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Department
Liberal Arts - Psychology
Professional Bio
Donna Vandergrift has been teaching at Burlington County College since
January of 1991. She began teaching as an Adjunct and became full
time at the college in September 1997. Prior to teaching full
time, she was a career counselor at several local universities and with
the U.S. Army.
While at BCC, she has taught numerous courses,
including General Psychology I & II, Child & Adolescent
Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, Social
Psychology, and Marriage & the Family.
Areas of
Interest
Areas
of interest include Human Development, Family Interactions, Resiliency,
and Teaching and Learning.
Research
Currently, she is working on a research project entitled
“Military-Induced Separation in National Guard Families”, which is
focusing on the experiences of wives who husband has been recently
deployed. If you are interested in this research, please contact
her at donna.vandergrift@us.army.mil.
Papers and Presentations
- “Using Technology to Assess
Student Learning”, Montgomery County College Technology Conference, PA,
10/06
- “Military Induced Separation in National Guard
Families”,
Marion Steele Symposium, University of Delaware, 5/04.
- "Fostering
Commitment and
Collaboration Through a Community of Learners: a Cross‑Curricular
Approach"
at League for Innovation in the Community College, Innovations 2002
Conference,
Boston, MA, 3/02.
- “The Function of Dysfunction: Custom, Ritual
and Psychology
in Modern Literature,”Community
College of Baltimore County’s International
Education Week:, 11/01.
- "Learning Outside the Box: Building Virtual
Learning
Communities" at the Seventh Annual Community College Showcase in Ocean
City MD, 10/01.
- “The Function of Dysfunction: Custom, Ritual
and Psychology
in Modern Literature,” at PTK's Middle
States Regional Honors Institute, Frostburg State University, MD, 6/01.
- Keynote Presentation at the Technology in
Psychology
Conference. Presented “Every Click
Counts”, Anne Arundel Community College, MD, 11/00.
- “Laughter in Learning.” Seventh Annual
Celebrating Learning:
A Community College Showcase, Ocean City, MD, 11/00.
- “The Woes and Woos of Water.”
Phi Theta Kappa Middle States Regional
Honors Institute, Cedar
Crest, PA, 6/00.
- "Tips, Trips and Traps: Teaching Online." Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic College
Conference: Teaching, Learning, and Managing with Technology, 10/99.
- "Every Click Counts-The Distance Learner's
Perspective." Sixth Annual Celebrating Learning, A Community College
Showcase, Washington, DC, 11/99.
- "The Instructional Internet", The Tenth
International Conference on College Teaching and Learning,
Jacksonville, FL,
4/99.
- Led a roundtable discussion on "Bringing
Service
Learning into Psychology courses". Fifth Annual Celebrating Learning: A
Community College Showcase, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/98.
- Facilitated an in-depth session, "The Internet
Workshop”. Fifth Annual Celebrating
Learning: A Community College Showcase, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/98.
- "Strategies for Creating and Maintaining
On-line Course
Material.” Fifth Annual Celebrating
Learning: A Community College Showcase, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/98.
- "Creating an Educational Technology Center for
Faculty
Development." Computers on Campus,
Myrtle Beach, SC, 11/97
- "Creating an Educational Technology Center for
Faculty
Development." Fourth Annual
Celebrating Learning, A Community College Showcase, Atlantic City, NJ,
11/97.
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Psychology
B.A. Psychology, Rutgers University
M.A. Counseling, Rider University
Ph.D. Candidate, Human Development and Family Studies, University of
Delaware
Professional Organization Memberships
American Psychological Association, APA
Contact Information
Parker
Center Rm. 319s
(609) 894-9311
x1251
(856) 222-9311 x1251
dvanderg@bcc.edu
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