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

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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