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Impact of Educational Television
Honors Thesis - "Impact of educational Television"
My Honors Thesis has been successfully defended and accepted by the Honors College! I, along with Dr. David Saarnio, Dr. Loretta N. McGregor, and Dr. Wayne Wilkinson, looked into how college students believe the educational television they watched in childhood (e.g., Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, Blue’s Clues, The Magic School Bus) impacted them on cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions. Overall findings indicate a positive perceived impact. See the full thesis and the video below for more detailed results.
American Psychological Association (APA)
This is one of three presentations I’ve completed over results collected for my undergraduate Honors Thesis, “Impact of Educational Television.” This presentation focuses on qualitative results regarding the perceived long-term impact of educational programs viewed in childhood. This digital poster was presented online at the APA Virtual 2021 Convention from August 12 – August 14, 2021. This poster was presented under the title “Yes Virginia, Dora and Elmo Will Stay With You Forever.”
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
This is also one of three presentations I’ve done over results collected for my Honors Thesis, “Impact of Educational Television.” This presentation focuses on quantitative results regarding the perceived long-term impact of educational programs viewed in childhood. This digital poster was presented online at the APS 2021 Virtual Convention from May 26, 2021 – September 1, 2021. This poster was presented under the title “Children’s Educational Television: Does it Stick with You Forever, Or Do You Grow Out of It?”
This is the third and final presentation completed over results collected for my Honors Thesis.
Honors Thesis Study (Create @ State 2021)
This study is the follow-up to the pilot study (see below), and the results from this study were used to write my Honors Thesis titled, Impact of Educational Television. I, along with Dr. David Saarnio, Dr. Loretta N. McGregor, and Dr. Wayne Wilkinson, looked further at how college students believe the educational television they watched in childhood impacted them on cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions. Overall findings indicate a positive perceived impact. See the video to the left and the full thesis above for more detailed results.
This presentation won the Dean’s Award for Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation at the 2021 Create @ State Symposium.
Pilot Study (Create @ sTate 2020)
This project functioned as a pilot study for my Honors Thesis, “Impact of Educational Television.” I, along with Dr. David Saarnio, looked at how college students believe the educational television they watched in childhood has impacted them on cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions. This presentation won the Dean’s Award for Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation at the 2020 Create @ State Symposium.
This research was also presented at the Arkansas Psychological Association Virtual Conference in April of 2020.
How We Feel About NAmes
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
This is one of two presentations I did on work conducted with Tashanescii Walker & Dr. David Saarnio on how college students perceive names of potential group project partners. This digital poster session was presented online at the APS Poster Showcase from June 1, 2020 – September 1, 2020. This poster was presented under the title “Who Do You Want to Work With?: How We Evaluate Names.”
Mid-South Psychology Conference
This is the other of two presentations I did on work conducted with Tashanescii Walker & Dr. David Saarnio on how college students perceive names of potential group project partners. This video presentation was presented on Facebook for the Mid-South Psychology Conference in April of 2020.