Amanda Harrist

Associate Professor and Bryan Close Professor

Area: Child Development

323 HES
Stillwater OK 74078
 
Phone: 405-744-7043
Fax: 405-744-2800
amanda.harrist@okstate.edu

Educational Background:

• Family (parent-child, sibling, marital) dyadic interaction antecedents and social-cognitive mediators of children's social competence, withdrawal, and aggression in preschool/early school years;

• kindergarten classroom interventions to facilitate inclusive play;

• psychosocial factors in childhood obesity

• International… Reviewer, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada

• National… Consulting Editor, Child Development: 2002 – present

• National… Editorial Board, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships: 1998– 2002

• National… Ad Hoc Review, 9 academic journals

• University… Member, Academic Appeals Board: 2001 - present

• University… Member, Truman Scholarship Committee: 2002 - present

• University… Member, University Honors Council: 1998 - present

• University… Member, Pre-Professional Advisory Committee: 2004 - present

• University… Mentor, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates: 2002-2004

• Department… Member, Graduate Policy and Curriculum Committee: 2002 - present

• Recipient, Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Professional Promise, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN: 1989

• Recipient, Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society Alumni Award: 2001

• Invited keynote address, Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX: 2004

• Marguerite Scruggs Award for Meritorious Research, Spring 2007

• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

• Society for Research in Human Development (SRHD, formerly SWSRHD)

• Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society

• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

• Harrist, A. (PI), Kennedy, T. & Topham, G. (Co-PIs). Intervening in Family and Peer Contexts to Decrease Child Overweight. (Jan 2005-Dec 2008), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ($1,000,000.).

• Trench, N. (PI), & Harrist, A. (Co-PI). Fire Safety Messages for Young Children 3 to 5 Years Old. (May 2003-Apr 2004), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). ($48,904.).

• Harrist, A. (PI). Evaluating a Touch Points Intervention. (Jan 2003-Aug 2003) Department of Human Services Success-by-Six Initiative (DHS) ($21,430.).

• Harrist, A., & Thompson, S. D. (Co-PIs). Defining Quality Early Childhood Education in Oklahoma (Jan 2002-Dec 2002). Tulsa Community Foundation ($10,000.)

• Lifespan Human Development

  HDFS  2113

• Lifespan Human Development: Honors Laboratory

  HDFS  2114

• Parenting: A Lifespan Perspective

  HDFS  3123

• Friends & Foes: Peer Relations in Childhood (Honors Seminar)

  HES  4000

• Parent-Child Relations

  HDFS  5143

• Contexts of Risk for Children and Families

  HDFS  6580