Teacher-Scholar Elizabeth Meinz

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Dr. Elizabeth Meinz
Associate Professor, Psychology

Research Focus:
Individual differences in the acquisiton of specialized knowledge and skills

Dr. Betsy Meinz

Recent Honors / Awards /Recognition:

SIUE Psi Chi Teacher of the Year

Student Organization (Psychology Club) Adviser of the Year Award (co-awardee with L. Pawlow)

Teaching Responsibilities:

PSYC 220 & 221 – Research Design and Statistics I and II
PSYC 208 – Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 494 – Capstone in Psychology
PSYC 491 – Research in Psychology
PSYC 493 – Field Study in Psychology

Education:

B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University (Psychology, Music)
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology (Experimental Psychology)
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Experimental Psychology)

How does SIUE support your professional growth or activity as a Teacher-Scholar?
"SIUE’s inclusive view of scholarship rewards the products of both my traditional laboratory-based research interests and my collaborative, more applied, work with colleagues inside and beyond my department."

What is a unique aspect of your professional life that enhances your service to the academic or greater community?
"I have had the opportunity to work as an evaluator on two Math and Science Partnership grant projects (from the Illinois Dept of Education) held by faculty in the teacher preparation departments here in the School of Education. These projects have enhanced my relationships with colleagues within my School and have allowed me to use my methodological and statistical skills to evaluate the effectiveness of programs designed with the ultimate goal of improving teaching and learning in our public schools."

Please share how one mentor or event shaped your career decision to become a university professor.
"As a graduate student, I was absolutely dead set against the teaching side of an academic career; I was certain that I only wanted to do research. During my third year of graduate school, I begrudgingly accepted a teaching assistantship with my primary mentor, who was teaching a course in undergraduate Research Methods. After just a few short weeks of running the laboratory sessions, I realized I loved teaching!"

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