Research Experience

 2000-present Dissertation research, Organizational and Individual Factors in the Successful Implementation of Information Systems, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1999-present Dimensionality of Trust: Bipolarity vs. Independence of Trust and Distrust, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1999-present The Role of Group Interaction in Attenuating Anchoring and Adjustment Bias in Group Judgments, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1999-2000 Measuring Strategic Information Planning Success: A Refinement of Segars' and Grover's Measurement Model, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1999-2000 Chair's research assistant, Alignment of Policy with Strategy, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1999 An Ethnographic Study of Task- and System-Tailoring as Unfaithful Appropriations: Application of Adaptive Structuration Theory (Poole & DeSanctis) to an Information System for Training Scheduling and Tracking, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
 1997-2000 Family Network Project, Parents Anonymous of Buffalo and Erie County in cooperation with Erie County Department of Social Services, special grant from the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect (formerly NCCAN — National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect) to evaluate an innovative intervention project directed toward parents who chronically neglect their children, Buffalo, NY.
 1996-1998 Evaluation of New York City Risk Implementation Training Program, commissioned by the New York State Department of Social Services, directed by the Center for Development of Human Services, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1992-1998 Evaluation of Statewide Social Services Training, Title IV-E grants,commissioned by the New York State Department of Social Services, directed by the Center for Development of Human Services, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1995-1996 Pride In Work: Improving the Job Skills of Independent Living Youth, an evaluation study of training programs for caregivers and caseworkers of IL youth, commissioned by the New York State Department of Social Services, directed by the Center for Development of Human Services, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1993-1994 Difficult Child Behavior Survey, a study of foster parents and the difficult behaviors of children placed in their care, commissioned by the New York State Department of Social Services, directed by the Center for Development of Human Services, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1994 Black Racial Identity Attitude Scale: A Study of Social Service Workers (Barbara Huddleston-Mattai, Principal Investigator), State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1993 Discriminatory Impact of Changes in Managed Care Policies Regarding Western New York Pharmaceutical Providers, commissioned by Joseph Fiorella (Attorney at Law) and the Pharmacists Association of Western New York (PAWNY), private consulting.
 1993 Evaluation of the Camp Liberty Program: An Enrichment Program for High-Risk Students, commissioned by the New York State Department of Social Services, directed by Center for Development of Human Services, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1992-1993 Developing an Instrument to Assess the Impact of Drug Education on American School Children (Scott Roberts, Principal Investigator), State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1991-1992 Substance Use and Risky Activities among Adolescents, secondary analysis of data from the National Adolescent Student Health Survey, Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1989-1992 Middle-Adolescent Vulnerability Study: A Longitudinal Study of Risk for Substance Abuse among Adolescents (NIAAA Grant #07861, Michael Windle, Principal Investigator), Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY
 1991-1992 Substance Use and Risky Activities among Adolescents, secondary analysis of data from the National Adolescent Student Health Survey, Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1990-1991 Alcohol and Cocaine Abuse in Early Adulthood, secondary analysis of data from the Youth Cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey (NLSY) of Labor Market Experience conducted by the National Opinion Research Corporation for the U.S. Departments of Labor and Defense, Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1990-1991 Help-Seeking Resources for Adolescents, secondary analysis of data from the New York State Survey of Secondary School Students, Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1990 Repeated Communication Experiences and Conversational Planning, personal research project.
 1989-1990 Marriage and Alcohol Use, secondary analysis of data from the Youth Cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey (NLSY) of Labor Market Experience conducted by the National Opinion Research Corporation for the U.S. Departments of Labor and Defense, Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1988 Young Men's Survey of Life Experiences (NIAAA Grant, Howard T. Blane, Principal Investigator), Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1987-1988 Time Series Analysis of the SALT I Dialogues, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 1987-1988 Preventing Substance Misuse among the Mentally Retarded (NIDA Grant # 1 R01 DA04448 01X0), Howard Blane, Principal Investigator), Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, NY.
 1986 Prisoner's Dilemma: Computer Simulation and Comparison of Strategies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
 1984-1986 Research for dissertation, Cognitive Knowledge Structures and the Production of Spoken Discourse, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1984-1986 The Role of Cognitive Schemata in the Production of Social Interaction Behavior: An Analysis of Dating Behavior, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1983-1984 Decision Making in Persuasive Contexts: The Effects of Distribution Rules and Distribution-Rule Operationalization on Human Judgments, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1983-1984 Preparation of OSIRIS data set for computer analysis, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1984-1986 The Role of Cognitive Schemata in the Production of Social Interaction Behavior: An Analysis of Dating Behavior, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1983-1984 Preparation of OSIRIS data set for computer analysis, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Research for master's thesis, Search Strategy and Creativity in Problem Solving Dyads, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Preparation of OSIRIS data set for computer analysis, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Research for master's thesis, Search Strategy and Creativity in Problem Solving Dyads, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Chair's research assistant, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Chair's research assistant, The Self-Sealing Rhetoric of John Foster Dulles, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1982-1983 Chair's research assistant, Ronald Reagan's 'Safety Net for the Truly Needy': The Rhetorical Uses of Definition, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1981-1982 Chair's research assistant, The Self-Sealing Rhetoric of John Foster Dulles, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
 1981-1982 Compliance-Gaining Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Public Speaking, Mutual Interest, and Advocacy Settings, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.