Department of Psychology

Pamela Kidder-Ashley

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Research Interests

Currently, I have two main projects underway. The first project examines correlates of bullying in high school and college, including mental health and personality factors as well as targets’ coping strategies. The second is a collaborative project—with Drs. Sandy Gagnon and Tim Huelsman—that examines ecological correlates of social competence in preschool students, including student-teacher relationship quality and student-specific teaching stress.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Representative Publications

  • Nagle, R. J., Gagnon, S. G., & Kidder-Ashley, P. (2020). Issues in preschool assessment. In V. C. Alphonso, B. A. Bracken, & R. J. Nagle (Eds.), Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children (5th ed.). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Gagnon, S. G., Huelsman, T. J., & Kidder-Ashley, P. (2018). Preschool student-teacher relationships and student-specific teaching stress. Early Childhood Education Journal. DOI:10.1007/s10643-018-0920-z
  • Yarbrough, J. L., Cannon, L., Bergman, S., Kidder-Ashley, P., McCane-Bowling, S. (2016). Let the data speak: Gender differences in math curriculum–based measurement. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 1-13. DOI: 10.1177/0734282916649122
  • Huelsman, T. J., Gagnon, S. G., Kidder-Ashley, P., & Griggs, M. S. (2014).. Preschool temperament assessment: A quantitative assessment of the validity of Behavioral Style Questionnaire data. Early Education and Development.
  • Fearrington, J. Y., Parker, P. D., Kidder-Ashley, P., McCane-Bowling, S; Gagnon, S, & Sorrell, C. (2013). Gender differences in written expression curriculum-based measurement in third through eighth grade students. Psychology in the Schools.
  • Gagnon, S. G., Huelsman, T. J., Reichard, A. E., Kidder-Ashley, P., Bollinger, J., & Griggs, M. S. (2014). Help me play! Parental behaviors, child temperament, and preschool peer play. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
  • Fearrington, J. Y., Kidder-Ashley, P., & Dickerson, L. D. (2012). Best practices in supporting children following industrial and man-made disasters. In S. Brock & S. Jimerson (Eds.), Best practices in crisis prevention and intervention in the schools. (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Association of School Psychologists.

Presentations

  • Kidder-Ashley, P., Shelton, A., Gough, C. J., Moyer, N., & Gagnon, S. G. (2020, October). Targets of bullying in late adolescence: Personality characteristics, coping strategies, social support. Poster presented virtually at the annual meeting of the NC School Psychology Association.
  • Kidder-Ashley, P., Shelton, A., Patel, N., Ray, M., & Gagnon, S. G. (2018, October). Bullying and mental health outcomes from high school to college. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the NC School Psychology Association, Charlotte, NC.
  • Kidder-Ashley, P., Shelton, A., Winner, B. (2019, November). Late-adolescent targets of bullying: Personality characteristics and coping strategies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Bullying Prevention Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Kidder-Ashley, P., Shelton, A., Winner, B., Pages, M., & Gagnon, S. G. (2020, February). Late-adolescent targets of bullying: Personality characteristics, coping strategies, and protective factors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Baltimore, MD.
  • Kidder-Ashley, P., Patel, N, Ray, M, & Gagnon, S. G. (2018, February). Bullying and Mental Health Outcomes from High School to College. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
  • Knight, E. L., & Kidder-Ashley, P. (2016, July). Supporting parents in rural Appalachia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International School Psychology Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
  • Knight, E. L., Kidder-Ashley, P., Gagnon S. G., & Huelsman, T. J. (2015, October). Intergenerational parenting styles: Consistency of parenting styles across generations in a rural community. Lightning Talk presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina School Psychology Association, Winston-Salem, NC.
  • Struby, J., Gagnon, S.G., Kidder-Ashley, P., Huelsman, Reichard, A. E. (2011, February). Child temperament and parenting styles: predictors of preschool social competence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.
  • Gagnon, S. G., Kidder-Ashley, P., Huelsman, T.J., Struby, J., Bollinger, J., Schaftlein, K. (2011, February). Understanding and measuring teaching stress and student-teacher relationships. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

Teaching and Research Awards

  • Recipient of the College of Arts & Sciences Jimmy Smith Outstanding Service Award, 2011
  • Nominated for Board of Governor's Excellence in Teaching Award, 2005
  • Nominated for College of Arts & Sciences Advising Award in 2002, 2005
  • Nominated for College of Arts & Sciences Academy of Outstanding Teachers in 1999
Title: Professor Emerita
Department: Department of Psychology

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