MPPACT: Annual evaluation report. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030.
Smith, S. (1993). Project ENABLE: Annual evaluation report. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030.
Smith, S., & Matthews, T. (1992). General results from the college student experiences questionnaire at Texas A&M University, Research report #79. Measurement and Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S. (1992). Credit by examination at Texas A&M University: 1992, Research report #78. Measurement and Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Matthews, T. (1992). The development of regression estimates to predict student achievement at TAMU (TAMU 1988-1990), Research report #77. Measurement and Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S. (1992). Credit by examination 1990-1991, Research report #76. Measurement and Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Martin, D. (1991). The development of math placement procedures at Texas A&M University: Fall 1990, Research report #73. Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S. (1991). Credit by examination 1989-1990, Research report #69. Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Matthews, T. (1991). Why do students come to TAMU? A survey of admitted students: 1990, Research report #8. Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S. (1990). Credit by examination at Texas A&M University, Research report #63. Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Martin, D. (1990). Student perceptions of credit by examination at Texas A&M University, Research report #60. Measurement & Research Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Martin, D. (1990). Credit by examination 1988-1989, Research report #57. Measurement & Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Smith, S., & Simpson, D.D. (1988). Special report to youth advocacy program: Follow-up evaluation of program services. Behavioral Research Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Simpson, D.D., Smith, S.S., & Barrett, M. (1986). Preventions/Intervention management and evaluation system (PMES): Final report on client admissions in 1981 to 1985. (PMES Project Report). Behavioral Research Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Teaching Experience:
1992 Summer--Teaching assistant for graduate Tests and Measurement in Education, Texas A&M University
1991 Fall--Teaching assistant for Elementary Statistics for Psychology, Texas A&M University
Summer--Teaching assistant for Introduction to Program Evaluation, Texas A&M University
Spring--Teaching assistant for Experimental Design for Behavioral Scientists, Texas A&M University.
1986-1987 Taught laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Texas A&M University
Professional Organization Consultation:
Evaluation Coalition for the HB7 Pilot Projects, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, 1992, member
Committee on Women, American Association of University Women, 1989-1990, Chair
Sub-committee on Pay Equity, Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women, Texas A&M University, 1990-1991, Member
Professional Organization Affiliations
Sigma Xi, Member