Karen Brakke, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
E-mail: kbrakke@spelman.edu
Office: 404-270-5633
Fax: 404-270-5632
Location: Giles Hall, Room 314
Campus Box: 271
Degrees:
B.A., CarletonCollege
M.A., Georgia State University
Ph.D.,Georgia State University
Began teaching at Spelman College in 1999
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Courses Taught:
- PSY 217 Statistics I
- PSY 308 Honors Seminar in Psychology
- PSY 310 Psychology of Learning
- PSY 318 Psychometric Instruments
- PSY 414 Independent Study
- PSY 417 Statistics II
- PSY 450 Senior Seminar
Recent Awards
2008 Spelman College Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Senior Faculty
Recent Publications
Neely, D.J. & Brakke, K. (in press) Making the transition to college within the context of emerging adulthood. Invited chapter for K.Y. Holmes & E.A.W. Duncan (Eds.), Diverse Perspectives for College Teaching, E-book for the American Psychological Association Division 2, Teaching of Psychology.
Brakke, K. & Thompson*, P. (2012) Supervising undergraduates in community-based learning experiences: An ethical approach. In R. E. Landrum and M. A. McCarthy (Eds.), Teaching Ethically: Challenges and Opportunities Washington, DC: APA Books.
Brakke, K. & Beins, B. (2011) A blueprint for the future: From Puget Sound to your campus. In S. Baker, J. Holmes, & J. R. Stowall (Eds.), Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching, Vol. X, pp. 15 - 19. Society for Teaching of Psychology (E-book): http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/eit2010/index.php.
Landrum, R. E., Beins, B. C., Bhalla, M., Brakke, K., Briihl, D. S., Curl-Langager, R. M., Pusateri, T. P., & Van Kirk, J. J. (2009). Desired outcomes of an undergraduate education in psychology from departmental, student, and societal perspectives. In Halpern, D. F. (Ed.). Undergraduate education in psychology: A blueprint for the future of the discipline, pp. 145-160. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Brakke, K., Wilson, J. H., & Bradley, D. V. (2007) Beyond basics: Enhancing undergraduate statistics education. In D. Dunn, R. Smith, & B. Beins (Eds.), Best Practices in Teaching Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, pp. 109-122. Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum
Brakke, K. , Fragaszy, D.M., Simpson, K., Hoy, E., & Cummins-Sebree, S. (2007) The production of bimanual percussion in 12-to 24-month-old children. Infant Behavior and Development, 30, 2-15.
Research Interests
- Motor and cognitive development in early childhood
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
Professional Leadership
Chair, Department of Psychology, Spelman College
Chair, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Teaching Committee, 2010-2013
Co-Organizer, SRCD Developmental Science Teaching Institute, 2011, 2013
Reviewer, NSF Fellowship Panel, 2011- current
Co-Chair, Spelman College Institutional Review Board, 2009- present
Editor, Developments, the newsletter of SRCD, 2005 - 2011
Member, APA National Committee on Undergraduate Education in Psychology 2008-2010
Convener, Spelman College Quantitative Reasoning Workgroup, 2008 - 2010
Team Leader, Spelman-Smith Teagle Collaborative Quantitative Reasoning Group 2008 - 2011
Action Editor and Advisory Board Member, Online Psychology Laboratory (APA-sponsored), 2005-2010
Member, R.W. Woodruff Library Board of Trustees (ex-officio), 2005-2007