Expertise

Academic Area:

  • Educational Psychology

Research Interests:

  • College Students’ Self-Regulated Learning, Study Strategies, and Motivation
  • Teaching and Learning Processes

Jill's research areas of specialization include:

  •  College students' self-regulated learning
  •  Metacognition
  •  Motivation
  •  Learner-centered approaches to instruction
  •  Attachment theories
Past Affiliations

Fixed-term Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
1996 - 1996

Instructor, The Comprehensive Studies Program, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1996 - 1996

Instructor, Educational Psychology, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1995 - 1995

Research Assistant, Medical Students' Self-Directed Learning in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum Project, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1994 - 1995

Instructor, Educational Psychology, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1994 - 1994

Instructor, Altoona Campus, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1993 - 1994

Instructor, Independent/Distance Learning, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1993 - 1996

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Educational Psychology, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)
1991 - 1993

Communities
Educational Leadership
Degrees
PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Educational Psychology, 1996
MS, Pennsylvania State University, Educational Psychology, 1994
BS, State University of New York at Oswego, Psychology, 1991
Keywords
cognitive development or processes human learning and memory teacher education learning motivation college students
Associations
American Educational Research Association
American Psychological Association