E-Mail    meszaros@vt.edu

Mailing Address   200 Wallace Hall (0416)
                             Blacksburg, VA 24061

               Phone    540-231-9428

                   Fax    540-231-7012

     Staff Contact   Rhea Epstein (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
  
• Technology Impacts on Children, Youth and Families
• Adolescent Decision Making – Careers and Substance Abuse
• 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
  

Research

Meszaros, P. & Creamer, E.. (2008) Appalachian Information Technology Extension Services (AITES).  National Science Foundation, $2,479,111.

Meszaros, P. (2007). Self-authorship theory development and assessment across the lifespan and across cultures. A one year grant funded by the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and the VP for Outreach and Extension, $34,000.

Kulbok, P.,& Meszaros, P. (2007) Being tobacco-free in rural Virginia: Beliefs and strategies of  male adolescents. Funded by the UVA Rural Health Care Research Center, $34, 511.

Meszaros, P. & Creamer, E. (2007) NSF Planning Grant to Develop Appalachian Information Technology Extension Services. Funded by the National Science Foundation, $61, 773. 

Kulbok, P. & Meszaros, P. (2007) Proposal for Support to Prepare R Level Grant Application: Parenting capacities and youth risk behavior in Rural Virginia. Funded by the UVA Rural Health Care Research Center, $10,000.

Meszaros, P.S., Koch, R., Evans, S., Meyer, B. (2006). The development and implementation assessment of a tobacco use prevention model for youth with psychiatric disorders. Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation. $550,433.00

Kulbok, P., Meszaros, P. & Bond, D. (2006) Protective factors and adolescent female nonsmoking in rural Virginia. Virginia Tech-University of Virginia-Carilion Health System Collaborative Research Grant, $30,000.

Burger, C., Creamer, E., & Meszaros, P. (2006) Crossing cultures book proposal. National Science Foundation, $30,001.00.

Creamer, E., Meszaros, P., & Burger, C. (2005). Investigating the gender component: Cultures that promote equity in undergraduate engineering. National Science Foundation, $448, 971.

Meszaros, P.S. (2005). An exploratory study of service provider experience with adolescent smoking prevention. Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, $16,000.

Meszaros, P. (2004) Virginia youth coalition collaborative, Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, $17,000.

Piercy, F., Allen, K., Dixon, B. & Meszaros, P. (2004). Phase III: Improving campus climate to support faculty diversity and retention: Programs for new faculty, Virginia Tech Office of the Provost, $54,992.

Piercy, F., Giddings, V., Allen, K. Dixon, B., & Meszaros, P. (2003). Phase II: Improving campus climate to support faculty diversity and retention: Programs for new faculty. Virginia Tech Office of the Provost, $64, 215.

Meszaros, P. S. (2002) Psychosocial risk factors and prevention strategies for adolescent female smokers in Virginia, Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, $130,000.

Burger, C. J., Meszaros, P. S. & Creamer, E. G. (2001). ITR/ PE women in information technology:  Pivotal transitions from school to careers, National Science Foundation, $655,849.

Books

Magolda, M.B., Creamer, E.G., & Meszaros, P. (Eds.). (2009). Development and assessment of self-authorship: Exploring the concept across cultures. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing Co.

Meszaros, P.S. (Ed.) (2007). Self-authorship: Advancing students’ intellectual growth. San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass.

Burger, C., Creamer, E., & Meszaros, P. (Eds.), (2007).Reconfiguring the firewall: recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

Meszaros, P. S. & Baird, J. (1979).  Developing home economics learning centers: A competency based approach. Tony, WI: Homemaking Research Laboratories.

Book Chapters, Monographs and Proceedings

Meszaros, P.S. & Catherine Amelink, (2009). A cross-institutional comparison of educational factors promoting or discouraging the intent to remain in engineering. Published in the Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education National Conference, Austin, TX. Awarded 2009 Denice D. Denton Best Paper Award.

Meszaros, P.S. & Lane, C. (2009). An exploratory study of the relationship between adolescent risk and resilience and the early development of self-authorship. In Magolda, M.B., Creamer, E.G., & Meszaros.P.S. (Eds,). Development and assessment of self-authorship: Exploring the concept across cultures. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing Co.

Meszaros, P.S., Lee, S., Laughlin, A. (2007). Information processing and IT career interest and choice among high school students. In C.J. Burger, E.G. Creamer, & P.S. Meszaros (Eds.), Reconfiguring the firewall: Recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

Creamer, E.G., Lee, S., & Meszaros, P.S. (2007). Predicting women’s interest and choice in a career in information technology: A statistical model. In C.J. Burger, E.G. Creamer & P.S. Meszaros (Eds.). Reconfiguring the firewqll: Recruiting women to  information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

Meszaros, P.S., Creamer, E.G., Burger, C.J. & Laughlin, A. (2007). Refocusing our lens to hack the firewall. In C. J. Burger, E. G. Creamer & P.S. Meszaros (Eds.). Reconfiguring the firewall: Recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

Burger, C.J., Creamer, E.G., & Meszaros, P.S. (2007). Introducing the firewall. In C.J. Burger, E.G. Creamer & P.S. Meszaros (Eds.). Reconfiguring the firewall: Recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

Meszaros, P.S. (2007). The journey of self-authorship: Why is it necessary? In P.S. Meszaros (Ed.). Self-authorship: Advancing student’s intellectual growth. San  Francisco: CA: Jossey-Bass.

Meszaros, P.S. (2007). The journey of self-authorship: Next steps to the destination. In P.S. Meszaros (Ed.), Self-authorship: Advancing student’s intellectual growth. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., Huebner, A, Crawford, H., Castagnoli, K. (2004). Adolescent females & smoking. Monograph published by the Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth and Families. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech.

Meszaros, P. S. (2004) The wired family: Living digitally in the post-information age. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(4), 377-390.

Meszaros, P .S. (2003). Information technology impacts 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-Clio.

 

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