Prof. Stephen Wilhite Research and PUBLICATIONS Since 1980, I have maintained an active program of research in applied cognitive psychology. More recently, I have also been involved in research related to higher education, specifically faculty development and higher education leadership. Books Wilhite, S.C., & Payne, D.E. 1992. Learning and memory: The basis of behavior. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Ledoux, M.W., Wilhite, S.C., & Silver, P. Eds. 2011. Civic engagement and service learning in a metropolitan university: Multiple approaches and perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Book Chapter Silver, P.T., Poulin, J.E., & Wilhite, S.C. 2006. From rogue program to poster child: A department’s shaping of a university’s agenda. In K.Kecskes Ed. , The engaged department. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing. Journal Articles Wang, N., Wilhite, S. C., & Martino, D. 2016. Understanding the relationship between school leaders’ social and emotional competence and their transformational leadership: The importance of self-other agreement. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 44, 467-490. Wang, N., Wilhite, S.C., Wyatt, J., Young, T., Bloemker, G., & Wilhite, E. 2012. Impact of a college freshman social and emotional learning curriculum on student learning outcomes: An exploratory study. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 9(2). Available at: http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol9/iss2/8 Wang, N., Young, T., Wilhite, S. C., & Marczyk, G. 2011. Assessing students’ emotional learning in higher education: Development and validation of the Widener Emotional Learning Scale. Journal of Psycoeducational Assessment, 29, 47-62. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2008. The leadership dimensions of education deans. Journal of Teacher Education, 59, 153-169. Wilhite, S.C., & Silver, P.T. 2005. A false dichotomy for higher education: Educating citizens vs. educating technicians. National Civic Review, 94(2), 46-54. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2004. Four dimensions of leadership in the problem-solving of education deans. Journal of Academic Leadership, 2(4). Available at http://www.academicleadership.org/volume2/issue4/articles/wepner.html Wilhite, S.C., & Silver, P. T. 2004. Civic engagement and the emergence of a metropolitan identity: The politics of mobilizing an institution to meet metropolitan needs. Metropolitan Universities, 15(4), 51-63. Wepner, S.B., Wilhite, S.C., & D’Onofrio, A. 2003. Understanding four dimensions of leadership as education deans. Action in Teacher Education, 25(3), 13-23. Wepner, S.B., D'Onofrio, A., Willis, B.H., & Wilhite, S.C. 2002. Getting at the moral leadership of deans. The Qualitative Report, 7(2). Available at http://www.nova.edu/ssss/OR/Editorial/nextiss.html Wepner, S.B., Wilhite, S.C., & D'Onofrio, A. 2002. The social and moral accountability of education deans. Action in Teacher Education, 24(1), 40-57. D'Onofrio, A., Lawler, P., O'Malley, J.P., & Wilhite, S.C. 1994. Dissertation supervision: A new path, an old guide and reflections on William James. Continuing Higher Education Review, 57(3), 1-17. Wilhite, M.R., Cohen, E.R., & Wilhite, S.C. 1992. Reliability of concentric and eccentric measurements of quadriceps performance using the KIN-COM dynamometer: The effect of testing order for three different speeds. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 15, 175-182. Wilhite, S.C. 1991. Evidence of a negative environmental reinstatement effect. British Journal of Psychology, 82, 325-342. Wilhite, S.C. 1990. Self-efficacy, locus of control, self-assessment of memory ability, and study activities as predictors of college course achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 696-700. Wilhite, S.C. 1989. Headings as memory facilitators: The importance of prior knowledge. Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 115-117. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. Current research on relationship between questions and reading processes. Questioning Exchange, 2, 239-253. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. Reading for a multiple-choice test: Headings as schema activators. Journal of Reading Behavior, 20, 215-228. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. Headings as memory facilitators. In M. Gruneberg, P. Morris, & R. Sykes (Eds.), Practical aspects of memory: Current research and issues, Vol. 2, pp. 531-536. London: Wiley. Wilhite, S.C. 1986. The relationship of headings, questions, and locus of control to multiple-choice test performance. Journal of Reading Behavior, 18, 23-40. Wilhite, S.C. 1985. Differential effects of high-level and low-level postpassage questions. American Journal of Psychology, 98, 41-58. Wilhite, S.C. 1984. Hierarchical importance of pre-passage questions: Effects on cued recall. Journal of Reading Behavior, 16, 41-59. Wilhite, S.C. 1983. Prepassage questions: The influence of structural importance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 75, 234-244. Wilhite, S.C. 1982. Sentence coding: Tests of the address-contents model and the fragmentation-conceptual focus hypothesis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A, 34A, 259-274. Wilhite, S.C. 1982. Postpassage questions: The influence of question level. American Journal of Psychology, 95, 635-654. Wilhite, S.C. 1981. Word-frequency cueing effects: Recognition and encoding interference factors. American Journal of Psychology, 94, 323-337. Zeiler, M.D., & Wilhite, S.C. 1979. Operant aversive control and Pavlovian higher order conditioning. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 13, 38-40. Wilhite, S.C. 1979. Word frequency cueing effects: Encoding specificity and associative interference. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 32, 213-214. Technical Reports Wilhite, S.C. 1982. Post-passage questions: The influence of structural importance and vocabulary ability. Technical Report No. 241, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois. Wilhite, S.C. 1982. Pre-passage questions: The influence of structural importance. Technical Report No. 234, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois. Published Proceedings McHenry, N.C., Schaming McNiff, S., Ledoux, M.W., & Wilhite, S.C. 2008. Placing teacher candidates in a distressed district – benefits and obstacles: A case study. In The Proceedings of the 6^th Annual Hawaiian International Conference on Education, pp. 6099-6119. Honolulu, HI: Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Lawler, P., Decosmo, A.D., & Wilhite, S.C. 1996. Faculty awareness and use of adult learning principles. In The 37th Annual Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 212-216. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida. Lawler, P.A., & Wilhite, S.C. 1997. Catching up with the information age: A new paradigm for faculty development. In The Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching, pp. 369-378. College Park, MD: University of Maryland University College and the Faculdade da lidade of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wilhite, S.C., DeCosmo, A.D. & Lawler, P.A. 1996. Faculty as adult learners: Implications for faculty development initiatives. In The Eastern Adult Continuing, and Distance Education Research Conference Proceedings. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University. Prof. Stephen Wilhite PRESENTATIONS Wilhite, S.C. 2020. AURAK’s DREAMS Initiative. QS Maple Conference, Manama, Bahrain, March 3, 2020 [delayed because of COVID 19 pandemic]. Wilhite, S.C. 2019. Promoting a culture of research while ensuring excellence in teaching: Building a knowledge society (Panelist). QS India Summit, Goa, India, October 21, 2019. Hensel, N., Wilhite, S.C., Salomon, D.A., & Gillman, R. 2018. Improving learning and teaching through faculty evaluation. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, January 25, 2018. Wilhite, S.C. 2017. Bridging the regional skills gap: Aligning higher education output with labor market needs for greater regional development (Panelist). Higher Education MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, November 20, 2017. Wilhite, S.C. 2016. The holistic department: Achieving departmental objectives. Presentation as part of the New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Holistic Department Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, January 20, 2016. Wilhite, S.C. 2015. Assessing the holistic department. Presentation as part of the Holistic Department Chair Workshop, New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, June 17-19, 2015. Meekins-Davis, M., Schechner, S., & Wilhite, S.C. 2014. Moving diversity forward: Collaborative partnerships in general education and strategic planning. Paper presented at the 49th Annual International Conference of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Pittsburgh, PA, July 15, 2014. Pickron-Davis, M., & Wilhite, S.C. 2014. A university-based charter school as a vehicle for reforming urban education and rebuilding university-community relationships. Paper presented at the New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, June 27, 2014. Schechner, S., & Wilhite, S.C. 2014. From project to general education program: Improving and assessing student learning around diversity. Poster presented at the Association for American Colleges and Universities Conference on Diversity, Learning, and Student Success:  Policy, Practice, and Privilege, Chicago, IL, March 2014. Ledoux, M., Wilhite, S.C., & Silver, P. 2008. Scrounging for dollars to support a charter school: Grant writing as a catalyst for community partnerships. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan University, Cincinnati, OH, October 20, 2008. Wilhite, S.C., Ledoux, M., & Yoder, N. 2008. University community schools as an agent for change. Paper presented at the National Forum of the Coalition for Community Schools, Portland, OR, April 30, 2008. Ledoux, M., Wilhite, S.C., Silver, P., Anderson, A., Gray, C., & Turner, J. 2007. Oh what a tangled web we weave: An engaged university learns to function as an agent of change in a distressed school district. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Baltimore, MD, October 23, 2007. Wilhite, S.C., Silver, P.T., Ledoux, M. 2006. Strange bedfellows: The political dilemmas of “doing good.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Miami, FL, October 23, 2006. Wilhite, S.C., Silver, P., & Ledoux, M. 2005. Partnering with a distressed school district: The politics of trying to made a difference in children’s lives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Los Angeles, CA, October 3, 2005. Wilhite, S.C., & Silver, P.T. 2004. Civic engagement and the emergence of a metropolitan identity: The politics of mobilizing an institution to meet urban and metropolitan needs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, New York, NY, October 4, 2004. D’Onofrio, A., Wepner, S.B., & Wilhite, S.C., & Lilly, M.S. 2004. The ethical dean: A search for reflective professional development practice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago, February 8, 2004. Wilhite, S.C., Brabender, V., Dole, R., Silver, P., & Wepner, S.B. 2003. Promoting civic engagement through urban partnerships. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Ypsilanti, MI, September 22, 2003. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2003. The use of vignettes as a forum for the professional development of education deans: An interactive symposium. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2003. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2003. On becoming a more reflective education dean: Using four dimensions of leadership as part of continuing professional development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, New Orleans, LA, January 25, 2003. Wilhite, S.C., Fielder, J.H., & Lawler, P.A. 2002. Ethical dilemmas in professional education and practice: Practical application of decision-making strategies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2, 2002. Wepner, S.B., D'Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2002. Four dimensions of leadership: Evidence of accountability in the problem-solving of education deans. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, New York, NY, February 25, 2002. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., Wilhite, S.C., & Willis, B. 2001. Leadership: The social and moral accountability of deans of schools and colleges of education. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Dallas, TX, March 2, 2001. Lawler, P.A., Fielder, J.H., Savidge, M.A., & Wilhite, S.C. 2000. Ethical dilemmas in evaluation practice: Practical application of decision-making strategies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Honolulu, HI, November 1, 2000. Wepner, S.B., D’Onofrio, A., Willis, B., & Wilhite, S.C. 2000. The education dean and the moral dimension of leadership in teacher education. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago, IL, February 27, 2000. Morahan, P.S., Richman, R.C., Lawler, P.A., Wilhite, S.C., & Kauffman, S. 1999. Differences in academic health center (AHC) and Benchmarks norm data: Implications for organizational change. Paper presented at the 1999 Benchmarks Users’ Conference for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, March 22-23, 1999. Necessary, J.R., & Wilhite, S.C. 1996. Effects of a cooperative learning strategy on academic achievement and personal and social attributes in an introductory college computer course. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 9, 1996. D’Onofrio, A., Kauffman, S., Walter, C., Young, T., & Wilhite, S.C. 1996. Subjectivity and qualitative evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, GA, November 8, 1996. D’Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 1995. The social construction of collegiate restructuring: The disparate views of liberal arts and professional faculty. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 19, 1995. D’Onofrio, A., Brogan, B.R., O’Malley, J. P., & Wilhite, S.C. 1995. Rediscovering professional practice through portfolio assessment: Implementation at two levels of teacher education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1995. D'Onofrio, A., Wartenberg, A., Freney, C., & Wilhite, S.C. 1994. Qualitative inquiry and portfolio methods of assessment on the elementary language arts curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago, IL, February 17, 1994. Wilhite, S.C., & D'Onofrio, A. 1993. Identifying latent variables measured by the Study Activity Survey. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, GA, April 13, 1993. D'Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 1992. Dimensions of opinion among professors of planning: Empirical measures of disparity. Paper presented at Distancia '92, International Meeting on Distance Analysis, Rennes, France, June 25, 1992. Barnett, Y., D'Onofrio, A., Jones, S., & Wilhite, S.C. 1992. Encouraging minority students in doctoral programs in education: More than one level of challenge. Paper presented at the National Conference on Leadership and Social Responsibility, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, April 11, 1992. Wilhite, S.C., 1992. Self-concept of academic ability, self-assessment of memory ability, academic aptitude, and study activities as predictors of college course achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 21, 1992. D'Onofrio, A., O'Malley, J. P., Lawler, P. A., & Wilhite, S.C. 1992. Learner-centered dissertation supervision: Conceptual models and case examples. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, San Antonio, TX, February 27, 1992. Wilhite, S.C. 1990. Self-efficacy, locus of control, self-assessment of memory ability and study activities as predictors of college course achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA, April 17, 1990. D'Onofrio, A., & Wilhite, S.C. 1990. The anatomy of small controversies: Development and implementation of a graduate program evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA, April 17, 1990. Wilhite, M.R., Cohen, E., & Wilhite, S.C. 1990. Reliability of concentric and eccentric measurements of quadriceps performance using the KIN-COM dynamometer: The effect of testing order for three different speeds. Paper presented at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 3, 1990. Wilhite, S.C. 1989. Headings and prior knowledge in the search and recall of text. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX, November 29, 1989. Wilhite, S.C., & Fox, M. 1989. Differences in the perception of children's temperament by mothers, fathers, and teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, March 31, 1989. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. The relationship of headings, questions, and prior knowledge to multiple-choice test performance. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Tucson, AZ, December 1, 1988. Wilhite, S.C. & Fox, M.M. 1988. Relationship between parents' ratings of children's temperament and parents' personality characteristics. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 28, 1988. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. Reinstating environmental context: Does it facilitate memory for prose? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 28, 1988. Wilhite, S.C. 1988. Differential effects of headings on high- and low-knowledge readers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 5, 1988. Wilhite, S.C. 1987. Headings as memory facilitators. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Practical Aspects of Memory, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, August 6, 1987. Wilhite, S.C. 1987. Headings and the activation of pre-existing knowledge: Effects on multiple-choice test performance. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the United Kingdom Reading Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 27, 1987. Wilhite, S.C. 1987. Effectiveness of headings: The issue of pre-existing knowledge. Paper presented at the annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1987. Fox, M. & Wilhite, S.C. 1987. Parent and teacher ratings of temperament in early childhood. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Arlington, VA, April 11, 1987. Wilhite, S.C. 1986. Reading for a multiple-choice test: Headings as schema activators. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX, December 3, 1986. Wilhite, S.C. 1986. Headings as memory facilitators: The importance of pre-existing knowledge. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Kerhonksen, NY, October 30, 1986. Wilhite, S.C. 1986. Multiple-choice test performance: Effects of headings, questions, motivation, and type of retention test question. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1986. Wilhite, S.C. 1985. Reading for a multiple-choice test: The effects of headings, questions, and locus of control. Paper presented at the Fourth European Conference on Reading, Dublin, Ireland, July 16, 1985. Wilhite, S.C. 1985. The relationship of headings, questions, and locus of control to multiple-choice test performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 4, 1985. Wilhite, S.C. 1984. Postpassage questions: A levels effect. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 25, 1984. Wilhite, S.C. 1984. Organizational effects of adjunct questions. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Atlanta, GA, May 9, 1984. Wilhite, S.C. 1983. The structural importance of adjunct questions: Its relationship to test and subject variables. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Detroit, MI, May 29, 1983. Wilhite, S.C. 1983. Hierarchical importance of pre-passage questions: Effects on cued recall. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 6, 1983. Wilhite, S.C. 1983. Memory for prose: The influence of question type, test type, and vocabulary ability. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Illinois Reading Council, Springfield, IL, March 18, 1983. Wilhite, S.C. 1982. Pre-passage questions: the influence of structural importance. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN, May 7, 1982. Wilhite, S.C. 1982. The effects of questions of different structural importance on memory for expository material. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Ilinois Reading Council, Springfield, IL, March 19, 1982. Wilhite, S.C. 1979. Word frequency cueing effects: Encoding specificity and associative interference. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Nottingham, England, June 8, 1979.