Jeffrey C. Valentine, Ph.D.

Hi! Thanks for visiting my web page. Below you find out a bit more about what I do. My CV is also included for those (few) who are interested.

Generally, I consider myself to be an "educational social psychologist", by which I mean that I am interested in the implications of social psychology for education. More specifically, I've conducted research on and written about the relations between the beliefs students have about themselves, their academic motivation, and their achievement. I also have an interest in the ways students spend their out-of-school time and how time use affects the beliefs they hold about themselves and their academic achievement. I am a meta-analyst by training, and much of my work involves synthesizing data.

I teach classes in the Department of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences and in the Program in Education at Duke University. I teach classes in social psychology, research methods (including a graduate-level class focused on specific challenges associated with conducting research in education) and statistics.

I am also the Managing Editor of the  Methods Group for the Campbell Collaboration. In this role, I function like a journal editor, providing and coordinating methodological reviews of prospective and completed research syntheses. In addition, I consult with individuals working with C2 who need methodological and/or statistical advice for their projects.

Education

University of Missouri, Columbia. 1997 - 2001, Ph.D. in Social Psychology.

            Dissertation: The relation between self-concept and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review. August, 2001

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. 1994 - 1996, M.A. in Psychology.

            Thesis: Interpersonal expectancy effects and the preference for consistency. December, 1996

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 1986 - 1992, B.A. in Psychology, July 1992.

Professional Experience

1.      Research Experience

September 2003 - present: Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Scientist

            Department of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences and Program in Education, Duke University

September 2002 - August 2003: Research Assistant Professor

            Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia

August 2001 - September, 2002: Post-Doctoral Fellow

Center for Research Synthesis Methodology, University of Missouri - Columbia

January 1997 - July 2001: Graduate Research Assistant

            Harris Cooper, Ph.D. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia   

            Research topics: Educational social psychology, Applied educational research

            David L. DuBois, Ph.D. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia           

            Research topic: Self-esteem stability

            Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia

            Research topic: Media effects on aggressive behavior

2. Teaching Experience

Courses taught

Undergraduate Honors Seminar in Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Introduction to Social Psychology

Research in Schools and Classrooms

Analysis of Variance

Teaching awards

Donald K. Anderson Student Teaching Award, 2000, awarded for outstanding teaching by a graduate student.

Donald K. Anderson Teaching Fellowship, 1999 - 2000, awarded to promising graduate student teachers.

Overall mean student rating of teacher effectiveness across all courses: 4.4 (out of 5)

3. Related Employment

May 1993 - December 1996: Prevention Coordinator

Northern Arizona Behavioral Health Authority, Flagstaff, Arizona.

4. Grant Activity

Principal Investigator, “Validity Characteristics of Randomized Experiments and Quasi-Experiments in Education”, Duke Cross-Disciplinary Training Program in Education, $2,500, 2006.

Co-editor, “The Handbook of Research Synthesis, 2^nd edition”, Russell Sage Foundation, $250,000 (2006-2007), with Harris Cooper and Larry Hedges.

Co- Investigator, “After-school Programs Standards of Excellence”, North Carolina Center for After School Programs, $30,000, 2005-2006, with Harris Cooper.

Co- Investigator, “Research on After-school Programs: A Synthesis of Syntheses”, Spencer Foundation, $40,000, 2005-2006, with Harris Cooper.

Psychometrician and Statistician, “Assessing Education for Clinical Leadership”, Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund, $145,000 requested for two years, with Mina Silberberg and Michelle Lyn.

Co-Investigator, “Post-doctoral Training in Science Education”, U.S. Dept. of Education Institute for Education Sciences, requested $599,700 in direct costs over three years, with Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom.

Program Evaluator, “LEAP: Launch into Education about Pharmacology”, Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Student Science Enrichment Program, $180,000, 2006-2008, with Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom.

5. Methodological and Statistical Consulting (2002-2006)

RMC Research Corporation (Single Sex Schools expert panel member)

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (Research Panel member)

Southeast Regional Educational Laboratory (SERVE)

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)

University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education

Biostatistical Programming Associates, Inc.

Advisory committee for the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center

Iowa State University, Psychology in Education Research Lab

National Institute for Literacy

6. Professional Society Memberships

American Educational Research Association

American Psychological Society

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (APA Division 8)

American Psychological Association

Educational Psychology (APA Division 15)

7. National Committee Service

Standards of Evidence committee of the Society for Prevention Research (2003 – present)

Chair, Single Case Standards Working Group for the What Works Clearinghouse (2005)

Member, Single Case Standards Working Group for the What Works Clearinghouse (2006 - present)

Co-Chair, Methods Groups of the Campbell Collaboration (2005 – present)

8. Editorial Work

Editorial Board, Elementary School Journal (2005 – present)

Managing editor, Methods Groups of the Campbell Collaboration (2005 – present)

Guest editor, with Harris Cooper, Educational Psychologist (Vol. 36, Issue 3), Special Issue on Homework.

9. Peer Review Activities (2002-2006)

Addiction

Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Educational Psychology Review

Educational Researcher

Health Psychology

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Journal of Educational Psychology

Psychological Bulletin

Psychological Methods

Psychological Science

Review of Educational Research

Sociology of Education

Teacher’s College Record

In addition, I have reviewed grants for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

10. Research Awards

Mary Liebman Media Award, National Association for Year-Round Education, for “outstanding media presentations that contribute to the dissemination and understanding of year-round education.”

Publications

1. Peer-Reviewed Publications

Flay, B. R., Biglan, A., Boruch, R. F., González Castro, F., Gottfredson, D., Kellam, S., Mościcki, E. K., Scheinke, S., Valentine, J. C., & Ji, P. (in press). Standards of evidence: Criteria for efficacy, effectiveness, and dissemination. Prevention Science. 

Bettencourt, B. A., Talley, A., Benjamin, A. J., & Valentine, J. C. (in press). Individual differences and aggression under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin. 

Valentine, J. C., DuBois, D. L., & Cooper, H. (2004). The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A systematic review. Educational Psychologist, 39, 111-133.

Cooper, H., Valentine, J. C., Charlton, K., & Melson, A. (2003). The effects of modified school calendars on student achievement and school community attitudes: A research synthesis. Review of Educational Research, 73, 1-52. 

Conn, V. S., Valentine, J. C., Cooper, H, & Rantz, M. J. (2003). Grey literature in meta-analyses? Nursing Research, 52, 256-261. 

Valentine, J. C., Cooper, H., Bettencourt, B. A., & DuBois, D. L. (2002). Out of school activities and academic achievement: The mediating role of self-beliefs. Educational Psychologist, 37, 245-256. 

Conn, V., Valentine, J. C., & Cooper, H. (2002). Interventions to increase physical activity among aging adults: A meta-analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24, 190-200.   

DuBois, D. L., Holloway, B. E., Valentine, J. C., & Cooper, H. (2002). Effectiveness of mentoring programs for youth: A meta-analytic review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 157-197.

Cooper, H. & Valentine, J. C. (2001). Using research to answer practical questions about homework. Educational Psychologist (36), 143-154. 

Valentine, J. C., Blankenship, V., Cooper, H., & Sullins, E. S. (2001). Interpersonal expectancy effects and the preference for consistency. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 25, 26-33. 

Cooper, H., Charlton, K., Valentine, J. C., & Muhlenbruck, L. (2000). Making the most of summer school: A meta-analytic and narrative review. Monographs on Child Development, 65(1). Malden, MA: Blackwell Press. 

Van Matre, J., Valentine, J. C., & Cooper, H. (2000). The effect of after-school activities on teacher academic expectancies. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25, 167-183.

Cooper, H., Valentine, J. C., & Charlton, K. (2000). The methodology of meta-analysis. In R. Gersten, E. Schiller, J. Schuman, & S. Vaughn (Eds.), Contemporary Special Education Research, pp. 263-280. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 

Cooper, H., Valentine, J. C., Nye, B., & Lindsay, J. (1999). The relationship between five after-school activities and academic achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 369-378. 

2. Book Chapters

Valentine, J. C. & DuBois, D. L. (2005). Effects of self-beliefs on academic achievement and vice-versa: Separating the chicken from the egg. In H. Marsh & R. Craven (Eds.), International Advances in Self Research, Vol. 2, (pp. 53-75). Greenwich, CT: Information Age. 

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2005). Can we measure the quality of causal research in education? In G. D. Phye, D. H. Robinson, & J. Levin (Eds.), Experimental methods for educational interventions: Prospects, pitfalls and perspectives (pp. 85-112). San Diego: Academic Press. 

Anderson, C. A., Carnagey, N. L., Flanagan, M., Benjamin, A. J., Eubanks, J., & Valentine, J. C. (2004). Violent video games: Specific effects of violent content on aggressive thoughts and behavior. In M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 36 (pp. 199-249). New York: Elsevier. 

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2001). Systematic research synthesis on motivation. In M. Maehr & P. Pintrich (Eds.), Advances in motivation and achievement, Vol. 12, pp. 319-348. New York: Elsevier Science Ltd. 

Cooper, H., Valentine, J. C., & Charlton, K. (2000). The methodology of meta-analysis. In R. Gersten, E. Schiller, J. Schuman, & S. Vaughn (Eds.), Contemporary Special Education Research, pp. 263-280. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

3. Commissioned Paper

Valentine, J. C. (2005). A comprehensive research agenda for single sex schooling. Paper commissioned by RMC Research Corporation under a grant from the U. S. Department of Education, Contract Number ED-01-CO-0055/0010. 

4. Research Under Review

Valentine, J. C. & McHugh, C. (invited resubmission). The effects of attrition on baseline group comparability in randomized experiments in education: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Methods. 

5. Other

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2003). What Works Clearinghouse Study Design and Implementation Assessment Device (version 1.0). Washington, DC: US Department of Education. Available online at www.w-w-c.org. 

6. Conference Presentations (These are my presentations only)

Valentine, J. C. (2005). How many studies do you need to do a meta-analysis? Presented at the Nordic Social Science Conference, Copenhagen. 

Valentine, J. C. (2005). Single case research. Presented at the Office of Special Education Program’s Project Director’s Conference, Washington, DC. 

Valentine, J. C. (2005). Fundamentals of preparing a Campbell Collaboration review protocol. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal.

Valentine, J. C. & McHugh, C. M. (2005). The loneliness of group loss: Can a group ever be the same after its initial members flee? Paper presented at the Department of Psychology Brown Bag series, Duke University. 

Valentine, J. C. (2004). Assessing the quality of intervention research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Quebec City. 

Valentine, J. C. (2004). Experimental methods for educational interventions. Discussant at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2004). Quality in educational research on what works. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Valentine, J. C. (2004). Standards of evidence: What Works Clearinghouse and others. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Washington, DC.

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2004). The effects of modified school calendars on student achievement and student and community attitudes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Year-Round Education, San Diego, CA.

Valentine, J. C. & DuBois, D. L. (2003). The relations between self-beliefs and achievement: A meta-analytic review. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2003). Assessing study quality in research synthesis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Stockholm.  

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2002). An Approach for Assessing the Design and Implementation of Studies of Educational Policies and Practices. Paper presented at the 1^st meeting of the Campbell Collaboration Methods Groups, Baltimore, MD.

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2002). Systematic Reviewing for Motivation Research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Valentine, J. C. & Cooper, H. (2002). Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: The Campbell Collaboration. Paper presented at the Annual Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Philadelphia, PA. 

Valentine, J. C. (2001). The Campbell Collaboration and the Promise of Systematic Research Reviews. Paper presented at the Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.

Valentine, J. C. (2001). Summer learning loss: What we know, and what we can do about it. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National School Boards Association: Council of Urban Boards of Education, San Diego, CA. 

Valentine, J. C. (1999). Relationships between five after-school activities and academic achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Departmental Service 

Teaching Social Psychology: A Team-based Approach. Work group for the Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University. 2005. 

Department of Psychological Sciences Social Search Committee, University of Missouri – Columbia. 2001-2002. 

Department of Psychological Sciences Curriculum Committee, Graduate Student Representative. University of Missouri - Columbia. 2001-2002. 

Department of Psychological Sciences Social Training Committee, Student Representative. University of Missouri - Columbia. 1998-2000.