Degrees

Ph.D., Educational Psychology - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

M.A., Sociology - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

B.A., Sociology - University of Missouri; Columbia, MO

Certificate of Graduate Study, Advanced Quantitative Methodology in Education - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

Publications:

  • Tomal, D. R. and Schwartz, J. (2020). Designing and Conducting Research: A Practical Approach to Solving Problems and Making Improvements. Lanham, MD. Rowman & Littlefield

  • Tonks, S. M., Magliano, J. P., Ray, M., Schwartz, J., Kopatich, R. D. (2021). How Situational Competence Beliefs and Task Value Relate to Inference Strategies and Comprehension During Reading. Learning and Individual Differences, 90, 102036

  • Durik, A., Schwartz, J., Schmidt, J., Shumow, L. (2018). Age Differences in Effects of Self-generated Utility among Black and Hispanic Adolescents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 54, 60-68

  • Summers, K. H., Reeves, T. D., Schwartz, J., & Walker, D. A. (2015). Understanding Student Growth Measures: A Primer for School Business Managers. The Journal of School Business Management, 27(1), 22-29.

  • Summers, K. H., Reeves, T. D., Walker, D. A., & Schwartz, J. (2015). Professional development for educational leaders in the era of performance evaluation reform. School Leadership Review, 10(1), 33-43.

Presentations:

  • Tonks, S., Schwartz, J., Rodriguez, A., Davis, M., Hock, M., Kingston, N. (2015, October). A New Adaptive Measure of Adolescent Reading Motivation in School. Paper presented at the 2015 Focus on Illinois Education Research Symposium, Lisle, IL

  • Rodriguez, A., Schwartz, J., Tonks, S., Davis, M., & Hock, M. (2015, August). Students? Perceptions of Grades as a Motivation to Read. Paper presented at the 2015 American Psychological Association convention, Toronto, Canada

  • Skells, K., Schwartz, J., Shumow, L., Schmidt, J., (2015, April). The Impact of Mindset on the Stress and Coping of Ninth-Grade General Science Students. Paper presented at the 2015 American Educational Research Association conference, Chicago, IL.