Office: 818-677-3898 E-mail: andrew.ainsworth@csun.edu |
Andrew Thomas Ainsworth
Education |
2002 - Present Ph.D. Measurement and Psychometrics
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1999 - 2002 Cal
State Northridge M.A., General Experimental Psychology
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1994 - 1999 Cal
State Northridge B.A., Psychology
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Awards and Honors |
Summer Extramural Scholarship
Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship
Graduate Quantitative Methods Award
Sally Casanova Predoctoral
Scholar Fellowship
Student Travel Award from Dean of Soc. & Behav. Sciences
Undergraduate Quantitative Methods Award
Psi Chi Member
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Teaching Experience |
Fall 2004 Part-Time Faculty
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S 2004 & S 2005 Cal State Northridge Part-Time Faculty
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Spring 2005 UCLA Assistant Teaching Assistant Consultant
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Sum ’02 - Present UCLA Teaching Assistant: Introductory Statistics
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Spring 2001-Present Part-Time Faculty
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Fall 2000-Spring 2002 Part-Time Faculty / Intern: Introductory Psychology
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Fall 2000 Semester Part-Time Faculty/ Intern: Developmental Psychology Lab
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Fall 1999 Semester Part-Time Faculty/ Intern: Research Methods Lab
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Fall 2000 Teaching Assistant: Advanced Statistical Method
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Sp 1999-Fall 1999 Teaching Assistant: Advanced Statistical Method
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Fall 1998 Teaching Assistant: Statistical Methods
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Research Experience |
Fall 2002-Present Research Assistant
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Sp 2002-Present Research Technician
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Sp 2000-Sp 2002 Research Assistant: Prejudice Reduction Project
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Sp 1999-Sp 2000 Research Assistant/ Statistics Consultant: Neuroscan Research
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Fall 1998-Sp 1999 Research Assistant/ Team Leader: Transitions to Adulthood Project
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Statistical Experience |
Sp 1999-Sp 2000 Statistics Laboratory Consultant
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Publications |
Reise, S. P. and Ainsworth, A. T. (2005). Item response theory. Current Directions in Psychology, 14(2), 95-101. Reise, S. P., Hays, R. D., Morales, L. S., Ainsworth, A. T., and Meijer, R. R. (2006). Application of group-level item response models in the evaluation of health plan quality. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 41(1), 85-102. Whitehead, K., Ainsworth, A. T., and Wittig, M. A. (in prep). Implications of ethnic identity strength and ethnic identity exploration for intergroup attitudes among adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescents. Wittig,
M. A., Molina, L. E., Giang, M. T. and Ainsworth,
A. T. (in press) Responding to Racial-Ethnic Diversity: A Mutual
Acculturation Model of Prejudice Reduction. Proceedings from the
Immigration, Acculturation and Conditions of Contact conference, Ainsworth, A. T. (in preparation). A comparison of the ML and MUML approaches in multi-level covariance structure analysis. Structural Equation Modeling. Ainsworth, A. T., Wittig, M. W. and Rabinowitz, J. L. (in preparation). A comparative test of an acculturation model of prejudice in two multicultural education programs. |
Technical Reports |
Wittig, M. A., Molina, L., Smurda, J., Ainsworth, A., & Despues, D. (1999). Prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination: Research funding priorities. Report funded by and submitted to the Ford Foundation. |
Presentations |
Ainsworth, A.
& Wittig, M. (2002, May). Ethnic
group differences in a mediational model of
prejudice reduction. Poster will be
presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, |
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Ruzicka, A., Ainsworth, A., Galvez, G., & Wittig, M.
(2002, May). Change in
acculturation strategy following a prejudice reduction program. Poster will be presented at the annual
meeting of Western Psychological Association, |
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Galvez, G.,
Ainsworth, A., & Wittig, M. (2002, May).
Majority and minority acculturation strategy preferences and change
following intervention. Poster
will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association,
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Ghovanloonia, B., Ainsworth, A., & Wittig, M. (2002,
May). Changes in Ethnic Identity,
Outgroup Orientation, and Affective Bias among racial groups. Poster will be presented at the annual
meeting of Western Psychological Association, |
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Miramontez, D., Galvez, G., Ainsworth, A. & Wittig,
M. (2002, May). Educational
aspirations as a predictor of acculturation among ninth graders. Poster will be presented at the annual
meeting of Western Psychological Association, |
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Ainsworth, A.,
Molina, L., Banks, H. D., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Factor analytic
structure of predictors of affective intergroup prejudice. Poster was
presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, |
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Molina, L.,
Ainsworth, A., Galvez, G., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Test of two mediational models of intergroup prejudice reduction.
Poster was presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological
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Galvez, G.,
Ainsworth, A., Molina, L., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Acculturation
strategy preferences and change between majority and minority groups. Poster was presented at the annual meeting
of Western Psychological Association, |
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Despues, D., Molina, L., Ainsworth, A., Banks, H.,
Wittig, M. A. (2001, February). Test of an acculturation model of
affective intergroup bias. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of
Society of Personality and Social Psychology, |
Professional Memberships |
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Web Sites |
Psy 524 class website
Psy 420 class website
Geometric Illusions
Web Site (best if viewed at 800x600)
Square website Intro Psychology Class
Website through WebCT |
Computer Skills |
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Instructional Video |
Aspects of Learning and Conditioning
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Interests |
Quantitative Psychology
Social Psychology
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