CURRICULUM VITAE

MaryLouise E. Kerwin

Office Address Department of Psychology

Rowan University

201 Mullica Hill Road

Glassboro, N.J. 08028-1701

856-256-4500 x3521 (office phone)

856-863-5740 (FAX)

kerwin@rowan.edu

Education B.A.-1982 University of Notre Dame, Major: Psychology

M.A.-1986 University of Notre Dame

Major: Counseling Psychology (APA Approved) & Developmental Psychology

Ph.D.-1989 University of Notre Dame

Major: Counseling Psychology (APA Approved) & Developmental Psychology

Internship The John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children & The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (APA Approved in Pediatric Psychology)

Fellowship University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute on Drug Abuse National Research Service Award

Academic Positions

2006-Present Professor, Department of Psychology, Rowan University

2003-2004 Visiting Scientist/ Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Rowan University

1996 -2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rowan University.

1993 -1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Summer, 1995 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

1990-1996 Director, Post Doctoral Fellowship Program, Section of Pediatric Psychology; Division of Child Development & Rehabilitation; Department of Pediatrics; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1988-1989

1986-1987 &

1984-1985 Statistical Consultant, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame. Supervisor: Scott Maxwell, Ph.D.

1986-1987 Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Psychology, Department of Psychology, Indiana University at South Bend

1984-1987 Trainee under Mental Retardation National Research Service Award Institutional Grant (NICHD)

Administrative Positions

2001-2003 Assistant Department Chairperson, Department of Psychology, Rowan University

2000-2003 Director, Rowan University Child and Family Assessment Program

1990-1997 Co-Director, Pediatric Feeding Program, The Children's Seashore House & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Principal Investigator of Grants

Service Grant, Department of New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services, Southern Regional Office (7 District Offices)

Fiscal Year 2002 $129,368

Fiscal Year 2003 $213,851

Effect of Active Responding on Performance in Online Learning

Rowan University Professional Development Grant Fiscal Year 2001

The behavioral economics of food refusal: When is the payoff sufficient?

Rowan Foundation Professional Development Grant

January, 1997 - May, 1997

Early Intervention for Oral Feeding Difficulties in Children,

CHOP Nutrition Pilot Project Program, July, 1994 - June, 1995

Co-Investigator, Grants

Behavior Therapy Development of Group CM in Methadone Tx, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2005-August 2009, Principal Investigator: Kimberly C. Kirby, Ph.D.

CRAFT Behavior Therapy Phase 2 Study: Treatment Entry Component, National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2004-August 2009, $2,835,800 Principal Investigator: Kimberly C Kirby, Ph.D.

Community Reinforcement Through Religious Communities (3 R01 DA015991-03S1), National Institute on Drug Abuse, August, 2004-July, 2005, $101,683, Principal Investigator: Kimberly C. Kirby, Ph.D.

Publications

Stahler, G. J., Kirby, K. C., & Kerwin, M. L. E. (in press). A faith-based intervention for cocaine-dependent African-American women in residential substance abuse treatment. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

Kirby, K. C., Benishek, L. A., Dugosh, K. L., & Kerwin, M. L. E. (in press). Substance Abuse Treatment Providers’ Beliefs and Objections Regarding Contingency Management: Implications for Dissemination. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Kerwin, M. L. E., Walker-Smith, K., & Kirby, K. C. (2006). Comparative analysis of state requirements for training of substance abuse & mental health counselors. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30, 173-181.

Kerwin, M. L. E. (2006). Evaluation of a computer-based instructional package about eating disorders. Computers in Human Behavior, 22, 1059-1066.

Stahler, G. J., Shipley, T. E., Kirby, K. C., Godbolte, C., Kerwin, M. L. E., Shandler, I., & Simons, L. (2005). Development and initial demonstration of a community-based intervention for homeless cocaine using African-American women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28, 171-179.

Manno, C. J., Fox, C., Eicher, P. S., & Kerwin, M. L. E. (2005). Early oral-motor interventions for pediatric feeding problems: What, when and how. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavioral Intervention, 3, 145-159. Source: http://www.jeibi.com/

Kerwin, M. L. E. (2005). The intersection of substance abuse and child maltreatment: What works? Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Special Issue Commemorating the Work of Dr. Lizette Peterson, 30, 581-597.

Garro, A., Thurman, S.K., Kerwin, M.L. E., & Ducette, J.P. (2005). Parent/caregiver stress during pediatric hospitalization for chronic feeding problems. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 20, 268-275.

Kerwin, M. L. E., Eicher, P. E. & Gelsinger, J. (2005). Parental report of eating problems and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Children’s Health Care, 34, 217-234

Kerwin, M.L.E. & Eicher, P. S. (2004). Behavioral intervention and prevention of feeding difficulties in infants and toddlers. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavioral Interventions, 1, 129-140.

Kerwin, M.L.E. (2003). Pediatric feeding disorders: A behavior analytic approach to assessment and treatment. The Behavior Analyst Today, 4, 160-174. http://www.behavior-analyst-online.org/NEWBAT/Frameless%20BAT/BATissues.html

Ahearn, W., Kerwin, M. L., Eicher, P. S., Taylor, C., & Nichols, K. (2001). An ABAC comparison of two intensive interventions for food refusal. Behavior Modification, 25, 385-405.

Friman, P. C., Allen, K. D., Kerwin, M. L. E., & Larzelere, R. (2000). Questionable validity, not vitality (Response). American Psychologist, 55, 274-275.

Kerwin, M. L. (1999). Empirically validated treatments for feeding problems and failure to thrive. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Special Issue: Treatments that Work, 24, 193-214.

Kerwin, M.L., Ahearn, W. H., Eicher, P.S., & Swearingin, W. (1998). The relationship between food refusal and self-injurious behavior: A case study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 29, 67-77.

Kerwin, M. L., & Hale-Sills, N. (1998). Feeding Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood. In B. A. Thyer & J. S. Wodarski (Eds.), Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice (Volume 1). New York: Wiley.

Ahearn, W. H., Kerwin, M. L., Eicher, P. S., Shantz, J., & Swearingin, W. (1996). An alternating treatments comparison of two intensive interventions for food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 321-332.

Kerwin, M.L. & Berkowitz, R. (1996). Feeding and Eating Disorders: Ingestive problems in infancy through adolescence. School Psychology Review: Implications of DSM-IV for the practice of school psychology, 25, 316-328.

Eicher, P.S., & Kerwin, M. L. (1996). Feeding and Nutrition. In L. Kurtz, P. Dowrick, S. Levy, & M. Batshaw (Eds.), Children's Seashore House Handbook on Developmental Disabilities: An interdisciplinary sourcebook for professionals. New York: Aspen.

Kerwin, M.L., Ahearn, W. H., Eicher, P.E., & Burd, D. (1995). The cost of eating: A behavioral economic analysis of food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 245-260.

Kerwin, M.L., Osborne, M.L., & Eicher, P.S. (1994). Effect of position and support on oral-motor skills of a child with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Clinical Pediatrics, 33, 8-13.

Friman, P.C., Allen, K.D., Kerwin, M.L.E., & Larzelere, R. (1993). Changes is modern psychology: A citation analysis of Kuhnian displacement thesis. American Psychologist, 48, 658-664.

McGowan, J., Kerwin, M.L., & Bleile, K. (1993). Oral motor and feeding problems. In K. Bleile (Ed.), The care of children with long-term tracheotomies. New York: Singular.

Handen, B.L., Parrish, J.M., McClung, T.J., Kerwin, M.L.E., & Evans, L.D. (1992). Using guided compliance versus time out to promote child compliance: A preliminary comparative analysis in an analogue context. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 13, 157-170.

Day, J.D., Cordon, L., & Kerwin, M.L. (1989). Informal instruction and development of cognitive skills: A review and critique of research. In C. McCormick, G. Miller, M. Pressley (Eds.), Cognitive strategy research: From basic research to educational applications. New York: Springer-Verlag.

McDaniel, M.A., Dunay, P.K., Lyman, B.J., & Kerwin, M.L.E. (1988). Effects of elaboration and relational distinctiveness on sentence memory. American Journal of Psychology, 101, 357-369.

Kerwin, M.L., Howard, G.S., Maxwell, S.E., & Borkowski, J.E. (1987). Implications of Covariance Structure Analysis (LISREL) versus regression models for counseling research, The Counseling Psychologist, 15, 287-310.

McDaniel, M.A., & Kerwin, M.L.E. (1987). Long-term prose retention: Is an organizational scheme sufficient? Discourse Processes, 10, 253-266.

Kerwin, M.L., & Day, J.D. (1987). Peer influences on cognitive development. In J. P. Pryor & J.D. Day (Eds.), The development of social cognition. New York: Springer-Verlag.