E-Mail meszaros@vt.edu
Mailing
Address 200 Wallace Hall (0416)
Blacksburg,
VA 24061
Phone 540-231-9428
Fax 540-231-7012
Staff Support Ms.
Betty Nunley (540-231-9428)
Curriculum
Vitae
Peggy S. Meszaros ,
Ph.D., William E. Lavery Professor of Human Development, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
Primary
Academic Interests
- Women and Technology
- Children,
Youth, Families and Technology Impacts
- Adolescent Decision
Making
- Academic Benchmarking
Professional
Responsibilities
- Proposal Reviewer,
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
- Program Reviewer, the
National Science Foundation
- Reviewer for Scholarship
and Practice, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Faculty
Advisor, Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
- Faculty
Advisor, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary
Research
- Burger, C., Creamer E., & Meszaros,
P. (2004) Further development of the IT career choice model through
research and dissemination. National Science Foundation, $194,456.00.
Burger,
C., Creamer E., & Meszaros, P. (2004) Women in information technology:
Pivotal transitions from school to careers. (2004). Extension of
original grant and planning funds for an international conference
in Oxford, England in August 2004, $34,250.00.
McPherson,
E., Isenhour, P., Sforza P., Meszaros, P., & William R.
(2004). Virginia tech summer training academy for rising students
(VTSYARS). U.S. Department of Education, $397,640.00.
Meszaros,
P.S. (2002) Psychosocial risk factors and prevention strategies
for adolescent female smokers in Virginia Tobacco Settlement, Institute
Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, $130,000.00.
Burger,
C.J., Meszaros, P., & Creamer, E.G. (2001). ITR/PE Women
in information technology: Pivotal transitions from school
to careers, National Science Foundation, $655,849.00.
Meszaros,
P.S., Burger, C.J., Creamer, E.G., & Hertlein, K. (2001)
Indicators of self-authorship in highly successful women in
technology and science careers. A pilot study, $3,500.00.
Meszaros,
P.S., Blieszner, R.M., Mancini, J. (2001) Development of a longitudinal
database approach to technology impact research in human development.
Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth and
Families and the Human Development Department, $1,575.00.
Fu, V.,
Meszaros, P.S., & Nichols, J. (2001) Ethics and privacy
issues related to the use of technology in qualitative and
ethnographic research. Center for Information Technology Impacts
on Children, Youth and Families, $3,700.00.
Meszaros,
P.S., Bird G., Graham, B.C. & Chase M. (2001) Parent education
website development: A community collaborative research project.
Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth
and Families, $2,600.00.
Meszaros,P.S.
(2000) International Exploration of Information Technology Impacts
on Children, Youth and Families, CEUT/UOIP International Faculty
Fellow Grant, $5,000.00.
Meszaros,
P.S. (1995) Investment in youth research collaboration, M&M
Corp. $25,000.00.
Meszaros, P.S.
(1994) Investment in youth, Porterfield Foundation, $25,000.00
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Recent
Publications
Meszaros,
P., Burger, C. & Creamer, E. (in press). Factors influencing
successful IT women's career choice: A qualitative study. Advancing
Women in Leadership.
Meszaros, P., Creamer, E., & Burger,
C. (in press). Mothers and
millenials: Career talking across the generations. Kappa Omicron Nu Forum.
Creamer, E.,
Burger, C., & Meszaros, P. (2004). Characteristics of high school and college women interested in information
technology. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering,
10(1).
Davis, S., Piercy,
F., Meszaros, P., Huebner A., Shettler, L. & Matheson, J. (in
press). Female adolescent smoking: A Delphi study of best prevention
practices. Journal of Drug Education.
Huebner, A.,
Shettler, L., Matheson, J., Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., & Davis,
S. (in
press). Factors associated with former smokers among female adolescents
in rural Virginia. Addictive Behaviors.
Huebner, A.,
Shettler, L., Matheson, J., Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., & Davis,
S. (in
press).Examining ethnic differences in predictors of female adolescent
smoking in rural Virginia. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance
Abuse.
Meszaros, P.
S. (2002). Effective strategies for women in academia. In the
Virginia Tech faculty handbook.
Meszaros, P. S. (2002). The appropriate use of technology: Our commitment to families and communities. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 94(2), 13-15.
Brownell, B. A.,
Heyl, J. D., Holzner, B, Malone, M., Meszaros, P. S., & Turner,
P. (1999) The outlook for international education. International Education
Forum 19(1), 65-67
Meszaros, P.
S. (in press). The wired family: Living digitally in the post-information
age. American Behavioral Scientist.
Meszaros, P.
S. (in press). Information technology impact on children, youth,
and families. In J.R. Miller, R.M. Lerner, L.B. Schiamberg & P.M.
Anderson (Eds.), Human Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities,
and Environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Cilo.
Meszaros, P.
S. (2002). Family and consumer sciences: A holistic approach
stretching to the future. In R.M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, & D. Wertlieb
(Eds.), Promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development: A handbook
of program and policy innovations. Thousand Oaks: California
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