Faculty

Peer Review Publications (Undergraduate students’ names in bold font)

• Pena-Shaff, J., Heckart, A., Mannion, C., Barry, K. (2024). Caregivers' anxiety and perception of their children's well-being: A year into the Covid 19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1115322. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1115322.
• Pena-Shaff, J.B., Silva, A.C., Altman, W. S., & Florio, J. (Winter 2021). Becoming money wise: Assessing the effectiveness of a financial education program. Journal of Financial Education, 46(2),221-237.
• Pena-Shaff, J. B., Bessette-Symons, B., Tate, M., & Fingerhut, J. (2018). Racial and ethnic differences in high school students’ perceptions of school climate and disciplinary practices. Race Ethnicity and Education, 22, 269-284.doi: 10.1080/13613324.2018.1468747.

 Conferences

• Pannazzo, K., Stern, J., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2023, March). Social support perception and use in Latin American countries. Poster presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Abreu-Garcia, A., Caradonna, M., Verdis, J., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2022, March).How Covid-19 restrictions affected youth” caregivers. Poster presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Haney, C., Batkin, D., Bogdanich, E.,& Pena-Shaff, J.(2022, March). Comparison of caregivers’ perceptions of youth” experiences and Youth’s actual experiences. Poster presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Heckart, A., Mannion, C., Cabrera, O., Collado, A., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2022, March). Youth experiences during COVID-19: A year after. Poster presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Malcomson, M., Carden, C., Nigrosh, E.,Schanbacher, C., O’Hara, G., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2019, Feb). Never miss a Golden Opportunity: A program evaluation. Poster presented at the 90th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Schall, M., Brown, A., Feitner, K., Hughes, L., Pena-Shaff, J., Muscalu, L., Rader, N., Dennis, C., Stansfield, S., & Larin, H. (2018, March). Emergence of independent locomotion and the development of sustained attentional control. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• Alteio, M., Rosen, Z., Schall, M., Gelber, L., Rolf, H., Wong, K., Yaari, L.; Muscalu, L., Pena-Shaff, J., Rader, N., Dennis, C. Larin, H.; & Stansfield, S. (2017, March). Just one look: Look duration and information processing in infants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Gervais S., Heerd, E., Pena-Shaff, J., Rader, N., Dennis, C, Stansfield, S., Larin, H., and Psychology Undergraduate Research Team 13 (2016, March). Robotic assisted locomotion in non- crawling infants: Can babies learn to drive?Poster presented at the 87th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Mobley, K., Guzman, N., Guinier, E.M. Baron, C., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2015, March). Analysis of preschool activities in the Dominican Republic: A comparison of two schools. Poster presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• Freeman, B., Greene, B., Hudson, A., Uchida, H. & Pena-Shaff, J. (2015, March). A cross-cultural study on kindergarten daily activities in India and Japan. Poster presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• Fiorio, J., Sherr, L., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2014, March). Becoming money wise: Assessing the effectiveness of a financial education program. Poster presented at the annual meeting o the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Kane, K., Fink, A., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2014, March). The effectiveness of after-school enrichment: One school’s story. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.(This poster was awarded Fifth Place in the Fourth Annual EPAGS Poster Competition. Out of almost 100 competitors, our poster was recognized for excellence in presentation, research methodology, and research idea.).
• Dixon, A., Raftis, B., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2013, March). Developing cultural competence through service learning courses. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. (This poster received a 2nd place award for poster presentation.)
• Braziel, A., Shaw, B. & Pena-Shaff, J. (2013, March). Creating economic opportunity: An evaluation of financial education program effectiveness. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• Tate, M., Fingerhutt, J. & Pena-Shaff, J. (2012, March) On black ice: Students' perceptions of school disciplinary practices based on race. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Pittsburg, PA.
• Fischer, A., Morihara, H., Ozkan, S., Twitchell, K. & Pena-Shaff, J. (2012, march). Racial disproportionality in middle school accelerated classes and perceptions of school environment. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Pittsburg, PA.
• Van Buren, J., Watanabe, Y., Tate, M. & Pena-Shaff, J. (2011, March-April). Caught dark handed: Students’ perceptions of school disciplinary practices based on race. Poster presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca, NY.
• Femia, A., Schultz, J., Tucker, B., Van Buren, J., & Pena-Shaff, J. (1010, April) Racial and ethnic minority high school students’ perceptions of school disciplinary practices: Do students perceive school disciplinary practices as biased? Paper presented at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference. Pace University, NY.
• Cantor, J. & Watanabe, Y. (2010, April) Perceptions of school climate: Differences based on demographics. Paper presented at the Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
• Femia, A., Shultz, J., Tucker, B., & Van Buren, J. (1010, April). Students’ perception of school disciplinary practices. Paper presented at the Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
•  Bolanis, P., Corsaro, C., Gomez, J., Lewis, R., Lo, D. Passaretti , K., Pena-Shaff, J. (2008, April). An evaluation of two extended-day programs. Paper presented at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference. Niagara Falls, NY.
• George, C., Priestley, H., Rich, R., Berlin, B., Corsaro, C., Gomez, J., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2007, April). A qualitative evaluation of a youth employment program.  Poster presented at the North East regional Sigma Xi conference, Ithaca, NY.
• Grossfeld, E., Hunt, A., McCutcheon, B., Hautala,M., Lewis, R., Lo, D., & Pena-Shaff, J. (2007, April). An analysis of an after-school program and its impact on children and their families. Poster presented at the North East regional Sigma Xi conference, Ithaca, NY.

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM EVALUATION/REVIEW REPORTS  (Undergraduate students’ names in bold font.)

• Pena-Shaff, J., Carden, C., Malcomson, M., Hoover, C., Nigrosh, E., Leon, C., & Yowell, N. (2019, September). Golden Opportunity (GO) tutoring program: A program re-evaluation report. Ithaca, NY.
• Pena-Shaff, Hoover, C. & Nigrosh, E. (2019, August). The Summer Achievement program: A program evaluation report. Village at Ithaca, Ithaca, NY.
• Pena-Shaff, J., O’Hara, G., Schanbacher, C., Malcomson, M., Carden, C., Feitner, K., Brown, A., & Schall, M. (2018, June) Golden Opportunity (GO) tutoring program: A program evaluation report. Ithaca, NY.
• Pena-Shaff, J., Baron, C., Mobley, K., & Dickson, R. (2015, Oct.) Psychology Department: 2014-15 alumni survey: Program assessment report. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
• Pena-Shaff , J., Kane, K., Raftis, B., & Fink, A. (2013, December). Beverly J. Martin Elementary School Extended Day Program Academic Plus (AY 2012-13): A program evaluation report. Submitted to the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca, NY.
• Pena-Shaff, J., Kantor, N., Morihara, H., & Fingerhitt, J. (2012, July). Social justice and sustainability breakthroughs: Helping students develop cultural competence through service learning course initiatives. A course evaluation report. Submitted to Elan Shapiro, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.