ASHLEY C. JORDAN
Last Updated March 2015
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Family Studies and Human Development, August 2013
Dissertation: Sex Differences in Risky Adolescent Behavior
Graduate Advisor: Bruce J. Ellis, Ph.D.
Minor Advisor: A. J. Figueredo, Ph.D.
M.A., Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
Psychology, August 2009
Thesis: Development of Inhibition
Graduate Advisor: David F. Bjorklund, Ph.D.
B.A., Texas State University San Marcos, TX
Psychology, December 2006
PUBLICATIONS
*Note: Last name changed from King to Jordan in February 2011.
Published/In press
Jordan, A. C., Ellis, B., J., Veenstra, R., Sijtsema, J. (revise and resubmit status, Journal of Research on Adolescence). When precarious behavior is actually precocious: The adaptive function of risky adolescent behavior.
Jordan, A. C., & Ellis, B. J. (revise and resubmit status, Developmental Review). The pubertal transition: An evolutionary developmental model for explaining sex differences in risky adolescent behavior.
Barnett, M. A., Cabeza de Baca, T., Jordan, A. C., Tilley, E., & Ellis, B. M. (2015) Associations among child perceptions of parenting support, maternal parenting efficacy, and maternal depressive symptoms. Child and Youth Care Forum. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10566-014-9267-9
Ellis, B. J., Jordan, A. C., Grotuss, J., Csinady, A., Keenan, T., & Bjorklund, D. F. (2014). The predator-avoidance effect: An evolved constraint on emerging theory of mind. Evolution and Human Behavior. 35, 245-256.
Bjorklund, D. F., & Jordan, A. C. (2012). Human parenting from an evolutionary perspective. In B. Wilcox & K. Kline (Eds.), Gender and Parenthood: Natural and Social Science Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press.
Jordan, A. C., Schlomer, G. L. & Ellis, B. J. (2012) Evolutionary developmental psychology. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, (2nd ed).
Cabeza De Baca, T., & Jordan, A. C. (2012). To know is not to love: Cognitive and affective barriers toward the adoption of evolutionary theory. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 681-686.
King*, A. C. (2011) Development of inhibition as a function of the presence of a supernatural agent. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 172, 414-432.
King*, A. C., & Cabeza De Baca, T. C. (2011) The family that never evolved. The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 4, 64-74.
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (2010). Evolutionary developmental psychology. [Special issue]. Psicothema, 22-27.
Other Research Dissemination
Kuhl, M. W., Jordan, A. C., Casper, D. M., Pinna, K. L. M., Sherman, M. D., Otto, M., Hawkey, K. R., Brown, S., Hawkins, S., Hoang, T., Steinman, D., Cheatom, O., Shortreed, T., & Borden, L. M. (2014). Strong Family Functioning. Brief report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, May 2014.
Kuhl, M. W., Casper, D. M., Jordan, A. C., Zemanek, L. J., Pinna, K. L. M., Hawkey, K. R., Koch, B., Tessier, C., Kearney, J., Steinman, D., Otto, M., Langbert, L. & Borden, L. M. (2014). Safeguarding Children and Youth from Sexual Abuse: Understanding Grooming Practices. Brief report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, January, 2014.
Pinna, K., Hawkey, K. R., Jordan, A. C., Casper, D., Kuhl, M. W., Bosch, L., & Borden, L. M. (2013). Safeguarding children and youth from sexual abuse: The role of organizations. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, November, 2013.
Casper, D., Jordan, A. C., Van Campen, K. S., Bosch, L., Hawkey, K. R., Wiggs, C. B., & Borden, L. M. (2013). Military child care: A review of cost, quality, and availability. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, October, 2013.
Scholarly Presentations (abstract referred)
Barnett, M. A., Cabeza de Baca, T., Jordan, A. C., Tilley, E., & Ellis, B. M. (November 2013) Direct child social support as a moderator of family stress processes. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Antonio, TX, November 2013.
Cabeza de Baca, T., Woodley, M. A., Jordan, A. C., Bown, S. D., Ross, K. C., Garcia, R., & Figueredo, A. J. (December 2012). Meliorism, general intelligence, and life history strategy: ‘Clever silly’ or ‘crazy like a fox’? Paper presented at the International Society for Inventory Research, San Antonio, TX.
Cabeza de Baca, T., Jordan, A. C., Tilley, E., Anton, T., Barnett, M., & Ellis, B. J. (October 2012). Parental and kin support contributions to children’s social competence. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
Jordan, A. C., Ellis, B. J., Sijtsema, J. & Veenstra, R. (January 2012). When precarious behavior is actually precocious: The function of risky adolescent behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Tilley, E. H., Anton, T., Jordan, A. C., & Cabeza de Baca, T. (November 2011). Poverty and health: Does relationship quality matter? Poster presented at the 2011 University of Arizona Student Showcase, Tucson, AZ.
King*, A. C., Ellis, B. J., Keenan, T., Bjorklund, D. F., Grotuss, J., & Hernandez, A. (March 2011) Surviving the savanna: How reasoning about predators can disrupt theory of mind performance in children. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, QB, Canada.
Cabeza de Baca, T. & King*, A. C. (October 2010). To know is not to love: Cognitive and affective barriers toward evolution. Poster presented at the 2010 University of Arizona Student Showcase, Tucson, AZ.
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (June 2010). Facets of supernatural belief: Are adults more susceptible than children?Paper presented at the 22nd annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Eugene, OR.
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (January 2010). Inhibitory self-regulation as a function of the presence of a supernatural agent. Poster presented at the 11th annual Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Grotuss, J., Csinady, A., King*, A. C., Ellis, B. J., & Bjorklund (April 2009). Theory of mind and executive functioning in predator-prey relationships. Poster presented at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Scientist: Department of Defense, 2013-present
Principle Investigator: Dr. Lynn Borden
Role: Working within a team setting to research and prepare rapid response brief and full reports on topics related to child development and well being that are commissioned by the Department of Defense. Duties include working in team environment to conduct comprehensive literature searches, provide critical reviews of target materials and integrate and synthesize findings into final research reports.
Project Coordinator, Principal Investigator: Risky Adolescent Behavior, 2010-present
Role: Designed and developed a study to investigate sex differences in risky adolescent behavior. Measure aggregation from item compilation and secondary data analyses, including multilevel modeling, have been performed.
Research Associate: Adolescent Health, 2011-2013
Principal Investigators: Dr. Stephen Russell, Dr. Joyce Serido, and Dr. Kathy Conger
Role: Performed structural equation modeling to assess the association between early parent-child relationships and later financial stress and substance use/abuse.
Research Associate: Flowing Wells Project, 2009-2013
Principal Investigators: Dr. Bruce Ellis and Dr. Melissa Barnett
Role: Project Coordinator overseeing 15 undergraduate research assistants. Active role in developing a study designed to assess correlates of “risky” behavior in children. Scale construction and development, focus group leader, primary data collection, and quantitative analyses performed.
Project Coordinator, Co-Principal Investigator: Teaching Evolution in Family Studies, 2010-2013
Project Co-PI: Thomas Cabeza de Baca
Project Advisor: A.J. Figueredo
Role: Designed and developed a series of studies to investigate obstacles toward teaching evolution in family studies programs across the United States. Scale creation, online data collection, and quantitative analyses performed.
Research Associate: Primate Paternal Care, 2009-2012
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dieter Steklis
Role: Performed a meta-analysis of primate paternal care to determine the factors influencing and contributing to likelihood of paternal care. Model development and empirical testing performed.
Project Coordinator: Princess Alice Project, 2008-2009
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Bjorklund
Role: Designed and developed a study to measure children’s inhibitory behavior as a function of the suggested presence of a supernatural agent. Primary data collection, data entry, and quantitative analyses performed.
Research Assistant: Predator-Prey Project, 2007-2008
Principal Investigators: Dr. David Bjorklund and Dr. Bruce Ellis
Role: Primary data collection, data entry, and quantitative analyses (using advanced statistics – generalized estimating equations) to determine whether children’s cognition is disrupted as a result of reasoning about predator-prey relationships.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Pennsylvania State University State College, PA
Online Lecturer for World Campus Jan 2014–present
· Research Theory and Applications
· Introduction to Counseling Theories
Pima Community College Tucson, AZ
Adjunct Faculty Aug 2011–Dec 2013
· Research Methods in Psychology
· Introduction to Psychology
· Introduction to Statistics in Behavioral Research
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Lecturer May 2010–Aug 2012
· Biosocial Contexts of Development
· Human Sexuality
· Infant and Child Development
· Research Methods
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
Lecturer Jan – May 2008
· Research Methods in Psychology
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Guest Lecturer:
Evolutionary Perspectives of Development
Course: Sociocultural Contexts of Development
University of Arizona (Fall 2011)
Attachment Theory
Course: Psychology of Death and Dying
University of Arizona (Summer 2011)
Biosocial Contexts of Development
Course: Sociocultural Contexts of Development
University of Arizona (Fall 2010)
Theories: Evolutionary Psychology
Course: Advanced Family Relations
University of Arizona (Spring 2010)
Interpersonal Attraction
Course: Social Psychology
Florida Atlantic University (Fall 2008)
Teaching Assistantships:
Social Psychology, Florida Atlantic University (Fall 2008)
Cognitive Psychology, Florida Atlantic University (Fall 2008)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 Teaching Excellence Award, Penn State University
2011-2013 Funded Research Associateship
2011-2013 Ruth Cowden Scholarship, University of Arizona
2011, Summer Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, University of Arizona
2011, Summer Funded Grant for the development of online course instruction, University of Arizona
2011, Spring FSHD Department Travel Grant, Society for Research in Child Development
2011, Spring Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona
2010-2011 Funded Research Associateship
2010-2011 Ruth Cowden Scholarship, University of Arizona
2010, Fall Francis McClelland Institute Research Grant, University of Arizona
2010, Summer Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, University of Arizona
2010, Summer HBES Graduate Student Travel Grant, Human Behavior & Evolution Society
2010, Spring Francis McClelland Institute Research Grant, University of Arizona
2009-2010 Funded Research Associateship
2009-2010 Ruth Cowden Scholarship, University of Arizona
2009, Fall FSHD Department Travel Grant, Society for Personality & Social Psychology
2009, Spring FAU Travel Grant, Society for Research in Child Development
2008-2009 Golden Key International Honour Society
2007-2009 Florida Atlantic University scholarship
2005-2006 Dean’s List, Texas State University
2005-2006 National Dean’s List
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ad hoc reviewer:
· Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2014
· Child Development Perspectives, 2014
· Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2014
· Developmental Psychology, 2013
· University of Arizona, Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, Judge 2012
· Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Student Poster Award Judge, 2011
· University of Arizona, Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, Judge 2011
· University of Arizona, Graduate Student Association Travel Grant Judge, 2010
· Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Outstanding Research Award Judge, 2009
Service:
· Family Studies Student Round Table, student leadership: active member 2009-2013, Graduate Studies student representative, 2011-2012; Vice President, 2012-2013
· Science Salon: guest speaker and active member, 2010-2013
· Women In Science and Engineering (WISE): guest panelist at a WISE-sponsored workshop entitled Expanding Your Horizons, 2010, workshop leader, 2011; active member 2009-2013
Teaching Training:
· Clues and Cues to Online Teaching, University of Arizona, October 2009
· Graduate assistant teaching orientation, University of Arizona, August 2009
· Teaching assistant training, University of Arizona, August 2009
· Effective Presentations, Florida Atlantic University, June 2009
· Teaching Evolution Seminar by Deborah Cunningham, February 2009
· Graduate teaching assistant workshop, Florida Atlantic University, January 2009
Invited Talks:
· Risky adolescent behavior, University of Texas Clinical Psychology Colloquium Series, Fall 2011
· Surviving the savanna: How reasoning about predators can disrupt cognitive performance in children, University of Arizona Biostatistics-Epidemiology Colloquium Series, Fall 2010
Technical Training:
· R Workshop, University of Arizona, July 2011
· Handling Missing Data Workshop: Modern Approaches and Innovative Applications by Todd Little, February 2010
· Ethics training, University of Arizona, August 2009
· Thesis and Dissertation Writing Workshop, June, 2009
· Introduction to Writing and Publishing in Academia, Florida Atlantic University, June 2009
Workshops
· Workshop on Risky Adolescent Behaviors, University of Arizona, October 2009
· Career Mapping, University of Arizona, September 2009
· Workshop on Evolutionary Theory and Early Childhood Education, November 2008