Ada B. Wainwright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology

(630) 942-2509
Office: IC 3097B
e-mail: wainwr@cdnet.cod.edu

Education:
• Ph.D. University of Illinois
• M.A. Illinois State University
• B.A. West Virginia University

Areas of Research Interest:
• Social and Emotional Development of Children
• Parenting
• Teaching Practices

Current Projects:
• Advising Psi Beta, National Honors Society for Psychology Students
   at Community Colleges
• Developing courses using web delivery: Hybrid and Online

Professional Affiliations:
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Midwest Psychological Association (MPA)

Recent Courses Taught:
• Psychology 100 as web-enhanced and hybrid
• Psychology 100 Honors
• Psychology 230 as web enhanced
• Psychology 230 Honors

Selected Publications, Presentations, Books:
• Bost, K., Vaughn, B., Boston, A., Kazura, K., & O’Neal, C. (2004).
   Social support networks of preschool children attending head start:
   A longitudinal investigation of structural and functional network
   characteristics. Social Development, 13, 393-412.
• Midwest Psychological Association (2004), Active Learning in the
   Developmental Psychology Classroom
• Midwest Psychological Association (2003), Presentation on Advice to
   a new faculty member
• Society for Research on Child Development (2003), Presentation on
   Attachment, Temperament, and Preschool Children's Social
   Competence

Awards and Recognitions:

• Wadsworth Publishers Outstanding Psi Beta Chapter Award, (2003)