Counselor Education Faculty Jennifer Crissman Ishler, D.Ed., Assistant Professor Coordinator, College Counseling Track within the Program of Student Affairs jxc51@psu.edu EDUCATION Penn State University, D. Ed.,  Higher Education Administration,  Shippensburg University, M.S.  Counseling/College Student Personnel Millersville University, B.S. Elementary Education

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS First year seminars Assessment in student affairs Gender issues RECENT PUBLICATIONS Cabrera, A. F., Crissman, J. L., Bernal, E. M., Nora, A., Terenzini, P. T., &    Pascarella, E. T.  (in press).  Collaborative learning:  Its impact on college students' development and diversity.  Journal of College Student Development. Crissman, J. L.  (2001).  Assessing first year programs.  In Schuh, J. H., and Upcraft, M. L. (Eds.), Assessment practice in student affairs:  An application manual.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass. Crissman, J. L.  (2001).  Clustered and nonclustered first year seminars:  New students' first semester experiences.  Journal of the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, 13(1), 69-88. Crissman, J. L.  (2001).  The impact of clustering first year seminars and English composition courses on new students' retention rates.  Journal of College Student Retention:  Research, Theory, and Practice, 3(2). Upcraft, M. L., & Crissman, J. L.  (1999).  What we know about students and how they learn.  In M. Stuart Hunter and Associates.  Solid foundations:  Building success for first-year seminars through instructor training and development.  (Monograph No. 29) (pp. 25-38).  Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. COURSES TAUGHT CNED 403 (World Campus course):  Foundations of Guidance and Counseling Processes CNED 551:  Introduction to Student Affairs CNED 553:  Organization & Administration within Student Affairs CNED 595:  Internship ED 100S:  College of Education's Freshman Seminar HIED 597 (co-taught with Dr. Upcraft):  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American College Personnel Association Chi Sigma Iota National Association of Student Personnel Administrators\ PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American College Personnel Association Member, Board of Directors of Commission II Chairperson of Commission II's Research Grant Committee Reviewer of conference papers and proposals

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