Vita in pdf format (updated September, 2006)
Academic Appointments |
| 2004 - |
Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 1993-2004 |
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 1993-2004 |
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 1992-1993 |
Sessional Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 1987-1992 |
SSHRC Canada Research Fellow, Department of Psychology and Developmental Disabilities Centre, University of Alberta |
| 1983-1987 |
Post Doctoral Fellow, Developmental Disabilities Centre, University of Alberta |
Administrative Positions |
| 2006 - |
Honors Advisor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 2005 - |
Faculty Associate, University Teaching Services, University of Alberta |
| 1999 - 2003 |
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Programs, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta |
| 1998 - 1999 |
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Department of Psychology,
University of Alberta |
| 1993-2004 |
Honors Advisor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta |
Current Major Committees and University Experiences |
| 2006 - |
General Faculties Council Executive Committee |
| 2005 - |
Committee on the Learning Environment Subcommittee on Teaching, Learning and Technology, Vice Provost (Information Technology) and ice Provost (Academic Programs) |
| 2005 - |
Faculty of Science Information Technology Strategic Plan Committee |
| 2005 - |
Faculty of Arts, Teaching and Learning Committee |
| 2004 - |
Faculty-based ICT Committee, Academic Information Communication Technologies |
| 2004 - |
Academic Standards Committee |
| 2004 - |
General Faculties Committee |
Honours and Awards |
| 2003 |
Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Alberta |
| 1994 |
Department of Psychology Teaching Award, University of Alberta |
| 1977 |
Humanitarian Award, Kenyon College |
| 1977 |
Psychology Award, Kenyon College |
Teaching (Last 10 years) |
| Psyco 104 |
Basic Psychological Principles |
| Psyco 105 |
Individual and Social Behaviour |
| Psyco 212 |
Developmental Psychology |
| Psyco 423 |
Advanced Topics in Development: Children and the Web |
| Psyco 400/409 |
Honors Seminar in Psychology |
| Psyco 406 |
Honors Seminar in Psychology: Inferential Statistics |
| Psyco 407 |
Honors Seminar in Psychology: History and Systems |
Ph.D. Supervision |
| 2005 - |
Peggy McFall |
| 2000 - |
Jason Daniels |
| 2000 - |
Bonnie Sadler Takach |
| 2000 - 2006 |
Lauren Figueredo |
| 1998 - 2004 |
Trudy Kwong |
| 1995 - 2000 |
Dorothy Steffler |
Research Interests |
| Critical Appraisal and the Web |
| Instructional Technology |
Spelling |
Integration of Teachign and Research |
Applied Research |
Grants and Funding (Last 5 years) |
| 2003 - 2007 |
Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Strategic Grant—Knowledge Translation Strategies for Health Research
“Strategies for Critically Appraising Children's Health Web Resources” (PI, with Gay Bisanz, Jeff Bisanz, Department of Psychology, Terry Klassen, Pediatrics, Bonnie Sadler Takach, Art and Design, and Laurie Schnirer, Canadian University Partnership) |
| 2002-2006 |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Operating
“Phonological Development and Children's Spelling.” |
| 2002 - 2006 |
Alberta Learning, Curriculum Redevelopment Fund,
“The Great Canadian Psychology Web Site” (PI, with 8 other post secondary institutions and ACCESS Network) |
| 2001-2005 |
Networks of Centres of Excellence, Canadian Language and Literacy Network,
“Measuring, Modeling, and Maximizing the Spoken Language Intelligibility and Spelling Strategies of Children with Dysarthria” (Co-Applicant, Megan Hodge, Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Terrance Neery, Linguistics, Faculty of Arts) |
| 1999-2003 |
Learning Enhancement Envelope, Advanced Education and Career Development, Government of Alberta (LEE 4)
“Development and Evaluation of Technologically Enhanced Supplements for Introductory Psychology” (PI, with 6 other post secondary institutions) |
Recent Representative Publications |
Varnhagen, C.K. (in press). Children and the Web. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet, 2nd Ed. Elsevier. |
Figueredo, L., & Varnhagen, C.K. (2006). Spelling and grammar checkers: Are they intrusive? British Journal of Educational Technology, 31 , 721-732. |
Kwong, T. E., & Varnhagen, C. K. (2005). Strategy development and learning to spell new words: Generalization of a process. Developmental Psychology, 41, 148-159. |
Varnhagen, C., Mansour, J., Greene, T., Kwong, T., Colter, J., Anderson , K., & Arkinson, B. (2004). Developing and implementing online information literacy tutorials in large undergraduate classes. Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications Proceedings (ED-MEDIA 2004), 2316-2322. |
Varnhagen, C.K. (2002). Making sense of Psychology on the Web . New York : NY: Worth Publishers. |
Recent Representative Presentations |
Varnhagen, C.K. (2006, July). Spelling strategies in English and in French. Presentation to the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading , Vancouver , BC . |
Varnhagen, C.K., & Goetz, C. (2006, June). Catering to the masses: Teaching and assessing information literacy skills. Presentation to the 2006 Canadian WebCT Users Conference, Edmonton , AB. |
Hoddinott, J., Varnhagen, C.K., Marentette, P., & Tolton, A.J. (2006, June). Students' perspectives on the linking of teaching and research. Presentation to the Canadian Summit on the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, Edmonton, AB. |
Varnhagen, C.K., Figueredo, L., Daniels, J., & Sadler Takach, B. (2005, June). Spelling and the Web. Presentation to the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Toronto, ON. |
Varnhagen, C.K., Stephens, M.H., Daniels, J., Sadler Takach, B., Peske, S., Bisanz, J., Bisanz, G., Fleming, D. (2005, October). Critical appraisal of child health Web resources by parents and professionals. Presentation to the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-Learn 2005), Vancouver , BC . |
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