Director of Program Evaluation, Preservation LINK, Inc.
As co-founder of Preservation LINK, Inc. and Director of Program Evaluation, Shaunqula hails from South Carolina. Her rich, southern roots have inspired her work-both artistically and professionally.
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With experience as a tutor/teacher to middle and high school students and co-developer of art-based programs, my research examines the use of media arts education as a lens for exploring risk and protective factors and resiliency among children and adolescents. Theory, empirical findings, and both participant and direct observations of art education in practice provide the foundation for my research and evaluation of media art’s impact. Specifically, I am interested in how media arts education and various program features (i.e., interviewing, photography, filmmaking, and editing curricula; academic enrichment, job skills training and career exploration; peer teaching and learning; and service projects) impacts several student outcomes ( including, but not limited to confidence, collaborative skills, academic self-efficacy and school performance, entrepreneurship, and civic identity).
To check out Preservation LINK's Research Blog, click Here !
With experience as a tutor/teacher to middle and high school students and co-developer of art-based programs, my research examines the use of media arts education as a lens for exploring risk and protective factors and resiliency among children and adolescents. Theory, empirical findings, and both participant and direct observations of art education in practice provide the foundation for my research and evaluation of media art’s impact. Specifically, I am interested in how media arts education and various program features (i.e., interviewing, photography, filmmaking, and editing curricula; academic enrichment, job skills training and career exploration; peer teaching and learning; and service projects) impacts several student outcomes ( including, but not limited to confidence, collaborative skills, academic self-efficacy and school performance, entrepreneurship, and civic identity).
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, PA
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development
B.S., Psychology
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Tinsley, B., Wilson, S., & Spencer, M. B. (2009). Commentary: Hip-Hop Culture, Youth Creativity, and the Generational Crossroads From a Human Development Perspective. In C. Milbrath, & C. Lightfoot, (Eds.) The Arts and Human Development (pp. 83-97). New York, NY: Psychology Press/ Taylor & Francis Group.
Spencer, M. B., Harpalani, V., Cassidy, E., Jacobs, C., Donde, S., Goss, T., Miller, M. M., Charles, N., & Wilson, S. (2006). Understanding vulnerability and resilience from a normative developmental perspective: Implications for a racially and ethnically diverse youth. In D. Cicchetti & D.J. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental Psychopathology (pp. 627-672). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Turner-Musa, J. O., & Wilson, S. A. (2006). Religious orientation and social support on health promoting behaviors of African American College Students. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 105- 115.
