Education

M.A. Industrial Organizational Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.

GPA to date:

B.S. Psychology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina., 2001

Honors College Graduate

Awards and Honors

Competitive Graduate Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2001-2002

Departmental Honors, Psychology Department, College of Charleston, 2001.

Palmetto Scholarship, College of Charleston, 1998-2001.

Presidential Honors Scholarship, College of Charleston, 1998-2001.

Honors College, College of Charleston, 1998-2001.

Golden Key, National Honor Society, College of Charleston, 2000.

Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, College of Charleston, 2000.

Employment and Volunteer Experience

Administrative Assistant, Clawson and Staubes, LLC, 2000-2001.

Customer service and sales, Best Hardware of Blythewood, 1997-1998.

Professional Organizations

Gateway Industrial Organizational Psychologists, 2001-2002

Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 2001-2002

Psi Chi, Honors Society in Psychology, 2000-2002.

American Psychological Association, 1999-2002.

Psychology Club, College of Charleston, 1999-2001.

Honors College, College of Charleston, 1998-2001.

Community and Leadership Activities

President of Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, College of Charleston, 2000.

Presentations

Roberts, J.E. (2001, March). The long-term effects of divorce and family unpredictability. Research presented at the Southeastern Regional Honors Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Roberts, J.E. (2001, January). Long-term effects of parental divorce. Research presented at the Carolina Undergraduate Social Sciences Symposium, Charleston, South Carolina.

Roberts, J.E. (2000, April). Childhood family factors related to anxiety. Paper presented at the annual Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Risher E., Ross, L.T. & Roberts, J.E. (2000 April). How do religiosity and spirituality relate to substance use? Paper presented at the annual Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Research Experience

Assisted Dr. C. Vincent Spicer and Dr. D.N. Sattler in research on the relationship among attitudes toward flying the confederate flag atop the South Carolina capitol, race and modern racism, (2000).

Bachelor’s essay: empirical research focusing on long-term effects of divorce, sponsored by Dr. Lisa Thomson Ross.

Paper Submissions

Miller, J.R. & Ross, L.T. (2001). “Parental Divorce and College Students: The Impact of Family Chaos and Perceptions of Divorce.” Submitted for publication August, 2001 to Journal of Marriage and Family.